The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-07-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
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covery doubtful. -The steam sawmill
of j. Wherton, at Snidersville. was de-
stroyed by fire few nights ago. Loss
S2,o0o, no msurance.--Green Bay
has 5000 Inhabitants
Dane County.
JOHN RoDDERMUND, the extensive
Madlsonb rewer, died on the Odd. Mr..
Il. came TO the state in 1914. John
Gibbons, highly esteemed resident of
Sun Prairie and an old veteran soldier,
died at his home few days ago-The
pigeon shooting match at Madison was
marked success. The first prizes were
won by the three Kleinman brothers, of
Chicago, the fourth by Fl. n. Sherman,
of Beloit. In the u. S. court at
Madison, on the oath, verdict of $685.
QUO was rendered against..Simeon Mills,
President of the Bank of Madison, and
j. IL. Hill, its cashier. The suit was
brought by the creditors of the bank.
Still other suits are pending.
Eau Claire County.
A SwEDE by the name of Matt Ledel,
an employe of the Daniel Shaw Lumber
Company, at Eau Claire, was drowned
few days ago while in bathing. 1t
seems he was unable to swim, and
walked off ledge into about fifteen
feet of water. At last accounts the body
had not been recovered.
Fond du Lac County.
A VACANT house and barn containing
! two tons of hay, belonging to John
Mead, town of Eden, Fond du Lac
county, were destroyed by fire recently.
1t is supposed that they were fired by
two boys who were seen running to the
woods soon after the flames broke out
Airs. Cornelius Mangan was thrown
to the ground from a wagon with such
force that she will probably die. The
accident happened ia the town of
Eden, week ago last Sunday.
Green Lake County.
THERE is a man in this vicinity who
is 70 years old, Is worth $50, 900, and
boasts that he "never gave fifty cents
in his life to any benevolent purpose. ="
We agree with a bystander who over
heard the remark, when he said that
man never knewwhatit was to experience
the first particle of real genuine com
! fort.-RipOn Commonwealth.
Jefferson County.
BURGLARS robbed the jewelry store
of August Wiggenhorn, of Watertown,
OF $500 worth of goods few nights
| ago.-Watertow has gained 1000 in
habitants in five years. She now has
9,5O0.-A select party, composed of
w. ID. Hoard, Senator ". S. Greene,
President j. H. Sleeper, F. Miller, and
Jesse Stone, Esqs., left Watertown the
other day for the trout region in Dunn
county, on the Menominee river. Rev.
NJ. w. Reed, of Milwaukee, and Mr..
George Scott, of Minneapolis, were also
to JOIN the party.-The celebrated
trotter Badger Girl is now at Water
town training.
kenOsha County.
THE commencement exercises at
Kemper Hall, Kenosha, took place on
the 18th. The graduating class con
sists of six young ladies, Miss Cornelia
S. Angle, of Chicago, Mary S. Ever
hart, of Kehosha, Frances r. Gordon,
of Madison. Belle MacGregor, of Por-
tage, Ida H. Price, of Waukegan, and
Laura Spaulding, of Pittsburg, Pa The
exercises were opened, closed and inter
spersed with appropriate music Miss
Ida Price delivered the salutatory in
Latin, followed by French, German
and English essays by other members
of the class. The prizes were awarded,
and after the reading of the valedictory
by Miss Mary Sue Everhart, closed with
the benediction by Bishop Talbot, of
Indiana.
Milwaukee County.
THE Homeopathic doctors of the
state held a convention in Milwaukee
last week. The cost of stamps which
should have been placed on the whisky
copfiscated in Milwaukee amounted to
about $4,000. The stuff will be sold
by the marshal July 10.-Rev. Mr..
Dudley, pastor of the Plymouth Church,
Milwaukee, has resigned. cata-
logue of the Milwaukee Female College
for the scholastic year 1S74-75 is out.
During the past year 172 students have
been III attendance. The Senior class.
numbers 3, Juniors II, Sophomores and
Freshmen 70, and in special classes 73.
Prof. Farrar and his corps of ID able in
structors are making the college one of
the leading institutions of learning in
the state.
Racine County.
THE Journal says the family of Mr..
Thomas Thomas, of YOrkville, were
saved from a terrible death, on the oc-
casion of the burning of their house re
Gently, by the warning of cat who had a
nest of kittens in the siding of the
house where the fire was set, presuma,
bly, by brother of Thomas. As the
fire approached Tabby with her little
ones, she sprang to the bed of the hired
man, and IN her way appealed to him
to "save her child" 1t is to this
feline that the family of Mr. Thomas
Tho as owe their lives. In ten min
utes the roof fell in. The dwelling
soon after was smouldering ruin, and
the whole family In the open air with
hardly tig-leaf in comparison to cloth
ing. After the fire John Thomas, the
supposed incendiary, came up to the
scene of the conhagration and was sum-
marily pounced upon and severely pun
ished by the assembled indignant
neighbors, but finally got away. Sheriff
Dickinson went out on Sunday to ar
rest Thomas. but he is still at large.
Thomas is under bail of 81, 600 for the
burning of Mr.. Campbell's barn some
time ago. The incendiary has since
been arrested, but denies the charge
Burlington has three sulphur
springs, and they are known as Grant,
Sherman, and Bismarck.
Rock County.
A MAN who gave his name as James
McCracken, was arrested in GAINESVILLE
a few evenings since for passing coun-
terfeit SIS bills on the First National