The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-28

the AlleghanIeS, on the 18th, and a
portion OF it ran into another train in
front. One man was killed and several
injured.
Louis Bradshaw, aged II, committed
suicide at Kansas City, Mo, on the
10Th, because his parents insisted on
his going to school
The Cambria County bank Of
Johnston, Pa, closed its doors on the
10Th It's liabilities are said to be
about $4,000
The trial OF f. B. Cross for the muir
der OF DR.. 4. b. McKune, in Septem-
Der, 1888, was concluded at Council
Bluffs, Ia, on the 10Th, and verdict
OF guilty was rendered, fixing punish
ment by death.
Ten business houses at West Plains.
Howell County, Mo, were destroyed
by fire on the 10Th, causing a loss Of
$4,000.
Fire in the glass works of Francis
Storms, in East Brooklyn, \. Y, on
the 10Th, caused a loss OF S75, 900.
partly insured. Two hundred and
fifty men are temporarily out Of en-
plOyment.
4 block OF business buildings at Au-
gusta, Ga. burned on the 10Th, were
valued at 500, 900.
Robbers entered d. Donaldson &
Co. 5 bank at Columbus. O., at noon
on the 10Th and secured 81, 500. The
proprietor was in the bank at the
time and thought he either had fallen
asleep or had been chloroformed,,
\ fire at Atlanta, Ga, on the 18th,
partially destroyed James Bank
block. causing loss OF 500, 900.
The paratfine factory at Elizabeth
port, \. J., was fired on the morning
OF the 18th by a bursting still. The
establishment was totally destroyed
Loss 10000; no insurance. 1t en-
pIoyed fifty hands, and was owned
by TheOphiIius VI. Mare
Matt Roberts and Frank Smith
cOnvicts at Waco, Tex, were shot
dead on the 18th, while trying to es-
cape
James Mccullough, who was injured
by an explosion OF gasoline, at Brad
dock, Pa, died in great agony on the
18th.
James England was murdered by
" George Jones in a quarrel over a game
/ OF cards at Birds Point, Mo, on the
18th, Both are colored
4 George Hawkins, engineer in a saw
mill at Anderson. Ind. was killed on
( the nth, by being caught in a pulley.
He was frightfulIy mangIed.
The convention OF striking miners
at Straitsville, O., with delegates from
the Hooking valley mines, decided on
the 18th to accept 80 cents per ton.
This ends the strike begun last April.
1 William, Hubbell, of Whitney Coun-
Y. Ind, in an insane fit, on the 18th.
/ killed his wife with q revolver. and
then turned the weapon on himself
with fatal effect
I Charles Briggs, the wife murderer,
was hanged in the corridor of the
county prison at Philadelphia on the
morning Of the nth. Briggs killed his
/ prolonged spree and amehome, called
his wife down cellar and cut her throat
with q razor. He was arrested almost
( in the act.
/ j. Spargo, postmaster at Edinburg,
I Pa, committed suicide on the night OF
+ the 10th. by shooting through the
i heart. He was short in his accounts
/ and took this means OF escaping dis
+ grace.
The post office block at Ishpeming,
Mich, was destroyed by fire on the
! 18th, causing a loss OF S25, 900, fully
/ covered by insurance.
Frank Strong, q notorious cattle
/ thief, was run down and surrounded
/ by a sherItfs posse on Wild Horse
/ Creek, Chickasaw Nation, on the 10Th
Strong and his party showed fight,
/ and the leader was killed
Anton Lepowskiand Joseph Schenk,
4 partners in business at St Paul.
quarreed ON the 10th. Schenk shot
Lepowski through the head, killinghim.
\ dispatch from Irkoutsk, Siberia,
received at st. Petersburg on the
10th states that the polar scientific
4 expedition, under Baron Toll, is snow
I bound near the coast. 1t is feared
! that most OF the party have persisted.