The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-02-17
BADGER GOSSIP.

O1D ABE, the Wisconsin war eagle,
has been done in oil by Boston artist.
THREE oUARrERs Of the Indians on
the Oneida Reservation are white.
The total amount of the money order
business in Racine during 1876 is given
at $142, 1874 40.
A LA CROSSE hotel drummer fell sew
enteen feet onto stone pavement. He
was only slightly injured.
A MAID of sixteen and an old bachelor
of sixty summers were married in Door
county, last week.
ONE cheese factory at Whitewater has
made 700, 900 pounds of cheese the past
season, all of which was shipped to
Liverpool, England.
VIM. DRIsooLL, a young man LIVING
at Fort Howard, was rendered insane b.
blow from falling limb, while working
in the woods for the Peshtige Lumber
Company.
The lumber trade in Wisconsin and
Michigan is at dead lock. Operations
in the woods virtually ended on Saturday,
as on Monday the roads were in such
condition thot it was impossible to haul
any logs.
THE largest and oldest pine tree ever
cut in Wisconsin was cut at Jump river
by Murphy's men, last week. The tree
scaled 5000 feet. and was estimated,
according to the signs of lumbermen,
to be 253 years old.
THE whole number of students in
Beloit College is 176 The College
classes stand as follows: Seniors, q;
Juniors, II; Sophomores, 13; Fresh
men, 20. The College Library con-
tains over 5000 volumes; and the Ii
braries of the Literary Societies about
1000 The Faculty of this College is
very able one, and the course of in
struction is complete. 1t is under the
especial charge of the Congregational
denomination.
Chiffon is going TO De city IN few
days. This is what a Stockbridge re-
porter says of it in the Oshkosh North
western: 81. B. Reynolds, of the
village of Chiffon, sat up all night, a
few weeks ago, drawing up the city
3 charter. It will be one of the boss
i cities of the state-two or three stores
: and about twenty-five saloons and a
little stone pig pen for q jail, with about
eight or ten lawyers to support.
The residence of John Wait, of the
town of Medina, was destroyed by fire
last Friday night. Mr.. Wait was alb
sent from home at the time. His wife
was only awakened by the cracking OF
the flames, and then only in time to
escape with her life. She wrapped q
quilt around her, seized her infant
child which was only two weeks old, and
in this manner hurried out of the burn
ing building. She had scarcely reached
the outside when the burning roof fell
in. Other inmates also had a like mar
row escape.
W. M. DAYTON, of Waupacca, has Sc
cured the contract for grading about
seven miles of the Wisconsin Central
gap. He got all there was left to do
when he went after it. He has about
$4,000 yards of earth to move, and has
a crew of twenty men at work upon it
This is all the force he will use, as ht
says the men will average 1000 yards
apiece by the first of May. 1t is al
side work, and will be done with wheel
barrows. The ground is in fine con
dition for working, there being no fros
in it.
The Oshkosh Northwestern says, thu
following is the amount of logs raftec
through the Wolf River Boom for
several years back. Of course the logs
!, were not all sawed in this city. A por
tion of them were distributed between
Winneconne, Fond du Lac, Neenah, &c.
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} THE saw mill of the Wisconsin River