The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-20
STATE NEWS.
STOVES are now being manufactured
In La Crosse.

LA CROSSE offers for sale two hand
engines and the old steamer.
Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER will
lecture in Appleton July goth.
The Carlisle House barn in Mazo-
mamie was burned Friday. Loss $500.
Incendiary.
The contract for the Mansion Jail has
been let to Cameron & Sykes, of Maus-
ton, for $4,000 The work is to be
completed by October 18th.
A REWARD of 81 900 is offered for the
apprehension of the villain who dis
placed the rail on the G. & n. w. r. r.
near Appleton Friday, causing the acct
dent.
JEROME McMURPHY, held on two
charges of rape, Albert Guenther,
charged with burglary, and A. B. Perry,
who was serving out short term for
assault and battery, escaped from the
Juneau county Jail.
The residence of Peter Kelley in
Friendship was burned to the ground on
Thursday night. The fire broke out
about | o'clock, and it was only with
great difficulty that the family were res
cued from the flames.
The old soldiers are getting warm over
the idea of attending the reunion at
Durand in September. Alma will send
a good company of the old boys up
there. A preliminary meeting will be
held here July 9th, for organization, &c.
Alma Express.
DURING the thunder storm of Tues
day evening three sheep, belonging to
George Knor, of Columbus, were killed
by lightning while lying under tree,
the bark of which was completely peeled
from the roots up to the first branches,
The sheep killed were all that Mr.. K.
owned.
SHERIFF HALsTEAD returned from
Madison last night, bringing with him
the prisoner, Mrs. Pierce. The Supreme
Court has not yet decided upon the
petition, but, after full hearing, has
the case under consideration. The pris-
oner occupies her former quarters in the
county jail.-Lo Crosse Republican.
SOME of the farmers in this county
commenced cutting timothy and clover
the latter part of last week, which is
much earlier than usual in this region.
Winter wheat will probably be ready to
harvest in about two weeks, and spring
wheat much earlier than other seasons.
Block RiUer Falls Banner.
BROWN COUNTY crops will be fully to
the average this year; both wheat and
oats are looking unusually well and
promising good yields; hay is good, al
though not as heavy as the past favor
able weather would seem to have
promised, and cutting has already COM
menced; corn is almost an entire failure,
owing to the cold wet weather Depere
NeUs.
AT WATERFOWL, Friday night, a gro
Gerry store was robbed in the same man
ner as was the Davis & Co. establishment
in Fond du Lac some few weeks ago,
with only a change in the manner of en-
trance. Stones were thrown in the front
door, and the thief entered the back
door, grabbing $50, and successfully
making away with his plumber. 1t is
thought that the thieves are the same
who operated in Fond du Lac.
A YOUNG son of Matt Brown, aged
about three years, was run over and quite
badly hurt last Monday. The little fell
low was playing in the road as Mr. Shat
tuck drove up at rapid rate, and, not
noticing the child, ran upon him, the
axle-tree striking him in the forehead
and infiicting severe wound. The gem
tleman states that he was looking toward
the village and did not see the child I'M
til the horse SHE'D, when it was too late
to escape the danger.-Ahnapee Record.
Two weeks since mention was made
of what was supposed to be THE petrif-
cation of a burr oak knot, found four
feet below the surface, in marsh on the
farm of II. Sherman in Columbus town.
ship. Experts have since examined the
specimen, and they declare it to be
portion OF the tooth of a mastodon-
something more than one-half of a
dental of that extinct monster. 1t has
been added to the collection preserved in
the Columbus High School, Columbus
Democrat.
YESTERDAY afternoon freight train
No. "A, bound south, under charge of
Conductor Anderson, had only got about
two miles south of the city when it was
discovered that car filled with "excel-
sior," material used for upholstering,
and which was next to the engine, was
on fire. The train speeded along to
where the car was side-tracked |
and the engine threw water upon if
Finding that the fire could not wholly |
be extinguished thus, the train was run
on to Clinton, where the burning car
was run alongside of the water tank and |
deluged with water until the flames
were extinguished, but not before the |
car was badly burned, and its contents
Gazette, 10Th.
COLUMBUS Democrat: On Saturday
last David, a son of Deacon D. +. Evans
of Elba, went into Calumet township to
obtain some masons to build the founda.
ton of barn. He was belated. and of
IL O'Clock that night was riding SLOWLY
along on horseback near the second
Welsh church on the Beaver Dam road.
a stretch of woods running along the
roadside. All at once he was addressed
by person out of the thicket, and fig
ure with masked face approached him,
and without further word of warming
struck him with large, sharp knife,
and then fed back into the woods The
blow inflicted long, deep wound in
young Evans left arm near the shoulder,
and he bled profusely; but he managed
to bind up the wound and at length
make his way home.
AT Edgerton last Friday night fire
broke out in what is known as Taylor's
in Edgerton, and completely
destroyed the building. Mr.. Taylor
sold out to a man named Luzt for 81 900
last Wednesday, and received $50 down,
The balance to be paid Saturday. Mean
while the fire came along and burned the