The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-09
nIs0R VIEWS VOTES.

-OL9 -4atIle buildings. EWO-StOrv
frame building adjoining and three
story orlck were also burned. The
loss was SO. 600.
= warehouse 10 Opelika, Ala, the
property OF HHbman Bros. Z Co.. and
occupied by .. P Cole c Co., burned
on lhe lsr, Between 1 500 and ? 600
oale9 oi cotton were destroyed. The
9ss l2-s i placed at $4,000, with S5I,-
CD,' Insurance
sergr. AdoIph Rose, Battery L, Sec
0HG Artillery, stationed at St Angus
tine, Fla. committed suicide on the
u, ~ 1T OF temporary insanity. bv
shooting himself through the head.
Patrick Cain, a lad Is years old. liv-
ing N Cleveland o.. drank whisky in
such quantities on New Years dav
that be died the next night from its
effect
4 terrible cyclone passed over Villa
Maria. PAP the Argentine Republic. D--
cembeE y, at / A. N. doing DAMAGE
70 the extent OF $4,000 pqtacones.
The depot was razzd No buildings
escaped and many We're unroofed.
Al the Gartside coal mine. near
Be.ievllle, H., on the 2d inst. William
Massey was shot through the head by
an unknown assassin, supposed to
have been a woman
lRa extensive shops OF the South
= torlda Railroad, at Sanford. Fla,
were burned on the q. with three To-
c0motIves. Loss $50 600.
The IRON steamer City Of Chester
Went ashore on the rocks of Eureka.
Cal-, on the Ist inst. The vessel.
winch : q total wreck, was valued at
500 600 Motives were lost.
The Lancaster National Bank, BOs-
ton, closed its doors on the 1st inst.
It president W. Il Mcneil who is
supposed to be in Canada. IL accused
OF embezzlIng funds TO the amount OF
500. 600.
Vt was rumored at Peoria, H., on
the 3lst, that Judge Yates, under IN
dIctmenr at that place Tor em5ezzle-
nlent, had skipped 10 Canada His
alleged detalcarlOns reach the sum OF
$3.50 600
At Buffalo, \. Y. on the31st, Charles
Hermann, the wife murderer. was
sentenced TO be hanged on F7ebru-
ary l. No new trial viii be asked /
Tor, but an effort VII be made TO OBJ
Tam communication of the sentence to /
imprisonment for life.
Fifteen hundred bales OF cotton, .
owned BIZ J. ;. Stewart & son, Macon. .
Ga, We're burned on the 3Ist. Loss. .
$50, 600; insurance. S44. 600.
Mrs Bridget Garrity, an alleged
mI-er, was found murdered in her
house n Harrison. Hudson County, .
\. j., on the 31sc. Il IS thought rob /
berry was the murderer ; intention, as
znE p
H. c. Leverert. of HOuma. La. was
shot dead On the Both at HaynesvlIle. 1
La. He was about to elOpe with a
Miss Hammond, when he was met by
the young lady's father, who killed
him.
Judge Sidney Smith announced on
the SIst his formal withdrawal from
the contest for the mayOraIrv Of Chi
cag0. He desires to resume his law
practice. and says the contest viii not
be settled before the end Of the term
oj office.
While Eph Besslev. living on a farm
n Wilson County, Tenn, MAS chop
ping wood on the 3lsC ult, his 6-ye8r-
old son stepped IN front of him, and
the father, VINO Is extremely near
sighted, chopped his head open with
the axe.
Eugene Scharrer & Co. West India
merchants, London. have become
bankrupt. Their liabilities are report /
ed &C $500, O00 and their assets are
said to be 'shadOwy.'
VIM. Baker. president OF the Tap
pan. NiCkHl0p Il Co. Mercantile
Agency, and publisher of the Chicago
journal Of Commerce. failed on the
3lsr ait. No schedule OF assets mas
been filed. but ID Is believed that they
viii equal the liabilities
Hansel & Webster, dealers IN sugar.
New Orleans, suspended on the 31st
ulr Liabilities $500. 900.
While alone in her room. IN New
York. on the / Sth inst. Elizabeth Van
Worst. a wealthy invalid, attempted
to get sOmerhIngfr the manrel. uu-
der which an open fire was burning.
Her clothing took hce and she was Ia
tally burned before help arrived.
O. B. Maurer's Touring mill at Tall
madge, o.. was entirely DESTROYED hv
fire at an early hour on the morning
OF the Isr. The loss on the building
and machinery Is $50. 600, and on
stock $4,000 TO $4,000, there Is an
insurance OF S17.25O on the building
and $4,000 on stock, distributed
among a dozen or more companies.
The Cory City Fl0uring Mills, AT
Cory, Pa. owned by ~tarbird. Ham
mOnd L Allen, We're DESTROYED By ire
on the 1st inst. Loss. S25,0OO.
The BedeA House, a summer hotel.
on Grand Island, near Buffalo. \. Y.
burned on the Isr. Loss. $1,000. The
house was vacant.
Sometime after midnight. on the
mOning Of the Both. the house OF Jus
tus Brown. a farmer residing Two miles
east OF Wilson. Niagara County. \. Y.
was burned. Mr.. Brown family vas
absent on a visit 70 friends IN Michi-
gan and he was the sole occupant OF
the house At daylight his neighb0rs
we're horrihed 10 find hisskelerOn with
The flesh nearly all burned Of. n the
ashes and debris OF his home
Lieut.. Jones. Of the Fourth United
States Artillery. returned TO duty az
Fort Adams. Newport, R l.. on the
night OF the 29th, having Overs-aved
his leave OF absence about a week
This preyed upon MS mind, and rather
than submit to court martial and
lts disgrace, he decided 10 die. EarIv
next morning he arose, dressed him
sell and shot himself IN the head with
2 revolver the ball entering MS brain.
henry o. hempsr. aged 65. the pro
prletor OF a small grocery store At
Cincinnati, was found murdered IN his
store early on the morning OF the Both.
His skull was split open.
Near Crawford, Miss. a mob Of ciri-
-sns took Thomas Lyde and Thomas