The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-25

OF the most prominent and wealthy
residents OF West Dedham. Mass.
hanged himself in his barn on the 18th.
Ill-health Is supposed to have been the
cause.
The strike in the coal pits on the
Panhandle road has come to an end.
the men having returned to work at
the price offered by the operators.
Two thousand men are interested.
Near Fullerton, Nance County, Neb..
two sons OF a farmer named Kemp,
aged and years, fired straw-stack
on the 18th, and burned to death.
Three children were burned with a
large tenement at Quebec on the 18th.
The rolling mill OF the Falcon Iron
and Nail Company at Niles, O.. was
totally DESTROYED by fire on the even
ing OF the 18th. The nail factory was
saved with difficulty. The loss on the
building, machinery and stock will ag-
gregate SO. 900.
Dan Mace, the famous turfman, died
OF Bright's disease at New York on the
18th.
Fire at Sullivan, Ind, on the 10Th
caused a loss OF S5O, 900.
The court martial proceedings at
Washington in the case of Gen. VIM.
B. Hazen We're made public on the
18th. The sentence Is a reprimand
which is made by the President.
Benjamin NJ. Pratt, a Cincinnati
lawyer, was found dead in his office
on the nth, having shot himself
through the head Financial troubles
are supposed to have been the cause
Fires on the 18th: Tobacco sheds,
Petersburg, Pa, loss $4,000; Viii
sons planing-mill, Harrison, Mich,
S25, 900; sixteen buildings, Bristol,
Ind, $40, 700.
Thieves robbed the grist-mill OF
Charles Hibbard, in Salisbury Town
ship, Lancaster County, Pa, on the
night OF the 18th, and then set fire to
the building, which, with the contents.
was completely destroyed. The loss
is heavy. The Welsh Mountain gang
are believed to be the perpetrators OF
the outrage.
j. II. Bell, who murdered f. G..
Small, at Harold, Dakota, last Deem
ber, was lynched at Blunt on the might
OF the 18th.
The building occupied by the Gazette,
Buffalo, was partially DESTROYED bv
fire on the 10th. The loss to the
proprietors of the paper is $40, 900.
Other occupants OF the building lose
as much more.
\ large number OF horses ard mules,
on the rancho OF Senator Stanford.
near Red Bluff. Cal, were roasted alive
on the 10th. The fire was caused by
tramps. The loss placed at $50. 900.
Fred. Summers was whirled to
death on a tiy-Nheel at Tustin, Mich,
on the 10Th, While attempting to ad-
Just a belt
At Union City, Tenn, Bud Parrish,
lwhite) and Freeman Ward lcOloredl
were hanged, on the morning of the
18th at II 0 o'clock, by a mob OF
masked men numbering about 200.
They belonged to a gang OF thieves
who recently committed many depre-
datiOns on citizens OF that place
On the 18th, several ladies, among
them Mrs. Admiral Reynolds. started
in a boat from Fortress Monroe, to
visit Old Point, with a couple OF ne
grOes as Oarsmen The water was
rough and the wind high The boat
upset near the beach All were res
cued, but Mrs. Reynolds died from ex-
haustiOn.
At Chandlerville Muskingham COun-
ty, O., Andrew Huffman, a wealthy
farmer, during a business quarrel.
shot and killed John Callahan. his
former partner, in a liquor store.
Huffman then gave to his son his re-
vOlver and asked to beshot. The son
refused and Huffman fled.
The fOur-story building. SO and So
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, was totally
destroyed by fire, on the 18th inst.
The losses will aggregate 5000. 600.
At a fire in Haiser's piano factory.
New York, on the 14th, the second
floor gave way, carrying number OF
tiremen into the cellar. All were more
or less injured, but only one, Hugh Nc
Bride, fatally.
The tannery OF J. II. Mooney &; Co.,
Montreal, was partially destroyed by
fire on the 18th. The loss is esti-
mated at 800, 900.
The hardware and cr0ckery store of
Giles & MurchisOn at Wilmington. \.
O., was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
The building was insured for SIT, 900,
which covers the loss. The stock was
almost entirely destroyed. and was
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000.
Fellows, Shaw & Raymond, whole
sale boot and shoes, Boston, made an
assignment on the 18th. Liabilities
500. 900.
John Mckenzie, a canyaSSer for the
| Equitable Life Assurance Company.
fatally shot his wife and then com
mltted suicide at New York, on the
( 18th.