The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-06
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

HENRY MACKEY, barber of James
vile, accidentally shot himself through
the hand.
RIPoN's underground river has at last
been proved to exist. The stream is shall
low, but sparkling and cool.
THE Eagle house, in Eau Claire, was
destroyed by fire Monday morning.
Loss, $500; insurance, LOO.
MRS. ANN MCLAUGHLIN of La Crosse
was SO severely injured by runaway
accident that her life is despaired of.
WEDNESDAY night the barn of Peter
Snyder, of Forest, was struck by light
ming, and together with its contents
destroyed by fire.
THE wife of a foreman in a Neenah
paper mill tried to shoot her worser half
the other day, when she found him max
ing love to mill girl.
A YOUNG man named Dorster, of the
town of Blooming Grove, was seriously
injured by being kicked by q horse.
His skull was fractured.
DR.. VIM. MCCALL, of Omro, died
Monday morning, at $3.50 o'clock, from
the effects of a stroke of paralysis re-
ceived about week ago.
MANY holders of bonds issued by
Brown county in aid Of the Milwaukee
and Northern railway have commenced
suit against the county to recover.
A FEW days since young lady named
Dina Have, living in Pleasant Springs,
near Madison, was severely injured by
the running away of horse. She sus-
tanned partial dislocation of the shout
der and other bruises.
MICHAEL CONoBoY, of Friendship,
near Fond du Lac, the other day, lost
valuable horse by death. The night
before he had turned it into level field,
and in the morning found the horse
stretched out dead, with his neck broken.
SUNDAY a man and woman (names
not given) went from North PIairie,
Walworth county, to Hartford to have
their infant child baptized at the Cath
Ollie church. When they presented the
infant to the priest it was found to be
dead, having been smothered by being
wrapped SO close.
A SERIOUS accident happened yester-
day on the farm of William Boyer, east
of the city. Reinholz Hopp, aged Is,
was driving a rake when the horse ran
away and he was thrown in front Of the
implement, the tines of which dragged
him some distance and finally passed
over his body inficting serious injury
La Crosse Republican.
FOLLOWING is a list of the names
| of Wisconsin inventors with the
title of their inventions for which
patents were granted August 5, 1879: J.
J. Brown, heater, Madison; A. II. Hart.
portable fence and gate, Appleton; ].
R. Kennedy, wind engine, Racine; J.
Leist, saw gauges, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. J.
F. Schlossthin, bosom board, Fountain
City; G. d. Whiting car coupling,
! Racine.
VERNON COUNTY Censor: Last
| Thursday morning regular trains COM
| menced running on the Viroqua rail
way, aud Viroqua became attached to
the outside world, and took her place as
one of the railroad towns of the country.
The accomplishment of this grand object
has been the labor of years on the part
of our citizens. In the face of repeated
discouragements and failures, they per-
severed and finally the accomplishment
was reached.
APPLETON Post: On Monday last
Patsey Brown, one of the employees in
Marston & Beverikge's factory, was the
victim of an accident which resulted
quite seriously to him. Atnoon some OF
the boys were playfully throwing blocks
at each other, when one of these missiles
unfortunately struck young Brown fairly
| in, tho r,hxycinion
summoned and did what he could for the
boys relief, hut stated that the sight in
the injured eye was entirely destroyed.
LAST October man about SO years of
age, dressed in a suit of peper-colored
clothes, drove into Columet county and
represented himself as q cattle buyer.
| He wore mustache and weighed about
100 pounds. He was known to have
considerable money with him. He left
his horse and buggy at a farmers, named
! Winzel, about five miles from Brother
town. Suddenly he disappeared, and
has not been heard of since. It is be.
lieved by the people in that vicinity
that he was murdered for his money.
A VERY sad accident occurred nea,
Trempealeau on Sunday last, by which
a young man lost his life. A party Of
boys were out hunting about one and a
half miles from Trempealeau, and not
finding game very plenty, went in
bathing. Fred Spear, son of Matt
Spear, of Trempealeau, boy about IL
years old, was one of the party, and be-
fore going into the water, laid his CUR
against a log. A flock of prairie chick
ems soon made their appearance, and
Fred hurried out of the water, and in
taking up his gun quickly, the hammer
caught in limb and was discharged, the
entire charge, wads and all, entering his
left breast just above the heart. He
lived only about fifteen minutes.
EVANSVILLE Gazette, 26th: Mr.. Abra.
ham Christman, an old and respected
citizen living about one mile south of
Clinton, was horribly mangled last even
ing by an ugly bull. Mr.. Christman
| was just driving his COWS into the yard
when the bull came up behind him and
knocked him down with great violence
and continued the assault with great
ferocity. Mrs. Christman, who hap
pened to be in the barn, on looking out
noticed her husband being crushed by
the Infatuated brute, and Selling club
she bravely ran to the rescue, and
dealing the bull few heavy blows,
caused lull in his attack, which
she took advantage of. With almost
superhuman strength she grasped her
husband with one hand while with
the other she welded the club, and kept
the brute from further attack, and in
this way succeeded in getting her hus-
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