The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-01-10
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

suicide by shooting himself through the
head Saturday. He said he was tired of
life.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child of Mr.. TrO-
baugh, living near Beloit, was burned to
death, Monday, in room in her father
house, where she had kindled fire
while left alone a short time.
WILLIE MARSH ventured on to the
thin ice while skating just below Court
street bridge, GAINESVILLE, and went
through, but was rescued by a couple Of
other boys in time to prevent any serious
results.
A YOUNG man giving his name as
William Green, who has been employed
foI short time by Daniel Rowlands, of
Racine, as farm hand, stole horse and
oVercoat from Rowlands Sunday night,
and decamped.
JULIUS Fox, of Columbus, who has
been on trial for being accessory to the
burning of the property of John Sutton,
nearly two years ago, was acquitted
Monday, after long trial. The jury
took but twenty minutes to decide the
matter.
EAU CLAIRE Press: A driver of q
delivery wagon, in the employ of
the Phoenix manufacturing compa-
ny, named John BIonquist, while
engaged in hitching a horse to wagon
yesterday morning, received kick from
the animal on the side making a flesh
wound and breaking two ribs.
AT $40 Tuesday morning an accident
occurred at the North Side, in La Crosse,
which resulted in the instant death of
Matthew Ibeck, for the past twelve
years employed by the Chicago, Milwau,
kee and ST. Paul Railroad company in
their yard. He was struck by a box cal
attached to an engine, and the wheels
passed over him.
Saturday morning, J. F. De Yarmond
Esq, real estate dealer, lost two valu
able horses by drowning in the Eau
Claire river, just above Eau Claire
,, He had loaned the tesm in the morning
to friend for hauling wood, and while
crossing the treacherous ice it gave way
the bob-aleighs going under with the
horses. Loss of horses, sleighs and har
ness about $3.50.
! AN accident occurred on Wednesday
) evening, to Messrs. Foster, Cook q Co. :
lumber mill at Fairchild, which will
necessitate a suspension Of operations
: for few days. A heavy log was acct
:, dentally rolled against the rotary, which
: was IN motion, causing terrible smash.
: up, by breaking the arbor boxes, So "
: guards, bed plates and drive pulley
Eau Claire Press.
On Christmas night boy seventeen
years of age, named Alex McCammond
residing in Oshkosh, was badly frozen
; and narrowly escaped death. The boy
: had been out with another boy named
: Haywood, and both had become intoxi-
Gated. In endeavoring to get home in
the evening, McCammond was SO drunk
that he dropped down On the sidewalk,
and went to sleep. He will lose few
fingers, but will recover.
The two story brick building occupied
as store owned by A. II. Kneeland, in
Galesville, together with the stock, was
destroyed by fire last Saturday morning.
There was Sc, 000 insurance On the build
ing and Sc, 600 on the stock in companies
represented by Peck & Norbeck, OF La
Crosse. This was the principal business
house in Galesyilie and one of the prin-
cipal ones in Trempealeau county.
GREEN BAY Gazette, Doth: On Satur-
day afternoon, while number of chill
dren were amusing themselves skating
and sliding on the street, near the corner
of Chestnut and Hubbard streets, Fort
Howard, boy named Monroe ran
against little girl named Minnie Burns,
daughter of ex-Mayor Turns, throwing
her to the ground. She fell so heavily
that she broke one of her arms between
the elbow and wrist.
THE Stoughton Courier reports that a
few evenings since, Mrs. E. R. Warren,
of that village, met with q serious
: accident. While carrying some articles
down stairs, and while near the top Of
them, her feet slipped and she
was precipitated head foremost to
: the bottom, sustaining several bruises
and a severe shock. The stairway is very
steep and winding, and it is almost q
miracle that she escaped with her life.
| LA CROSSE Chronicle: On Thursday
morning a brakeman named Wiseman
: in the employ Of the Milwaukee road
was so badly injured that his recovery il
impossible. The accident occurred ST
Lafayette station between Sparta and
the tunnel. a freight train on the side
track, Oh which Wiseman was employed
was switching, when he slipped on the
rail and fell against the bumpers. Be
. fore he could recover his footing, he We,
caught by the bumper of the next car
crushing his breast and back in the mos
/ terrible manner.
A REPORT reached the streets TO-DAY
from people living on the north shore 0.
Lake Butte des Morris in the town o.
Oshkosh, to the effect that @. Beglinger
a cheese maker named Kittel, and s
third party were going home from Osh
kosh after midnight Saturday night
when they got into quarrel and then q
: fight, in which Kittel was badly pounded
and had several ribs broken. No one
could be found who knew the particu
lars, but that there was fight was the
general report from that direction
OshIosh Northeastern, 295h.
= MADISON Journal: 1t is related ths
the other morning Mr.. Truman E, Birt
was astonished, on entering his stable
: to find his old family horse missing
, Nobody would ever think of stealth.
that faithful but rather decrepit animal
so the mystery of his disappearance wa
indeed great. Finally, it was discovered
, that the trap door leading down into The
cellar was open, and investigation proved
that the horse had slipped down through
the comparatively small hole and wa