The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-28
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

IT Is dlIeSeu ludl lutTt Is 1t utllcItuCN
of S5,474 III the accounts of NJ. Y. Ben
son, late city treasurer of Green Bay.
NORRIS BALL, of Rockford, Ill. acct
dentally shot himself fatally Wednesday
morning while hunting at Delavan lake.
The residence Of VIM. Row, in Pal
myra, with most of the furniture and q
sum of money, was burned to the ground
Saturday night during the absence of the
family No insurance.
On opening the Congregational Church
in Palmyra, Saturday evening, on the
occasion Of the Rev. b. T. Rogers tenn
perance lecture, it was found that I'M
known parties had recently made off with
the church carpets, that were new and
valuable
OSHKOSH NOrthCcstcJm: LIE Fevre's
hop house near Waukau was entirely
consumed during Wednesday night last.
a boy who slept in the upper part of it
was awakened by the cracking timbers
and barely had time to escape from the
burning building In the lower part of
it was stored threshing machine, clover
huller and several other farming utensils,
all of which were consumed. There
was 500 insurance on the building and
5000 on the machinery stored III it.
WAUsAU Central Wisconsin: Friday
night last the 10-year-old son OF Carl
Pagenkopf, of this city, while attempt
ing to light n fire with kerosene. was
horribly burned and died the same night.
at about u o'clock, in great agony. 1t
appears that the little fellow was told by
his father to light the fire, and in order
to hasten its burning poured the oil
upon the flames out of a kerosene can,
which resulted in an explosion, throwing
the burning fluid all over him, and liter
ally burning him almost to a crisp before
he WAS discovered.
LA CROSSE Chronicle: Friday young
man named Joseph WOves, employed at
/ the cemetery, suffered the misfortune of
a broken leg, caused by the running
away of horse which he was driving
He had been drawing water i'll barrels
for use about the grounds, and was re-
| turning to the pump-house when the
horse became frightened at something
and ran. The wagon struck an obstruc-
ton, throwing the driver Off In falling
he caught hold of one of the barrels.
pulling it off also, and in the fall, the
boys right leg was broken just above the
ankle.
GREEN BAY Gazette. Frank Thomp-
son, who has been teaming for Laird e
Go. for some time past, and whose four
mules are well known on the road be-
tween here and Angelica, met with an
accident yesterday afternoon which Will
keep him from cracking his whip for
several weeks. Frank was driving along
at the time stated and as he neared
Lucas mill, the wheels of the wagon got
into a rut III the road, and jostled him
from the top of the load head first. He
fell to the ground in such way, how
ever, that he broke his right ann be-
tween the shoulder and elbow Joint
MADISON JoUnoi. This morning
about half-past six O'Clock, as Mr. VIM.
Oakley was driving a colt down State
street, couple of hogs ran across the
road, and frightened the horse so that he
jumped and swerved, throwing Mr..
Oakley against tree and inluring him
severely. Drs. Jackson and Joseph
Hobbins were summoned and with the
I assistance Of DIR. f. G.. Jones, examined
the patient and found compound dislo-
cation of the knee and the bone of the
lower leg was fractured. The fracture
was reduced, and everything possible
done for the comfort Of the injured man,
who is now resting as quietly as could be
expected.
STEVENS POINT G0zctte. On Wednes-
day afternoon of last week, while August
Bishop, of the town of Sharon. this
county, was engaged in hauling sheafs of
gram from his field to his barn at the
"Corners," and while descending a hill,
he slipped off from the front part of the
wagon and down upon the ground. In
falling the reins of the horses became
tangled about him in such a way that it
was impossible for him to extricate him.
self before one of the forward wheels of
the loaded wagon struck him on the
head and drew it beneath the same.
breaking both the upper and lower jaws
III several places and brllising his face in
a frightful manner.
A RIPoN dispatch of the 18th inst.
says: Within the last four days four
of the oldest settlers of Ripon and
vicinity have passed away. On Fri
day at P. NJ. Mrs. B. T. Hollen-
beck died. aged rs; and on Saturday at
3 P. NJ, her husband, Captain b. F.
Hollenbeck followed, aged 81. They
were among the earliest settlers of
! Green Lake Prairie They lived to-
gether az man and wife for Sc years.
| They died within twenty-fOur hours of
each other and side by side were laid
away in the grave. Also on Saturday
afternoon j. II. Walcott, one of the old
est inhabitants Of Ripon, but for the
past few years living on his farm seven
miles from the city, after suffering terri
bly, with Il cancer passed to his last rest
ing place, aged IS. And on Sunday
night old Mr. Delano, father OF J. S.
Delano, furniture dealer, died, aged Sc,
EVANSVILLE Gazette: This forenoon
Mr.. A. Emerson, his wife and two chill
dren, were driving along towards Alton,
and when descending the hill near the
bridge which crosses Bass creek, the
holdback gave way, and the buggy strik-
ing the horses heels caused him to run.
He crossed the bridge at full speed, and
turning quickly. upset the buggy,
throwing all Of the occupants to the
ground and the carriage on top of them,
causing each to receive more or less In
lurles. DIR. Palmer was sent for, aud an
examination showed that Mr. Emerson
was hurt somewhat internally, but moth
lug which will probably result seriously.
The eldest child, girl of eight years.
was the most seriously injured Of any.
She had a bad fracture OF the skull and
also of the lower jaw. One leg was
rather badly hurt, and her body was