The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-19


/ A fire at Mishawaka, Ind, on the
10th, destroyed property to the value
of S75, 600
The woolen mill of Pomeroy Sons,
at Pittstield, Mass, together with
stock, machinery and other contents.
were burned on the 8th. Loss $780,
/ 600.
| MOrse's soap works burned on the
/ night OF the Sth. Loss 100000. The
/ origin OF the fire is a mystery.
| 4 man named Frank Noyes was en-
ticed from his home in Caldwell, Kas,
ardin the morning his body was found
/ hanging to a beam across a high gsite-
way near the stock yards. The cause
| OF the murder is not known.
While attempting to cross the river
/ on the ice five miles north of Bismarck
| d. T., aparty OF Indians broke through
and three OF them were drowned, one
/ squaw escaping The Indians were en-
route to their camp, on the west side
/ Of the river, where they were accumu-
| lating their winter supplies.
In a quarrel at Millersburg, XIV,
John II. Wren shot and killed William
Ross, aged rs years.
4 fire at Port Branch, Gibson
County, Ind, destroyed property to
the value OF 915, 900.
A fire at Iowa Falls, Ia. burned the
Burlington round-house with two en-
gines. The loss Is about $4,000.
VIM. Knouse, a brakeman, was
killed and three other train hands
badly hurt by a freight wreck near
DennisCn, 0. Two engines and six cars
were smashed, and most of the live
stock with which the cars were laden
was killed.
Edward Brown, aged 2S years, and
John Sultzer, aged 81 years, were in
stantly killed by a fall of coal in a
mine near Piedmont, W. Va. John
Sultzer, a son OF the man who was
| killed, was so badly hurt that his re-
| cOvery Is doubtful.
| Herbert Harrington and a man whose
name is not given, were killed in the
CrOtOn Aqueduct works, at Merritt 5
Corners, \. Y, on the 8th. Since the
work on the aqueduct began thirty
eight men have lost their lives in con
nectiOn with it.
Ella Bergland, the 1O-year-old and
only daughter OF p. O. Bergland, Of
Moreland, a Chicago suburb, was run
over by the ears on the Sth and in
stantly killed. Ella, with two com
paniOns, was crossing the tracks OF the
Belt line at FOrty-sixth Street.
George II. Fry, one of the wealthiest
farmers in the vicinity Of Madison.
Ind, the father OF a large family of
grown children, killed himself with a
revolver.
f. B. Swindler, a land surveyor.
gave bail in the United States court
at Omaha, on the 7th, for completely
in the land frauds. Billy Wilson, a
wealthy Colorado cattleman, came to
Omaha and surrendered, and also
gave bail. Other arrests are pending.
Miss Susan Morse, a daughter Of
Samuel T. B. Morse, inventor OF the
telegraph. Whie en- route for Havana,
Cuba, on the Spanish mail steamer,
disappeared shortly before the ar
rival OF the vessel. 1t is supposed she
threw herself into the sea IN a tempo
rary fit OF mental alteration.
d. d. Curtis, a we'll known. straw
goods manufacturer, Of Boston, died
on the eth from a stroke Of PARALYSIS.
An ice gorge in the Mississippi at
Sioux City, sunday night, carried
away l2O feet OF the st. Paul & Omaha
| bridge.
Three negroes were hanged for
burglary at Raleigh. n. c., on the 7th
inst. They made full confession OF
their crime.
The body OF an unknown man, with
a bullet-hole in his head, was found on
the track Monday morning, near At
lanta. III. Two suspicious characters, :
who rode on freight train, were ar
rested by the Springfield police
The tar-still in the yards OF the
Standard Oil Company, at Cleveland,
exploded on the 18th inst. Casper
Ptetfer, foreman OF sthe stills, was on
the roof when the still exploded and
was blown fifty feet into the air, with
fatal results
A cooperative nail company, with
$4,000 capital, proposes to erect a
factory at Homestead, Pa, where five
acres OF land have been presented TO
them. The company is composed of
strikers and hardware dealers OF Pitts
burg.
At Chicago shortly after midnight
on the 9Th tirewas discovered in Crib
ben 4 Sexton 'sstoye warehouse, a five
story brick building, at the corner of
Erleand Townsend Streets, filed with
stoves. Three alarms were sounded,
but the buildingwas totally destroyed
IN spite OF the efforts OF the firemen.
The loss will reach 100000.
On the afternoon of the 9Th inst,
flames were discovered issuing from
the secCnj-story window OF the
tOur-story- basement stone front,
PSI and 259 Franklin Street, Chicago,
owned by Conrad Seipp, the brewer,
and occupied by Morrison, Anderson &
Butchart, dealers in bags and bag
ging, on the first floor and basement.
ana on the three upper floors by c. NJ.
Henderson 4 Co., manufacturers OF
boots and shoes. The flames COM
municated to several adjoining build
ings, but the damage to them was
slight. The losses on stocks and
building viii aggregate 100000.
VIII A. kearney, a prominent
young attorney at Logansport, Ind,
has been sentenced to the penitentiarv
for two years and fined 500 for
horse-stealing. His defense was in
sanity.
The Pennsylvania Company has
paid 500 sos TO William Fitz Sim
mons, one OF its former engineers. who
was crippled for life in a collision
caused by a train dispatcher's blunder.
Frank Gilbert, a saloon-keeper. at
Columbus, O., shot and killed Aneza
Selbia, an engineer. Gilbert was ar
rested.
The oil mills OF J. P. Mills & Co.
OF Indianapolis, Ind, We're DESTROYED
by fire, Sunday. Several frenen were
injured, and the loss Is estimated at
about S15O,OOO; fully insured.
Ed. Harding, first lieutenant OF DO
lice at Louisville, KY. was shot and
killed by Henry Courtney, alias
"Bubb" lcolored).
Q I twenty-nine vessels anchored at
Colon, Panama, fifteen disappeared in
the recent storms. MANY OF them
sank with -nlTrs pr.az,-- M