The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-07
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

Inc FIRST Presbyterian Church,
Washington, on the 1st inst, with the
usual ceremonies received Mrs Presi-
dent Cleveland into the fold. The
President was not present.
At Lafayette, Ind, on the 31st, q
sham battle was participated in by
IL, 1000 militia. About SO. 900 people
witnessed the fight. John Schreyer,
or Andrews, was so seriously hurt
that hedied next day. About twenty
five other soldiers were prostrated by
the heat.
In duel between French army Off
GERS at Algiers, the head of one was
cut in two with saber.
Franz Liszt, the musical composer,
one OF the greatest pianists the world
has ever known, expired at Bayreuth
about midnight on the Both, in his
18th year.
The pleasure yacht Sarah Craig, OF
Philadelphia, was on the evening of the
3oth capsized near Sandy Hook, one
man and six women being drowned.
The tug William Cramp rescued nine
men from the yacht.
In the Anarchist trial at Chicago.
the prosecution on the 31st closed its
case by displaying red and black flags,
banners, and mOttOs captured by the
police III the office OF the Arbeiter lei
tung. Counsel for the defense then
asked that the jury be instructed to
acquit all the prisoners except Spies
and LiDgg, but Judge Gary declined to
interfere in the matter.
A loss Of $500, 600 was caused on
the 31st ut, by the destruction by
fire OF mill No. 2'of the Orchard Mills
Company, at Springfield, Mass. The
fire Is thought to have originated in an
explosion OF gas.
One man was killed and another
had both legs broken in train wreck
on the Lebanon Valley Railroad, near
Derry, Pa. A washout was the cause.
The extensive carriage works OF Or
Vile H. Short, at Syracuse, y. Y.
were burned on the 3lst ult., with
about 1000 wagons and a large
amount ofvaluable machinery. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, 100000.
Fire, on the 31st ult. destroyed the
shoe factory OF Stead, Simpson & Co.,
at Leicester, England. The loss is
placed at $25O,0O0.
The Touring mills OF Buck & Hoff,
Manchester, Va, burned On the 30th,
and the Old Dominion Cotton Mills
were partially destroyed. Loss, $685.
900: insurance, SS5,0OO.
At Seymour, Ind, on the night Of
the 29th ult., Leander Moody was
lynched for an assault on a 10-year-
old girl
Detroit is threatened with a small
pox epidemic.
Central Kansas waS y-iSi+aI ~ j.,
heavy rain on the 30th, which camein
the nick OF time to save the corn crop.
which 1t was feared would be a fiat
failure.
At Charlotte, \. c., on the 3Oth,
George Moore, colored, was hanged
for an assault on his daughter.
At Logansport, Ind, on the 2qth.
George W. Murphy, a machinist, was
killed by falf from a second story
window. He was so years old and
had an accident policy of $4,000.
Mrs. Barbara Mitcheling lost her life
IN a tenement house fire on Third
Avenue, New York, on the 29th. All
the inmates escaped at the first alarm,
but the unfortunate woman returned
to secure a $4,000 package of bonds,
and was hemmed IN by the flames.
The boiler OF q saw mill located at
Tohula, Miss, on the Yazoo Division
OF the Illinois Central Railroad, be-
longing TO Col. Graves, exploded on
the night OF the 2Sth, killing six per-
sons and Inluring several others. Col.
Graves was among the injured.
On the 2Sth, soon after the French
Transatlantic Company's steamer
Labrador anchored at the New York
quarantine grounds fire was discov-
cred among theeargo. The passengers
were mustered on deck, the matches
closed, aud the steamer was beached.
The passengers were then taken of in
boats, and the fire extinguished by the
aid OF the city fire department. The