The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-11-23

GUS goods Friday night.
DlPHTHERIA prevails to an alarming
extent IN several towns in the northern
part OF the state
A MAN in GAINESVILLE named Dick Cur-
us unoer The influence of liquor, shot
salooh-KeePer named Ben George, Tues
day evening, inficting a slight flesh
ELMER BEMIs, of Two Rivers. killed
large coon with pOcket-knife, while
out hunting, one day last week. The
coon was probably an old settler, for he
" kicked the beam" at twenty pounds.
JEFF GREENE, of Auburndale, struck
Ed Smith, of the same place, on the
head with an axe, last spring, and ran
away. Smith recovered, contrary to ex-
pectation, and few days ago Greene
returned to the locality and was arrested
to await trial for his attack.
WHILE the two sons of Charley Rich
ards, of Grand Rapids, aged Is and 10,
were out hunting the other day, the
elder, IN bringing his gun around to bear
upon a bird, discharged the contents
into the side of his brother, infictinga
terrible but not fatal wound.
AT four o'clock Monday morning the
general store of B. Il. Locke ut Tusten
near Oshkosh was entirely consumed by
fire with a portion of the contents. Sur
rounding buildings that stood in great
danger were saved by desperate efforts
of the citizens. The loss on Locke's
property was about $4,000, fully covered
by Insurance.
FROM the Two Rivers Chronicle:
While on his way to school, one day
last week, little George Wood met with
a quite painful accident. He tripped
and fell, striking his face on the ground,
and a slate pencil, which he had in his
hand at the time, in some manner got
into his mouth and was driven into the
roof thereof nearly an inch, and broke
off, making an ugly wound.
FROM the GAINESVILLE Gazette: Crosby,
the man who claimed to have caught
tramps at work tearing up the railroad
track south of Beloit, and who claimed
to have been attacked by them,
has been arrested himself, it be-
ing claimed that his story was
put-up job to get the railroad
company to reward him, as it did once
before, when he claimed to have found
bridge on fire.
LAST Saturday evening, as l.. Con
way and his son were returning to their
home in Manitowoc from Ahnapee,
when about half way between this place
and ManitowOc, some unknown person,
whOm' they met in the road, shot at
them with revolver, some of the shot
coming unpleasantly near, but none of
them doing any damage. The person
who did the shooting was probably some
drunken tramp, who did it through
mere wantonness,-Tj0 Rivers Chronicle.
IT appears that there is a vast amount
of sickness among children in New Lon
don, judging from the following extract
from the Times: "Ihe amount of sick
ness now prevalent in New London and
vicinity is awful to contemplate. Diph-
liberia especially is making cruel ravages
among the children. Nearly every day
we notice George Cline preparing little
collins for the victims of this dreadful
disease. The South Side schools have
been closed for time in an effort to pre-
vent its spread. The deaths are too
numerous to be chronicled in full, and
the showing is gloomy enough as it IS"
I. w. DREW, of this city, had in
February last but one hen. In that
month she Matched twelve chicks, of
which ten were raised. In May she
Matched another brood of eleven, of
which eight were raised In August she
Matched third brood of ten, of which
nine were raised. All these chicks were
from eggs laid by her, and she is now
laying again. Two pullets of the first
Matching began to lay in August. One
OF them Matched about the first of Sep
TENDER eight chicks, and raised them.
She is now laying again. The other
pullet Matched this month six chicks,
and is raising them.-POrtage Register.
IT is said that one of the attractions
at the next stock fair will be the exhi-
bltion Of young colt, or a large dog,
whichever it may be called. The animal
IS the offspring of q mare belonging to a
farmer whose name and residence are
Withheld for the reason assigned that he
does not want to be troubled with curios-
lty mOngers, and was born in the early
part of last week. The head and neck
OF the animal, to near the shoulders, are
clearly OF the canine species, more nearly
resembling that of mastitf; whilst the
other portions of the animal are those of
a well-tormed colt. This remarkable
compound of the canine and equine is
said to be quite well and frisky. partak-
ing III Its actions wholly of the equine
nature. If it lives, that animal will
prove big bonanza to its owner. But
such perversions of nature rarely sur.
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prove an exception to the rule ePere
Ne1ns.
ABOUT o'clock this afternoon a man
named John Rattigan was badly mangled
by being caught by a revolving shaft in
McLenn's wooden factory. He was not
an employe of the factory, but laborer
who has been in the employ of Mr..
Ratheram, Mr.. Nowlan and other build
ers. To-day he was engaged in doing
some whitewashing at the factory. and in
going around the end Of the shaft. his
blouse was caught and was twisted until
ne was nearly strangled while at the
same time he was hurled round and
round mangling him terribly. the shaft
revolving at the rate of about fftv
revolutions a minute. The belts ware
thrown off, and the shaft stopped. The
poor man when picked up was in most
pitiable condition. He was removed to
his home on Western avenue, near the
railroad culvert, and medical aid called
at once. 1t is not supposed that he can
live but few hours, though this can be
determined better after the shock is
somewhat over. At present he is lying
insensible. The full extent of his iniur-
les are not known, but the most serious