The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-06-14
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES


was destroyed by fire, Monday evening.
Loss, $4,000.
Two BOYS named Hewlett, aged about
sixteen years, have been arrested near
Kilbourn City charged with outraginga
seven-year-old girl.
A SON of w. Denniston, of Empire,
had one of his limbs badly burned the
other day by falling upon bed of Goals,
made by burning brush heap.
A LA PRAIRIE cow gave birth to
calf weighing 165 pounds. The report
seems considerably thinner than the calf
is said to have been.
THE old settlers of Sank county will
meet in their ninth annual reunion
June 18th and 10Th at North Freedom,
between Baraboo and Reedsburg.
JNo. DILLON, a section man on the
G. and N. w. road, living at Oakfeld,
near Fond du Lac, was struck by train
near his home, on Sunday night, and
instantly killed.
THE Green Bay iron furnace was sold
under mortgage foreclosure Tuesday to
81. D. Smith, for $500. The property
was erected in 1869 at a cost of $l60, 900.
The furnace will be Immediately started.
SATURDAY morning at Camp Douglas
Junction q boy about twelve years of
age, a son of Mr.. Prentice Putnam, of
Chicago, accidentally shot himself with
a revolver in the abdomen, probably
fatally.
HENRY WEIsEEBE-G, of Oshkosh,
was drowned in Wlnneconne, Sunday,
while trying to assist in putting his yes
sci through a bridge. He was pushing
with pole. The pole broke, and he fell
into the river.
w. II. NICHOLS, of Delavan, who has
hitherto borne good character, has
been arrested charged with having
uttered forgeries to the amount of $500,
which were negotiated at the First Ma
tional bank of Elkhorn.
A GREEN BAY boy writes from Le&d-
vile that young Kalb and Jeffreys who
went there prospecting some nine months
since have made strike of $40, 600 each
by the sale of mining claims they had
entered.
MENoMINEE has the oldest married
couple in Wisconsin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Bancroft of that town have
lived together II years. The anniyer-
sary of their wedding Occurred on the
LIST of May.
A FREIGHT train on the Wisconsin
Central was ditched at Waupaca
Wednesday morning, and came near
causing serious damage. One of the
employees, in jumping from the train,
received severe injuries.
THERE has been recently little min
ing excitement down in Vernon county,
owing to discoveries of ore in the town
of Stark. Some of it was recently
assayed in Chicago, and exhibited seven
different metals, a good per cent. OF
which was silver.
PLYMOUTH has organized a Dairy
Board of Trade. The first definite meet
ing was held on the 9th. The election
resulted in the choice of Mr.. Stephen
Littlefeld, as president, A. F. Warden,
as secretary, and FL. J. Bamford, as
treasurer.
LON. CoLBURN has a cow that is
enough to discourage ordinary cattle,
from all attempts at becoming famous.
She furnishes an average of sixty-one
pounds of milk per diem, and has to be
MIXED three times a day.-Ripon Com
UtONUcNtt'
Miss JOSEPHINE SIMCoCK, of Wau-
paca, fell dead Sunday evening while
standing at the gate. The family went
to church, leaving the girl in good
health, but when they returned she was
dead. A clogging of blood at the heart
is assigned as the cause.
BRANDON has a curiosity in the shape
of pig, active and healthy, but rather
awkward gait and strange action. 1t is
wide departure from the usual pig
foot. Instead of split hoofs, this pig has
four solid, uncloven hoofs, like colt.
IT is said that a great many farmers
in La Crosse county have given up hop
raising. About dozen years ago when
an immense amount of money was made
by those few engaged in the business
everyone wanted to go into it. Hop
raising is very expensive and nearly all
engaged in it of late years have lost
money.
THE State Band association, which has
been in session in Watertown, adjourned
Tuesday. The following officers of the
association were elected: President, d.
d. Bennett, Janesville; vice president,
A. B. Newton, Bangor; secretary, d. E.
Moore, Bangor; treasurer, Ferdinand
Schulz, Portage: director, W. G. Will
kinson, Milwaukee.
Miss MARGARET SPENCE, who resides
at the corner of Pine and Ninth streets,
recently met with & peculiar accident,
and one which promises to be serious
one. About week ago, while in the
garden, some unknown insect got into
the lady's ear, and caused a buzzing SEN
sation, which lasted several hours
Since then the ear and head have be-
come very painful, and medical skill
seems to be of little avail in alleviating
her sufering.-La Crosse Democrat.
THE latest reports from the vicinity of
the forest fires along the lake shore from
Ahnapee to Horns Pier, state that about
twenty buildings were burned in the
vicinity of Horns Pier, also number
near Ahnapee, many families being rem
dered homeless and destitute. Timber
and fences have suffered considerable.
The telegraph company's poles were
burned for distance of three or four
miles, cutting of communication with
Sturgeon Bay, where it is expected that
considerable loss also has been sustained.
The rain of Saturday has quenched the
fires, 80 there is no present danger. The
loss is roughly estimated at 10000.
AN accident occurred on the Spring
vale road, several miles out of Fond du
Lac, on Friday of last week, by which