The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-09-07
MINOR NEWS NOTES.


ing of the st. Joseph, Mo, exposition.
1t is thought there is some prospect
OF a settlement of the great London
strike.
The strike of the employees of the
shoe shops st North Adams, Mass, is
spreading.
Mr.. Gladstone has gone to Paris.
The steamer Xealandia, from Aus
tralla, brought news of the loss of the
schooner Jennie Walker, which went
ashore on one of the Gilbert Islands
last April. The crew escaped in boats
to Jakuit Island. The vessel and cargo
are total loss.
The town of Gardiner, on the edge of
the National Park, Montana, WAS en-
trely destroyed by fire on the lst. Only
one house was saved out of about thirty
In all. All the troops and other govern
ment employees in Vel owstone National
Park had been engaged all the week in
fighting the fires in the park.
Telegrams from all parts OF the en-
pire say that the anniversary OF the bat
tie of Sedan was celebrated in the usual
patriotic manner. Ghe weather was
splendid.
III connection with the Sultan OF Ian-
Zlbar's latest concession 10 England, it
is rumored that Prince Bismarck con-
templated the surrender of Nitu to En-
gland in exchange for Walfsch Bay,
and that he is angry because of DR..
Peters drawing attention to Vitu.
A severe shock of earthquake was ex-
perienced in Erzeroum on the I'd.
The village OF kantzorik has been en-
gulied in lava. One hundred and tbir-
ty-six lives were lost.
Michael Dayitt writes to the Pail Mall
a ba 10 ~
of a single plank of the Home Rule plat
form for mess of Catholic University
pottage.
The Berlin correspondent OF the Lon
don Daily News says that the military
bill to be submitted to the Rechstag
will provide for the formation OF two
new army corps by dividing the Alsace
and the eastern frontier corps, each of
which is now far above the average
strength.
The anii-alcohol congress at Paris has
passed resolution to the effect that the
government of the world ought to be
asked to place prohibltiye duties on
alcohol, and to exempt tea, coffee, etc. T.,
from customs dues. Statistics show
that the consumption Ofalcohol doubled
in France between 1870 and 1880.
At Goldsboro, La, It con tlict occurred
people and whites, in which many per-
sons were shot. Each side claims the
other was the aggressor.
In accordance with q law recently
passed the French government has
taken formal possession of the tele-
phone stations IN Paris. The company
protested against the governments aC-
ton as illegal, and only submitted to
force.
1t is reported in Paris that Gen. Bou-
LANCER has decided to submit to arrest
the week preceding the elections in or
der to avoid seizure before his arrival
in Paris.
Delegates from the Italian Work
mems Society arrived in Paris on the
lst. They were cordially welcomed by
NJ. Baslev and other members of the
Chamber of Deputies and by members
of the Municipal Council.
Three men were killed and five in
jured in ii collision of trains at Rutland,
Vt, on the lst.
The schooner Annie Foster was sunk
in Lake Ontario by collision with the
yacht Siesta.
The governors of seventeen states
express opinions regarding the re-
moyal of Grants remains, many IA
voring their removal to Arlington Gem
etery.
Wheelock G. Veazey, of Vermont,
who WAS Gen. Alger's principal rival for
commander-in-chief ofthe Grand Army,
has been appointed inter state COM
merce commissioner.
Mr.. Washburn, the United States
minister TO Switzerland, has made for
NAL protest to the Bundesrath against
the wrongful arrest of four American
tourists at Berne, on the charge OF being
pickpockets. The persons referred TO
were liberated after two days Imprison-
meat. No apology WAS offered to them
for the mistake that had been made
Heavy damages are claimed
Mrs. Catherine Sullivan. mother of
John l.. Sullivan, the pugilst, died at
her residence on Parnell Street. Rox-
bury, Mass, on the 30th, from wa
ter on the heart. She was a native
OF Ireland, 81 years old, and has been
an invalid several years, having been
bedrldden for two years past.
Sackctt d Gates hardware store,
Chase S furniture store, and Alexander's
dry goods store, at Weeping Water,
Neb., burned on the 30th. Loss, 800
600; Insurance. SIS, 900.