The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-01
STATE NEWS.

county Sl,l2I.
A N-PoUND pickerel was caught in
Third Lake, Madison, Saturday.
HE State Musical convention is in
full blast in Oshkosh.
On Mihills farm, near Fond du Lac
is white wood tree 20 feet in circumfer-
ence, retaining its size well for 60. feet
from the ground.
ARCHIE CAMPBELL. yonpo lad of
GAINESVILLE, had his leg broken Wednes-
day morning. The horse he was riding
fell.
RUFUS q. STARKwEATHER, of Little
Falls, n. Y, and Miss Clarissa Davis
daughter of Hon. H. n. Davis. of BE,
lott, were married at the brides resi-
dence Wednesday evening.
WHILE an entertainment was being
given in Apollo Hall, GAINESVILLE, Tues
day night, fire broke out in another
portion of the block. Somebody yelled
" fire" i'll the hall and stampede en-
sued, causing panic.
IT is stated that two prominent young
men of Fort Howard, made a wager on
the result of the recent election, the
terms of which binds the losing party to
make his round of New YEARS. calls, on
the 1st of January, in a go-cart drawn
by hog.-Fort Howard Reuteac.
HERE'S fresh item: a few years
ago two cubs were shot near Mill Center,
in this state. A day or two afterwards
little boy followed his father into the
field and waslost. The bereayed mother
bear found him, and fondly Rugged and
caressed him, and tried to adopt him as
her cub. 1t was several days before she
could be caught far enough from the
the child to render it safe to shoot her"
On Friday of last week, number of
boys were playing in the hay NOW in
Jos. Van Matre's barn, in Fayette, when
frankie, boy ten years old, son of Jos.
Van Matre, walked one of the beams,
and tried to beat the other boys down
to the floor. He lowered himself down
and hung by his hands, and dropped to
the floor, distance of twelve feet, fall
ing on two-inch plank, which broke his
arm and shook him up very much
Darlington Republican.
/ On Saturday afternoon boy en-
ployed by L. J. Day as hostler mounted
horse in the barn and started out on
an GRAND. AS he was passing out of the
barn the horse took fright and threw his
rider. As the boy fell his foot was
caught III the stirrup, the horse having
at once plunged into a gallop. The boy
was dragged by his foot as far as Parish's
spring, before he succeeded in releasing
himself. 1t was fearful experience,
but strange to say the boy got off with
nothing more serious than a assortment
of scratches.-Greea Bay Gazette.
FoNDDU LAC Commonwealth: Tuesday
afternoon, as little daughter of VIM.
Tibbetts was running from school boy
named Oscar Sherry, not more than ten
years old, threw frozen snow ball at her
and struck the child in the breast, in
tiicting painful bruise. AS the boy has
fully sustained the reputation of being Il
little rough and hoodlum he was ar
rested and locked up in the city Jail over
night. The case was taken before Justice
Goldstucker and the trial postponed one
week, with the expectation of a settle
ment before that time.
DANIEL CLARK, who was arrested last
June, charged with attempting to COM
nit a rape upon a young lady in the
town of Holland this county, yesterday
| appeared before Judge Newman and
| pleaded guilty to the charge. He was
sentenced to two years solitary confne-
ment at Waupun, with five DAYS soli-
tary confinement in each year Clark
/ claimed, and it was admitted to be
! fact, that he was drunk at the time,
hardly realizingthe enormity of his crime,
hence the light sentence.-Lo Crosse
| Democrat.
THE Fort Howard RerieU says: 1.-The
Green Bay and Superior Railroad Com
pany have made a proposition to the
town of Pittsfeld, in this county, to ex-
change $4,000 town bonds for like
amount of stock The proposed route
was through this town and in the event
of the contamination of the project will
materially aid in developing It's resources.
/ Pittsfeld is one of the best towns in the
county. In addition to its excellent
/ farming lands this town contains large
proportion of hard wood We under
stand that the town authorities will, at
an early day, submit the proposition re-
ferred to to vote of the people"
GEO. F. STROUD, of this city, for some
/ days has been expecting cargo OF oil on
the schooner Constitution, and on ac-
count of its non-arriyal has been short
on oil and unable to fill all his orders
1t seems that last Sunday the Constitu-
ton was driven ashore at Little Stur-
| geon and had to throw overheard about
800 barrels. The vessel must have
/ been further damaged by the gale of
Thursday night, as this morning he re-
| ceived postal card from her owner at
Green Bay, saying that the vessel was
wrecked and his cargo lost, and instruct
ing him, if he had any insu rance on it,
to Immediately notify the company of
the fact. Mr.. Stroud started for Green
Bay on the noon train TO look after the
matter.
PETER KLEINER, of this place, brings
us a strange rumor, which he heard at
Eau Gala last Wednesday, of a horrible
murder and robbery which occurred near
Plum City, in Pierce county. The vic
tim, if the rumor is correct, is supposed
here to be S. X. Drown, agent for the
Beaver Dam nurseries, whowas at Du-
rand, and delivered trees to parties at
this place last Monday As the rumor
goes; farmer living near Plum City,
while going home discovered team of
horses, attached to a top buggy, loose
and browsing on the roadside. On in
vestIgating the premises the farmer found
IN the brush, short distance from the
road, man who had apparently
been murdered. The body was at
once taken to the nearest house
when it was discovered that life was not
quite extinct. A surgeon was immedi-
ately summoned, and by the use of
restoratives the man was sufficiently re-
vived to tell that he had that day left