The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-02
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At Nlcksburg, Miss, on the night OF
the 25tn, John Tvoni, q saloon keep
er, was shot and kiiie1 by Dan Keete,
until recently in the formers employ.
Charles Kendall, q victim OF dyspep-
sia, committed suicide at Grand
Rapids, Mich. His home was IN Ala
bama,
The Forest City rolling mill, Cleve-
land, O, was destroyed by fire on the
25th, involving q loss Of $4,000.
The mill was owned by William Clark
q Co., of Pittsburg. and had been idle
for some time.
By an accident on the Indiana,
Bloomington e Western Road near the
town OF Laura, Miami County, O.,.on
the 25th, two engines and a baggage
car were wrecked and a fireman, named
Dillon, was killed.
At Chicago on the 25th, the cases OF
Dejnek ana Brada, charged with at
tempting to hang Policeman Casey
during the Mccormick riots in May
last, were concluded on the 25th. The
former was given one year in Jail and
the latter was acquitted.
Mike Donovan, the prize fighter, was
fined $3.50 in New York, on the 25th,
for contempt of court in refusing to
answer questions on the witness stand.
The building occupied by Davidson
q Hay, wholesale grocers and LIQUOR
dealers, Toronto, Can, was burned on
the 9th. The stock vas valued at
100000 and Is a total loss. They
were insured for about $4,000 The
adjoining firms of Goulding & Co. and
Bryce & McMurrich suffered to the
extent OF $4,000. The total loss is
about S150,000.
j. Claude Obeaugh and B. Frank
Owens, two printers, were thrown from
the top OF q passenger coach where
they were stealing a ride and killed,
near Memphis.
A convention has been called at Ra-
leigh, \. c., on October %, of all per-
sons of Northern birth now living in
the state. Over 1,500 people are ex-
pected to attend the reunion, which Is
intended to encourage immigration to
the state.
Lightning struck and set fire to the.
Italian bark Nicola while she was being
laden with benzine at Frume, Austria.
Eight men perished in the flames.
Two workmen, named Felix Basse
and Frank Blackburn, were accident
ally killed at the iron mine at Jays
vile, n. Y, on the oath.
On the evening Of the 23d the body
OF Moritz A. Fischer, a London busi-
ness man, was found in a comyart-
ment OF an underground railway car
He had been murdered by unknown
parties. Great excitement was caused
by the discovery.
A AIfraIo 90 Ronaarar orn,1 > x-aor,
son OF a former consul at Porto Rico,
committed suicide at Washington on
the 23d by shooting. He recently
lost his position in the post office de-
partment, and had become despond-
ent.
Charles 4. w. Herman, importer
and dealer in chemicals, New York,
made an assignment on the 23d. HIS
liabilities are estimated at $115 900.
Il. }. Rowe, prominent railroad
contractor at TeXarkana, Tex, has
failed. Liabilities, S15O,OOO.
One hundred pounds OF gun cotton
and nltro-glycerine exploded at Giant
Powder Works at Jermyn, ten miles
from Scranton, Pa, on the 23d. Two
Cinnamon were killed.
The steamer Frances Smith, OF Owen
Sound, has again been seized by the
American authorities at Sault Ste.
Marie, on naccount of some informality
rs to the security OF SIS, 900 on q
former seizure at st. Ignace for I'M
proper reporting at that point.
A syndicate OF Paris and Berlin
bankers has subscribed 500, 100000
francs to carry out a scheme, sane
toned by the Sultan, for a network OF
railways to connect the Black Sea
with the Persian Gulf, under the di-
rection OF the Austrian Engineer
Fressel
l.. f. Symmes, charged with muir
der, was taken from the jail at Mont
rose, Col, by r mob on the morning
OF the 21st, who in spite OF the efforts
OF the sheriff and posse, hanged him.
Thomas Fitzgerald was tried at De-
troit, on the 21st, for the murder OF
Thomas Quinn. The trial lasted a
trifle over five hours, verdict OF mur-
Ger in the second degree being re
turned.
A couple who registered at a New