The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-02-10

AN old man named Morton fell dead
ct Richland last Saturday.
The resources of the First National
Bank of Boscobel are $136, 7S4.S5. Ih
loans and discounts are $50, 482 1T.
IMPROVEMENTS inside the corporate
limits of Baldwin village last year were
$50, 625.
MAJOR CULVER, late of the State Jour-
ball. Madison, contemplates taking up
his residence in Colorado.
| @. M. PACKARD, School Superintend-
emit Of Waupaca county, died last FRI
dav. He leaves a wife and children to
m ourn his loss. He held the office
three terms.
THE Whorton Brothers, of Appleton, !.
have purchased 5000 acres Of land and
70 coo, 900 feet of pine lumber, besides
saw and sb1ngle mill which are equip
ped with the very best OF machinery
The property is in Wood county, and Is
valued at $780, 900.
GEORGE SHAFER, who was on trial for
placing distractions upon the railroad
track, at Dale, Outagamie county, Is
bound over, under the sum OF $lO,0OO,
for his appearance at the june term OF
court.
THE jury in the Hopkins VS.. Wood
worth case, on trial at juneau, Dodge
county, efter twenty-six hours delibera-
ton, returned averdict in favor of plain
tiff for 81, 900. Hopkins sued for 1000
damages, the defendant having induced
plaintiffs wife to secure divorce and
marry him, Woodwork.
ONE of the men engaged on the
Spring Brook farm, of J. M. Sherman,
of Burnett, met with very painful as
! cident on Monday. He climbed up to
j oil the works of the large geared wind
, mill on the barn, and while so engaged
, his clothes became caught in the re-
volving mill. He was dashed around,
and before the mill could be stopped his
thigh was broken so that the bone
protruded from the flesh. His other
! leg was broken into hundreds of pieces.
J, One arm and one shoulder was broken,
E E and he was injured internally. His in
juries are probably fatal.
!; IT is rumored that Eastern parties
have already been examining the lay OF
e the land between Eau Claire and Wa
" basha, with q view to speedy con-
struction of railroad which is to con-
meet the two places. That such road
e will be built is beyond doubt, and is
i only a question of time. Had the Dells
= Improvement contract not been rescind-
IS ed and the work completed this winter,
y as at first decided, there is scarcely q
= doubt but that road would have been
~ commenced next summer. "The mills
ID of the gods grind slowly, but they grind
D. exceedingly small, and there are events
j. now transporting that will In very few
n years at most, render Chippewa Val
y ley railroad an indispensable necessity,
/ and, when &C instructed, it will be one of
e the best -paying roads of its length in
It the United States.-D,trand Times.
2, A curious incident occurred on the
r. Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western
" ). Railroad, one day last week. Henry
!, Tricks train left Sheboygan as usual
n and in due time arrived at Oostburg, 10
! miles down the road. Here the dis
o covery was made that the eighth box
t car from the engine had only one pair
7 of trucks under it, and subsequent
e search revealed the fact that shortly
. after leaving Sheboygan the front ones
It had become detached, jumped the
Q track and landed in the ditch, and the
car was run 10 miles with nothing but
the coupling to hold it in place.
SOME Waukesha county lightning
J. calculators has been figuring upon the
!, apparent daily income of the late Com
: modore Vanderbilt. and reduced down
b to very fine point, and concluded that
+ + every time the great railroad king drew
( his breath, his stocks and bonds realized
f him 55 cents. And to carry the joke
. little further, they have been studying
the multiplication table little, and
! come to the conclusion that, allowing
two seconds for each breath drawn, his
income amounted to $16 so per minute;
1890 per hour; 1913, 100 per day; $780,
800 per week; 1866, $50 per month, and
1888, $50 per year.
THE total taxes levied for ell purposes
in Walworth county for the year 1876
: are as follows:
!, County-including delinquent. 1928 A