The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-17

cords OF wood have been burned. Two
mills have shut down, throwing eighty
men out OF employment. The damage
is about $4,000.
At Princeton, Ind, on the Sth, Mrs
Theresa Turpiu, wife OF q farmer. cut
the throat of her 7-year-old daughter
then hanged her year-old daughter til
she thought life was extinct. Shethen
went 10 the barn and hanged herself
The younger child viii recover. The
mother, who was undoubtedly insane
left note saying no one was to blame
that the devil was after her and she
could not get away from him.
The Chicago Daily Sun suspended
permanently on the Sth.
At Plymouth, Pa, on the Sth inst,
six boilers at the colliery of the Della
ware & Hudson Coal Company ex.
ploded, fatally scalding Edward Scott,
fireman, and seriously injuring Michael
Gilligan, engineer. The boiler house
was totally wrecked.
London, Ont, is all torn up over
the disappearance of Edward l.. Har-
rls, we'll known solicitor with a
large amount OF money belonging to
other parties. 1t is believed isshoIt-
age viii reach $4,000.
At Key West, Fla, on the 7th, two
seamen, who arrived from Havana,
report the loss of the schooner Sea-
gull, OF Key West, and al hands, on
the north side of Cuba, on June IS.
The New York & New England Rail
road Company arranged q picnic at
Highland Lake Grove, near Boston,
on the 5th. A rough crowd was in at
tendance. Large quantities OF liquor
were drunk and a fight took place, in
which one officer was seriously, and
perhaps fatally hurt, and over twenty
attendants were badly beaten, or
otherwise injured.
Charles Anderson and John Robert
son, neighboring farmers, OF Edgefield
County, S. c., fought with double
barreled shot-guns. Robertson was
killed and Anderson mortally wound
ed. The fight was about cattle.
The Academy OF Music, at Denver,
Col, was completely destroyed by fire
early on the morning of the 9th. The
office OF the Rocky Mountain News
and a number OF other business places
were damaged. The losses will aggre-
gate $175, 900; insurance only S45,-
600. A roustabout, named Tim En-
right, was burned to death. Cause OF
fire unknown.
w. c. Frechtling's dry goods store,
corner Second and High Streets,
Hamilton, O., was destroyed by fire
on the night OF the 9Th. Loss $780,
600.
The wife OF Harry Wildman, a
prominent farmer living a few miles
from Tuscola, H., was found by
neighbors with her throat cut. Wild
man was found near by with his throat
cut by a penknife in his own hand.
George Parker, colored, was lynched
in the upper part OF Hancock County,
Miss, for an attempted assault on a
white woman.
On the cattle ranges OF Lonake and
Prairie Counties, Ark, a deadly dis
ease has developed among the cattle,
which are dying by scores. The exact
nature OF the disease has not yet been
ascertained by the veterinary sur
geons, but 1t resembles somewhat the
Texas fever. 1t has now become cpl
demic, carrying off the cattle by scores.
At Madison Landing, Mo, whittier
Patrick Degnan and John Rohan had
gone with their families to celebrate
Independence Day, John, the son OF
the latter, while practicing with his
rifle, shot and instantly killed William,
the formers son.
In fire in the restaurant of Burcky
& MI Chi,azO, on the 9TH, two un-
known men lost their lives. The up
per floors OF the building were occu-
pied by the Benton Hotel. The fire,
which was caused by fireworks, did lit.
lie damage.