The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-04
STATE NEWS.


PRAIRIE chickens are two-thirds grown
and the 18th of August is far off yet
THE dwelling house of E. J. McCabe,
Portage, was totally destroyed by fire.
Big TREE" a half-breed at La
Crosse, attempted to kill man named
Tom Hastings. He fired twice, but
didn't hit him.
HE Oshkosh Times says that this is
the first season in 80 years that there has
not been regular boat between Osh-
kosh and Berlin.
ITEMS like this float through the coun-
try press now: "He came in to the cir
Gus. We saw him leading his "gurl +"
up street by the hand, looking at the
cornices of the buildings on both sides
of the street."
La Crosse Republican: "Farmers
throughout the county began harvesting
their wheat Monday morning quite
extensively, and will gather it in just as
rapidly as possible n order to get it away
from the chinch bugs.
JOHN FLEMING, teamster at Green
Bay, resident of the place for twenty
years and known to everybody there, at
tempted suicide by shooting himself. He
is between life and death now. He is
supposed to be insane.
THE large quantities of new potatoes
being brought to market, and the low
price they are bringing $50 cents per
bushel), shows that the Colorado bug is
not as industrious in thissection as usual.
Eau Claire Free Press.
THE money order transactions at the
GAINESVILLE postoffice for the week ending
Saturday were as follows: No. issued.
120; amount paid, $1,266.66; No. re-
ceived and paid, 50; amount, 81, 436. %.
Time to hear from La Crosse, now.
THE Durand Times speaks thusly:
Some lowlived, miserable, lantern
jawed, knock-kneed, contemr table THEY
ing cuss, goes prowling round nights
seeking where he may rob somebody's
chicken COOP
The La Crosse Democrat says: {" Re-
ports of chinch bug ravages continue to
come in, and there is no doubt about the
damage in this county. Farmers from
the northern part of Vernon county re-
| port crops III fine condition and unmo-
lested."
FROM the farmers we learn that the
chinch bugs are not damaging the grow
ing wheat as rapidly as they did when
first observed. The cold weather of the
latter part of last week served to check
them considerable, though they are still
at work.-Lo Crosse Republican,
THERE was another large crowd out
last night to witness the boat race. VIII
Spcng won i'll the single race, making
the time in $3.50. In the scrub race be-
tween Norris, Rexford, Dyer and Spong
Dyer won in 9:27, Rexford coming in
second.-JanesriUe Gazette.
THE Chippewa is again very low, and
many of the sandbars are daily orna-
mented with lumber RATS, much to the
disgust of the raftsmen Wednesday
forenoon, no less than half a dozen
ere stuck upon the bar opposite this
office and SO completely blockaded the
channel that the ferry boat was obliged
to remain in the middle of the river for
over half an hour-Dwand Times.
THE prevailing cool winds are Just
splendid for the heading wheat. No
danger of the kernels drying and shriv-
cling up with such weather. Having is
in full tide, and fine crop is being har-
vested. If you want to see Eau Claire
in her glory of prolific fields and ripen-
ing grain, now is the time. The country
is beautiful beyond description.-Eau
! Claire Press
SATURDAY evening about eight O. clock
the last rail of the narrow guage, which
completes the track to the river at May
vile, a distance of nearly twenty miles,
was placed in position. This week the
bridge will be placed in position, and by
that time the road to this point will be
fully completed. The track is now being
overhauled and some parts of the grade
strengthened and epaired.-Fond dat
Lac Com.
THIS morning Sheriff Hill returned
from Minnesota having in charge Capt.
Samuel Rae, who was arrested and turned
over to his care at Welles, about $50
miles west of La Crosse, on the complaint
of Mrs. Rae, charging him with bigamy.
The preliminary examination was to have
taken place before Justice Eastman this
afternoon, but was adjourned until next
Thursday morning, under 81 200 bail,
which up to this time has not been pro-
cured.-Fond du Lac Com.
FROM Ripon: Last Monday night a
car standing on the track at the ST. Paul
depot was broken into and six bales of
wool stolen therefrom. The railroad
company set detectives at work and the
wool was found about one mile from
hartford station, on the premises of a
farmer by the name of Ludington. His
son, George Ludington, was arrested,
and he squealed on five more, Frank
Thomas, Frank Dodge, Milo Gibbs, John
Bittle, and August Pre-, of Ripon. Sat
urday afternoon they were arrested and
confined in a room in Woods Hotel