The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-25

ported on the 1Jth. several uedJnh
occurred during the previous week.
Sixty men were overcome by fOu
air and smoke from the blasting in the
South Pennsylvania Railroad tunne
at Roadbury, Pa, on the evening oi
the 18th. Two were dead when res
cued, and several others are not ex,
pected to live.
Neal Thornton, a desperado who
murdered Daniel Sheehan, a police
man, at Joplin, Mo, on the Sth. was
lynched there the following morning
Thornton was a very bad character
and shot Sheehan while the latter was
attempting to arrest him for an old
Offense.
mailman has been arrested at San
Dona, near Venice, on the charge oi
kidnapping. He confesses that he has
stolen and eaten number OF children
because he was starving
Two hundred persons were poisoned
by ice-cream at Riposto, Sicily, during
@ public holiday. \ crowd severely
punished the vendor, who narrowly
escaped with his life.
In all Spain, on the 18th, there were
1856 new cases of cholera and us
deaths reported. In Madrid and vicin-
lty there were dineteen new cases and
twelve deaths. Cases OF cholera were
reported at Malaga, Soria, Cadiz and
Grenada and on the Spanish frigate
Numancia.
King q Co.'S plaster works at New
Brighton, 5. l., were totally destroyed
by fire on the 10Th. The fire, it is said,
will greatly advance the price of all
plaster OF paris on the Atlantic coast.
The fire started in a detective boiler or
furnace flue. The loss will be about
100000. The insurance is less than
S120,0O0.
The New York & New England Rail
way lost 100000 by the burning OF
their shops at Norwood, near Boston,
on the / 9th.
At Redwood Falls, d. T., on the
10Th, Israel F. Alexander shot and
killed his father-inlaw, Charles Now
ers. No cause is assigned for the
crime. Alexander was arrested.
David Ackles (colored) was banged
at Helena, Ark, on the 18th, for muir
dering Frank Burrell and Scylla Elem
merry, last year.
Christian Gmrzman, a wealthy farm
er, committed suicide, near Lyons, \.
u, on the 10Th, by taking laudanum.
lie had been very respondent since
about two weeks ago, when the Hes
sian fly destroyed his crops.
Thomas j. Boasso, chief OF aides,
New Orleans, was shot and mortally
wounded, on the 18th, by Mary C..
Kuhn, aged Is years, who claims that
BOassO deceived her with a false mar
riage certificate.
Tom HantoD, aged 81, confined in
the jail at Louisville, Ky, with delirium
tremens, broke window pane on the
18th, and with a triangular piece of
glass stabbed himself in the left lung.
Turning the glass round and round
he made horrible aperture into which
he thrust his hand and pulled out a
portion OF the lung.
There We're 2O9 business failures in
the United States during the week end
ing on the 18th.
Eaton Mills, a negro desperate, was
publicly executed at Halifax, n. c., on
the 18th, for cold-blooded murder
committed two years ago.
\ freight train on the Pittsburg &
Western Railroad collided with an
empty passenger train near Zelionople,
Pa, on the 18th. Oneman was killed
and another fatally hurt.
Fire in the large building of Thur
ber, Whyland & Co, on Thomas
Street, New York, on the night of the
18th, caused a loss OF 100000, al
though confined to a single floor.
Fire in the planning mill of Degraff,
Nrieling 4 Co., Grand Rapids, Mich,
on the 18th, totally destroyed the
building. The loss was $35, 900; in
suranoe, $4,000.
The Mothers house OF the Holy Or
der OF st. Joseph, at Delhi, eight miles
below Cincinnati, was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the 10Th. The loss
IS $40, 900; insurance $4,000. No
one was injured. The building was
the result of the savings of the sisters
Tor many years.
About 3 O'Clock on the afternoon of
the 10th fire broke out suddenly in
the Post building, ut the corner OF
Tenth and ID Streets, n. W, Washing
ton, ID. c., and soon the upper stories
We're wrapped III flames. The
building was occupied by the Wash
lngton Daily Post, the National Re
publican, the Washington Critic, the
Sunday Gazette, the United States
Electric Light Co, and several other
tenants. The editorial, composing
and pressrOoms of thefOur papers are
completely ruined and the business
offices flooded with water. The total
loss will reach $3.50, 600, about two
thirds OF which is covered by insur-
ance.
Sparks from passing locomotive
set tire to the Brighton cotton mills,
Chicago, on the afternoon of the 10th
The flames soon communicated to the
main buildings, which were almost en-
tlrely destroyed. The loss is estimat-
ed at $50, 900. The entire plant was
leased about three months ago to
Baker 4 Kelly, who put in a large
amount OF new machinery. and expect
eel to start up about Aug. /.
Wm. Tichiner, John Hed1en. Agnes
Roe, and Austin Roe went sailing on
the yacht Jennie Lewis, off Patchogue.
l.. L., on the evening of the 18th
When Near Blue Point, as the boat
was lhing the boom of the mainsail
swung across the boat, striking Miss
Roe, Tichiner and Hedden in the face,
knocking them over the side OF the
BOAT INTO the water. All three were
drowned
Fire on the morning of the 10th de
stroyed the rolling mill at the Balti-
more Copper Works, at Canton. The
damage is estimated at S25, 900; part
ly insured.
The buildings OF the Philadelphia
Rubber Company were entirely de
stroyed by fire on the morning OF the
10th, involving a loss OF $4,000.
The Office of DR.. Il. F. Bennett, at
ElgIn, Ill, was broken into on the
18th, and his safe robbed ofnotes and
securities amounting to $4,000 and
a small amount OF money. Most Of
the securities are not negotiable.
Joseph Taylor, who on Nav
81, 1854, hrutally murdered Keep
er Michael F. Doran at the eastern
NY 1