The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-28
MINOR NEUs NOTES.

At Chicago on the 21st, Frank De-
man, a laborer, killed his wife and
himself. No cause is given for the
double crime
DR.. l.. l.. Biting, a young physician
OF Baltimore, shot himself fatally IL
his office on the 21st. He was o5
years OF age and unmarried.
Fire at Earlsville, y. Y, on the e2lst,
destroyed property valued at $75,-
600.
Glens Falls, n Y, was visited by a
S53, 900 fire on the 21st.
-Four Minneapolis men went out on
Lake Mlnnetonka on the 21st. Dur
ing the storm the boat was upset and
three OF the party were drowned.
a dispatch OF the 22d says the town
OF Mandelay is flooded. The loss OF
property Is very great.
Ann 5. Stephens, the well-known
novelist, died at her home in New
York on the 21st.
A foreioR lady who had lost e21 900
at Monte Carlo, committed suicide at
that place on the 22d. This makes
seventy-six cases OF suicide since the
opening OF the present season.
There were 16l business failures in
the United States during the week end
ing on the 10th.
At Boston. on the 18th, George
Smelling, treasurer OF the Lowell
Bleachery, was arrested charged with
embezZllng $4,000 OF the compauy's
funds. He was put under $4,000
bonds.
Mrs. c. W. KIemm was fatally burned
at Bloomington, H., or the 18th, by
her clothing catching ire.
The cooper Graham nassed through
the Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara on
the 10th, IN q barrel with his head
out. On the same day James Scott,
a fisherman, attempted to swim the
rapids IN a cork suit. His dead BODY
was found at Lewieton an hour later.
What Is alleged to have been an in
Cendiary fire on the 18th inst, de-
stroyed the immense shops Of the San
dusky Steel and Iron Works, at Sau-
dusky, O. The works were erected in
1872 at a cost Of 100000, the city
issuing bo4ds for the whole. There
was no insurance.
a break IN an oil train on the Jersey
Central Road and q subsequent col
i1slon o. the two sections near EaSton,
Pa, on the 18th, resulted in the ex-
ploslon OF one OF the large oil tanks
and the Ignition OF the others. Eleven
tanks, containing 100, 600 gallons,
were destroyed. The damage Is esti-
mated at $4,000.
President Cleveland is recreating in
the Adirondack woods. On the 18th
the dispatches report brook trout
weighing three-quarters OF a pound
caught by the President.
\ dispatch from Quebec states that
herd OF cattle valued at 5000, 600,
IN the Lewis quarantine are to be
killed TO prevent the spread OF pluro-
pneumonia.
Fir, at Sanford, Fla, on the 18th,
destroyed property valued at $780,
600. Among the prominent buildings
burned were the Lake View Hotel,
Trafford's Block, the Southern Ex-
press Company's Office and the bust
ness and land offices OF the South
Florida Railroad.
Fire on the night OF the 18th de-
stroyed the business portion OF the
town of Tulare, Cal, causing loss OF
over $250,000; insurance light The
fire was incendIary.
+. Darrow ana Leonard Garinger
were killed by the explosion OF a boil
er at Nermontville, Mich, on the TIN.
The body OF the latter was blown in
70 fragments. A piece Of the boiler
weighing 1,500 pounds was thrown
nearly forty rods.
: st. Lonls IS suffering from excessive
heat. Or saa 18th I've fatal cases OF
sunstroke were reno- ted.
4 miner named Patrick Murphv. en,-
ployed at UheCF mo Ia mine. Negsn1ea
Mich, was instantly killed by a fan of
rock on the 18th. Four other men
were injured Murphy was 45 years
OF age.