The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-07
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

NUMEROUS places of business in
Racine were flooded by the storm of
Monday and 81 900 worth of damage
done
0. w. TRAYNoR, the ex-county treas
urer of Dodge county, who was charged
with embezzlement in 1873, was declared
not guilty by jury Saturday.
WIN. RoBEY, a horse trader of Fond du
Lac, committed suicide Tuesday after
noon by shooting himself three times in
the head. No cause assigned.
\ DAVID BYBELL was struck by an engine
near Watertown, Wednesday, and re-
ceived probably fatal injuries. He lived
\ in La Fayette, Ind
/ THE death of Mrs. Annie Hanson, of
/ Osceola, cher body was found in the
river, )is causing much excitement in the
/ neighborhood. limitations of foul play
are given out.
4 A Mrs. NIEDERPRnI, of the town OF
/ Somers, Kenosha county, was murdered
Saturday morning by tramp, who
struck her over the head with Il chair,
fracturing the skull.
| SUNDAY evening man named Andrew
Bemis was drowned at Green Bay in the
river by the capsizing OF boat in which
he and two companions were. The
others chung to the boat and were rescued.
! MADISON JOunaL. Last Saturday,
/ Thomas Burke and James Corbitt got
into a fight at Columbus, and Burke
stabbed Corbitt III the leg, cutting him
/ severely. Burke was arrested and sent
! to the county jail for three months.
4 MADISON JoHn0i: A dispatch re-
ceived by Sheriff Baldwin, Monday even
ing, brought the intelligence that the
house of John G.. Tirk, III the town of
Berry, had been robbedo of $500 in money,
a watch, several articles OF jewelry, and
other things.
! Mrs ANNIE HANSON, of Osceola, was
found drowned in the river near her
home, Sunday. She had been testifying
in suit, and had taken both sides Of
/ the case freely, and was accused of per-
! jury. The inference is that she became
frightened OF Disguised, and took her
life by throwing herself into the water.
FOND DU Lac communicable: \
\ telegram from Green Lake late last night
I announced the drowning of Mr. Shope,
son of Judge Shope, of Lewiston, I'll.
! The young mans people reached here on
&
/ Green Lake by special train. No further
particulars of the accident have been
received
RACINE Nc,rs: Yesterday morning
at the house Of Mr.. Stlitccl1y, ON the
Milwaukee road, Joseph Mack received
a charge of shot in his wrist A twelve
year old son of Stritecky's picked up the
/ gun and by accident it was discharged.
Mack was brought to town in a wagon,
and Dr. Hoy, on examination, found that
the injured member would have to be
taken off.
APPLETON Post. Just as we are going
! to press we hear with delight, that ar
arrangements have been perfected for
/ the construction Of great water power
canal ON the Hyde & Hartman tract,
below the lower dam. The canal is to
/ he 1900 feet long and 100 feet wide.
/ Work will be commenced thereon next
week. Thus Appleton is brayely march
ing on to the proud distinction of the
second city.
RACINE Journal: Last Friday the
sad intelligence was received that
a young man named Corydon Gut
ting, former resident Of Mt.
Pleasant, was drowned at Berlin,
Wis. His body was forwarded to Racine
Saturday last and inferred in Mound
cemetery on Sunday. Mr.. Cutting was
2S years Of age at the time of his death.
He was the son OF Mrs. Della Cutting,
and the nephew OF DR. j. G.. Meachem
and Judge J. r. Doohttle.
FOND Dc Lac COuln20naCc0lH: The
accident at Lusk & Sons saw-mill, by
which Charlie Houghtailing is laid ut
for a week or ten days, was a most pecu-
liar one. 1t was caused by the entire
upsetting Of the large grindstOne III the
mill. Mr.. H0ughtailing was undertake
ing to place the belt ON the shaft that
connects the grindstone with the motive
power Of the mill, when the same was
caught in some small bolts in the shaft
ing, and the whole outfit, grindstOne and
gearing, was thrown from its position
and fell upon the lucblcss Houghtailing.
He was badly bruised.
LA CROSSE Chronicle: Friday after
noon Miss Mary Slime, daughter of a
wealthy farmer near Bangor, undertook
to bind some wheatin the field and draw
ing a bundle together to put the band
about it, she was bitten by a rattlesnake
which had been living hidden in the
/
gers, and the hand and arm soon swelled
to a wonderful size, and the pain was al
most unbearable. Dr. Newton and DR..
Williams were called and prescribed the
usual remedy, and though she was in a
dangerous condition, her many friends
hope that care and prompt attention
will soon bring her to her usual good
health.
OSHKOSH Southwestern: A desperate
attempt to commit suicide was enacted
last evening, in the village of Omro.
The victim of his own rash act was
young man named Warner, about 81
years of age Warner went into the
hardware store of W. W. Race and ex-
pressed a desire to purchase a revolver.
\ revolver was shown to him, which he
examined, and calling for cartridges to
fit it, coolly loaded the weapon and
walking to the door turned and called
out to those in the store, "GOOd- bye,
boys" and shot himself III the side in
the region of the heart. He evidently
intended to shoot himself in the heart,
but he miscalculated the location of that
organ and fired little below and back
of 1t. Those III the store ran to him
and took the weapon away from
him before he could fire again.
Warner pulled a letter from his
pocket and gave it to his brother
ia-law, named Harlan, telling him to
give the message to his wife. The con-
tents of theletter havenot been disclosed.
Dr.. Patton extracted the ball and found