The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-16
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES

A LADY in Boston has donated 19o
volumes to the library of Fox Lake sem.
mary. '1i'
GEoRGE LEDERER, of Appleton, sn;
c1ded Friday night by shooting himself
No cause assigned.
1T is stated that case under the anti
treating law was decided in Lodi. Fr;
day last, resulting in fine of s. and
costs. I"
WILLIAM LEE, of La Crosse. shot Fd-
ward Pratt, of that place, through fba
face IN barroom Tuesday morning The
parties had been drinking and gambIino
GEORGE H. WILFoRD, an emplove on
the Wisconsin and Minnesota railroad
was run over by hand car, THURSDAY
evening at Withee station His left
shoulder and left arm were broken.
ABOUT fifty teachers were in attend
ance at the Jefferson county examination
at Palmyra, Friday and Saturday.
large per cent. of the number Will 70.
ceive certificates to teach.
The ice on Spring Lake, PALMYRA. is
three feet thick, and of as good quality
as any time during the winter. Snow
drifts even with the fence tops are COM
mon. Farmers, excepting those who
have sown largely to winter wheat. are
/ disconsolate
FIVE generations of one family live in
Madison. They are Mrs Wallace, aged
| 70; Mrs. Langdon, her daughter, aged
| So; Mrs. Lewis, granddaughter, aged
80; Mrs. Thompson, great -daugh-
ter, aged IS, and an infant great-great-
| grand-child, aged / week.
MADISON Journal: We learn that
number of prominent citizens Of Madison
are discussing the feasibility of organic
ing a joint stock company for the pur-
pose of buying lands III Florida and en-
gaging extensively in the culture Of
oranges. In the language of Col. Sellers,
"there's millions in it.
A GANG of tramps in GAINESVILLE have
been victimizing people TO their hearts
| content. They sent a crippled member
| around to collect money and victuals,
spent the money for whisky, took the
victuals to an empty freight car and there
had a carousal that disturbed the neigh
borhood The marshal arrested one,
who attempted TO stab him during the
arrest.
SPARTA IicraId: George Wood, near
Oakdale, met with n very severe accident
last week. While hcwing ties with an
other man both were at work on the
same tie, when Mr.. Wood lost his bal
ance and threw out his foot just as the
other man struck, and the broad axe
passed through his ankle, severing the
foot nearly from the ankle, it being held
only by a small portion in front. The
wound was dressed by DIR. Vincent, of
Tomah, and the patient is doing well.
KAUKAUNA Times: A sad and fatal ac-
cident occurred in the town of Holland
on Saturday last 1t seems that a little
adopted son of Peter Fitch, who lives on
the line of the Lake Shore road not far
from Dundas station, fell into a pail of
scalding water, which Mrs. Fitch had
left momentarily on the kitchen floor,
and was so badly scalded that he died
Sunday morning, despite all efforts of
physicians to save him. The little fellow
was aged two years, and was sent for
from Germany by Mr. and Mrs. Fitch
for adoption, they having no children of
their OVID.
RACINE JOUf1!ftf DJ1. EJdSG nJSDU as
Mr.. Murdoch Mcclellan, OF more famil-
iarly known as "Dick" Mcclellan, was
engaged IL saving timber near Redfield's
hay press he met with an accident which
caused his death in 45 minutes. The
timber was hoisted up so as to rest on
two large saw horses, and becoming
loose it was raised up with derrick to
fix it solid. While in this position, one
end of the timber hanging from a chain,
one of the legs of the derrick commenced
sinking into the ground. Albert Anc-
lom, who was standing on top of the tim
Der jumped and called to Mcclellan to
get out of the way, he being directly I'M
der the falling timber. He made an
effort to DO so, bat before he had gained
a safe place the log, probably weighing
four tons, came down with n crash,
knocking over one OF the saw horses and
stricking the unfortunate man on the
back throwing BIN to the ground He
was picked up III an insensible condition,
conveyed to his home, and Drs Hoy and
! Garlock were called and pronounced his
spine broken, and III about twenty MIN
utes after he reached home he expired.