The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-11
STATE NEWS.

HE license fee in Racine has been
fixed at $50. The .Arqus has been APP
pointed the official paper.
HE latest female walkist in the state
is Nora Dupree, who failed to walk 100
miles In "a hours in Oshkosh.
WILLIAM RICE, a farmer in Fulton,
had four fingers chopped off Monday, by
buzz saw, run by horse power.
ALoNzo MAY, of Viroqua, had his
hand badly mashed in a clover huller
Friday.
GEORGE WHITNEY, a blacksmith of
Casco, committed suicide by cutting his
throat. He was hard drinker,
GREEN BAY ships sawdust by the car
load. Each load weighs 5000 pounds
and sells for from 81 to SO per load.
A NORWEGIAN woman named Grant
committed suicide at Norwalk by cutting
her throat with a pair of scissors. She
was insane.
A LITTLE boy named Brigham Hyner,
of GAINESVILLE, lost an eve Tuesday after
noon. He was exploding caps and a
piece entered the eye.
A DANISH servant girl in Oshkosh,
named Mary Benjaman, has disappeared
under circumstances that lead to the be-
lief that she was crazy and committed
suicide.
THREE little boys named Bert Clark,
Walter Nichols and Willie Grund, Of
Pepin, were thrown from wagon by a
runaway team, and each had a leg
broken. Queer accident.
A MAN named Walker badly cut a
man named Muldoon, at Reads Land
ing, few days since. The quarrel grew
out OF dispute about fifty cents, which
MuldOon claimed Walker owed him.
A YOUNG man named Fuller, residing
about two miles east of Milton was fool
ing with gun Saturday forenoon, when
it was accidentally discharged, sending a
rifle ball through one of his hands, caus-
ing quite serious wound.
A MAN named G. Grady was fatally
shot by named Loppin, at Phillips,
Thursday last. He was drunk and had
tried toshoot Loppin, several times. The
coroner's jury exonerated Loppin, as he
shot In self-defense.
AN infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Pearl Carter, of, Sparta, was found dead
In bed, by Its parents, on Saturday morn
ing last. 1t had died during the night
or early morning, from some cause not
certainly known. 1T was five months old
TUESDAY afternoon a lad named Geo.
kattmann. aged Is years, while at work
with planer in sash door and blind
factory of Geo. B. Lewis, at WATERFOWL,
had his right hand cut to pieces with
the machine, requiring ampntation at
the wrist. 1t was the second day that
Kattmann worked in the factory.
LAKE WINNEBAGo's share of fish
from the hatcheries this season is to be
SOC, 900 whitefish and 100000 trout.
The little whitefish were planted some
time ago, near Oshkosh, and the trout
will soon be distributed in parts of the
lake between Oshkosh, Neenah and Fond
| du Lac.
JOHN LAPPLE, of the town of Berry,
brought in lump of float copper weigh
ing 80 pounds, which he plowed up on
his farm yesterday. Lapple has two
wells on his place, in one of which the
water is so impregnated with coppery
taste that he cannot use it. He may
strike copper mine there.-AadisOn
Journal
THOSE of our readers who visited the
cen tcnnial exposition at Philadelphia, in
1876, will doubtless remember the hand
some fountain in front of the horticul-
tural hall. Well, it has been purchased
for the state of Wisconsin, and this sum-
mer it will be erected in the plat where
the music stand isnow Decentralization
| Democrat
THE Eau Claire Ne,os says: "The
great lumber firm, Messrs Knapp, Stout
& Co., of Menomonie, are about chang
ing from a private partnership concern
into an Incorporated joint stock COM
pany. The firm has been In existence
for nearly thirty years, and has been
one of the most successful numbering
companies in the country"
GUSTAV KRUGER, a German about
% years old, of the town of Berlin, hung
himself in the loft of his fathers house
last week Thursday. When found, he
was hanging by the neck dead, his knees
resting on the floor. He was bound to
"shuffie off this mortal coil" The cause
is not ascertained, but is supposed TO be
melancholy produced by disap pointment
in love-
The death of Rev. Thomas J. Ruger,
of GAINESVILLE, which occurred Sunday
from pneumonia, produces general sorrow.
Mr. RIger was one of the most esteemed
members of the Episcopal Church, was
rs years old and had hosts of friends. He
had four sons and three daughters. All
of the sons have served in the army and
two, Col. Thomas FL: and DR.. Henry III.
now fill important positions in the regu-
lar service.
The Oshkosh Northwestern contains
the following item: I" A very remarka-
BILE case of cure of the mumps occurred
last week in this city, A cat crawled
into the bed where a little girl, aged II
years. who was having severe attack of
the mumps, was sleeping. The cat
curled herself up against the girls
swollen neck and slept there until morn
ing. In the morning the girl was COM
pletely well and the mumps all gone,
while the cats head and neck were
swollen to mammoth proportions"
A CASCADE, Wis, correspondent gives
an account of an attempt to murder a
Catholic priest of that village. A shot
was fired through the window of the
room usually occupied by the clergy
man. There were two gentlemen from
Manitowoc county present at the time,
but fortunately all escaped unhurt. The
clergyman whose life was attempted was
formerly stationed at Mems.
WHILE two carpenters were busy Mon
day putting in new windows at Waltzin-
gers candy emporium, in Madison, one
of them, who was upon ladder, let a
chisel drop; it hit square on the head of
the carpenter below, the sharp heavy