The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-16
HESOR VIEWS VOTES.

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nISOR VIEWS VOTES.
On the morning OF the 9th a driver
on a street-car IN Newport, O., saw a
dead body under the bank Of the Ken
tucky shore The police took tito the
statlOn-house, where it was found to
oe that OF an old man, frozen stiff. 1t
was found the man had been muir
dered, bullet wound being found in
his head. The locality was occupied
oy squatters, who had been ordered to
E4cate, and It Is supposed the old
man who had wandered into theneigh
borhOOd, was mistaken for an officer
anG shot by one of the occupants.
William Stevans, OF Detroit. who
cut the throat OF his fiancee, Miss Duck
Wiz, was, on the afternoon Of the 8 n,
convicted OF murder and sentenced to
lie imprisonment, and IN ten minutes
was on board a train for Jackson.
During ire on the 9th at Wichita,
has., q. a. Nickles, aged IS, fell from
ladder and broke his neck.
4 terrible conHagration that broke
out IN Newark, \. J on the night OF
the 9th, was not got under control un-
ta the following morning, and it was
nearly noon before the flames were ex-
tlngulshed. The total loss viii aggre-
gate 1925, 600.
Fire on the morning of the eth de-
strOyed the store and stock OF NJ. J.
Mosely, B. ". MOseIy, J. r. Herciot
and F. B. Henderson, at Aiken. 5. c.
Loss $40, 600; insurance $4,000. A
keg OF powder exploded during the fire,
severely InJuring two negroes and a
white boy.
Clark & Co.'S carriage factory, at
Lansing, Mich, employing seventy
hands, was destroyed by fire on the
10Th. Loss $40, 600; Insurance one
half
The Second Presbyterian Church.
CovlngtOn, Ky, burned on the 10th.
Loss SO, 900
The notorious Rev H. D. Jardine,
who was recently convicted by an &c
cleslastlcal council at Kansas City,
Mo. committed suicide at St. Louis,
on the lOlh, by taking chlOrOfOrm
An unknown schooner was wrecked
on the rocks off Charles Island. near
NoodmOnt, Conn, during the night OF
the 6th. When discovered the follow
ing morning one man was visiblein the
rigging, but before a rescuing party
could reach the wreck he was washed
off
Edward Frederick was caught in the
shafting in the pump works at Canton
O, on the 9th. Before he could be
rescued ms skull was fractured.
James Biakeny, brick layer. was
found frozen to death on the railroad
track near Springfield, Mo, on the
morning OF the 9th.
The extensive mill buildings in Ken
singtOn, Philadelphia, known as Ar
rat ; mills and Beatty S mills. occupy
ing two blocks, bounded by Emerald,
Ietterly, Taylor and Coral Streets.
and separated by Adams Street. we're
destroyed by fire on the 10th. involv-
ing a loss estimated at 81 900 600
Five men were drowned at Memphis.
Tenn, on the 9th, while attempting to
cross the river in a skitf.
Fire at Cincinnati, O., on the 9Th.
destroyed The building on Water
Street occupied 10y Jewett & Adams
and number OF other firms. The
losses reach S75, 600: July insured.
Cattle IN the central part of Illinois
are reported dying in large numbers
from some unknown disease. supposed
TO be caused by eating moIdv corn.
The st. James Hotel at Batavia. y.
l.. was entirely destroyed by fire. early
on the morning Of the sth. There were
many narrow escapes. Two men
Jumped from the fourth story and
were severely injured. The hotel was
owned by 4. G Collins The loss Is
about 500, 600, insurance S25. 600.
Charles Williams, colored, convicted
or outrage on Mrs. Eliza Keene. white.
At Cambridge, Md, was hanged on the
Sth.
Fire broke out on the Sth, in the
wholesale grocery house of T. G. Bush
4 Co, IN Mobile, Ala There was a
heavy wind and the department. owing
to an error in the alarm. went TO the
rear OF the town before locating the
hre. The fire quickly consumed all the
storehouses IN the block but one. and
damaged the store on the opposite
side OF Michael Street. The losses az
gregate Sl60 600; insured for $40
Geo.
\ 4-year-old son OF a Mrs Harden
lost ms lte in a Philadelphia fire on
the 9TH inst
The pending strike among the en-
ployes OF the New York Elevated Rail
road has been averted by mutual con
cessions.
Senator John sherman was renomi-
mated for United States senator by a
joint caucus OF his constituents at
Columbus, O., on the 9TH INST.
By the prematuree explosion OF blast
Ing powder in a coal mine at CoItax,
Ia, on the 9Th, Louis Exams was IN
stantly killed, and miners known as
Texas, George Storms and Peter
Augustrum were seriously injured.
At Paterson, y. r., on the eth.
George HOiford, a huokster, shot his
VIE dead and then killed himself.
The elevator Of D. r. Putnam Nc
Gregor. at GrotOn. d. T.. burned on
the IN, with II 600 bushels OF wheat.
4 large portion OF the roof OF a mine
at Boston Run. near Mahoning Citv,
"a, sunk on the 18th, carrying down
an entire block Of houses. and it IS
feared more viii 90. No lives are re
ported lost.
The police OF East St. Louis are
greatly dissatisfied At the inability Of
the municipal treasurer to pay them
their last two months salaries. there
being no money ~ the police fund. The