The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-03-23
STATE NEWS.

JACKSON COUNTY borrows $4,000 to
erect court house.
BROWN COUNTY produced 100000
bushels of wheat in 1877.
AN Indian and bear had a combat in
Chippewa county, and both were killed.
ROCK county fair at GAINESVILLE, Sep
TENDER I'd to 9th inclusive.
ONE HUNDRED new farms have been
opened in Shawano county the past year.
THE oldest mason lives in Iowa coun-
ty, having belonged to the fraternity "a
years.
In the two Episcopal dioceses in the
state there are now 80 pastors, graduates
of Nashotah.
The teachers institute for Crawford
county will be held at Wauzeka, COM
mencing April 10Th.
HUDSON is happy over the prospects of
narrow-gauge road to River Falls.
About $4,000 will secure the right of
way.
The Prescott bank, which collapsed
last summer, has paid dividend to de-
posltors OF 90 per cent, and promises
more.
VIM. WATERMAN, of Grand Rapids,
who is in his 103d year, walked from
Grand Rapids to Plover, 16 miles, on
Monday.
AT Omro a little daughter of Dan
Clark's, while playing with a Ratchet a
few days ago, made mjsstroke and cut
her thumb off.
A FELLOW named Donahue has been
sent to prison for eighteen months for
stealing $50 worth of prope rty, in Madi-
son.
Up near Rush Lake wolf had been
depicting the ranks of the sheep. The
other day it was killed, and found to be
a big one.
On Tuesday the father of Herbert
Chase, of Fountain Prairie, fell and in
jured his back so severely that he was
completely paralyzed.
OK Tuesday night the Academy of
Music block, the finest in the village of
River Falls, was burned. Loss not
stated; insurance $l5, 800.
In Lancaster, little Willie Altizer
took a Ratchet and was entirely success
full in chopping off finger belonging to
little Frank Muesse
OSHKOSH LUMBERMEN have now made
up their minds that the crop of logs will
be very short. The outside figure set on
the crop is 50,000,000 feet.
II. VANDENBERG, a blacksmith of
Freedom, Outagamie county, was kicked
by horse which he was about to shoe,
the result of which produced his death
a few days ago
NELSON JOHNSON, of Pine Lake, on
Wednesday sold to G. Gensen, of Ocono-
mowoc, seven hogs, nine months old
Their respective weights were 515, 351,
504, 800, 385, 400 and 455 pounds.
III. \. SMITH, warden of the state
prison, has been fully relieved by the
legislature from the loss entailed by the
failure of the Corn Exchange Bank, of
Waupun, in which were deposited the
state prison funds
A. MAN named John Huber was ar
rested in Eau Claire Sunday for catch,
ing ana shipping trout of season. He
was fined SO and imprisoned for five
days in the Jail.
L. w. BIRKHAUsER, of Brandon, was
robbed of $3.50, while on the train going
to GAINESVILLE, Tuesday morning. He
was asleep for portion of the distance,
which afforded the opportunity to the
thief. No arrests.
MARY LINDBERG, of Osceola, met
with a serious accident on Sunday last,
while riding horseback. A little boy
threw sand into the face of the horse
which caused him to Jump aside, throw
ing Mary off and breaking both bones of
the right leg just above the ankle
A GERMAN named Pubans stabbed a
young man named Richard H. Brown, in
the back, Monday night, in the town of
Bloomfield, Waushara county. Brown
will die. Pubans has not been arrested.
The difficulty was an old one and grew
out of some property trouble. The af-
fray occurred at a dance at the house of
John Drihams.
Miss LIBBIE SPENCER, of the town or
Merton, Waukesha county, committed
suicide last Saturday by drowning her
self in shallow stream near the resi-
dence of her adopted parents. Just
before the act she made verbal confess
sion that she was enciente by married
man who was near neighbor. Miss
Spencer was about nineteen years old,
beautiful and accomplished
LAST Saturday afternoon Mr.. II. p.
Campbell, of the town of Scott, on his
way home from this city, drove his
team on the ice along the shore, to
avoid the bad roads. He proceeded all
right till reaching Klaus dock, when in
driving outside of it his team broke
through. With assistance he was able to
save one of his horses, bnt lost the other
one. 1t was good horse, one of
matched team, and is quite a loss to MIR.
Campbell.-Green Bay Gazette.
The case of the people against VIM.
Hobkirk, for forgery, will be called at
the present term OF court, at Juneau. 1t
is the prevailing impression that no
penalty will be inflicted on him for the
crime. When man takes Sl20, 900 out
of community he is very rarely pun
ished for it. If man wants to go to
prison he must steal 500 horse, or $50
in money. Even a hat will send him
for year. But $l20,000 makes him a
smart man. IVaHpun Times.
QUITE a serious stabbing affray oc-
Cured in the town of Bloomfield Sunday
night. There was a German dance in
the town, and quite a number of ''boys"
were there from other neighboring
towns. Among the crowd was party
from Lind named Dick Brown. Brown
got into some dispute with the fiddler,
German, whose name could not be
ascertained, when the latter approached
him and stabbed him between the
shoulders The wound was severe, but
it is not thought to be dangerous.
Brown was carried home and cared for.