The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-26
STATE NEWS.


Two barns were destroyed in JAMES
vile, Saturday morning. Loss 81 900.
1t is thought inuendiaries are about.
CAPT. j. w. CoTToN, an old resident
of Green Bay, died Tuesday morning.
He had been gradually failing for SON e
time.
FOND DU LAC has raised 81 900 for
the yellow fever sufferers, and now pro-
poses to ship two car loads of forr to
the south.
THURSDAY the family of Judge H. w.
Fries held reunion in Richland Center.
There were present ten children and
twenty-eight grandchildren.
A YOUNG man named MCINTYRE had ?
thumb cut of while working on the
Boynt6n farm, near Fond du Lac, Tues
day. Awkward handling of a corn-cut-
ter by fellow laborer did the job.
EDWARD KINNEY, 13-year-old son
of Timothy Kinney, of O-hkosh, W
drowned while bathing in the river s.
urday evening, in the vicinity of Mo.
gan's mill Itis supposed that the lad
was seized with crsmpe.
MRS. J. I. CASE, of Racine, is the lady
who purchased the Bible at Minneapolis
offered for sale for the benefit of the yell
low-fever sufferers. After she had paid
500 for it, she presented it to the donor
again, with her compliments.
So FAR nothirg new has developed in
the narrow gauge railway troubles.
Judge Kinyon is at Milwaukee endeavor-
ing to arrange for an understanding,
The former plans appear to have miscar-
ried.-Fond du Lac Commonwealth.
REPORTS from cranberry marshes are
favorable for large crop of this exec d.
lent fruit. Picking quite general
commenced the present week, and all
string employment can now find an OF
portunity at good wages.
MRS. HENRY TURNER, wife of Captain
Turner, of the National Hotel, Menasha,
died Friday evening from the effec
being severely burned about three weeks
ago. Since then she has suffered every
thing but death, and at last that has re-
lieved her.
In the trial OF Jack Merton, of the
Oshkosh police force, for striking pris-
oner while handcuffed, the jury failed
to agree, five for acquittal, one against.
1t is said Jack is an excellent officer, and
ould scOrn to strike anyone unless
absolutely compelled to do so.
A SERIOUS blunder occurrent in the
family Of DIR. e. II. Burbank, of Ell
horn. Tuesday night. By mistake {
morphine powder was administered in
place of quinine powder to his only
son, child of Is months, and death fol-
lowed after ten hours suffering.
The switch engine while standing on
the @. and n W. track in the Fort
Howard yard Saturday afternoon, sud
denly started off on its own account.
The steam rose to an unusual height and
started the engine, it bringing up in the
end of a caboose, which was smashed in.
AN incendiary fired the barn of
George Keys, at Empire, Thursday
night, and before the flames could be
controlled, the building and its contents
were utterly destroyed. The loss
over $4,000, with an insurance of So
A large quantity Of hay, two buggies,
number of bushels of grain, and ONE
"rticles were burned.
The dress of Mrs. Goslin took fire
from small blaze on the Scett street
bridge the other day, and had not a lady
behind her noticed and extinguished the
blaze she might have been severely
burned. The fire on the bridge was
caused by careless smoker dropping a
lighted cigar stub upon the walk, and in
walking over the spot Mrs. Goslin's dress
swept over the fire and was ignited.-
Fond du Lac Commonwealth.
THE total valuation of Winnebago
county's property, real and personal, i
SIS, 2l5,749. The total increase oil
valuation in the county this year over
last is 1924, 151. This is made up 2:
follows; Increase in personal valuatio
S46S, 54S; on real estate 81, S55,603 o.
the increase in real estate about $260,00(
is in village and city lots, and the balance
on farming lands.
DURING sunday night lightning
man, of the town of PittSield, neal
Green Bay, setting fire to and Destroying
his grain barn, granary and all his cattle
sheds, The stable in which his horses
are kept escaped, and the stock N the
sheds fortunately escaped death. TIKI
buildings destroyed contained 400 bushels
of grain and 40 tons of hay. LIGHTNING
struck the rod on his dwelling house
His loss is 81 800 to $1,000. Insured fol
$500.
SOME one who had bought more char
ity concert tickets than he needed, gave
one to Amel Sasse, son of Martin Sasse
! yho-
speculative the lad sold the ticket for 8
quarter, bIO thinking the transaction
questionable, asked his father about il
this morning. The father explained
that Amel would have done wrong tC
keep the money, and was so much
! pleased with his sons conduct that he
took the quarter, and putting five dol
lars with it, although a poor man
brought it to the relief committee
Fond du Lac Commonwealth.
SUNDAY afternoon there was rar
row escape from a fatal accident on the
river. Two young ladies, Miss Ella
in row boat, and while trying tC
change seats the little craft capsized
and they both sank. They came to the
surface and sank again. By this time 6
number of young men who were plying
about in boats rushed to the rescue, and
as the young ladies came to the surface
again Johnny Woodruff jumped in and
caught one of the ladies and held her w
while others caught the second lady, and
they were soon drawn safely into boats
l-JanesuilJe Gazette.
| A SAD accident took place in the town
of Troy, on Wednesday. The wife and
child of Marcus Patterson was thrown
from wagon against rail fence and il