The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-06-07
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

HARVEY GREENFIELD WAS severely
injured by being thrown from buggy
at Medina, near Appleton.
MADISON viii be the scene of the
meeting Of the next Women's congress,
October Sth and 9Th.
TIE Seventh Day Adventists will
hold their annual camp-meeting in Mad
ison, June 11th-17th.
TIE Vandyne cheese factory, just
started, consumes 1900 pounds of milk
daily. Lodi's factory uses $500 pounds
daily.
FROM nearly every town in the state
reports come of loss of property and
stock by lightning during the late
storms.
PETER LINEGER, of Oshkosh, was so
severely injured while trying 70 stop
runaway team Monday that it is feared
he cannot recover.
SUNDAY night, in Beaver Dam, the
livery barn and paint shop of VIM.
Wade were destroyed By fire. Loss
So, 500; no insurance.
AUSTIN COLE, a wellto-do farmer of
Brodhead, hung himself in his barn,
with a strap. He has been considered
insane for some time.
CHAs PIKE has been arrested for the
robbery Of $50 from Moses Nightingale,
engineer of the self propeller in Fond du
Lac. The thief confessed and $50 in
money were recovered.
WE hear renewed reports of damage
| from the species of worm that is infest-
ing the city. Trees, shrubbery and
garden stuff are suffering liz every direc-
tion.-Gfeen Bay Gasstte.
A YOUNG man named Webb, living In
the town of Harmony, near GAINESVILLE,
attempted suicide Sunday by swallowing
an ounce and half ofopium. he didn't
succeed. Insanity is the cause.
LAST Tuesday night the farm house
of John Callahan, at Mount Horeb, near
Madison, was burned to the ground. The
family escaped, with considerable dan
ger to themselves. No insurance.
Mr.. BACKUs and Mr.. Durkee, of
Kenosha, prominent lumber dealers, got
| into free fight Tuesday over their bust
ness, and Durkee cut Backus with
Ratchet, probably destroying an eye.
HENRY w. BOYER, convicted of the
murder of Edward Trudeau, in the
| Wood County Court, has been granted a
new trial. He ran away when the ver-
dict was given, but gave himself mp
again.
HIGH waters are creating some trouble
at the log drives of the lower Wolf. A
| few days ago the overflow was SO great
as to scatter logs back to the woods and
fields. In the upper channel blockade
is feared.
! 9. l.. WILLIAMS, of the Green Bay
Deef and Dumb institute, was discharged
Tuesday from custody. He has been on
trial for an alleged rape on deaf mute,
Barbara Wildfang, but the court held
that there was no reasonable evidence
that the defendant was guilty.
DURING the great storm, Saturday
night, George Pilkington, the night
operator at Mazomanie, while crossing
the wires, endeavoring to get a circuit,
was struck by lightning and knocked
down. He was able to be at his post
again, Saturday night, however.
HENRY BUSH, of Byron, met with a
painful accident the other day. En-
gagged in driving fence posts with the
help of one of his men, just as the latter
was about TO strike blow the former
accidentally placed his hand in the way,
and the heavy ma let crushed the men,
! Der between it and the post
THERE was lively time in Caledonia,
Friday, over the election to vote $40, 600
in bonds, in lieu OF which the Chicago,
Clinton and Dubuque company are to
construct narrow gauge road from Cal
edonia to their road The election was
a close one, and resulted in 112 votes
being cast in favor Of the bonds and 81
against. This will probably necessitate
& change in the plans Of the La Crosse
and Omaha road, recently organized.
The @. and T. railroad is being put in
splendid shape. The work of ballasting
has been going on for some weeks, and a
large force is now engaged in widening
out the Connolly cut, near Woodman
In few days work will be commenced
on the extension to Montfort, from
which place they expect to run an
excursion train on the goth inst.-LGn-
caster Gazette.
Mrs. THEoDoRE BRoWN, of Neenah,
met with severe accident Tuesday
She and her small boy were driving their
horse over to the depot, and while pass
ing over the railroad crossing they col
lided with another vehicle, and Mrs.
oIONI was LIIOhu ouG bI IleT buggy 4
breaking her wrist and otherwise inlur-
ing her. She was taken home and at
this time lies in 8 critical condition
A FEW days ago John B. Dwinnell, of
Lodi, lost one of his best cows by light Y
ming, and considers himself very fortu-
nate in getting of as easily as be did 4
The COW that was killed was standing f
within three feet of the stable door. e
George DWinDel and Chris. Odegard,
the hired man, were both close at band,
tending to the stock at the time Of the
accident, and saw it all. Mr.. Dwinnells
himself was not far off, we believe, but
fortunately ali the human inhabitants
OF the farm escaped without injury
LAST week, as Charles Riggs was en-
I gagged In blasting ont rock from the river
bed, for the Atlas Paper company, there
was discovered in the excavated rock
what was Enthusiastically the form Of
huge sturgeon. Unfortunately it was
broken by the blasting process, but 8
section OF the fish at least one foot long
was taken ont whole. That it was the
petrlfied form Of sturgeon there is no
doubt whatever. The form is perfect, y
ana IN every way resembles in appear
anee real, live tisb.-ATplet0n Post.
Down at Liberty Prairie, in this s.
! (Dane) county, the other day, one Mrs.#
Ole Natedalen was killed by an unmanT
ageable bull Mrs n. had gone out
with young girl TO milk several cows