The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-04-27
STATE NEWS
BIRD concerts at Waupun.

York.
RossITER's dwelling in Fort Howard
was burned Tuesday. Loss, 81 600; in
surance, 5000.
LONE Rock expects to see no more
hard times, since the Greenback ticket
won by sixty majority.
ONE HUNDRED and ffty-fve school
teachers were in attendance at the insti-
tute at Portage last week.
BLACK RIVER FALLS will have an
elegant hotel built this summer on the
site of the one lately burned.
THE G. & N. w. r. r. engines are in
mourning for Engineer DEMO, who was
killed at Reedsburg on Monday.
CHARLEY HoFINs, at Viroqua, on
Saturday, was struck on the nose with a
base ball, breaking the nose and making
an ugly cut.
LAST Friday morning Mr.. Judd, of
Burnett Junction, endeavored to COM
NIT suicide by severing the arteries in
both wrists, but failed.
Hon. SAMUEL d. HASTINGS, of Madi-
son, received a telegram from Philadel-
phia On Tuesday announcing the death
of his only brother, Simon P. Hastings.
II. W. WELsHER, superintendent of
the state fish Matching house, placed in
Fourth Lake, Madison, on Tuesday, 49,
900 whitefish, taken from the Milwaukee
hatchery.
THE extension of the western branch
of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and West
ern Railroad from New London to Gin
tonville will be completed in the early
part of summer.
A NINE-YEAR-OLD son of Louis Tatis
while playing on the cars at the Sheboy-
gan railroad junction, near Fond du Lac,
on Tuesday, was run over by train,
necessitating the amputation of leg.
FRANK RIEDEL, of Hillsborough,
Vernon county, while clearing land a
few days ago, was so unfortunate as to
have tree fall upon him, breaking his
leg in twoplaces and fracturing the knee.
The work of laying steel rails on the
old line of the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway will be commenced in few
days. The starting point is GAINESVILLE,
and the rail will be laid to Fond du Lac.
OWEN R. JONES, while crossing a
bridge in Fall River, was precipitated
into the stream, together with the team
he was driving. The fall was fourteen
feet. The young man was badly injured.
MRS. III. A. ROBINSON, of Fond du
Lac, administrators of the estate of M.
j. Marshall deceased, is reported to have
" lit out last Friday with all the avail
able assets, amounting to more than
81 900.
PORTAGE is anxious to have a steam
boat ply between that city and Prince
ton, and when Capt Bell was there a
few days since, they offered him bonus
of $500 if he would put the Dell Queen
on that route.
A MAN driving to Green Bay from
Glenmore during the fierce wind of
Wednesday, reported that a large tree
was blown across the road, instantly kill
ing a cow that was making her way along
just in advance of his team.
JOHNSON & Co., became owners of
the mill property at Barton, and they
contemplate erecting a new dam, put
ting In some new machinery, and the
village will then have the best arranged
mlll III w aSnlngt0n county.
A FIvE-YEAR-OLD daughter of l..
Sanders, of Pennington, was attacked
by vicious horse belonging to that gen.
tleman, a few days ago. She was badly
bitten, the horse also throwing her up in
the air, her left arm being broken by the
fall.
OPERATIONS on the Chicago & Tomah
railroad are active. The company has
advertised for large number of men to
work on the other side of the Wisconsin
river. Prospects are bright for the COM
pletion of the road this year. The town of
Wingville, Grant county, has voted
$4,000 aid to the road.
r. w. MERRYMAN, of Fond du Lac,
has purchased the Comstock mill, on the
Oconto river, and will move the frame
and machinery to Marinette, and put
them up below the Mccartney mill. The
mill will contain circulars, lath mill and
single mill.
The rainfall of Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights was less than three-quar-
tiers of an inch; but the lumbermen
are inclined to believe that more will
come-enough to cause a drive. The
general opinion is that fall of between
two and three inches is required to give
the necessary raise.
AT Winneconne, on Tuesday, the
steamer John Lynch became wind bound
about mile below the city that morn
ing with load of passengers and freight
and remained so for fourteen hours.
Every boat on the river was laid up on
account of the gale.
A BISMARCK, Dakota Judge sent
Ansley Gray, formerly of Iowa county,
to Jail recently for contempt of court.
Ansley got out from bondage, went for
the Judge and secured his prisonment;
and beside this there is a suit hanging
over the judge for SIC, 900 damages.
CHAs. TAYLOR and VIM. Hickman.
two Madison BARRIERS of color, had a
lively set to in that burg on Wednesday,
and in the course of the contest Hickman
drew razor and inflicted deep and
Cuts on an arm and thigh were sustained
The cash on the face bled alarmingly.
IDA LOUISE ToPLiFF, of La Crosse,
was brought before Judge Newman, at
Sparta, on Thursday, charged with COLI
tempt of court, in violation of the
order by stealing her child from her
former husband Alter. The parties were
divorced some time ago, and the custody
If the child was given to Alter. Case
until Friday.
AT Prairie du Chen, on Tuesday, the
IN course of erection for an ex-
libition hall for st. Mary's institute was
blown down. The walls were up and the
ready for the roof when the
storm struck it and completely demol-
shed it. The huildipo wac of M;Iwo,,l