The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-07-13
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

Dispatches from India say that the
river Indus has oyertioWed its banks
I and that the adjacent country is under
ten feet of water. Forty persons have
been drowned at larkham.
John Dillon, who has been making a
| tour Of Australia, viii visit the United
States before returning home. He will
make prolonged stay IN California aud
Colorado and expects TO be absent about
year.
A passenger train collided with a
freight train near CiulnIta, Bulgaria, on
the 9Th. Fifteen persons were killed
and many injured. The accident was
due to the mistake OF switchman.
The Count of Paris viii publish his
fathers correspondence,
Hiram A. fearsons, o. Bonanza City,
Idaho, thrice a millionaire, drowned
a. CHICAGO while bathing of his yacht
In Lake Michigan. He Wac a cousin OF
Mrs. George VI. Pullman.
The much talked OF and thoroughly
advertised prize fight between John j..
Sullivan and Jake kilrain took place
near bichburg, Miss, on the Sth, and
was won by the former in seventy-hye
rounds. Neither brute was badly pun
ished.
Gen-Supt. !. ]. Frey, of the Missouri,
a 4
sons, kas., on the 6th making final ar
rsngements for the transfer of the Kan
sas City 4 Pacific to that company. lie
says it Is the intention of the Missouri
Kansas q Texas TO make through line
from Kansas to Texas over this newty
acquired line, both passenger and
freight.
w. l.. Edgleson, prominent negro
politician of Kansas. Is the prime mover
IN scheme to induce the negroes Of
the South to lmmlgratG to Oklahoma.
ne has organized an immigration com
pany, composed OF some Of the prOmi
nent colored men Of the state, which
will have agents in all Of the cities IN
the South, their headquarters being in
Topeka. He expects TO have 100000
colored people in Oklahoma by next
July
X. f. Reynolds. resident manager Of
the National Building and Loan Asso-
citation, Of New York, has caused . SEN
satIOn by eloping with Bella GOetz, the
pretty head waitress of the Barnett
House at Canton, o. 1t is rumored that
Reynolds accounts are in bad shape.
The smelling works of the Eureka
New Consolidated Mining Company
burned on the 9TH. Loss, $4,000; IN
suranCe, $50, 600.
At Geneva, O., on the 9TH, eight busI-
ness places We're burned out, including
the post-ofiice. Loss 800, COO.
The general store and dwelling of j.
G. Byrd, at East ChezzItiCook, near
Halifax, was burned on the 9th. a
young daughter was burned to death.
Another daughter jumped from win
dow with an infant in hes arms and was
seriously injured, besides being badly
burned. Byrd and his wife were also
severely injured.
At Springfield, H., on the eth. Geo.
Murray q Chicago plumber, was stabbed
to the heart by Tneophilus Waldron
alias Moonlight" a bootblack. They
guarreled over scent bet in a game
of ''mumblety peg" Moonlight" is a
street waif, is years old, and is mascot
for the local ball clubs and military
com pSnies. He was arrested. The
coroner's jury recommends that he be
held to the grand jury.
Two men named LavilIe and Jackson,
partners, of Marvsville, engaged in a
quarrel. at Helena, Mont, on the 7th.
Jackson drew pistol and shot Layllle
through the head, kilIingshim instantly.
The murderer escaped.
The report os the serious illness Of
John Ruskin is declared to be without
foundation.
Queen Victoria has subscribed 800 to
the volunteer equipment fund.
The Worlds Peace congress at Paris
resolved to hold the next conference in
London. Senator Sherman was elected
president.
Empress Frederick and her daughters,
after a visit to England, following the
emperor's visit, intend to 90 to Athens.
They viii spend the winter IN Italy, by
invitation Of King Humbert
Herr Won Weilen, editor of the late
Crown Prince Rudolph's work entitled
Austria Hungary" IS dead.
After stormy debate, the French
Chamber of Deputies voted n favor of
the abolition of the secret service fund.
The vote stood 301 for and go against
abolition. The question Of confidence
In the government was not involved.
The marrisge Of the Princess Louise
viii take place a Osborne July y. The
honeymoon viii be spent at Upper
Sheen house and in Scotland.