The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-04-24

Mrs. Ella F. Gardiner, Charles Robin
son was executed on the 10th inst. at
Newcastle, Del.
A. j. Adams was hanged at North
ampton, Mass, on the 10th inst, for
the murder, in 1875, of his employer,
Moses Dickinson.
AT Owen Sound, Ont, on the even
ing OF the 18th, the steamer Africa was
burned to the waterline. Loss S2O,-
| 600; insurance $4,000.
Robert Hamilton's large tobacco
mandatory, at Covington, KY,
burned partly on the morning of the
10th, damaging his stock to the
amount OF 100000; insurance $685..
900.
In quarrel at Goldthwaite, Tex,
on the 18th, between A. Barnes and
Charles Barnett, his son-in law, the
former was shot and killed.
The First National Bank of Angeli-
ca, n. Y, closedits doors on the 10Th.
1t Is stated that j. f. Robinson, cash
Ter, is defaulter to the amount of $780,
600.
Monroe Township, Nordaway Coun-
ty, Mo-, was visited by terrific tor
nado on the 14th. Many buildings
were destroyed and thousands of dol
lars worth of stock killed. Jennie
Hooper, Mrs. Sport and her young
baby were killed, and many people
badly injured.
Annie Emile Morosini, daughter of
Jay Gould's old partner, and younger
sister of Mrs. Huelskemp, ofelopement
fame, while walking about the grounds
Of her fathers residence at Riverdale,
n. Y, on the 18th, was severely bitten
by rabid dog. The dog was shot by
a policeman, but too late.
John Ellis, a stock man from Mexi
co, Mo-, was found dead on the morn
ing of the 18th in his room at the
Transit House, Chicago. He had been
asphyxiated and it was discovered
that on his retiring he had blown out
the gas.
Nine persons were killed and a num-
Der wounded on the 18th at Ajaccio,
the capital OF Corsica, by the collapse
OF mansion.
Alonzo P. Kendall, 20 years old,
shot a burglar dead on the night of
the 18th. The old man awoke to find
three men in his room. One of them
attempted to draw revolver, but q
shotgun in the hands of Mr.. Kendall
prevented.
Miss Ada Williams, OF Peoria, H.,
who had been Ill with typhoid fever in
| a room on the second floor of the
Planters House, Chicago, while deliri-
GUS on the night of the 18th smashed
the window of her room and Jumped
to the sidewalk. Several arteries were
cut and she was severely bruised. 1t
Is thought she cannot recover.
A well-known broker OF New York,
Dennis G. Wilcox, committed suicide
at his home by shooting himself on
the 18th. His mind is said to have
been diseased. He was 81 years of
age.
Great excitement WAS created in
London on the 18th by the suicide of
the Earl of Salisbury. While riding
through Regent Street in a cab he
placed revolver to his head and blew
his brains out. He had been suffering
for some time from mental depression.
At Ellington, Ia, on the 18th,
Joseph White, aged so, and f. S.
Northrop, aged so, quarreled. After
time they came to blows, when
White stabbed Northrop dead and
then, killed himself with a pistol.
The New Zealand coasting steamer
Tairon has been wrecked A heavy
gale prevailed at the time Three
boats were launched, but each was
speedily capsized. Twenty-nine per-
sons wAra drowned. Only two passen-
| gers welo saved.
Mrs. Jessie O'Loughlin, living in New
York, is sister of Martin Irons, whose
name has appeared often in the papers
in connection with the railroad strike
in the Southwest. She had not heard
from him in thirty-four years, but the
big strike has brought them together
The trial of Mrs. Adelaide Bartlett,
for the murder Of her husband, was
begun in London on the 18th. The
case against the Rev. Mr. Dyson, al
legged accomplice, has been dropped.
John M. Rountree, a well-known
Chicago lawyer, went into gun store
in that city on the 18th inst. On ask
ing to look at revolver, he took a
loaded weapon, placed it to his head
and fired, dying instantly. He was
suffering from nervous debility.