The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-02-07
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

y. w. HULL, lfachlnaStef OF the G.
NJ. and ST. p road at Horizon, dropped
dead from heart disease, Tuesday.
Rev. J. NJ CRA1G's NJ. +. church. in
Ripon, has been transferred to the Win
nebago Presbytery, and will hereafter be
of Presbyterian denomination.
OSCAR SHAY, porter at the Beckwith
hotel, Oshkosh, had an arm ard leg
broken Monday afternoon, by being
thrown from hack, by careless driving
of the hackman.
HANS JOHNSON, a young Norwegian
living in Walnut Hollow, near Pokerville.
while cutting timber last Friday evening,
accidentally felled a tree upon himself,
by which he sustained a terrible fracture
of his left thigh.
JENNIE FARRELL. an educated young
lady Of great responsibility IL Lancaster,
is undergoing examination on the charge
Of setting fire to Joseph Baillie's prop
erty, in that place, particulars of which
have heretofore been published III the
WISCONSIN.
The Wisconsin Farmer gives a nota-
BILE case of profits from sheep. George
Green, of Alton, is a little ahead. He
reports an income from q flock OF 1877
merino sheep, from wool and sales, of
$40, and the flock is left as good as at
the opening of the season.
VERNON County Censor. Hon. Nm.
Frazier, of Jefferson, met with Serious
accident on Thursday last, which viii, at
best, disable him for some time to come
He was trying to roll a log over, and
rail upon which he was leaning his whole
weight, broke, and he fell in such posi-
ton that the principal bone, as well as
the small one, of the ankle. was broken.
EAU GLARE Free Press: Last Thurs
day morning, Mr.. F. d. Fish, of this
city, but who is stopping in Minneapolis
for the present, was found IN his room
nearly exhausted from the loss of blood.
having, as the police of Minneapolis
were informed, attempted suicide by cut
ting the veins in his arm. He win re-
cover.
STEPHENsvILLE correspondence Apple
ton Post: Miss Carolina Herman. daugh-
ter of Casper Herman, of Ellington, met
with a serious accident the other day
which may trouble her for life. While
feeding some calves in the barn she acct
dentally stepped into an opening where
the hay is pushed through and broke one
of her legs below the knee.
REPORT comes to us from Brooks
Mill, In the town of Lind The facts
briefly stated are these: A German fam
lily by the name of Gabert recently
moved into a house Just vacated 10y an
other family The children found a bot
tie containing strychnine, and tasted OF
II. The mother, not mindful of the dan
ger, also tasted. Up to Friday noon one
child had died, and the mother and an
other child were not expected to live.
Miss EUGENE NEFF, daughter Of
Capt Ed Netf of Oshkosh, has been Wis
iting relatives IN Lyons, Iowa, and few
evenings since, as she was on the street
she was struck on the head from behind
and felled to the ground and received
such injuries that it is feared she viii
die. The assaulter exclaimed "Now
I'm even with you" as the blow was
struck. 1t is surmised that dlssap-
pointed lover did the deed
MARINETTE EagIe: Last Tuesday
morning, the Goth inst, George Lam
part, an employee of the \. Ludington
company, at their camp 6, was engaged
IN saving down tree, and as the tree
commenced falling he stepped back a
few feet to await the result AS the tree
fell II struck another tree when part way
down, and the butt shooting instantly
from the stump caught Lampart as he
was standing near another stump, break
ing the tcntUr or thigh bone Of the right
leg, and splintcring both bones Of the
left leg below the knee He was other
wise badly bruised.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Railroad company has an engineer at
work surveying "A line of railroad from
Reeds Landing, Minnesota, opposite
the month of the Chippewa, to this city
The project OF constructing n railroad
from Eau Claire to that point, intersect
ing the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul road, has been talked of for
some time, and several surveys have al
ready been made. A road down the
Chippewa valley is an enterprise to be
completed IN the near future, provided
sufficient aid can be obtained along the
proposed route.-Eau claire Corr.
Now stand behind tree and watch
Fond du Lac Jump This from the La
Crosse De1Ocr0f: according to the
report just sent out by the commercial
agency of r. G. Dun & Co, the city Of
La Crosse now occupies the third position
In point of population in the state, having
at last overstepped Fond du Lac, which
has hitherto held that place The prin-
clpal cities now range as follows: Mil
waukee, 200: Oshkosh, 1900;
La Crosse, Is, 900; Fond du Lac, $1,000;
Eau Claire, 1900; GAINESVILLE, 12,O0o;
Racine, $500. In point of wealth, in
proportion to the population, this city ls
long way ahead of any place IN the
state"
FOND DU Lac Communicable: At
about two o'clock Tuesday afternoon H.
NJ. Lewis, station agent in this city, re-
ceived a telegram from the Chicago Of
fees of the G.. & n w. r. Il. impartng
the information of the accidental death OF
Thomas j. Gary, Of Fond du Lac at
: haywood, small station about twelve
} miles out of Chicago. The accident had
taken place on the morning Of that day,
the boy having come to his death by be-
ing run over by the cars. He was SIX
teen years old, and had left home WIN
the intention of going TO Oshkosh. 50 he
stated to his mother at the time OF lcay-
ing. but it seems he went IN another
direction
MADISON JOurHaj: AS the 94O tram
on the Northwestern railroad was entering
: the city limits Sunday, the engineer Sa"
{ a man III a wagon on the Portage tTach'
L l Il