The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-09-02
yEEseoslsin Notes.

brewers Of Milwaukee, died in that
city last week, aged 65 years.
On Friday ex-Gov. Fairchild and
others were received with honors at
Fort Smelling, 1inn., by Gen. John
Gibbon.
Jefferson Eaton, a prominent farm
er Of Algoma, Wis, and one of the
pioneers Of the Badger State, died at
his home near Oshkosh recently, aged
81 years.
At Oshkosh young man named
Fred Levens Of Olean, n. Y, was
found in an clubhouse in the agonies of
death with bullet hole through his
brain and revolver by his side.
At Cumberland one day recently
Oliver & Co.'S engineer, was killed by
lightning. lie was in bed at the time.
His body was taken to Donnelly,
Mimi, where he had wife and four
children.
The sale Of public lands in Wiscon-
sin for July, as shown by the books of
the state land Office, amount to 2O,64O
acres. The sales for the last ten
months amount to 178,0OO acres; ex-
ceeding the total sales for the last fs-
cal year by over 10000 acres.
a terrible accident happened at
McDili's saw mill near Stevens Point.
\ man named Thomas Dobbie, while
at work on the gang edger, was caught
BY the jacket and wound up on the
shaft. The saw cut his head open and
nearly severed his leg. He was twen-
ty-two years old, and leaves a wife
and one child. His wife has been out
Of her mind since the accident.
Gov. Rusk has been notified by the
treasury department Of the United
States that Wisconsin has been allow
ed ST ,416, being ) per cent. of the net
proceeds Of public lands in the state
for the year ending June, 1881, and
that the amount has been placed to
| the credit of Wisconsin on account of
the direct war tax due by the state to
the general government.
-Robt T. Lincoln, son of Abra-
ham Lincoln, isproving himself a good
secretary Of war-said to be the best
since Stanton. He has won the re-
spect Of all and the fear Of many with
whom he has official relations. He
has way Of taking down some of the
military martinets who have run
things" in time past that is pleasant
to sensible people.
The average rainfall Of the Unit
ed States Is % inches, or $4,000 bar
rcls to the acre. Over 100000 of
our population have more than the
average Of rain, 100000 having be-
tween 40 and 30 inches. In the re-
gions having this large average rain
fall the average population to the
square mile is largest, while but few
live where the aveage annual rainfall
is less than 20 inches.
The recent strike among the con-
victs at Waupm was melted by Mil
waukeo prisoners, led by Callahan,
alias Yoke, q desperate character
from Chicago, who was arrested and
sentenced for burglary in this city.
The Milwaukee, inmates have had
their good time cut off for participat
ing in the troubles.
The first Sunday law on record
was made by Constantine the Great in
the first quarter Of the fourth century,
and ever since that time Sunday has
been more or less fortified as nom
sec lar day in Christian countries by
civil legislation.
The New York papers report that
the oyster crop this year viii be a large
one, and that the quality will be very
much better than last year, when oys-
ters in general were poor, and good
ones higa-priced.
Holders Of three and a half per
cent. bonds are coming forward to ex-
change them for the new three per
cents. with alacrity. The length of
time for the running Of the new bonds
IS the cause for rapid changes.
1t is stated that a Chicago young
lady has ruined her feet by wearing
shoes a size too large for her. Now
the question which naturally arises is,
where did she get the shoes?-Punch.
There are now 3G5 saloons in St.
Paul-ono for every day in the year
or for every 200 Inhabitants, women
and babies included.
Merit IS born with men; happy
those with whom i dies.