The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-09-18
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At Marion, Ill, on the 18th Mahala
j. Calvert fatally shot her husband,
Jerome Calvert, in a fit OF jealousy.
George Powers, telegraph operator
and agent Of the Nandalia road, sta
toned at a lonely spot about a mile
from Marshall, I'LL was assessinated
on the night OF the 11th, by some one
who fred at him through window as
he was writing. The murderer rOboed
his victim OF watch and about S15
IN money. Noclue TO the whereabouts
OF the assassin. Bloodhounds have
been sent for from Indianapolis and
Olney, Ill.
While a party Of six persons were
attempting to ford Green River ct
Fountain Run, KY, the horses became
frightened and rushed down the stream
into deep water. The wagon was up
set and the entire party drowned.
Freehold, \. j., was visited on the
18th by cOntiagratiOn which de-
stroyed the brick stores OF Clark &
Perrine, John Taylor's hotel and the
Baltimore & Ohio telegraph office. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
During the progress OF a show at
Jersey City, n. j on the night of the
18th, the grand stand gave way, drop
ping the crowd in hesp. No one was
killed, but a large number Of broken
limbs resulted.
While duck hunting st Nine Mile
Lake, near Britton, D. T., on the 11th
inst, C. Hooper Phillips, ex-mayor OF
Nashville, Tenn, was accidentally
shot dead by James Raines, 3 com
panion.
Fire at New Orleans on the 18th, de-
stroyed property valued at $4,000
On the 10th inst, the rear end Of a
train on the Delaware L Hudson Ca.
nal Railroad was run into by another
train while standing at Smith Basin
Station, near Troy, Y. Y. The rear
car caught fire and was destroyed, to.
gether with mail car. The depot was
also badly damaged.
Seven men were killed and ten in
jured by an explosion III colliery at
Bristol, Eng, on the 10th,
Louis Rothenberg, q Long Branch
druggist, has disappeared, leaving LA
bilities estimated at $4,000. The
sheriff occupies his establishment.
Mrs. Frank Comfor and her two
children were found in q dying condi-
tion at their home in Chicago on the
10th from corrosive subhmate. given
by the mother. Mrs. Comfor died IN
short time and there is no hope for
the children. The mother was a
widow, and since the death of ner hus-
band had been subject to fits Of mel
ancholy.
Thre were 149 business failures in
the United States during the week end
ing on the 10th.
The Queen Of Spain Is reported to
be suffering from serious pulmonary
troubles. which are making alarming
progress. The disease is similar to
that which caused the death OF King
Alfonso.
Fog in New York Bay on the 9Th
inst. caused the failure OF the second
race between the Boston yacht May
flower and the English cutter Galatea
Two boys named Charles Spain and
Everett Ellis were smothered to death
at Jacksonville, H., or the 9th, while
playing in q wheat bin from which the
grain was being drawn out.
In Paris. on the Sth, an ex convict
named Blanc murdered his mistress,
cut her head of and hung il by the
nalr on an outside shutter and then
committed suicide
William Stems i Co, New York lace
importers, have suspended LiabiIi-
ties, 100000.
4 great fire broke out in Thorne.
Germany, on the Sth, and DESTROYED
many houses, rendering 200 families
homeless. One woman was burned +o
death and many other people Injured.
Fire at Beatrice, Neb., on tue sth.
destroyed several buildings, with their
contents. Loss, S45, 600.
John II. Martin was crushed to