The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-11-28
Monroe County.

IHE case or Sarah IngerSO1, charged
| with poisoning her husband, at Sparta.
over year ago, came up Tuesday, in
the Dane county circuit court. J. NJ.
Morrow. district attorney of Monroe
county, assisted by Geo. B. Smith, of
Madison, conducted the prosecution.
Upon the defense are VIM. F. Villas, of
Madison, and John Turner, of Mansion.
Mr.. Morrow opened the case with most
powerful and well-digested array of
charges. The case is receiving his in
dividual attention. The legal talent on
both sides is of superior order The
cas- is one of interest.
Oconio County.
THERE is suspicion that the skeleton
of the supposed murdered man foundm
the woods near OcontO about two weeks
ago, was that of Louis White, who
lived in the town of Oconto. He was
married to q squaw. He left her about
two years ago, saying that he was going
to Minnesota, but has never been heard
from since.
Portage County.
STEVENS POINT is shipping large
amounts Of lumber to Atchison, Kansas.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad is
building $40, 900 worth of side tracks to
the mills at Stevens Point. Tt is
thought that not half the usual amount
of lumber will be cut in the prairies
| this winter.
Racine Comfy.
4 HORSE driven by an old man named
John Richtmayer, became frightened at
passing train, near Racine, and ran
away. The old man was thrown from
the buggy and bruised terribly by the
| fall, nearly the whole of his scalp being
torn off. The injuries are probably ia
tal-The proprietors of the city mills
at Racine have introduced the new pro
cess for grinding flour.
| Rock County.
/ A DAUGHTER of Mr. Buttum, post
master at Milton, attempted to replenish
a fire in the kitchen stove with kero-
sene. The can exploded, and the girl was
soon enveloped in flames. Her father
III endeavoring to take her clothes from
her body was terribly burned. The
flames were finally eXhnguished, but
not until the girl was SO badly burned
that she died that night -Edward
! Martin, of Janesville, was assaulted by
! two men with an AK, four miles from
! town recently. He was badly cut up,
and claims that he was also robbed of
several hundred dollars-Mrs. Viii
liam Lehmer, of GAINESVILLE, has been
arrested for having a valuable velvet
cloak which was stolen from Mrs. III. NJ.
White, matron ofthe state blind asylum
during the fire last spring.
1T. Creix County.
| STERLING JONES, one Of the oldest resi-
! &c, 6 o. T.,
| Gently, aged 90 The following
is the official canvass of the vote on Con
gross and Assembly: Rusk, 1,199; Full
ton, l, 449. Clapp, 1920; Boyden. 1,407.
| The amendment to the constitutions
For, 1910; against, 6.-The reform
county ticket is elected by small ma
iority.
Vernon County.
| On the afternoon of the 9th inst, M.
John Downie, of the town of Liberty.
near Viroqua, was blowing in his field,
and while he had stopped to rest and was
leaning against his pillow, was shot, the
ball entering his left breast, just above
the heart, passing through the chest and
out below the right shoulder blade. At
| the instant he was shot, he looked
around in the direction from which the
ball came, and saw a man dodge behind
a tree, and recognized him as a man by
the name of Guist, but for some unac-
cOIlntable reason refused to tell who he
was until the next day, when he made
affidavit to that effect Mr.. Downie,
after being shot, unhitched his team
from the pillow and went some 200 yards
toward his house when he fell. A phvsi-
clan, on examination of his wound,
! thinks he cannot live. Mr. Downie can
assign no reason for the act. Guist had
not been arrested at last accounts.
| NasiiiI siou County.
A BARN containing five or six head of
cattle, hay, etc, belonging to VIM.
Donath, of Pennington, was burned a
few nights ago.
| Waupaca County
| In astabbing affray at Brickly Bridge,
| between Amos Cure and Peter DeMas-
tiers, which occurred recently, the latter
was seriously wounded The editor
of the Waupaca Republican has been
presented with cabbage measuring
feet inches in circumference, and
wesghing 203 pounds.
WaIworth County.
\ SURVEYING party has recently been
| iS" chlN bllt Nt0t-
err part of Walworth county, for a rail
road. The new contemplated line is 70
start from Peoria, Illinois, and run 20
Fond du Lac, in this state. It will pass
through Walworth county probably in
straight line north and south. and
will cross the Western Union Railroad
between Darien and Aliens Grove, some
two miles west of Darien.- pei
can eight feet from tip to tip, was shot
III Lake Como recently-A row oc-
cured at Darien on election day, in
which one HOLSTER was badly wounded
with pistol.
! N1aksiia County.
HE Palmyra Enterprise says a
young man by the name of Lull, resid-
ing III Troy, met with sad accident
recently while out on hunting excur-
sion-his gun being discharged by some
mishap while his hand was on the
muzzle. The ball entered his hand
passing up the arm, and lodging be
tween the wrist and elbow.