The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-11-22
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

worth by fire, Sunday.
DUMKE's foundry, in Manitowoc, was
destroyed by fire, Monday morning.
Loss, S5. 900; insurance, S1,700
A MAN named Gettemn was at work
in Oshkosh Tuesday, building a barn,
when the staging fell, breaking his leg
at the ankle.
GEORGE LIVERMoRE, of Augusta, was
struck by log chain while pulling
stumps Saturday and was almost i'm
mediately killed.
SOME one set fire last Saturday to the
club house situated on Willow creek and
owned by Omro sportsmen. 1t was
totally destroyed.
SUSIE DAMRoN, of La Crosse, fell into
s. dry well Tuesday afternoon distance
of As feet. She was terribly bruised,
but not fatally injured.
THOMAS BAKER, formerly of James
vile, but for six years yard master at
Albany, n. Y, was killed Monday night
by the cars while attending to his duties.
HENRY CHRIsTIAANsEN. who muir
dered Fogarty at Milton, Rock county,
pleaded guilty Monday and was SEN
fenced to Waupun for life. Mrs. Fogarty
pleaded not guilty and will be tried.
TIE civil engineers who have been
surveying for the proposed new air line
of the Chicago and Northwestern rail
way, from Madison 10 Milwaukee, Wis
Waukesha, have disbaDd=9 t. the season,
intending 10 resume operations in the
spring.
WILLIE CHEsLEY, Of Wsupaca, fell
35 feet from the NJ. E. Church steeple to
the scafolding, Tuesday, breaking his
shoulder, bruising his skull and other
wise injuring himself. Yet he managed
to recover his seDses aud walk home and
viii probably recover.
The Stoughton Courier says that
Henry Danks, Of Rutland, Harris Hose.
ley, of Union, and James Gillis, Of Cook.
town, have about loco sheep, which
they will shortly ship to Kearney, Neb.
These gentlemen intend to engage per-
manently in the sheep industry IN that
state.
FOLLOWING are late patents to Wis
consin men: Horse collar, j. @. Black,
Lone Rock; car-coGpling, George Ru.
land, Baraboo; canthOcks, Albert San
ford, Oshkosh; derrick snd crane, A. n.
Smith, Portage; seeder and planter, w.
A. Van Brunt, Horizon; grain binder, @.
B. Wilmington, GAINESVILLE.
PETER VANDBNsEE, 3 lad who attend
ed wedding in the town Of AlIouez, on
Monday, and took an oid-fashi0ned
pistol along 80 celebrate with, in remov-
|. ing the fre-arm from his pocket, caught
the hammer on the lining of the pocket
; and caused it to 90 Off When he looked
at his hand to see how badly it was hurt
he could see right through it.-D6pcrc
. NeWs.
SIX years ago John Lamb robbed tie
safe CT Col Butt of about $50 and
skipped out. 4 few days ago Lamt
wrote a letter here for some back pay
due him when be left. Constable
Goodell went after MIN, finding him in
WrightsviIle, Iowa. On his person was
found q LOT Of skeleton keys, showing
, that be is yet in the business. He was
; bound over to the April term Vernon
&c. Censor.
ABOUT twenty minutes after three
= o'clock, this morning, the south Coz
; secondly covered bridge on Lake Morcna
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. i aui
railroad was discovered to re on FIRE by
Democrat printers and others Some
enthusiastic person rang an alarm, and
? soon brought out the fire department
1t could DO nothing, Of course. The
bridge is totally destroyed.-Nadisoi
Democrat, s.
Two young Jsnesvilie boys, Willie
Wilcox and Sol Wyler, about ii year;
IS age, left the city, without notifying
their parents week ago, and Travelled
around extensively. The parentssearcheC
in Chicago, and telegraphed, fruitlessly
and Monday the toys suddenly reap
peared. 1t is presumed they were
) soundly spanked. Wilcox had $87 with
him, and that was the tank account
they had to travel on,
LAST Friday morning, at Mishicott
two Of F. Zander's children broke
through the ice on the mill-pond at that
, place while skating upon it. Mr.. Zsn.
der who say the accident rushed to THEN
rescue and also broke through the ice
into the pond. Prompt assistance beng
at hand alj three were saved from
, drowning, but those present unite in
saving that their escape was very mar.
row one.-GgO R5Uey8 ( hr0Hicie.
} LITTLE CHUTE was thrown into a
: state of excitement on Friday morning
: by the discovery that the store of Var
Handel bad tssn broken into, the safe
, blown open and Cleaned of its contents
They found $3.50 in money ia the safe, 8
draft, 8nd some Y. .Uabie papers, which
they carried of. The payment of the
! draft has b,an stoprad and the papers
are OF no use to the thieves. They set
fire to many dry goods, by exploding the
; safe, and caused considerable damage in
: that way. No arrests.
a DISTRESSING accident occurred in
Beloit, Saturday. A twelve year old
boy role his pony TO the residence of
Mr. Oliver, and while there little son
of Mr.. Oliver, five years old, insisted in
taking a ride on the pony, and was
placed in the saddle with the other boy,
when the horse ran away, throwing both
boys Of. The little fellow, after hang
ing few seconds on the bride, fell,
striking his head againsta fence, and re-
ceiving injuries from which he died in a
few hours. The whole scene was wit
messed by the child's mother and other
members of the family.
De PERE Neaos: A daughter of a
German citizen in the Fifth ward,
scarcely IA years old, was returninr
from the house of friend in The Sixth
ward, at about half-past eight O'Clock on
Tuesday night, and while crossing lot
short distance west of Mr.. James
Delaney's place, was encountered by a