The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-30
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

1t took AZ days for one lot of goods =
go from Boston to Madison, on acco,Ui
of the blockade.
HUDSON has organized a thresbino.
machine company, the factory to be h.
Gated in that place.
CONRAD GoETz, Of La Crosse. KNOW.
as "the hermit" a man who lived h.
himself In little log cabin, died FRIDAY
A FIRE in a building known as the ola
Servatlous block, in Fond du Lac. We'd
nesday, caused damage to the buildinc
OF 500, with insurance at $500.
The annual shearing festival Of tbo
| Wisconsin Sheep-Breeders and Wool
Growers association will be held -
Whitewater, April 2Sth and 29th.
Fl. AUsMAN's store in Elk Mound
Wis, was totally destroyed by fire a few
nights ago. Loss, $4,000; partially in.
sured.
The articles of consolidation between
the Chicago and Milwaukee, Milwaukee
and Madison, and Sheboygan and West
ern roads were received Tuesday by the
secretary of state.
A WEEK ago James S. Potter, postmas.
ter at Lind, near Waupaca, was bitten
by dog which had taken up quarters in
his barn. Monday Mr. Potter died from
the effects of the bite.
t. G. MoRARITY, a fireman on tba
Wisconsin and Minnesota road, fell from
his engine near Cadotte Falls SATURDAY.
and was badly injured. Hewas takent0'
Eau Claire for treatment.
M .rrcoNy Toa,..a,nY. Tbo
case of the State VS.. Simeon Mills. has
rendered a decision against the defendant
for the recovery of theamcunt il dispute
between him and the state.
MADISON Journal: Governor Smith
, has appointed George W. Perry, of Su-
perior, as lumber inspector for the thir-
teenth district. This is the new district
created by the late Legislature
THE following notice appeared in the
Manitowoc Pilot: "NOtice wife
Mena Demass has come back TO live
with me, and everything Will be as be-
fore. Signed, Joseph Demass.
MEssRs. GooDRICH and Allen, of Mil
ton, had q serious encounter with Jer-
sey bull belonging tie Mr. Goodrich, the
other day, and the result is a broken rib
for Allen and severe bruises for Good
rich.
HENRY MILLER and Christian Brienen
registered at hotel in Green Bay to-
gether Sunday morning and occupied
room together. Miller robbed Bremen
of'$150 in money and gold watch and
chain valued at $40 and escaped.
WILLIAM. SPENCE, of Green Bay, a
young man, suicided Saturday by cut
ting his throat with a knife. He was
discovered as the blood was gushing
from his throat, and the wound was
sewed up, but he died Sunday morning.
A MERRIAM dispatch of the 10Th says
A Norwegian named Nels OlesOn, about
70 years old, was found i'll n stable at 4
| o'clock yesterday afternoon hanging by
his neck with his knees nearly touching
the floor Appearances indicated that
he had been dead three or four hours.
No cause for the act is known.
OSHKOSH NOrih50eSterR: Uncle Tim
Crane mournS the death of his cook. who
has served him with brief intermission
since 1850. His name was Michael
Coughlin, native of Killarney. ireland.
He acted as cook III Mr.. Cranes lumber
camp III Maine, thirty years ago, and for
the past twenty years in this state. He
died at Shawano on the 9Th at the age
of 81.
STEVENS PoINT Gazette: Last Thurs
day evening as JAS. Rice, one OF the pro-
prietOrs OF the Stevens Point foundry,
was engaged in loading a gang edger
from wagon upon n car at the depot, he
slipped and fell, the machine falling
upon his leg and breaking one of the
bones between the ankle and knee. If
Mr.. Rice had not jumped backwards afew
feet as he was falling, there is no doubt
but that he would have been killed by
the ponderous machine falling upon him
EVANSVILLE Rcc0rder: Last Friday
night, or more properly, early yesterday
morning, as'two couples of young people
were returning from the All Souls social,
and when in the vicinity of the Davis
| house, the loud report of a revolver
sounded out in the still night air, which
was Immediately followed by the shrill
/ scream Of lady. Windows were thrown
! open and people rushed to the doors in
their scanty apparel of white, to see
some blood-curdling tragedy being en-
acted before their eyes. A few seconds
after the report came a loud cry of
"murlerl'' None of the parties were
injured, and it is probable the would-be
assassin fled Immediately after firing the
shot. The parties are unable to state
whether it was intended for them or not.
Jealous lovers have been known to COM
NIT rash acts, and as one of the young
ladies has been keeping company With
another gentleman for some time, there
is strong suspicion that foul play was the
intent