The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-02-22
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

WILLIAM KERN, an industrious Ger
man of Mackford, near Brandon, couldn't
agree with his wife and so committed
suicide.
JOHN DEININGER, of La Crosse, cut
his thumb so badly with broken glass
that he nearly bled to death. He severed
an artery.
CONGRESS will investigate the conduct
of j. NJ. Bridgman, the Indian agent at
Green Bay agency, charged with mis-
demeanor and fraud.
THE little city of Waupun has on
hand suit claiming $4,000 for injuries
received by reason Of a fall on a de-
fective sidewalk.
FIVE HUNDRED wood-choppers are
wanted at Mayville and Iron Ridge, as
the blast furnaces will start up in full
force in the spring.
A MAN named Jack Welch, at work
on bluff at the Dells, fell on the ice
below, distance of fifty feet, Thursday.
He cannot recover.
Col. UTLEY, of Racine, mourns the
loss of his trotting horse, Bashaw, which
was stolen Friday evening from the post
to which he was hitched
E. EDWARDS, who died very suddenly
in Weyauwega a few days ago, was once
a publisher of the Oshkosh Telegraph.
He had lived in Weyauwega twenty
seven years.
A VALUABLE cow belonging to d. A.
Kline, of Jenny, died one day last week
from the effects of gorging herself with
oats, which she had eaten during the
absence of the folks from the premises.
FRIDAY morning the block in Ripon
containing the postotfee, a grocery
store, restaurant, law offices, etc, was
destroyed by fire, involving a loss of
$4,000, insured for So, 500. The fire
caught from cigar stub.
A LITTLE girl named Stafford, in Fond
du Lac, three years old, clasped her
father around the knees while he had
teapot in his hand. He stumbled and
the boiling contents were poured upon
the little ones head. Injuries not fatal
The question of consolidating the
counties of Adams and Marquette is re-
ceiving much attention from the people
! of portions Of the two counties, and it is
believed that another year move will
be made in the legislature to make one
of the two.
THE Two Rivers Manufacturing COM
pany have just received two more cars,
| built especially for the transportation of
| their wooden ware. The company now
have upwards of twenty cars of their
own, all of them being more than double
the size of the common freight car.
A REMARKABLE escape from instant
death occurred in the town of Preble
near Green Bay, last week. John
eraser was thrown from load of wood
and by some means was caught by the
neck with part of the sleigh or load
and dragged some distance, when the
horses stopped. He was for q time in,
| sensib BILE.
LORIAN A. CROsBRY, for maliciously
removing a rail from the G.. & n. w.
track at Roscoe, last October, was SEN
fenced to one year in the penitentiary
He was a road employee, and tried to
| fasten the blame on tramps. He wanted
a reward for warning train and pre-.
venting disaster.
A dispatch received Tuesday from
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| Jackson unnecessarily attempted to
commit suicide there early that morn
! ing. He shot himself in the head with
revolver, putting the ball in at the
temple He is about twenty four years
of age, and has been travelling with a
cheap show.
A FARMER named Joseph Dietmer, of
| the town of Eaton, near Green Bay.
elOped Friday with q young girl, 16
years OF age, named Sulper. They took
| Dietmer's two children with them. Mrs.
! Dietmer is described as pleasant little
lady, and there was no reason for her
husbands action. A warrant is out for
the arrest of the guilty parties.
A LITTLE three-year-old daughter of
G. F. Roske, of Montello, came near
losing her life on Tuesday by drinking
kerosene. Mrs. r. had just filled a
lamp and turned away from the table to
set away the can, when the little one
caught up the lamp and drank some of
the oil. She went into spasms, and for
a time her life was despaired of. At last
accounts she was better.
THE Knapp, Stout & Co. company, of
| AhoHoLAohtS, w 49, nave twenty-five
camps of their own in the woods, and
about 1920 men. They have banked
over 100000 feet, and have 2O,OOO,-
600 more skidded. They expect to get
in total of $4,000, 000feet. The Daniel
Shaw Lumber company of Eau Claire,
have already banked 100000 feet of
logs this winter.-Minneapo6 Lumber
man.
Tom INGALLS,, who lies in Jail on the
charge of burglarizing FELIX'S tailor
shop, made up his mind yesterday that
he wanted to be an angel. There may
| be great differences of opinion as to what
! he became reck less and took the chances
! By some means he got hold of razor
and made an attempt to cut mis- throat
! but his fellow prisoners prevented him
from doing more than cutting CASH.
! JdnesUltte Gazette.
! AN accident occurred one day last
week in the town of Eaton which re-.
suited in two men being injured and a
wagon badly damaged. Frank Smith
was hauling bark for the Green Bay
/ tannery when his team got frightened
and started off on dead run. Smith
was thrown from the wagon and had
one of his legs broken. The team in its
mad career ran over a teamster named
Peter Labouse, who was badly bruised
but not seriously hurt.-Green Bav
| Gazette.
FROM the Boscobel Dial: The owners
of drive wells in this city have been
notified by Mr.. B. Owsley that he de-.