The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-02-05
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ciety."
Wolves come into the city of Fond
du Lac.
SMALL FOX has made its appearance at
Oconto.
Fort ATKINSON has new 81 300 fro
engine.
BRICK is being hauled for the Reeds
burg WOODEN mill
The Reedsburg stave factory is doing
heavy business.
SIX large offers have been caught near
Waterloo this winter.
DEER have been plen tiful in the bluff
near La Crosse this winter.
THE snow blockade has nearly starved
some of the little northern towns.
ACCORDING to the Mining Ne,os, the
population of Florence is over l,20O.
THE water-power at ST. Croix Falls is
offered for sale, Internationally, at $780,
600.
MICHAEL HASKELL, one of the old
settlers at Jefferson, died recently, aged
81 years.
SEVERAL. cases of smallpox III the
numbering camps on the east branCS of
Black River.
The dwelling house OF Albert North,
In Brothertown, was partially DESTROYED
by fire on Sunday.
THERE are sixty inmates i'll the Jeifer-
son county poorhouse, OF which thirty
are incurably insane.
THE tobacco men of Union are anxious
about their tobacco. The weather is not
suitable for handling.
A QUANTITY of valuable freight WAS
stolen from some dftched cars near
Stephenson, recently.
GILBERT ADAMS, one of the pioneers
of Wisconsin, died at his home N Gale
donia, Monday, aged 81.
THE dam at Mosine (Little Bull FalIsl
is to be improved $4,000 worth, work
commencing Immediately
TIE two bells which will be plac1d in
Green Bay cathedral will weigh 1900
and 400 pounds respectively.
THERE have been about forty deaths
from diphtheria in the town of LEROY.
Dodge county, the past month.
The c., M. and ST. P. mail train be-
tween here and La Crosse carries nearly
four tons of mail matter per day.
! JAMES EwELL, of Marshfield, young
man of q, was killed while logging near
Ashland, recently, by a falling log,
| WILLIAM and Bertha Willard, the La
Crosse counterfeiters, have been SEN
fenced to three years imprisonment.
MENoMINEE has vein Of iron ore
underlying the city. 1t is five feet IN
thickness, and ATS feet below the surface
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with compound for rendering kerosene
non-explosive. Fine salt is the article.
The Bolles Wooden Ware company, of
| Depere, are about to make some addi-
tons to their factory. They now en-
ploy nearly 200 hands.
| A MAN named Mahoney attempted
suicide at Colby, Tuesday last, by
throwing himself under train, but the
attempt proved futile. Whisky.
| ERNST LAND was found guilty, at
Manitowoc, on the 25th, of the murder
of Krouse, at Two Creeks, last August
! Sentence has not been pronounced.
! A FIRM in Green Bay is making ar
engagements to go into an extensive man
ufacture OF bOOt-pacs. Heavy orders
have already been received.
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route of the Wisconsin Central, through
Neenah, across Doty Island into Me
nasha, connecting with the Milwaukee
and Northern road.
j. III. SMITH, the embezzling agent Of
the American Sewing Machine company
at GAINESVILLE, and who was recently re-
leased on bail, has "skipped," and his
bail has been forfeited.
AN old man named John Crawley, was
attacked by swarms of rats in Racine,
Sunday night, and was badly bitten.
Crawley was awakened from sleep
through their assault.
A. G. ARvEsoN, Racine's defaulting
clerk OF two years ago, who absconded
leaving his bondsmen in bad shape, is
engaged in the drug business at st.
CroiX Falls
| RICHARD LYNCH, of Madison, while
engaged IN repairing the insane hospital
at that place, recently, was attacked by
one of the inmates with an iron bar, and
severely injured.
A PRIZE-FIGHT occurred in Racine
Tuesday, in which fifteen rounds we're
fought. The victor ran away, under the
impression that the police were after
him. The names are not given.
LIZZIE VIsKow, the girl 80 frightfully
injured in the Oshkosh tragedy, and who
has been improving rapidly, has suffered
a relapse, and is now In precarious
condition
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, of Arcadia,
.LrempealeaI county, confined IN La
Crosse jail for larceny, was re-arrested
on the expiration of his sentence. for
forgery. The particulars of the last
named offeuse were not learned.
SOME party or parties unknown at
tempted to burn the house of tanner
named Klein, at Racine, Tuesday, by
setting afire quantity of tar and kero-
sene In an empty room while the family
were at supper. But little damage was
done.
A PARTY of eleven, engaged in making
the preliminary survey OF the Wisconsin
Peninsular railroad, are in the neighbor-
hood of Caseo, Kewaunee county. SO
far, the survey has proved very satisfac-
tory, although the timber along the line
Is not as heavy as anticipated.
A YOUNG man named Wallace Bersie
attempted to cash forged note for 800
at Kelogg's Bank, Green Bay, on Mon
day, but the forgery was discovered, and
warrant was issued for the arrest OF
Bersie. The friends of the young man
claim that through recent Illness the
young man is not responsible for the act.
The Southern Oceans.
While several other countries are pre-