The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-04
STATE NEWS.

FATHER FORBES, of Ripon, died Sat-
urday, aged S5
THE Black River Falls courthouse
will cost $4,000.
The piers at Manitowoc will be ex-
tended 240 feet this season.
THE annual state teachers examina-
ton will be held at Madison, August
18th.
DIR. HENRY FISCHER, physician of
Watertown, aged 90, died suddenly, Sat
urday morning, from heart disease.
Gov. SMITH has appointed Robert
Buckloff, of Oshkosh, as lumber inspect
or of district No. II.
MRS. OLE PETERSON, of Blooming
dale, committed suicide by throwing
herself into cistern.
In this state the average wealth of
each person is $765.90; in Michigan it is
1907. Al; in Iowa, $501.03; in Kansas,
$51S.36, and in Texas, S391.30.
SETH REEs, formerly of Green Bay
and well known throughout Brown
county, died in Houghton, Mich, on the.
18th inst.
SHERIFF LEE, of Brown county, is.
again in trouble This time it is q mar
grave charges against him.
LA CROSSE wants an appropriation
from congress for the purpose of erecting
a government building in that city for,
the postoffice and custom house.
Mr.. PoPHAM, of Black River Falls, is
sinking shaft with the hope of finding,
silver in paying quantities. The whole;
neighborhood is in fever of excitement
WEDNESDAY vicious COW gored IA
year-old son of Michael Killian, of
Waterfowl, in terrible manner, the
horns penetrating his neck 1t is doubt
full if the boy RECEIVERS.
Hon. A. B. HAMILTON, of Ripon,
brother of Gen. G. S. Hamilton, u. S.
marshal under Grant, and formerly of
this city died Saturday morning of
paralysis, aged sixty-eight.
THE state of Wisconsin reports eighteen
counties, showing an average decrease Of
35 per cent, two reporting the same as
last year, several a decrease Of so per
cent, and none showing any increase.
EcKERT, the murderer of Peterson,
near Fl. Atkinson in December last, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree and sentenced to state prison during
his natural life.
SATURDAY morning Mrs. Masters, of
Fort Atkinson, found, on going to her
barn, six COWS, valued at $500, dead. It.
is supposed they were poisoned, but by
whom is not known.
EDWARD BRoUGHToN, the farmer who.
mysteriously disappeared from Lamar
tine some time ago, has been heard FROM.
He is in Oregon and travels about as
sewing machine agent Thus does this
little sensational episode fade.
WHILE Mrs. Brinkman, of the town of
Burke, was crossing the threshold of her
barn door, Wednesday morning, the wind
suddenly slammed the great door against
her, and broke both bones of one of her
lower limbs, below the knee.
JOHN BROWN, young man residing
n GAINESVILLE, brakeman on the G. &
n. w. r. r., was killed near Harvard,
ILL.,, Monday night by falling beneath the
cars, the wheels passing over him, cut
ting off both legs above the knee.
} Mrs. H. B. SACIA, of Stephepstown,
La Crosse county, gave birth to triplets
on Monday last At last accounts both
mother and children were doing we'll.
Her husband is proprietor of trout
pond, and proposes to furnish the state
with either trout or babies
The Madison park commissioners are
In correspondence with Philadelphia
parties for the purchase of the large
centennial fountain, which cost nearly
$4,000, but which can be bought for
81 500 or 81 800, to be placed in capitol
park.
A BIRTH and death the same day is
not very frequent occurrence; yet all
this took place in the family of Mr.. Jno.
Walther, of Juneau, one day last week.
A daughter was born in the morning.
and the soul of little two-year-old bow
took It's flight in the evening.
GEORGE WHITNEY, an English black
smith who boarded at the Halfway
House, in Walhain, Kewaunee county.
was found Saturday morning living on
his bed with his throat cut and a razor
by his side. 1t is supposed he committed
suicide, as he had been drunk for weeks.
DURING the gale on Wednesday tree
fell in one of the camps on the Little
Suamico, striking a shanty in which the
hands happened to be congregated at the
time. Fortunately no one was injured.
Two men were wedged in so tightly that
it was necessary to chop away the wreck
before they could be extricated.
On Thursday William Reinhart, whose
farm is but half mile south of Lowell
was drawing a load of manure, when the
neck-yoke broke and the team ran. Two
wheels of the wagon ran over Mr. Rein
hart, and he was instantly killed. He
was about As years old and leaves fam
lily.
DURING the high wind of "Wednesday
boy about eight years OF age, named
Coke, living about seven or eight miles
from Saxeville, Waushara county. was
killed instantly by the falling of a large
tree upon him. He was with his father
who had gone into the woods TO get
piece of timber.
A. j. VAN TAssEL, while engaged in
painting the cornice on the residence of
u. Z. Fish, of Waunakee, on FRIDAY last
fell with his ladder about sixteen feet tn
the ground, cutting and bruising his face
and limbs, breaking one of his ribs and
receiving internal injuries, of which he
died on sunday.
A CONTRACT has been made with Mrs
EMILY Chase, of Kenosha, Wis, for the
exhibition, at the Chicago exposition of
century plant that is about blooming.
1t is thirty years old, twelve feet high.
and over twenty feet from tip to tin of
Its branches. While in bloom it grows
two feet in a single day.