The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-11-09
STATE NEWS.

Shelby, was fined S37 for mauling his
wife with char few days ago.
Mr. /. G. THOMPSON owns the cham
pion squash raised in Palmyra, said
squash measuring five and one-half feet
in circumference.
EARLY Tuesday morning G. w. Tap
ling's rope store-house, in Racine, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 81 800; insured
fer nearly full amount.
HORATIO COMBS, of Jenny, was Sc
yerely injured a few days ago by the
falling of a lever in sawmill. His
seal P was torn off and skull barred.
A BARN belonging to John Greu, of
Cato, was struck by lightning, last week,
and burned. A valuable horse which
was in the barn at the time was also lost
JOHN holden, formerly of Madison,
was arrested in Minnesota day or two
ago and taken back to Madison to await
a trial on a charge of forging note
for $50.
DURING the severe storm Monday
morning the lightning struck the court
house in Ashland, following one of the
tin water conductors down, tearing off a
few joints of siding, but doing only
tritiing damage to the building.
ALEX. ID. JACOBS, of Pittsfeld, near
Green Bay, was accidentally shot in the
left side, Sunday, while cleaning re-
volyer. The injury was not serious.
The injured man squeezed the wound
until the bullet dropped out.
MONDAY night thief entered the
barn of Henry Cheney, in La Prairie,
near GAINESVILLE, and stole ten bags of
barley. He sold them in Beloit, but
was arrested and handed over the
money. He was sent to Jail for sixty
days.
THE water in the rivers still remains
very high, having fallen but few inches
since Saturday. A gentleman who
claims to have a good memory as to
dates, informs us that it is just twenty
three years since such a freshet was
known in the fall.-M0nteILo Erpress.
THE lumbermen of the Chippewa,
Wisconsin and Black rivers will expend
in 1878 nearly $500 in improving
their streams fer numbering purposes, a
much larger amount than was ever laid
out in one year for the like purpose in
| the west.
ELMER BAKER, the eight year old son
of Charles Baker, of Bristol, visiting
relatives in Fall River Saturday, was
| accidentally shot in the head and in
/ stantly killed by his cousin George, ten
years old. The children loved each other
| dearly, and the little murderer is almost
heart-broken.
IT is reported that the Columbia
county Agricultural Society Is out about
$500 on its fair this year. The entries
were more numerous than ever before
and the exhibition everything that
could be desired; but bad weather kept
too many people away to make it a
/ financial success.
ONE strange freak of Tuesdays light
ming was to splinter large tree in front
of the Gallagher residence, on Arndt
street. The same bolt sent q wash-tub in
the door Of the house flying into many
/ pieces. The shock was quite severely
| felt in the neighborhood. No one hurt
! Fond du Lac Commonwealth, 9th.
The octogenarian, Oslock Lee, who
was robbed, shot and badly beaten by
three Norwegian rufians at Springdale,
last Friday night, is lying at the point of
/ death; his recovery is not looked for
Should he die, the brutal wretch Hal
yerson and his coadjutors, the Anderson
| brothers, will have to take the full ex-
| tent of the penalty for murder.-Madi-
| son Journal, 9Th.
IN the big blow and hail last week
| there was considerable damage done on
the farm of Stephen Swano four and a
| half miles s0utheat of Whitewater. The
roof was blown OF the barn, and his
granary containing several hundred
bushels was tipped over. The windows
of his house were broken and many of
his chickens killed by the big hail stones.
-JaResUjlle Gazette.
A MAN named Barney, while driving
his team in the town of Preble, yesterday
met with an accident which cost him. his
| life. The wagon run over a stump or a
stone in the rood and he was thrown out
of the wagon to the ground, breaking his
! back. The injuries he sustained were of
such a nature that he died shortly after
the accident. He leaves q wife and
famiIy.-Green Bay Gazette, ill.,
By special telegram we learn of the
melancholy fate of a man named
/ Desotel and his two children. The resi-.
dence of the Desotels took fire this
morning at Peshtigo harbor. DesoteI
saved his wife and three children from
the burning building, but the heroic
man, in going back to save his other two
/ children, was unable to return with
them, and they were burned to death.
Could not learn if the building was in
sured or amount of loss.-Green Bag
Gaaette 18th.
JAMES II. HILL, ESQ, formerly mer-
chant in this city, and now resident upon
his farm in the town of Burke, was the
victim of a runaway horse, yesterday.
The animal threw Mr. Hill from the
buggy, the latter breaking his left arm
at the elbow. DIR. jackson was sum-
mOned and ascertaiDed that the accident
was very severe one, the elbow being
both dislocated and fractured, making
| the very worst kind of a break. Mr.
Hill IS suffering very greatly to-day, and
OF his recovery there is some room tC
doubt.-Nodtson Journal, It'll.
THE board of control of the Northern
Fair finished auditing the bills Monday
night and figured up the financial con
dltlon Of the society. In round numbers
the receipts from all sources were 81, 500
The expenses Of the year which had tc
be met, including the fair, the March
convention, printing, help, etc, amount
to $1,000, leaving 1900 to be distri
buted on premiums. The premiums
awarded amount to $500. The board
therefore concluded to pay 80 per cent
/ of the premiums awarded.