The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-08-06
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES


A BARN belonging to Mrs. M. Mangan
was burned at Fond du Lac on the 28th
Loss and insurance not stated
JESSIE ADAMS, a nyna1oh du pave, was
shot aud killed at Merrill, on the ODD,
by Owen Lloyd. Drink.
MATTHIAS EssER, residing near Wau-
nakee, had twenty-six hogs killed by
lightning a day or two ago.
DoDGEvI1LE INDUCED in a public cele-
bration upon the advent of the railroad
into that town few days ago.
JOHN JUAN, boy of Is, lost an arm
in sawmill at La Crosse, day Or two
ago, through being caught between two
cog-wheels.
SINCE building operations began last
| spring, 102 dwellings, and 80 business!
! houses have been erected in Merrill, late
Jenny.
A LARGE gray eagle measuring nearly
seven feet from tip to tip of the wings,
was caught at Rush Lake marsh, near
Ripon, recentlyH
The latest toy pistol victim is a six
| year-Old lad named Robinson, at Osb-
kosh. A bad wound in the nose and a
narrow escape from the loss of an eye.
RACINE Journal: Lena Anderson, the
| girl who was sent to the insane asylum
from this city few days since, has
| given birth to a child at that institution.
THE body found on the railway bridge
near Fond du Lac recently, proves to be
that of Charles Wolcott, an insane pau
per, who had wandered away from the
poor-farm.
Mrs. NARY, of Fond du Lac, is out a
broomstick. She broke it over a bur
glars head, as he was crawling out of a
window In an unsuccessful attempt to
raid the house. ..,.-. -
THOSE who indulge in the use of the
! treacherous hammock will take warning
from the case of Mrs James Crq1mmey,
of Summit, who fell from one on the
25th and broke her leg.
JOSH. KELSEY, a farmer of the town of
Belsute, near Green Bay, committed
suicide by hanging on the 25th. Kelsey
was recent importation from Germany,
and was subject to fits of insanity.
Jack O. BRIEN, who was one of the
party, which SO severely beat Drawer
the crippled Manawa shoemaker, SO that
he died, has been captured and let off
with the light punishment of $50 fine.
THE man killed by lightning at Fond
du Lac recently, who was reported under
the name of August Nobel, proves to be
August Zimms, of Richfeld. His rea-
son for assuming a false name is not
given.
HE body of Mrs. Jensen, who, with
her six children, were drowned at Chase
burg recently, has been found together
with those of three of the children. The
search is still being kept up for the
remaining three.
OscEOLA Press: Solomon Bolles, at
the mineral spring, has fine vigorously
growing fig tree on which there are
three figs. He started it in Florida
three years ago. The figs will ripen in
a month and will be the first figs grown
in Polk County.
WAUPUN Leader: Several of the
cheese factories of the state have been
served with notices by some patent con-
Germ to pay a royalty of 81 per hoop. A
dairy board of trade has been organized
and the lalrymen propose to whoop it
up to the royalty men.
The body of an unknown man, who
had been killed by passing train, was
found hanging from a railway bridge
five miles north of Fond du Lac on the
North Western road, day or two ago.
The deceased was about go years of age,
and looked like laboring man.
DIR. J. S. HoGLE, dentist of Wausau.
was induced, while under arrest, to mar
ry Miss Louisa Schmoeckel, for the sake
of giving name to her unborn child,
the paternity of which he acknowledged.
The doctor got married, and then got
drunk, and refused to live with his wife.
EVERYTHING is quiet at Eau Claire,
and most of the mills have started up
but without force enough to do much.
Notwithstanding the presence of the
troops public meetings were held by the
strikers yesterday. 1t is expected that
some of the militia will be relieved from
duty shortly.
RIPoN PosT: A sad accident hap
pened to little child of Mr.. J. Pearson.
on Saturday last. The child took q pen
knife from the drawer III the sewing ma
chine and thrust the little blade into the
eye OF two-year-old baby. DIR. Barnes
was called at once but the injury was
too delicate for him to undertake and he
advised them to go at once to Milwau-
kee which they did. 1t will require the
greatest skill to save the eyesight of the
little one.
The Green Bay Globe has this in
reference to the recent Knapple-Land-
wehr elopement from that place: S.
Landwehr went to Chiffon this morning
for the purpose of making a complaint
against the Rantoul justice and constable,
the one for solemnizing a false marriage,
the other for aiding and abetting the
same-the marriage being that of his
daughter who eloped last week with the
hired man. Attorneys here think it is a
clear case against the officials named, for
whom, if found guilty, the statutes pro-
vide twelve months imprisonment or
$500 fine.
KENosHA Telegraph: While digging
the trench to lay the water pipes leading
to Mr.. T. G. Meyers new house, near
Col. HOwe's, the workmen discovered
skeleton. The nails and decayed wood
around gave evidence that the body had
been enclosed in coffin. The skeleton
was well preserved-the hair and teeth
being perfect. 1t seems that on these
premises was the first burial place in the
old settlement of Southport. When the
city cemetery was projected most of the
bodies were exhumed and transferred.
The bodies of Mrs. Post and her little
child referred to in another place. were
so transferred, having first been buried
at this place.
JEFFERSON Banner: Last Sunday night
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