The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
nIY0R NEWS E0TEs.

While engaged 10 a game OF football
At Carlisle, Pa, on the 23d, Harry
Garrison, q student at Dickinson Col
lege, was knocked down in a rush and
80 badly hurt that he died In q few
moments.
The sixth auditors Office, al Wash
ington, was the scene o. q sensational
suicide on the 23d. Robert W. Aston,
A clerk N that branch OF the govern
ment service, after Coolly announcing
TO the chief OF division that he :" was
going 10 put an end 10 this thing" !"
walked 10 MS desk, took a athirtv-eight
caliber revolver from his pocket, and
IN the presence OF his fellow-elerks,
sent a ball crashing through his brain.
The pistol was placed so near his head
that the hair was singsd and the skull
shattered. The unfortunate man
lived but forry-fiye minutes after the
fatal shot had been fired. Nervous
depression Is said 10 have led to the
act. He was the son OF Col. Bob Ais.
ton, OF Atlanta.
W. :. Smiths sawmill on the lake
shore near Cheboygan. Mich, which
had only been N operation a few
months, was destroyed by fire on the
Z4tn- LOSS so, ,DOO,
The Davis malt house at Watkins,
\. Y, was destroyed by fire on the
oath, together with a large quantity
OF barley. Loss 100000.
Francis Tucker, while making some
repairs at the Franklin stamp mills,
at Hancock, Mich, on the 24th, was
crushed to death by the accidental
fall OF one OF the stamps.
Mr.. and Mrs. MCGOWAN, were found
IN their beds near Syracuse, y. Y,
on the oath, with their throats cut.
No explanation Is given.
The San Francisco customs author
tiles on the 22d made seizure OF 500
600 worth OF opium on the steamer
city OF Peking, from Hong Kong.
Gold-bearing quartz has been found
IN the vicinity OF North Adams, Mass,
and company has been formed TO
work the find.
A crazy negro boarded a Pan Handle
train going east At Logansport, Ind.
on the 22d, took possession OF the
smoking car and defied arrest with a
big knife and q club. At INDIANAPOLIS
ne was overpo wered after a severe
struggle.
Fire at Dublin, Tex, on The 22d,
destroyed a number OF stores with
their contents. Loss, $50, ,oOG; nsur-
ance, 81, 900.
Jacobs lumber yard and the ware
house OF the American Varnish Com
pany, at Chicago, were destroyed by
fire on the 22d. Three men we're
severely injured. Loss, S75, 900.
John :. Kerr, stock-groYer OF Car
bon, \. l., was shot and killed al
that place on the 21st by his brother,
" L. Kerr, IN a family quarrel.
BY order of the authorities, Geroni-
mo and his gang left San Antonio,
Tex, on the 22d, for Fort Plckens,
Fla.
julius Lefor and Minnie Roesch were
TO have been married on the evening
OF the 21st, at Chicago When the
time came for the ceremony the bride
groom failed to appear. a messenger
sent 10 his room found him dead, with
a bullet in his brain. No cause is
known for the suicide
A mob OF masked men went 10 the
Plckens County (Ala.l iail On the
night OF the goth, took out three Ne
groes charged with arson and hanged
them to a tree.
At Philadelphia on the 21st, Gen.
Phil. Sheridan was elected commander.
in-chiet Of the Loyal Legion, 10 I'll the
vacancy caused by the death OF Gen.
Hancock.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Geo.
l. Smith, with crew OF fourteen men,
has been given up for lost.
Fire At Grand Ledge, Mich, on the
2lst, destroyed several sawmllls and
factories. Loss $50, 600.
Fire II the state penitentiary at
columbus, O., Oh the morning OF the
21st inst, Damaged the building and
the machinery IN the wheel and chair
shops 70 the extent OF $50, 900.
James A. P. Whittier. charged with
the embezzlement OF 100000 from
the estate OF Harriet D. Reed. in Bos-
ton, pleaded guilty on the 20th. Whit
Ter is lawyer
". D. Cobleigh, wealthy farmer.
was killed at East Saginaw. Mich. hv
gate falling on him.
Elliott & Co.'S wholesale drug house
IN Toronto, Ont, burned on the goth.
The loss Is 100000.