The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-10-20
STATE NEWS.

THE M. E. church at Beaver Dam was
struck by lightning Monday. Very lit
tie damage.
JOHN DRIsCoLL, of Summit. was
searching for the cows. His horse threw
him. Broke his leg.
THE residence of N. Fry, of West De
pere, was destroyed by fire, at total loss
OF 81 300, partially insured
The receipts of wheat in Green Bay,
at one elevator, during September
amounted to $4,000 bushels.
MARTIN LoHMILLER, of Fond du Lac,
was seriously injured by being kicked by
a horse. His skull was fractured.
HIGHWAY robbers put in their work
on yonug man of Beaver Dam, who was
returning home from Waupun. They got
So from him.
PATRICK JUDGE, of GAINESVILLE, was
sentenced to two years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for stealing cow from
B. B. Harrison.
CHESTER HAzEN, of Springvale, lost
a stack of wheat few days since 1t was
struck by lightning and entirely burned.
Other stacks were standing around, but
hard work saved them.
AN injunction has been served on the
city officers of Oshkosh, peventing them
from disposing of the Firemen's Fund.
The officers have just disbanded the vol
unteer department, and this is the result
HART & NoRToN's building in Gale
donia was damaged by the fire that oc-
Cured there Friday, to the extent OF
$l25, and their stock to the value of
$500.
EIGHTEEN thousand bushels of cram
berries were picked this year in the cul-
tivated marshes in Burnett county. The
Burnett Sentinel says that if it had not
been for the frost the crop would have
reached 10000 bushels.
CHAs. DAVIS and John Monroe, two
young men in Sparta, were arrested last
week, charged with stealing 500 from a
Norwegian named Hanson, taking the
money from his coat while he was tenn
porarily absent. They pleaded guilty
and will be sentenced.
THE Board of Trade has secured sub
scriptions of 81 900 toward the building
OF the road on the other side of the river,
to approach the ferry landing. The
ferry company had wanted 81, 800 and ii
is not known as yet whether the sub
scription Will be satisfactory.-La Crosse
| Democrat.
UNDER law of last winter, the state
tax which the West Wisconsin railroad
company has to pay on its gross earnings
is to be appropriated to the towns where
railroad lands are located, to compen.
safe them in part for the lands being ex
empt from taxation. Under this law
Dunn county has received S2,750.9I.
A CASE of sneak thievery was only
prevented by the sharp eyes of clerk il
one of the mercantile establishments il
this city Saturday evening. The party
implicated is said to be one of grea
responsibility, and but for the leniency
of the owners of the goods, would b
plunged into disgrace du La
Commonwealth.
DURING the butchers ball at Apollo
Hall, Saturday night, the lamp in th,
burst, setting fire to the surrounding
wood work. Clouds of smoke foated III
the stairways and filled the hall, and
disastrous panic for few moment
seemed unavoidable. The flames were
however, extinguished, and all wa,
again peaceful.-Madison JomnGl
THE residence of Mr.. Cook, situated
on the Utica and Waukesha road. neal
the outlet of Rush Lake, was entered Oh
Saturday night by two masked persons
who entered the room where Mr.. Cook
was sleeping, placed a revolver at his
head and demanded his money. They
secured nothing, although they ran
sacked the house thoroughly.
Two HUNDRED THOUSAND California
salmon eggs were received at n. K
Fairbanks fish house, at Geneva Lake
Wis, direct from McCloud's Lake, CAL
in refrigerator car, Monday evening
and will be Matched and placed in the
lake during the winter Within the
past three months Mr.. Fairbank has
stocked these waters with over 5000, 0GC
of young salmon, bass, trout and pike
entirely at his own expense, amounting
to several thousand dollars.
TUESDAY morning, while at work on
the tramway of the Mcdonald saw mill
in lower town, Jacques LaRose fell to
the ground, distance of nearly twelve
feet, the cart, on which q load of slabs
were stacked falling with and upon him,
covering him up. The man was taken
from his uncomfortable position, his in
juries, consisting of such bruises and
contusions as will keep him from work
for some little time. 1t is wonder that
he was not more seriously injured, not
having sustained any bone fractures by
his lofty tumbe.-Fond du Lac Comna0,s-
,cedlh
CONSTABLE LAMoUChE last Saturday
arrested Benjamin r. Bird, on warrant
issued by Justice Eastman, charging
him with forgery. The complaints are
made by G. L. Pierce and Leroy Graves,
the former having purchased of him a
note calling for $40, purporting to have
been issued by William Edwards, of FL
dorado; and the latter note for IS, pur-
porting to have been issued by David
Watson. Both of these parties claim
that they have given no such
notes, and they denouncing them
as forgeries, Bird was taken in
charge. He will fight the case, the pre-
liminary examination of which will
come off before Justice on the 10Th inst.
The Bird mentioned is the same man
who was prominent in the Mcdonald
lumber swindle last winter, and the state
appears positive that they have enough
evidence which Will hold him for trial IN
the circuit court, on this last charge. In
the meanwhile, in default of bail, Bird
now fingers behind the bars of the county
;oil Fond du Lar Commonwealth