The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-11
STATE NEWS.


IHE old pillow shop at Hokah has been
converted into Touring mill.
On MONDAY morning Breuchle Bros,
tannery at Green Bay, was destroyed by
ire. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
HARVEST hands are being paid all the
way from dollar to two and half dol
lars per day.
MADISON has 10 saloons, and is happy.
They all have states and pay the CITY
So, 900 annually.
The Green Bay Gazette says the acre
age of crops reported to the state DEPART
ment at Madison is ridiculous-not COM
ing anywhere near the true amount.
Too small by thousands of acres.
The failure of A. B. Meeker & Co., of
Chicago, produced bad results in many
places. At Depere the National Iron
Co. has suspended. Meeker was its
President.
THE total number of pounds of milk
received at the cheese factory in this vii
lage during the month of June was 1885,
974, and increase of S6,495 pounds over
the preceding month. Dodge County
Democrat.
Mr.. PRIDE, of Brandon, showed us,
last Saturday, sample of winter wheat
taken from a lot hauled in to a mill at
Neenah. The berries were exceptionally
large, plump and bright 1t is said to be
a fair sample of the wheat in that locali-
ity.- Waupun Times.
THE feed market at La Crosse is now
obliged to rely for its supplies almost en-
tirely upon importation from other sec
tions, corn and oats being very scarce in
that vicinity. The corn sold there is
mostly brought up the river, while oats
are being shipped from this city.
THE Milwaukee Driving Park associa-
tion is arranging for number of races,
which will probably occur during the
first week in September. 1t is designed
to offer premiums to the amount of ST.
600. The new club house of the asso-
citation has been completed.
A PALMYRA CORRESPONDENT says
the best judges among the neighbor-
ing farmers estimate an average to the
acre of 10 bushels wheat, 20 of rye, and
a of oats raised in this vicinity the
present year. No barley grown within
an area of six miles
GEORGE CHOATE, son of Leander
Choate, of Oshkosh, was drowned at
Monistique Monday. He had gone down
there to visit his fathers mill, and have
little experience in camping out. He
was only ten years old, but has been an
unfortunate boy, having been accident
ally shot last year.
THE log market at Oshkosh appears
to be active and logs are bringing better
prices than last year. Chas. Montelius'
logs were sold for $3.50, and John Par
rants for 500 per thousand We under
stand that Kellogg & Rumery, who had
fine lot, sold for 2O0.-,Shaucno
Journal
Lake, has graduated fourteen classes, ag-
gregating fifty alumna. A normal de-
partment for young men was added to
the college in 1859, but being discontin-
ued during the war, was reorganized as
an academy in 1865, since which time it
has been fairly successful. The total
number of students in all departments
of the institution for the past year was
127.
NEWS from every quarter, relative to
the great regatta, to be held in Madison,
August Odd, 23d and 9th, is encourage
ing, and all prospects point to over
whelming crowds and brilliant contest.
Correspondence with seventy-five clubs
are on file, and large proportion of
these may be expected to join in the re-
gatta; leading boating men at principal
points are interesting themselves on our
behalf, and efforts to get up excursion
parties are already being extensively
made-Medison .JOumnE
WAUPUN Times: Chinch bugs seem to
work most in new lands, and in lands
adjoining strips of timber. Just the
other side of Burnett there is a field of
wheat which was sown on land newly
grubbed out and broken, IL which we
could not see single green head. The
entire field had been killed. Next to
this field is a piece on rather new land
next to patch of timber. This was
about half destroyed, While right
across the road was fold which did not
show any injury. This is only one in
stance.
Two young men, Arthur Doher and
Mike Hubbard, met in the saloon of Jno.
Wieser, at Middleton, Monday, and
played cards. They finally got into
dispute over the game; one word
brought on another; words grew warmer,
and then red-hot. By-and-by Hubbard
drew a long, heavy pocket-knife, and
with terrible fury, stabbed Doher, in
flictine dangerous wound over the left
temple. Hubbard then ran out of the
back door, and attempted to make his
escape, but in hot pursuit were several
men. He was captured, and taken to
Madison for trial.
A barn belonging to a couple of broth
ers, named Riley, living four miles OUT
of PALMYRA. with its contents, lncluu