The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-09-13
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

was struck on the head by a falling
plank and seriously injured Tuesday.
THE residence of James Johnson, in
Green Bay, burned Tuesday night. Loss
81 600; insured for 81, 200.
CoLFAx, Dunn county, is to have a
bridge across the Red Cedar river. II
is to be one hundred feet in length, and
will cost $780,
WE hear of white deer being killed
up river Wednesday. There was only
two light brown spots on its back
Marinette Eagle
STEPHEN BowRoN, ex-county treas
urer, died in Neenah Friday evening,
after an illness of two weeks with bilious
remittent fever.
HERMAN SMITH, who mysteriously
disappeared from GAINESVILLE, and was
thought to be dead, has turned up in
Decatur, Ill, where he seems happy.
A POLISH woman living near Kellner-
vile had both of her legs broken the
other day by the fall of broken tree
which the wind blew off.
A TwO-YEAR-oLD son of Hugh Flem-
ming, of the town of Trenton, while
playing around the farm Sunday after
noon fell into water tank that the cat
tie drink from, and before he was found
life was extinct.
ANOTHER serious fire prevailed in
West Bend, Sunday afternoon, destroy
ing Ruplinger's stove foundry and
threatening the whole town. Loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
MONDAY morning, in Oshkosh, a fire
broke out in the secondhand store of
Cornelius McCabe, and before it was
extinguished had damaged property to
the amount of $1,000; insured for about
one-half.
HENRY JOHNSON, boy working in
the Hamilton & Merryman Co.'s saw
mill, Marinette, caught his right foot in
one of the elevators Thursday morning,
and broke his right leg in three places
below the knee.
The governor, Monday, appointed
Hon. VIM. Il. Hemschemeyer as register
Of deeds of Manitowoc county, vice John
Proell, deceased. Mr.. Hemschemeyer
was member of the last legislature, and
gallant soldier.
THE residence of D. Campbell, of Pal
myra, was burned to the ground early
Friday evening, with a portion of the
contents. The fire is supposed to have
originated in defective chimney. Loss
5000; partly covered by insurance in the
New York Home company.
GRAND RAPIDS Tribune: "From the
best information we can obtain, we are
forced to the opinion that the cranberry
crop IN this county is nearly a failure
and the quality not up to the average.
excepting in rare instances. The frost
and drouth have conspired to bring
about this result"
The Black River Falls Banner chroni-
cles the commencement of work on the
dam being put in on the Black river,
pine miles from Neillsville, and says that
II. A. Bright, the driving master, ex-
poets to have it done in the fore part of
November. With this and the Hemlock
dam, it is thought that log driving on
Black river will be sure thing, and
much easier and cheaper than formerly.
MATTHIAS SHERIDAN, of Byron, while
threshing his grain became eptangled in
the tumbling rod, and was whipped
about and badly bruised, though no
bones were broken. Every shred of
clothing was torn from his person except
shirt sleeve and his boots and stock
ings. He was confined to his bed after
the accident, which occurred on Satur-
day.
GAINESVILLE Gazette, August Goth: A
sad accident occurred near Brodhead
about II O clock last night. Two Young
from
Cox, attended dance at Brodhead last
evening, and at its conclusion started for
home on horseback. After proceeding
about mile On the road Cox was
thrown from his horse to the ground.
Yagler jumped off to help him, and
found his companion was senseless.
Lifting him up and carrying him to the
roadside, he laid him down, and then
hurried back to Brodhead for help. He
returned with others, and young Cox
was found to be dead.
A RUNAWAY accident occurred on St
Joseph's ridge. The father and mother
of Jerome Parker, who reside at Black
Earth, in Dane county, were en- route
for this city in a buggy, for the purpose
of visiting their son. When at the place
indicated, boy came out of a house
and emptled pail of ashes in the road
in front of the horses. This frightened
them, and in plunging about, the pole
of the buggy broke, letting the buggy on
to the horses, throwing the occupants
out, and the horses became detached and
ran away. Mrs. Parker was seriously
injured, having her collar-bone broken,
and otherwise injured. Mr.. Parker was
not seriously injured.-La Crosse Chron-
jcIe.
ABOUT 6:15 A. NJ, Thursday, as en-
CINE No. 8 of the S. & F. road was max
ing her first trip on the new Y connec-
ting with the Lake Shore, the smoke
stack struck telegraph wire which had
fallen low over the track, tearing it from
the insulator, and breaking piece about
feet long from the top of the post. The
fragment fell across the pilot upon which
Mr.. Fred. Mayberry, an employee of the
company, wasriding, and the end struck
him In the groin, inhicting serious, if
not dangerous hurt. Had he not seen
the piece falling and leaned backwards
to get out of the way, he must inevitably
have been killed. 1t was very narrow
escape, and even as it is Mr.. Maybe
has sustained probably permanent in
jury.-She6oygan Times.
GREEN BAY AdUocdte: A curious
and fatal accident happened on the
G. B. and M. R. r. dock in Fort How
ard, last Saturday morning. Manuel
Brunette had derrick erected on the
hor ho+ l.