The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-07-15

A]AA~ II P3Oeoh L Oop GSCOuulS IOI The
absence of prisoners in the Jail there.
by stating that the editors were attend
ing the convention in Milwaukee.
Portage County.
BURGLARS have been operating in
Stevens Point lately.--Hon. Moses
NJ. Strong, of Mineral Point, who is
largely interested III real estate in Stevens
Point, is disposing of his property
there.-Ex-Sheriff Drake had his
barn destroyed by lightning a few days
ago. HIS wife was considerably shocked
by the bolt.
JAMES HOLDEN, of Johnstown. owns
five horses whose weights are 1927, l.
l37, 1898, 1,137, 1,134. Mr.. Holden
also owns the dam of these five. She
is Il years old, and weighs 1,435. He
has also yearling mare colt weighing
$50 pounds. Considerable horsefesh,
that.
Walworth County.
THE farmers of Caidwelrs Prairie
have offered a bounty of $75 for the kill
ing of each full-groWn wolf. The offer
IS good for thirty days from the Goth
of June, and the territory included in
the offer IS seven miles north, west and
south from Bunker's Island, and east to
Fox River. For information, address
G. S. Miller, of East Troy, Wis The
office of the Walworth County Liberal
was recently destroyed by fire.
Waukesha County.
IT becomes our duty, this week, to
record the death of two more of the old
settlers of Waukesha county, Mr.. Jones
of Genesee, and MIR. Church of Pros
pect Hill. They came to this section
at nearly the same time, and death has
removed them within less than a week
of each other Waukesho Freeman,
Juty 1.-The Townsend House at
Oconomowoc was formally opened on
the I'd lnst.-Three hundred guests
participated in the festivities of the
occaslon.-OtlsS Sergeant, of Mukwon-
ago, sheered from yearling eve IA
pounds of wool, which weighed pounds
thoroughly cleansed.
Winncbago County.
DAILY mail has been established
between Oshkosh and Berlin. Green
Lake county.-There were 500 peopIe
present at the picnic of the Knights of
Pythias, at Riverside Park, Neenah, on
the LIST.
Dodge County.
DURING a recent thunder storm. a
COW owned by r. Johnston, of Beaver
Dam, was struck by lightning and kill
ed, as was also colt in Columbus: also
barn belonging to Mrs. Powers was
burned. The mill dam at Danville was
taken away, the cost of replacing it be-
ing about 81 900. The Howe milldam
IN South Beaver Dam, was also some
what damaged, but is now all repaired.
Fond du Lac County.
DURING temporary fit of insanitG, a
few days ago, Joseph Putnam, of the
town OF Lamartine, committed suicide.
The total population of the county
by the census, just finished, is 40, 1853.
The Ladoga cheese factory manu-
featured in 1874, 243, 761 pounds of
cheese, which was q, 900 pounds more
than any other factory in the state.
This factory used the milk of 800 COWS,
while the factory at Sharon used that of
900 cows, but made only 222, $40 pounds
of cheese, the next highest to the La
doga in the state.
RRclne County.
The city of Racine has l3.3OO-a
great gain since 1S70.-A horrible ac
cldant occurred on the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad, Mt Caledonia, a
few nights ago. A brakeman by the
name OF Rogan, while engaged in coup
ling cars, made mis-step in some way,
and was terribly mutilated. His widow
ed mother resides in J snesville, where
he was conveyed. One leg has been
amputated, and the hip of the other
dlslocated and so badly bruised that it
is feared 1t can not be saved. He is re-
ported to be in terrible misery, and his
life is despaired of.
Green Lake County.
A FEW mornings since a barn be-
longing to Alfred Tyrreli, two miles
east of Berlin on the Wauksn road, was
struck by lightning and burnt. A
horse and young bull were also killed.
Loss $500; partially insured.
BERLIN's loss is Sheboygan's gain.
Triplets born in the last-named CITY
just III time for the census. Friends of
Rev. Mr.. Valentine and wife, formerly
OF Berlin, Will be surprised that the
lady In question gave birth to triplets
few days since, at Sheboygan, her
former home. There were two girls
and boy of 'em when first discovered,
and there was no reason for believing
that any of them got away. As is
usually the case, two of them died, the
boy and one of the girls. The other
girl is getting along nicely. Berlin
JOurnat.-Ripon has 300 acres in
cucumbers. The circus is gone And
with it the opportunity of sitting on
two-inch board, with your feet fast
asleep and hanging off, and having a
red-faced girl from Ripon stick her
knees in your back.-BerIin COurant. |
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