The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-06
MEEOR NEWS NOTES,

George Graham, the Missouri biga-
mist, who Is threatened with lynching
for the murder OF his first wife,
once published a temperance paper in
Egin, I'll.
An unknown man visited the falls
ut Niagara on the 2Sth, went out on
the ice at the base OF the American
Falt, and either fell or jumped over. The
bOuy was not recovered.
Gottlieb Lentz, Philadelphia Ger
man, while drunk, on the 2Sth, cut
his wite's throat and then shot himself
dead
Fred. Hess, a coal miner, was killed
in the Abbey mine at Collinsville, ILL.,,
on the 27th.
The Fort Pitt tannery, at Bradford,
Pa, was burned on the 27th. Loss
$4,000.
The Louisiana Board Of Pardons
has refused to act in the case OF Ford
aud Murphy, the murderers OF Capt.
Murphy. The governor viii now be
forced to fix a day for their execution.
a petition bearing the signatures Of
over %, 900 citizens asking for the re-
lease OF the prisoners had been pre-
sente1 to the board.
r. ] F'itzgibbon, a Macon (Ga0
s5enographer, killed himself with re
volver on the 9th because OF fnan-
cI3l embarrassments.
At St. Paul, on the 27th, Theodore
r. Rich killed his wife and himself.
Jealousy.
While burgIarizing the store OF Fred.
Thomsuhn, at New York, John Mo
ran was shot by one OF the clerks.
Twelve hours later Moran was found
dead in a deserted building where ne
had been carried by his companions.
At New Orleans. on the 26th. An
lrew Green lcoloredl was hanged for
the murder OF George Jones.
one man was killed and twenty
Others hurt, IN a railway accident, at
GaornhilI, Ont, on the night OF the
25th.
4 fve-story block on South How
ard Street, Baltimore, was DESTROYED
by fire on the 26th. The losses will
aggregate $4,000 The buildingand
stocks were well insured.
The Nalamhrosa Skating Rink. at
Troy, n Y, and two or three other
buildings, burned on the 26oh. Loss
So, 900; insurance $50. 900 Several
tIcemen were injured.
4 tire at Long Wharf, Portland. Me.
on the 26th, destroyed property TO the
value OF $4,000.
The penitentiary at Rusk. Tex. was
damaged TO the extent OF $4,000 bv
fire on the 26th. The cOnvicts made
no effort to escape, but assisted in
putting out the flames.
At Pierce City, Mo, on the night OF
the 25th, Robert Crockett was beaten
( . death with a club by unknown par
ties.
For the murder OF John Dreger. in
October, 1881. Wiebern Wartena was
hanged at Rensselaer,, Ind, on the
26th. The murderer and his victim
were neighbors.
William Smith and John Sabot were
killed and John Rosa terribly injured
rs a fall OF ore at the Cleveland lO.l
rolling mill on the night Of the 26th.
Charles Paulin, who murdered his
vile in a New York sailors boarding
house in November last, committed
suicide in the TOmhS in that city on
tie 26th by cutting his throat with
penknlre. He was dead when found.
=. NJ. klmns, OF Dennison. Tex, was
fatally shot on the night OF the oath
by a masked burglar whom he found
~ hls room. The murderer escaped.
ten HaZen has entered suit against
the proprietor OF the New York Times.
George Jones, for 100000 DAMAGES
for alleged Hbelous statements regard.
ing the Greely Arctic expedition.
On the streets OF St. Louis. on the