The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-05-18

FoND DU Laos public library has
$500 volumes.
La CROSSES new high school building
will cost $4,000.
A WOLF, pursued by dogs, passed
through Little Prairie village one day
last week.
THE Byron camp meeting commences
the 18th Of June, and continues until the
18th of the same month, this year.
A WOMAN deserted little girl at the
Peters House, Oshkosh, Thursday. No
body knows her name nor where she
went.
MONTICELLO is to have huge lottery
on the 4th of July. The Opera Hall,
and numerous money prizes, will be
ratified.
Mrs. GERTRUDE ENGELs, of Hum
boldt, dropped dead in her door-yard
Friday. She was 60 years old, and had
been subject to fits.
A HORSE belonging to Eugene Taplin,
of Onion River, ran his head against
liberty-pole while running away, few
ago ana killed himself.
THERE are more convicts at the state
Prison at Waupun at this time than
there have ever been since the building
was erected. The number is 34S.
DR.. JOHN BOWER, an old physician
of the town of Brookfield, and one of the
pioneers of Waukesha county, died sud-
denly at his residence Wednesday.
A YOUNG man, named John Allen,
was accidentally shot by a comrade
Saturday last while wolf hunting near
Geneva. His recovery is considered
doubtful.
A FEW evenings ago a young man
named Martin Kassner, of Casco, was
beset by highwaymen. They knocked
him down and took all he had-which
was meerschaum pipe.
LAKE WINNEBAGo is very high and
the water has overlooked the lands ada
cent to it in many places at Stockbridge
The docks built for the accommodation
of boats are completely under water.
SOME low-livcd Appleton scamp en-
tered Mark Lyons barn the other night,
and cut off the name and tail of his val
liable horse, which were special features
of his beauty.
TUESDAY the superintendent of public
property discharged four or five of the
old hands about the capitol building at
Madison, on the ground that their ex-
penses were too high.
A LITTLE .six-year-old daughter of
widow lady by the name of Henschell,
residing near Haze Hills, on Green lake,
had her left arm broken at the elbow
joint, few days ago, while playing with
a dog.
A REPORT from Chippewa Falls, dated
Saturday, says that the water keeps up
well and that logs were running by that
place at the rate of million feet an
hour. This seems to indicate that the
Chippewa lumbermen are doing well.
IT cannot be repeated too often that
under the law of 1878 every piece of
property must 60 on the assessment roll
at its full value, or the assessment
will be void. And the assessor who fails
to discharge his known duty is amena-
bic for perjury.
THERE is an amusing report to the eff
feet that a widower in Berlin, who ran
for school commissioner this spring prom
Used, in the event of his election, to
marry the oldest schoolma' am in Berlin.
He was elected and now the rub is to de-
eide who is the Oldest schoolma' am. As
soon as that point is satisfactorily settled
the wedding day will be fixed upon.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says: "a
distressing accident happened ON Mon
day evening to Miss Minnie Gaul, of
Watertown, Wis About 9:15 o'clock,
while passing 100 North Desplaines
street, the sidewalk gave way, throwing
Miss Gaul into a basement about seven
feet deep, injuring the spine and fractur-
ing two ribs. The young lady will
recover, but most likely be crippled for
life"
Mr.. ANTHONY KELLETT, of Neenah,
father of William and Joseph Kellett,
was stricken with paralysis on Thursday
evening and died Friday night; aged 10
years Mr.. kellett had been a resident of
Neenah seven years, and prior to this
lived for twenty years in the town of
Oshkosh, next to Eli Stilson. He leaves
wife, three sons and four daughters.
and large circle of friends to mourn his
departure.
WITHIN the past few days three acct
dents have occurred at Weeds mill.
William Dupre had the tips of the fin
gers of his right hand amputated with
out medical assistance. Ed. Dolan had
one of his hands badly cut, the saw get
ting between the little and third fingers
and cutting into the feshy part of the
hand. Another young man, whose name
wedid not learn, tripped over something
in the floor and fell while carrying in his
hand saw, the teeth entering one of his
hands and making bad wound. DIR.
Anderson attended to the above cases.
Green Bay Gazette.
THE Oshkosh Northwestern contains
the facts from which the following item
is compiled: Social circles here are
considerably agitated over an interesting
divorce suit just commenced by Mrs
Sophia l.. Haight against her husband,
Augustus Haight, wealthy citizen of
this city, the ground for the proceeding
being the alleged cruel treatment by the
defendant since their marriage, in 1875,
which tnally became uncomfortable, and
the lady was compelled to return to the
paternal roof. Additional interest is
given to the case from the disparity in
the ages of the parties, the wife being
young and attractive, while he is some
what antiquated.
For the last few days the low land
portions of the town of Black Wolf have
been overfowed to the depth of several
inches, and near the creeks to the depth
OF foot and over. This is the season of
the year when sturgeon go up the streams
ana into the creeks to spawn. The con-
sequence is that thousands of mammoth
sturgeon have worked their Wav up the