The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-12-28
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS,

GREEN BAY has been again annoyed
by burglars.
The La Crosse Republican says: Put
down the date-river closed December
II, 1873"
| PROF. W. t. PARKE, of the normal
school in Oshkosh, has resigned, to take
an interest in the Elkhorn Independent,
as manager
HAMMEL & Co.'s hub and spoke fac
tory, at Seymour, Outagamie county,
was destroyed by FIRE Tuesday night.
Loss $4,000 to $4,000; insured.
MICHAEL GEREw, who killed Jack
Ryan, the noted desperate, at Phillips, a
few weeks ago, was acquitted by the
jury before whom he was tried at Chip
pewa Falls.
THE remains of McGilvery, the
brakeman or the Southern Minnesota
road, who was killed by being run over
at Armstrong, were forwarded to Port
age, his home. for burial.
KILBoURN CITY is excited over the
marriage of Father Hecket and Mrs.
Llntner, who ran away about four weeks
ago. 1t seems everything was legal, for
the parties were married by justice of
the peace.
GEORGE DOTY, and his nephew Willis
Warren have been committed TO Jail to
await preliminary examination in the
matter of the death of Henry Doty said
to rave committed suicide. So says the
DOdgeville Chronicle
A THREE-YEAR-oLD child of Chas.
Dorm, of ShiOctOn, died last week from
strangulation, caused by some hard sub
stance becoming lodged in the throat.
The child had been left alone in the room
for few moments and when found was
breathing his last
! CHARLES SCHWANBECK, of Jackson,
near West Bend, is likely to die from a
fractured skull, the result of a blow
with piece of wood in the hands of
| Christian Fisher of the same place.
And Schwanbeck is under arrest for
| having assaulted Mrs. Fischer. The case
is mixed.
IT is alleged that certain people are
selling to afmers oats called the Bohe-
milan hulless oats. at so per busheI, for
seed, promising TO take all the crop at he
same price. The farmers give their
notes for this brand 1t is said that
these oats are worth but about 81, and
can be purchased in Milwaukee for that
amount. The Oat agents are to meet the
farmers in Fond du Lac next week TO
prove the extraordinary value of the
Bohemian oats.
This revenue collection district en-
braces the counties of Barron, Burnett,
Polk, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Dunn,
Fierce and st. CrOix. In these counties,
during the seven months ending Novem-
Der Both, the total sale of beer stamps
amounted to ST, 202 so, against 81, 652. rs
during the same months of 1877, show
ing decrease of $450,25, or about ten
per cent. There are two more breweries
in operation this year than there were
last.-EGu Claire Neus
A NAN working for Bird Bros, Me-
nomonee, with an unpronounceable
name, met with an accident Thursday of
last week, which caused his death. He
was caught between a load of hay, and
one Of the beams of a barn which he was
driving into, and doubled over so as to
cause dlslocatiOn of the spinal column.
lie was taken home and medical attend
ance summoned, which availed to keep
him alive until Wednesday morning,
when he died. He leaves a wife and
several children.-Marinette Eagle.
A CHIPPEWA FALLS dispatch of the
18th says: William Chase, the wretch |
who succeeded in escaping from the mob |
last night, was captured at Eau Claire |
this morning, nearly dead with fright |
and cold. The sheriff will escort him |
from Eau Claire by the early train to-
morrow morning, with the aid of sixty |
deputies appointed to-day. Chase claims
that Dell Moon, "pard," committed |
the murder. Chase's mother saws that |
he Chase is the murderer. The sheriff |
is bound to give him trial Should he
prove guilty he will probably hang.
Lieut.-Governor J. NJ. Bingham and Geo. |
G. Ginty are deputies Great excitement
prevails"
A WEEK or ten days ago G.. w. Day
ton, young man well known in La
Crosse, Sparta and other places as a horse
jockey was in the Municipal Court, at
La Crosse, before Judge Hubbard on a
charge of bigamy, which was preferred |
by wife hailing from distant part of |
the state, who did not propose to witness
the happiness of any other woman with
her husband. Dayton waived examina- |
ton, and was held in default of bail to /
the Circuit Court. Dayton apologized
for his conduct to his wife by saving
that his first wife ran away from him |
with some man, and that he supposed
her dead. Friday afternoon DAYTON
appeared before Judge Benton and /
pleaded guilty. He was thereupon SEN
fenced to one year in the states prison. !
A LITTLE daughter of Belgian family
living near the eastern extremity Of |
Cherry street, Green Bay, accidentally |
fell into a cistern of water, on last |
Sunday afternoon, and came near being |
drowned There was nobody at home at |
the time of the accident, but the brother
OF the little girl, who was in the wood |
shed adjoining the cistern, and heard |
the splash made by his sister falling into
the water. With a presence of mind
and judgment remarkable in one so
young, he not being eight years of age.
the little fellow inserted a LONG
narrow plank into the opening at
the top, of the cistern, permitting one
end to rest upon the bottom of the lat
ter, and the other against the top size
and then sliding down upon it, and tell
ing his sister to put her arms about his
neck, he climbed up the plank, safely
rescuing the little unfortunate from
1rowning.-Depere Ne,os.
On Saturday afternoon DISTRESSING
accident, which resulted in the death of
he injured child on Monday. occurred
If the residence of q foro;Ir ,,o1