The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-02
STATE NEWS.

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A BURGLAR, whom Lewis O. johnson,
OF Leeds, Columbia county, harbored
one night, stole $780, and decamped.
FARMERS are now sanguine that the
grain crop of III of all kinds will be a
large one.
IHE Clinton factory lately sold all of
Their early cheese for Is cents, which is
FULLY as good as 40 cents per pound for
butter.
JOSEPH DESERT had 100000 shingles
burned near Mosinee, last Wednesday,
they having caught from fires running
in they woods.
1HE railroad Indebtedness of Wood
county is 100000, and having made a
loan from the State University fund,
they are calling in the bonds, and pay
ing them off at so cents on the dollar,
The Baraboo Republic learns that in
the town of Delton an examination of
several hop yards showed that about one
hill in eight was dead. Near Baraboo
the yards are reported to looking well.
AN infant daughter of Peter McKen-
ma, of Chiffon, five weeks DID, rolled out
of bed one day last week, and fell into a
pail placed near the bed. Death result
ed from the injuries
Miss JENNIE LEWIS. of Columbus, a
niece OF ex-Gov. Lewis, died a few DAYS
since of scarlet fever; she was belle of
that section, and is described as having
been an exceedingly beautiful, amiable
and accomplished young lady.
JOHN LANDRETH, of Manitowoc, re-
Gently sold 90 cotswolds sheep; they ave
ragged III pounds per head; their wool
"elghed 495 pounds, an average of 81
pounds per head; one fleece weighed 12I
pounds.
MALIGNANT diphtheria has broken out
In the town of Centre, Outagamie coun-
ty. From one family, named Golfer.
three children were buried in one grave.
MIR. William A. Koss also lost three
children within about four hours of each
other
HE Plover Times man has had left at
his office three monstrous hens eggs,
every one of which measure 81 inches
round, and y inches the long way. The
hen which laid them LAYS three of these
monstrous eggs week, and four smaller
ones
ANOTHER valuable discovery has been
made near the deposit of lumber on the
east shore of the bay north of Green
Bay, which proves to be sulphate of
lime that can be ground so as to produce
plaster of paris. Specimens of this and
the lumber, sent to Prof Chamberlain,
Wisconsin State Geologist, have elected
an opinion from him as to their value
which has highly elated the parties in
terested in utilizing those minerals.
THE Kilbourn City Guard learns of
the elimination of a strange coincidence
the other day. Nearly year ago man
upon the prairie, few miles from town,
got married. The next day his brother
did the same thing A few days ago the
wife of the first one presented him with
a baby. The next day the wife of the
second presented her husband with one
If those two families pull through life as
evenly and well balanced as they have
begun, they will do well.
A MILTON correspondent writes that
on Sunday evening two young men who
were riding in buggy were halted by
three highwaymen about three miles
from that village. One of the robbers
took the horses by the bride, while the
others were to engage in securing the
money of the young men,. One of the
latter, however, drew his revolver and
fired it, when the highwaymen took to
their heels
THE Fond du Lac, Amboy and Peoria
Railway Company have now some thirty
ear loads of iron piled near It's line in
this city. The arrival of the first loco
motive is daily expected. 1t is from the
Baldwin works at Philadelphia. Mr..
James Flynn, an old and experienced
railway locomotive engineer, is in town
to-day, and it is quite probable that his
services may be secured by the narrow
gauge people.-F0nd du Lac Common
tcedlth.
Hon. DANA c.. LAMB, State Railroad
Commissioner of Wisconsin, inspected
the new bridge of the Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railway at La Crosse, on Fri
day, and pronounced it one of the finest
structures on the Mississippi river. The
engineer of the draw keeps record
of all boats that pass through, and in
spite of the dull times, it shows that 3S1
boats have passed through since the ice
went out, making an average of over
seven per day.
A LITTLE La Crosse girl has been get
ting up corner on wheat of her own
continuance. She visited the grain ele-
vator every day, and was an object of
curiosity to the employees by her quaint
ways and pert speech. She general
strolIed around the building and returned
about evening. A few evenings since
while leaving the building one of the
men in hurry from his work, ran
against the little girl, knockinghe over
The man stopped to pick her up,
but was struck all of heap
on seeing the extraordinary development
Of her lower limbs, which looked like