The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-06
STATE NEWS.

county, but is slowly dying out.
IHE Cornell University owns over a
mlliion Oh acres of land in northern Wis
consin. " -
AN iron bridge is to be constructed the
present season in place of the old wooden
one crossing the river at Sank Civ
&. A. CUNEINGHAM, the lately de-
ceased editor of the Neenah Gazette. had
an insurance policy of s., 900 on his life.
THE boiler in Ferguson's mill, at Med
ford, exploded last Monday, iniuring
three men slightly.
A YOUNG boy named Schweda,
Polack, was drowned in Fox river, at
Berlin on Tuesday.
AUGUST RoTKE, a new settler in the
town of Corning, Lincoln county, while
chopping in the woods last Wednesday
was killed by tree falling upon him.
PEPIN and Buffalo counties will unite
in holding grand Soldiers Reunion at
Durand, on the 4th, 9TH and 9th of Sep
TENDER.
FRED SMITH, the man who was kicked
by horse at McDowelPs farm, Wau-
kesha county, short time ago, died on
Monday.
ED. CLARK, formerly conductor on
the Wisconsin Central railroad, has
fallen heir to $4,000 by the death of
an uncle in New York state.
THE contractor states that the depth
of 200 feet has been reached upon the
contemplated 1900 feet fountain at Leg
lersville, Fond du Lac county.
AL. LYLE, of Geneva Lake, has
sent thirty or forty ciscoes to Prof.
Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution,
at Washington, d. c., for examination.
HERBERT KIMBALL and Nels Carlson,
employees of the Harris Manufacturing
Co., at GAINESVILLE, were badly burned on
Friday by the explosion of a trough into
which they were pouring moulten iron.
AT La Crosse, on Sunday evening, a
girl named Theresa King, was terribly
burned, by the explosion of an alcohol
lamp which she attempted to fill while
it was burning.
CHRISTIAN DANIELsON, one of Med
ford's oldest and most energetic citizens,
was adjudged insane by the proper
authorities last Wednesday, and was
taken to Oshkosh on Thursday.
John George, of Suamico, was badly
injured on Sunday evening by the acct
dental discharge of his rife, the bullet
passing between the first and second fin
gers, and badly SCATTERING the center of
his hand.
AT Depere, on Saturday, a lad named
Tucker, years old, had one of his legs
broken so badly by being caught in the
machinery of horse power that ampu-
tation of the limb was rendered neces-
sary.
JAS. RILEY, an employe of the Web
ster & Lawson Manufacturing Company,
of Depere, on Thursday had che mist or
tune to lose the index finger of his right
hand on a saw, and his hand was other
wise badly injured.
JOHN MILLER was arrested at Green
Bay, on the 18th, for setting spring gun
for deer in the town of Angelica, Sha-
wano county, by which man who acct
dentally sprung it was MORALLY wounded.
| Miller was taken to ShawanO for trial.
Miss LA CHAPELLE walked one hun
bred miles at Madison in twenty-five
hours and twenty-four minutes. The
time set was twenUy-siX hours. She is
said to have walked one hundred miles
in twenty-three hours and thirty-eight
minutes.
THE graduating exercises of the law
class of the State university were held
in the Assembly chamber, Madison,
Monday evening. Orations were deliv-
cred by E. II. Sprague, L. p Hale, Car
roll Atwood and A. H. Noyes. and a val
edictory by Frank G. Brooks. The grad
uating class numbers II.
THE farm house of VIM. Bartel in the
town of Wolf River, on the western town
line, was entirely destroyed by fire on
Wednesday. Nothing of the contents
was saved. Bartel had started for Ber-
lin, leaving two children alone, and the
fire broke out shortly after he left The
place was insured.
SUNDAY while two boys about Is years
old, sons of Michael Linderd and Chas.
Groat, of the town of Ashippen, Dodge
county, were out hunting, Greats gun
"a shot gum was discharged accidentally,
the charge entering Linderd's side, LAGER.
ating him in a shocking manner No
hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
JAMES JOHNSTON, a young man en-
ployed as night Waterman in the Globe
paper mill at Neenah, where he has
been employed for the past five or six
years at $l.25 and $1.50 per night, has
saved from his earnings $4,000 besides
paying for his board and clothing.
What would such a fellow do with an
appointment ?-Hotdson Star.
The trial of Burkhardt, the defaulting
treasurer of Green Bay, opened in Apple
ton on Monday morning, but TO the sur
prise of many he was acquitted on
Tuesday by the jury, pursuant to the in
structions of Judge Ellis. The informa-
ton filed against him did not charge an
offense under our present statutes. Thus
a man charged with ENLIGHTENMENT to the
amount of some 100000, is really ac
quilted without trial of the charge.
On Thursday last young man named
Tom Jones, living in the town of Aurora.
was going to Berlin with a team, and
met man named Burr Bailey, resi-
dent OF the same town. Bailey stopped
ms horses and went over to Jones' team.
Bailey had club and on coming UP to
Jones, struck him several terrific blows.
and rendered him helpless. He then
took his pocket book and left. Jones
was not expected to live for while. but
is now better. Bailey has been arrested.
On Sunday evening people passing
GroSssekopfs brewery, in Horizon, heard
loud noises as of general row, and ON
going to the door, Dan Crowley, an old
resident and employe of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway in this
village, stepped out, muttered something