The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-03

the 24th, Frank Wenland, one OF the
inmates, was shot, probably fatally.
George Martin was fatally injured
By the fall Of a scaffOld IN a church at
Forest, o., on the oath. Two other
men we're injured.
The warehouse Of the consolidated
tank line, at Peoria, H., containing
10 600 gallons Of oil, burned on the
25th, together with the freight house
Of the Peoria & Pekin Railway and its
contents. The total loss viii reach
100000.
It Is now stated that the recent ice
cream pOlsOninga at POttersVille, Y. J.,
viii result In the death OF twenty peo-
pie.
Ex-President Arthur left New York
on the 24th for New London, Conn,
where he viii spend the hot season.
He Is very weak and Is unable to bear
any amount OF fatigue.
At Muskegon, Mica, on the night OF
the 23d, Fritz Harm, an emplOye OF
the Muskegon Brewing Company, was
run down by an engine and killed. 1t
Is supposed to have been a case OF sui
eide. He leaves q wife and two chill
dren
The boiler in the saw mill Of T. R.
Adams, near Atkins, Ark, exploded,
on the oath, wreCkiug the building.
killing three men, including the pro
prietor, and seriously injuring two
others.
The statement Of the liabilities OF
the suspended Philadelphia dry goods
firm OF Reigel, Scott & Co., shows the
debts Of thee concern to be in the neigh
borhOod OF S75O,OOO. The assets are
not known.
The Merchants National Bank, Of
Peoria, H., Is preparing to resume
business. The Hope defalCation has
been made good by an assessment on
the stock.
The works OF the American Forcite
Powder Company, at Lake HOpat-
cong, y. j. were destroyed by fire and
explosion. The loss will reach $780,
coo. No one was hurt.
4 dispatch from Prague, Bohemia,
states that a ferry-boat capsized while
crossing the Sazawa River, throwing
fifty persons into the water. The
exact number OF those drowned has
not been ascertained, but twenty-five
bodies have been recovered.
Mayor Joyce, OF East st. Louis, was
fined for contempt of court in that
city, his offense being a failure to ap.
pear as witness in q gambling
An entire family Of colored people,
at Paris, Mo, were seriously poisoned
by drinking water in which some poi
sOnOus substance had been placed by
some unknown parties. The father
and mother are IN precarious cOndi-
ton.
At Latrobe, Pa, on the night OF the
22d, an old quarrel was reopened be
tween Frank Keewan and Mac Dixon,
two well-known citizens OF Greenburg,
IN which the latter was shot dead.
While resisting arrest at Detroit,
Mimi, on the 23d, William Kellaher,
alias "Reddy," shot and killed Officer
Convey. The same night he was taken
from jail by mob, hanged to q tree
and his body riddled with bullets.
About 100 persons at Pottersville,
\. j., we're made Ill by eating ice cream
at church festival, some OF whom
will die. The doctors think that arse
mic, vitriOl or sulphate OF zinc was in
the cream, but where the poison came
from has not been discovered.
The large naval store OF Wilson,
Patterson & Co., Montreal, burned on
the 22d, including a large amount OF
oil and tar stored In two factories.
The total loss Is estimated at $780,
600; insurance, $4,000.
At Springfield. Nc. On the 22d. the
two l.--- .l-izAUs against Mrs Emma
Molloy, for completely in the Graham
murder, were quashed by the court,
but the prisoner was held to answer to
any new indictments which may be
brought against her by the next grand
jury.
Some excitement was created at Al
bany, y. Y, on the 22d, by the an
nOuncement made by a county court
Judge that he had received an offer
from the superintendent of theAlbany
penitentiary OF $50 for every long
term prisoner sent to that institution
by him.
Dispatches of the 22d report de-
structive floods in Silesia, Bohemia
and Hungary. A number of deaths
have resulted and the damage to
property has been enormous.
The sugar and cotton warehouse OF
Paul Jacobs, Hamburg, has been
destroyed by fire. The loss is $780,
600.
On the evening OF the 21st, the old
Taylor brewery, one of the land
marks OF Albany, n. Y, was burned.
1t had a capacity OF about 250,0OO
barrels per year. Loss, about $780,
600; insurance, 1925, 900.