The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-10-16

an old lady named Mrs Werner go
years old, committed suicide 10y hang
lug. She was slightly insane.
A sAwM1LL Mt Onalaska, owned bv c
Fl. Nichols & Co., burned Tuesday night
fire having caught III the sawdlst IN The
cnginc-room. Loss, Sc, 900; insured for
$4,000
DAVID FRIspY, an old man 20 years az
age, mail messenger Mt Plymouth. WIS
. killed Monday morning by being run
over by train on the Wisconsin Cen
trail road.
TIE jury i'll the Mack murder case
disagreed and were discharged SATURDAY.
after having been out 53 hours. They
stood 6 for acquittal, 4 for third degree
and for first degree.
THE people of La Grange are consi]-
ering the matter of having a general
hunt to clean ont the wolves and Other
pestiferous "varmints" which arc dam
aging farmers in that section.
SUNDAY morning Chris Beyer, keeper
of restaurant Ill La Crosse, discovered
a burglar III his room. He pabbcd him
and held him until the police arrived.
The burglar gave the name of john
Burns.
FoND ~ Lac TDUH,oitlrcuih.
son of Fred Ellsworth Of Scott street.
met with an accident Monday which ri
one time was feared would be fatal. IL
was run over and trampled upon bya
colt. and his injuries arc such as win he
felt for many days.
ia CROSSE HroHjciC: Last eveumg
Chief of Police Hatch and Officer Lit0.
John. arrested Jack Foster, a man ii
many crimes and many aliases His spt-
citic ot1ense at this time Is 4 burglary at
! Minnesota City, but there is behind HIM
long list of bad deeds III Iowa, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin.
MADISON ,YOurn0E Yesterday Ole
Wilson a young man residing IN the
town of Burke. met with q severe acct
dent while out hunting He had loaded
his shot gun, and was trying to pull out
the ram-rOd, which had got stutk Insomc
manner, when the gun exploded, driving
the ram-rod through his hand and IuIur
ing it SO that DIR Ward. who was sent
for, had to amputate his forctingcr
FOND NJ Lac COD1UloHWCdifh: We
learn that Mrs A. A. Swan, formerly of
Oakfield, now n resident of Minnesota
being insane some ten days ago, sho
herself with a revolver IN the breast
above the heart At last accounts she
was still alive, with hopes Of recovery.
The immediate cause of insanity is sup
posed to have been overwork III taking
care of Mr.. Swan, who has been for some
time helpless from paralysis
APPLETON Post: We have Just learned
the particulars of distressing accident
which happened out i'll the town of IIor-
tonvillc last Thursday or Friday Tho
victim WAS Chris. Miner, butcher IN
the village. While at work upon a housc
which he is building, lie tell from the
roof upon and astride of a fence. The
resulting injuries are Of a most serious
character Indeed, it is believed that
the unfortunate man can not possibly
recover. -:
WATERLOO JouuaI: Mrs. Burnham,
mother of Arthur Durham, aged ST.
wears, met with painful accident last
Sunday night. She had occasion to
arise In the night and IN some manner
fell and broke her right arm near the
wrist. Dr. Bennett reset the limb, and
she Is now doing as well as could he Cy
pected for one so old Some two years
since she met with similar accident,
breaking the bone of the left arm III
about the same place.
GREEN BAY Gu.ctfC. last evening
about six o'clock, inst after the tug
Oconto had passed Walnut street bridge
and the bridge tender was closing the
draw, Dr. Bartran WAS crossing tho
bridge from the Fort Howard side Of the
river. The doctor did not observe that
the draw was open, and walking along at
a good gait, the result was that he
stepped oil the bridge into the river
Beng good swimmer he paddlco
around until help reached him.
OSHKOSH Southwestern: 4 telegram
was received in this city this morning
stating that Leroy McMillen, formerly
of this city, was accidentally shot and
killed yesterday Mt Albert Lea, MIMI.
The telegram gave no particulars, Other
than that the shooting was accidental.
Mr.. McNlillen was formerly IN the mar-
bic and stone cutting business here with
Barna Jones, under the finn name 0i
Jones q McMillcp. For some time past
he has been keeping a butcher shop and
meat market ut Albert Lea.
GREEN BAY gazette: Joseph Vanden-
burg, the assessor of the town of Hum
boldt, who was arrested aud bound over
for trial at the present term of the cir
cult court to answer TO the charge vt
official misconduct as assessor III know
ingly and willfully undertaking the
property of that town, ana thereby VIC
latIng the law relative to assessments,
was brought before Judge Myers, on
Wednesday. for sentence, he having
plead guilty to the charge In this case
the sentence was light, on account Of the
ill-health and povcrtvof the defendant,
and because this was the first case uf tn"
kind that has been brought to the court.
The fine was so.
OSHKOSH NOrth1rCStcJU: The switch
engine in the Milwaukee and ST. Paul
yard in this city ran down 10 Milwaukee
Sunday morning to have some repairs
made at the shops On coming back the
engine ran over and killed boy about
is years old at Schlcisingcrville. 1t Wa
about seven O'Clock III the evening. and.
1t appears two boys attempted TO cross
the track in front Of the locomotive
The engineer saw but ono, and saw one
emerge from the other side, and did not
know he had run over one OF Jllem until
he reached Horizon where adispatch told
him of the accident. He examined his
wheels and found blood on them. and the
sand pipe broken off II appears that
the bov stumbled and fol- across the raIl,
and that the engine cut him in two.
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