The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-20
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At Red ClIf, Col, two miners, named
Perry and Gleason, quarreled over
some small matter, and Perry shot
Gleason dead. The murderer was
taken to Jail, but on the night OF the
18th a mob Of 200 men took him out
and hanged him
The safe in the Office OF A. G..
Schmidt & Co, Chicago. was broken
open on the night Of the 18th and
robbed OF 1898 in cash and s., 900 in
notes. besides other yaluables. A ball
was held in the building the same
night, and il is thought the burglars
finished their work by dancing the
night away.
The night express, which left OswegO
on the 18th, on the Ontario 4 Western
Railroad, ran into a washOut about
q mile west of Liberty, Sullivan
County. The engine, express car, bag
gage car and day coach were thrown
from the track. George St. John, the
engineer, and fireman, A. L. Lewis,
We're killed and three passengers were
seriously hurt.
The steamer Athlete, Capt. Parsons,
vas burned at the wharf at New
SMYRNA, Fla, early on the morning
OF the 18TH. The vessel Is Il total loss,
and half OF the cargo was burned.
Capt. Parsons had a narrow escape
from sufocatI0u. The loss Is $50. 600.
Insurance, $4,000.
Cummings Hotel at It. George. Ont.
burned early on the morning Of the
18th. \. Case and Joseph Armstrong
perisned IN the flames. The total loss
: estimated at $780, 600. insurance
$4,000
H0rario Seymour, ex-governor Of
New York, and candidatefor president
against Grant in 1868, died at the
home OF his sister, in Utica, \. Y, on
the 18th. He was rs years old and
had been IN bad health for some time.
The ice gorge in the Mississippi at
=. Louis was partially lo0sene,s on
the 18th. Several large cakes broke
away and did considerable damage to
shipping
The striking operatives in the hosiery
factories at Leicester. Eng. renewed
their rIOrOuS demonstration on the
18th. They attacked and sacked sew
eral houses, The police frequently
charged the strikers during the dav.
and In each instance were resisted.
many OF the policemen being injured
John Evans, colored. madea desper-
ate attempt 20 Si.l his uncle. Rolla
Banks, at Windsor. Mo. early on the
morning OF the 10th Calling his VIC
tim to the door he struck him with an
axe, Intiicring q terrible wound. Think
ing his object was attained. the muir
derer threw kerosene over Banks and
set aim on fire. The fire was put ont,
and a search t0rthe murderer resulted
ia finding him in an unconscious con
3tlon at tue bottom Of a well. He
was so badly burned that he died in q
lew hours.
At Buffalo. y. Y. on the 18th inst.
Charles Herman was hanged for vile
murder He cut his wlte's throat from
ear to ear. and then spent three nights
lE the room with the corpse. cooking
MS own meals and going to his work
ze1uisr!y
A fire at the little village Of Bridge
port, ILL.,. on the night O. the IltE.
caused q loss OF $50. 600.
While a party of section men were
crossing a trestle near GaIIipolis. d.
on the 10th, they were run down bv q
freight train Amos Weng and
Charles McAIullen were thrown 10 the
ground and fatally hurt. They fell
forty-tive feet
The front wall al the keystone
l.ewIng Company's new building, IN
course Of erection At PIttsburg, fell