The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-11
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


The Joint convention of the State Ag-
ricultural and Horticultural societie
will be held at Madison February Al.
THE reunion of the soldiers and sail
ors at Berlin, January 1st, was great
success. 1t brought out Matt. II. Car
penter and other prominent speakers.
GOLD ABE" the eaple, now in Boston
for exhibition, has earned $4,000 for
various societies, in the sale of photo
graphs, ETC., and entrance fees to fairs.
THE largest mail that ever went out
Of the Chippewa Falls postoffice was on
thousand letters, large sack full of
packages, besides papers and other
matter.
The Southeastern Wisconsin Sheep
Breeders and Wool Growers Associa-
ton will hold its fourteenth annual
meeting at CaldwelPs Prairie, on Thurs
day, January 9th, 1879, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ.
THE Grand Central Hotel in Fort
Howard burned Monday morning early,
with barn and buildings attached. Very
little furniture was saved and the
boarders lost nearly everything. Loss
about 81 700, insured. The building was
owned by the Munroe Brothers.
CHAs. II. PHILLIPS, state senator-elect
from the Twenty-third district, died at
Lake Mills of heart disease, at 10 o'clock
January LIST. Himself and wife were at
the postoffice, and drove from there to
Robert Fargo's, where the stroke came
on. He regained partial consciousness,
but lived only few moments.
/. l.. USHER, constable of La Crosse,
attacked w. R. Finch, editor of the
Republican and Leader, Tuesday morn
ing, but the editor would have whipped
him if officers had not interfered.
Usher is accused by Finch offraudulent-
~ obtaining money from the city by
svercharges, 1t is an old feud.
| The two fishermen, Fred ROst and Ii.
Otterstein, reported in the Daily of yes
terday as adrift on the ice, have been
heard from. They finally got ashore
this morning at a point nearly opposite
Little Suamico. They survived their
perilous trip with no bad effects Green
Bay Gazette, 3lst
Mr.. CHAs. ROBERTS, an employee Of
narrow escape from death on Monday.
He was cleaning a reservoir when he
was overcome by poisonous gases and
when discovered by his fellow workmen
was in a comatose condition. He was
discovered none too soon, and it was with
difficulty that he was resuscitated.
WITHIN the last III ee or four weeks
the towns north of La Crosse on the
River road have been flooded with very
dangerous counterfeit silver quarters, so
dangerous that nine times out of ten
are perfect in color, weight and execu-
ton, the only apparent defect being the
lack of the sharp ring that characterizes
the genuine article.
AN accident occurred at the Hiner
foundry, Fond du Lac, Saturday A
young man named Bissex, in changing a
belt made misstep, and the engine at
full head caused it to catch one of his
arms. Before he could recover he was
/ thrown aside with a broken arm as a
/ sequence to the encounter. The frac-
ture is severe, the bone having been
broken IN two places.
MISS LIZZIE, daughter of Rev. George
b. Eastman, by some unaccountable
means swallowed shawl-pin on Mon
day. 1t is one of the ordinary pins used
for fastening shawls, with large, smooth
head. The head must have gone first,
very fortunately, or the point would
have pierced the pipes of the throat and
stomach. It is distressing misfortune
at best.-FOnd du Lac COMMUNICABLE.
GRAND RAPIDS Tribune: "Mrs.
O'Day, who has resided for many years
just outside the city limits on the Plover
road, died very suddenly, on Tuesday
evening, from the efectso an apoplectic
attack. Early in the evening an Indian
entered the house to get drink of water.
The sight of the Indian, without any
previous warning, occasioned a sudden
fright, and the deceased fell to the floor
and remained insensible until about ten
O'Clock in the evening, when life became
extinct"
1t will be remembered that few days
since we published notice of the acct
dental poisoning of Mrs George Forbes,
of West Salem. Saturday, December
2Sth, at five o'clock in the morning she
died. For the twenty-four hours pre-
vious to her death her friends had enter
tanned hopes of her recovery, but in the
succeeding night she grew much worse,
and all efforts to save her were unavail-
ing. She left child less than week
old. AS was before stated, she took a
large overdose of digitalis, a vegetable
poison.-L0 Crosse Republican,.
LAST evening, the passengers on the
GAINESVILLE accommodation from Chicago
were terribly shocked at a frightful
accident which occurred at Crystal
Lake. A young man named Buck, who
lives at that place, boarded the train on
its arrival at that station, and, going
into the express car, chatted with the
messenger until after the train started.
He then hurried out, and passing
through the smoking car, jumped off the
platform, the train being by that time
under some Roadway. His feet slipped.
and he was thrown under the wheels of
the passenger coach, both trucks of
which passed over his legs The train
was stopped, and the wounded man was
found lying in the most fright
ful condition, his left leg being
cut almost off near the knee, it Just
hanging by the tendrils and pieces
of the clothing, while his right leg, from
just below the knee to the foot was
crushed into jelly. The blood was
flowing like a torrent, and the poor man
was suffering so intensely that he begged
most piteously for the by ISLANDERS to end
his life. ooh! haven't some of you got
revolver? Do, do take revolver and
shoot me. OH I'd rather be dead. Do
snoot me, somebody" Those who heard