The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-10-19

day of the month. He has been at wo,L
upon the road for the past six wear,
and is well spoken of by those who:kner
him.-1a0o Rivers Chronicle.
On the east side of the railroad track
close to Black River, is an establishmen}
kept by one Mag. Daw, which serves as
sort of rendezvous for all the Thieves
vagabonds and lecherous scamps in tba
country. On last Thursday evening
about o'clock a man named Jas. Cal
barth, who had returned from the Wood,
IN Clark county, on Tuesday previous
visited this den, and after being there
about an hour, a revolver in his hand
discharged accidentally, he says, and
the ball entered the breast of little girI
about seven years old, daughter of fba
keeper of this den, and killed her almost
instantly.-Black Riuer Falls hldepea.
dent.
PORTAGE CITY is soon to have direct
Geographic communication with Madi.
son. Heretofore communication be.
tween the two cities has been necessary
via Milwaukee. Now line is com.
pleted and in working order alone
the Madison and Portage branch
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railway, and stations
are established at Windsor, Arlington
De Forest, Morrison and Paynette. The
new line was put up by the Northwest
ern Telegraph Company, which is alsl
running an additional line between
Madison and Milwaukee, along the
Prairie du CHEN division of the Chicago
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railway, to be
used exclusively for Madison and Mil.
waukee business.
This new line will be completed in
fortnight.
DEVELOPMENT since the death of
John Ruedey on Monday night of this
| week lead to the suspicion, in the neigh
borhood of the accident by which death
was supposed to have been caused, that
he died of bullet wounds. His BODY
was found on the railroad track in a
locality where Mr.. Ruedey would be
least apt to go were he returning to his
| home, as was at first supposed when the
/ freight train reported to have passed
over him, came along, and citizen of
Bangor, a gentleman perfectly reliable,
says that he heard at about the time
Ruedey would have reached the locality
where his body was found, three pistol
shots. Mr.. Ruedey was man of bust
ness, and frequently carried with him
| large sums of money. On Monday, we
are told, he had been collecting all dav,
and the belief prevails about West Salem
and Bangor that he was murdered
Crosse Republican.
| The phenomenon of a tornado in the
air is said to have passed over this village
on Tuesday night. There was but slight
indications of a storm upon that even.
ing; but about half-past eight O'Clock
the lightning began to light up the
heavens from a storm cloud that rapidly
approached from the southeast Very
little wind was stirring at the time but
an ominous roaring was plainly heard
! for several minutes before the storm
burst upon rs. A number of our vii
layers were frightened and some TOOK
refuge in the cellar, considering, un.
doubtedly that the cellar was the safes
place in case of tornado. 1t hailed
very hard for about five minutes, the
ground being covered with hailstOnes
varying from the size of pea to nearly
an inch in diameter. A gentleman who
lives few miles west OF the village tolC
us that no hail fell at that place, but
that he could plainly hear the roaring o
the storm in the distance. Several gen
tlemen of undoubted veracity state tina
during the intervals while the Lightning
illuminated the heavens they saw the
dark mass of clouds above tumbling ant
whirling in every direction; and tha
the rumbling, Kissing noise was not pro
duced by the hail in its descent, but by
the passage of this tornado in the air
Stought0n Courier.