The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-02-26
FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES
RAc1NE's city debt is s2l3, 900.

$4,000. --'n Is
GREEN Bays taxes this year ware
$50, 610. were
HE dairy business of Wisconsin o.
gregates so, 000,0 900 annually "8'
OMRo has Just paid 81, 500 iudom0rt
on account OF defective sidewalks
A STEVENS POINT man killed q hoo,
with pocket-knife few DAYS since
henry MORSE, of Columbus, recently
sold pair of steers weighing 295o
pounds. 'O
GEORGE EAsToN, former resident 90
Waterloo, was frozen to death in Dakota
recently
IHE project of building railroad from
Stevens Point to NeillsviIle, "a miles. is
assuming shape.
| HE Madison observatory is to be nro
v1ded with sidereal clock manufactures
! expressly for it in Amsterdam.
! HE Farmers Insurance comnanv %
| Green Lake county, has a capital Of
500, Juan increase of ST., 200 the
past year.
A sIxTEEN-YEAR-oLD boy named FREQ
born strayed from Jewells camp on
Sand Greek, on January Odd, and has
not been heard of since.
HE mail route service between Para
boo and Kilbourn City, which was re.
Gently suspended, has been restored tha
order to go into effect March LIST.
A CONVICTED horse-thief at the Wan
pun prison, Charles Adams, attemnted
suicide, day or two since, by seyering
ortnr hJ1fr
The state library now contains 80. 733
volumes, documents and pamphlets
The additions to the library during the
past year have been 1884 volumes
A NEW summer hotel and sportsmen's
headquarters is to be built at once Of
the White river crossing of the North
Wisconsin railway, by VIM. Welcome,
of Ashland.
The unknown man mentioned as bav-
ing been found frozen to death on the
Sun Prairie road, near Madison, recently.
proves to be farmer named Dennis Snl.
Ivan, of that neighborhood.
TIMOTHY CASE, as receiver of the
Green Bay and Minnesota railroad. has
commenced suit against L. H. Earl,
former wood and tie agent of the road
alleging defalcation of $4,000 in the
latters accounts.
Mr.. G. j. MORGAN, of Geneva Lake
hitherto poor man, has fallen heir to
&c. 900 in cash, and 1900 acres near
Calcutta, India, besides an annuity of
SO, 1000 for number of years. A rich
English uncle left it to him
Mrs. f. BEARDMoRE, residing SIX
miles from Waupaca, in the town of
Pennington, committed suicide on the
18th, by hanging. She was % years old,
and leaves husband and three children,
the youngest a month old. Cause I'M
known
A NORWEGIAN named Arne Paulson,
engaged In the logging camp of Albert
Kusey, near Eau Claire, committeeman
eide on the 18th by hanging himself TO
tree in the camp. He was an estimable
and sober young man, and no reason
could be assigned for the act.
PREPARATIONS are being made for
resumption of work on the porphyry
formations in Green Lake, Columbia
and Marquette counties in the spring,
and the parties having the matter in
hand are confident that there is silver
enough III the rock to pay for working.
AN engine with snow-plow jumped the
track at Hudson, on the 10th, and went
down an embankment. Two men, Nc
Mahon and Waltby, were killed, and
several others badly scalded, among
whom was VIM. S. Kemp, assistant
train-master
Two young men at Racine held
"joint-stock lottery ticket. Their
chums "put up job" on them by send
ing a fictitious telegram, to the effect
that they had drawn prize of $50, 900,
and it was not until considerable money
had been spent in cigars, ETC., treating
on their good luck, that the joke was
discovered.
JOSHUA L. SMITH, for the past ten
years an inmate of the Fond du Lac
county poorhouse, committed suicide on
the 18th by hanging himself from a nail
in the wall with a small leather strap.
Smith would have been SO years of age
In a few days. The cause of the suicide
was his sufferings from rheumatism.
On the evening of the 18th, railway
accident occurred at a pile bridge one
mile south of Elroy, by which four cars
were precipitated into the creek, sixteen
feet below. The cause was broken
wheel and car jumping the track. Five
| freighters and the bridge were utterly
wrecked. Trains were delayed five hours
In consequence. No one injured.
FRANK WHEELER, of Racine, was the
target of would-be assassin, Tuesday
morning, while making his way home
from masquerade. The assailant was
concealed behind a wood pile, and the
| bullet lodged in the masquerade clothes
he had in bundle under his arm. The
fellow, finding his shot ineffective, ran
away. 1t is supposed the attack was III
! tended for some one else.
| DIR. L. A. WARD, of Dundee. died
day or two since from malignant scarla-
tina. He was attending patient atfilct
ed with that disease, and died III the
same room on the same day as the patient
he was attending In conveying his re-
mains to his home, the sleigh which
contained the body had to be abandoned
on account of deep snow and heavy
storm, and at last accounts still renamed
there, although an expedition had been
organized to recover it.
The robbery in the treasurers office
of Kewaunee county has been proved
| beyond doubt to be the work OF the
treasurer, Janda, who is defaulter in
the sum of 50, 900, and will be so report
ed to the county board to-day. He was
obliged to pay the state tax on the first
Monday in February, and not having
the money, circulated the story IN order
to cover up his misdeeds. No book ac-
counts have been kept for six months,
and affairs are in sorry condition. He
will be removed from Office Immediately,
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