The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-13
STATE NEWS.

IHE new Norwegian church, on West
Prairie, was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies few days since.
COUNTERFEIT half dollars are cir
culating in the southern portion of the
state.
GEORGE WYAND, a farmer of Rio, at
tempted to board moving train at Fall
River. Lost leg.
A MAN named Langloss, in the town of
Merton, had his right arm broken in two
places by runaway team.
THERE is not saw mill running in
the Chippewa Valley, and many men
are idle in consequence. A rise in the
river would be God-send just now.
The house of Joseph Kramer, in Fond
du Lac, was struck by lightning Monday,
and considerably damaged. The inmates
of the house were not injured in the
least.
The cranberry crop throughout the
state proves a remarkably large one.
About 10000 barrels will be secured
near Berlin and the growers figure their
profits by the thousands.
;. Y. CURTIS, prominent farmer of
Lafayette township, was on Tuesday
night fatally gored in the intestines by a
bull belonging to him. He lived but a
few moments after the occurrence.
A MAN named Ned Ccnkey, of APP
pleton, while loading shells for his gun,
had close call. One of the shells
dropped and exploded the shot pierced
his clothing but only grazed the flesh.
T. S. NOLAN, formerly a GAINESVILLE
boy, was attacked by ruffians in Kansas,
and killed one of his assailants. The
local papers say they need several more
Nolans to handle the "roughs' out there.
FRANK KERR, of Fond du Lac, fell
from the new depot at Iron Ridge, upon
which he was working, Monday, a dis
lance of fifteen feet, striking upon his
head and shoulders. The shock para
lyzed him and will prove fatal.
A YOUNG man named Levi Cole
attempted to commit suicide at the Car
rler House in Boscobel. He took poison
and then cut himself in the arm with a
razor. He was saved. The young man
is insane.
THE prisoners in the Fond du Lac
county jail came within twenty minutes
OF an escape Wednesday morning. They
had sawed their way almost out when
an insane man, confined in one of the
cells, told the keeper that something was
wrong.
MR.. FRAVER, who lives one mile from
Shawano, met with heavy loss by fire
on Sunday morning. His dwelling, hay
and stock were entirely consumed He
was awakened by the flames barely in
time to save his own life. Loss about
81 900. No insurance
The water is said, by our oldest set
tiers, to be lower in our lake, and in all
the small streams, than for twenty-five
or thirty years. We nave had no long
and soaking rains, the numerous showers
all being entirely absorbed by the soil
| OSHKOSH Northeastern.
A MEETING was held in the council
| chamber at Fort Howard last evening,
in the interest of the Green Bay and
Superior railway company. Mr.. Abrams
on behalf of the company set forth the
claims of the project and invited private
subscriptions in its aid, to be taken in
stock or otherwise. Green Bay G0zette
IT is rumored that the officers of the
OhiS"SO anu ANOl buN tSUcIu IOdu nave Ill
contemplation an extension of their track
from the Green Bay depot, in the south
ern part of La Crosse, along the river
of the St. Paul company, which now ends
at the public landing at the foot of Vine
street.
Mrs. FREDERICK KRUGER, living
about six miles beyond Mondovi, met
with serious accident yesterday. She
was standing on box hanging pictures
and fell to the floor, breaking the left
thigh at the upper third, and the left
arm Just above the wrist. Mrs Kruger
is 5S years old.-Edu Claire Press.
FRED MOORE, who was so severely in
iured at the cotton mill, few weeks
since, started for his home in North
Adams, Mass, yesterday, Mr.. A. j. Ray
going with him as far as Chicago. His
friends in the mill showed their SYM
pathy for him by presenting him with a
purse of $50 before leaving. -JanesriHe
gazette.
A VERY serious accident happened to
Farley Dopkins, over at the Manitowoc
depot, last Monday evening. While the
bus was backing up to the platform, he
undertook to get into it. He missed his
footing, and his leg was pressed against
the platform by the steps of the bus so
violently as to break it in two places
appleton Post.
THE question of street railway from
the depot to Shawtown is being agitated.
A survey is to be taken and grade es-
tablished, with a view to the consum-
nation of the enterprise. We are not ar
ticipating any extravagant airs over t.
enterprise for few days anyway, as il
will not probably be built under the
next two weeks.-Eau Claire Free Press.
"PETE" DUNLAP was accidentally
shot by c. B. Shaw, Sunday morning
" Pete" had been off to see his girl, and
was returning home. As he was pass
ing Shaw's shop, Mr.. Shaw snapped
cap on his gun, thinking it was not load
ed. A part of the shot grazed "Pete"
Immediately in the vicinity of where he
sits down, causing smarting sensation.
= Vernon Co. Censor.
BENJAMIN RYAN, of Greenleaf, met
with an accident on Friday, the 2lst
inst, which cost him an arm. He was
engaged at work on planer in Helm &
Rodgers mill, when, by some unfor-
tunate circumstance, his hand was caught
in the planer, and before the machine
could be stopped almost his entire arm
was drawn into it.
LAST Wednesday night as the steamer
Diamond was steaming from Clifton to
Menasha, and when midway in the lake.
one of the deck hands named John
Peterson, went to lean against one of the
benders, and the bender swinging out
precipitated him into the water He