The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-08-10
STATE NEWS.

fALMYRA property of all kinds is
valued at $4,000.
LANCASTER shipped 5000 pounds of
wool in one day, lately. VI
A !,20O-PoUND fre-bell will bo
Sparta's next acquisition. NC
EMIGRATION in the direction of Brown
county is on the increase. 'io"n
CARL COLE, an old resident IF Nod;
son, tuesday evening fell and broke his
right arm. iiio
Mrs. MACK, the woman alleged to
have murdered her husband has had hail
fixed for $4,000, but she can't get it.
Mrs. HERMAN WERNER, of ManIo
Grove, Manltowoc county, recently gave
birth to 49, pounds of boys. There
were two of them.
HENRY DYKE, formerly Of Madison
fell dead on Tuesday in the town Of
Leeds, Columbia county; apoplexy is
the supposed cause
AN orphan named Hugh McGillis
aged ten, was drowned Sunday evening
while bathing in the river at Chippewa
Falls.
WERNER SEUCHs, of Fond du Lac
German aged 90 years, took Paris green
Tuesday in the hope of shutfiing off. He
was saved.
ALBERT PEELER, one of the empIoves
of BUR Robbins show, wa. killed Inv
being crushed under a falling wagon
near Montezuma, Iowa, Thursday morn
ing. He lived in GAINESVILLE.
CAPT. HYDE of this city has lately
disposed of great quantity OF lands in
northern Wisconsin, near the line of the
. IT,.oD,c;,, ID
Grafton amounting to 100000. This is
the heaviest sale reported for many day.
i-AppIeton Post.
A CASE of fatal burning with kero-
sene occurred on the farm of VIM. Sea
toft, near Neenah, a few days ago.
Mary Vitatsky, aged ten years, poured
kerosene on the fire, the can exploded,
and she was burned so badly that she
died in great agony on Wednesday,
WILL JOHNSTON, sixteen years old,
of Waupun, on Saturday last, at
tempted a flying leap over fence by
the aid of a pitchfork; his hands slipped
: and he was so severely injured by the
: handle that he lies in we're precarious
| condition.
A FEW days ago at Naniot's saloon,
Tom Halada, of Lincoln, was showing
some Belgians how his revolver operated,
; when it accidentally discharged, the ball
lodging in John kenard's leg, entering at
the knee and passing up in the thigh.
Serious, but not fatal.
THE saw and single mill built by B.
M. Holmes, at Ogema, on the Wisconsin
, Central, together with 400, 600 shingles,
were destroyed by fire last Sunday
night. Everything about the mill was
? total loss as the fire occurred while the
employers were asleep.
e HERMAN HERMANsoN, a farmer in
e the town of Bristol, and assessor of that
: town, fell from his mower, on Wednes-
1 day last, IN consequence OF sunstroke,
e and died In a very short time. Mr.. Her
t manson was a one-armed man, much re-
t spected where known. He leaves a wife
e and several children.
G. P. BURNETT met with a grievous
misfortune on Tuesday which may re-
: suit in the loss of his premium Grey
! Eagle colt. While running his moving
= machine the colt which was playing
= alongside the mare, made a lump and
= landed in the sickle of the machine, cut
: ting one of his legs nearly oft, bone and
n $3.50 A'SN'f toSt' 4 JcNo
: The yacht Carrie Morgan capsized
/ Sunday noon several miles southeast ON
: the lake, with nine passengers on board.
: After being in the water about three
: hours and half the party was rescued
Y by the yacht Peerless. One of the par
4 ty, buoyed by cork cushions, had started
5 to swim for shore when the Peerless
! came up.-Oshk0sh Northeastern.
t A VERY sad occurrence has ia ken place
IN the township of Bovna. Mr.. Within,
an old gentleman of 90 years, because
he thought his daughter-in-law had ex-
pressed desire to be rid of him, went
out to the middle of small lake in the
Vicinlty, and there gave up the struggle
OF llvlng happy life after trial of
over three score years. He was found
l the next day with his trousers tied about
7 his neck and stones in the pockets.
; A FATAL accident occurred on Monday
at City Point, on the G.. b. and Nj. r.
; X. IN which a brakeman lost his life. 1t
appears that the brakeman, who is
named Jack Van Orten, was in the ward
; while the trains were switching, and in
running to get on his train he stumbled
and fell, and was caught by the wheels
OF the car and drawn under, when the
train passed over him, dreadfully manr-
hing one of his legs. City Point is about
% miles from Grand Rapids Green
Bay Gazette.
HENRY, son Of James Whitney. age
about SIX years, was drowned in the
Waupaca river on Thursday night. He
was IN company with the little son of
Lewis herzlger who was watching some
!, young ducks. While young Herziger
was having his attention directed to the
ducks, Henry, unobserved by Herziger,
lett him and, up to this writing, has
been seen no more. His hat however has
been found in some drift half a mile be-
low where the boys were, which leaves
no doubt of the little fellows fate.
RIVER FALLS Press: The last him
drance in the way of our railroad
appears to have been removed by the
amlcable and very satisfactory arrange
ment entered into with the West Wis
consln, whereby the River Falls road
connects with the former in the depot at
North Hudson, instead Of on the bridge
as first contemplated. By the new
arrangement over half a mile of
costly plling is avoided. and our
road receives assistance from the
". W. IN building the road from Hud-
son city to the depot At meeting of
1he directors last week, Mr.. Thompson.
president OF our road, said that he ex-
Pected to have a locomotive in River
+ ais by the 10th of August. A large
force OF men are at work on the Hudson
Sectl0n, which is all the oradinU tbo+ 70