The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-03-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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PETER WooD, residing on the School
Section, at Racine, claims to have been
knocked down, on the oth INST, ana
robbed Of between $500 and 500.
THE grange store at North Wisconsin
Junction was robbed the fourth time
since its establishment. The last noe
turnal visitor rified the postotfice and be-
sides carried off $50 worth OF goods.
AT Baraboo on the 4th inst, Robert
Somers, aged Is, while stealing a rloe on
some freight cars, had the misfortune 10
get his foot beneath the wheels. Lit was
crushed so badly that amputatior WAS
necessary.
A NUMBER of friends of Geo. SchelIer,
in jail at Milwaukee, on charge OF SET
ting fire to the Newhall House. have
raised the necessary bail OF Sl0.000, but
Scheller will not accept 1t unless his trlal
should be postponed. The trial is expect
ed to commence in few days.
KATIE Brown, aged 81 years, do
mestic in the employ of II. q. Frackel-
tons family, corner of Cass and OSden
Streets. Milwaukee, was terribly burned
on the 9th inst, by the ignitlng OF her
clothes while boiling wax on hot stove.
Her injuries are very serious.
WEYAUwEGA CHRONICLE: We learn
of an accident occurring in the family OF
Mr.. Rab. living near the head OF the
pond, on Thursday. which is very sad.
Two of his youngest girls were playing
together, one with a butcher knife IN
her hand, and accidentally struck the
little one Just over the eye with the
point of the knife, gouging the eye-oaii
from its socket.
MRS. CATHARINE DOYLE, who came 10
Milwaukee in IS43, died al the Wau-
wltosa Insane Asylum on the 7th. at the
advanced age of 20 years. She bad
been au inmate of the asylum for eight
years. Charles Doyle, son, OF Chi
cago, came up and saw that his IN
fortunate mother was taken care of by
Undertaken Peacock, who had the body
inferred III Calvary Cemetery.
MADISON police officers arrested half
witted fellow named Henry Turworth,
who had been making depredations on
the stores of the city. He made full
confession and delivered up the stolen
property, consisting of flannel goods,
cloaking, ladies' cloaks, pantaloons, etc,
amounting to several hundred dollars.
Judge Bradley sentenced the man to the
state prison for a term of two and half
years.
PAPERS have been filed in the circuit
court, IN Milwaukee, inthe case of VIM.
Luebke againsttheS st. Paulroad, in which
the plaintiff asks for damages to the
amount of SIS, 600. Itseems that last June
Luebke, who worked in the company's
yards, was ordered by his boss to 10
some work under or between a line of
stationary cars. While so engaged an
engine backed down upon the cars, and
Luebke was painfully and dangerously
injured, from the effects of which be has
just left his bed G.. NJ Blce, the plain.
tiff attorney, has for his principal point
that the company should have provided
a watchman to warn men at work in such
a dangerous place as under the cars, and
is sure that he will obtain favorable
verdict.
AN operation of lithotrity, removing
stone IN the bladder by the crushing
process, was successfully performed on
DIR. Hanson, in Milwaukee on the Sth by
DIR. Andrews. of Chicago, assisted by
DR.. Zenas Hanson, of Chicago, and Drs.
n. A. Gray, A. J. Hare, A. Spearman,
J. H. Mcleod and d. Mason, of Milwau-
kee. The patient was placed under the
influence of chloroform and the stone re-
moved by the aid of an instrument with
jaws of sufficient strength to crush the
stone into small particles, when it was
washed out by means of force pump.
The operation was performed in fifty
minutes, and the patient is in a salts
factory condition. The stone removed
was one and half inches in diameter
and weighed one and a quarter ounces.
DR.. Hanson is in his 70th year. This is
the first surgical operation Of the kind
ever performed III that city, and was of
great interest to the medical profession
An action has been commenced in the cir
cult court oi Milwaukee, by Anton Muehl-
bacbs widow against the contractor OF
Racine Street bridge for S., 900 damages.
Muehlbach was mason employed by
the sub-cODtractor for the stone work
and at the time of the accident. which
happened in November last, was ell
gagged in trimming stone at the place.
He had two men to assist in raising the
stone by large windlass. 1t was his
duty to drill holes in the stone and place
the grab hook in the places so drilled
and give the signal to raise or lower the
same as the case might be. On the day
he was injured he was dressing stone
and, wishing it turned over, drilled two
very shallow holes in it, and, placing
the grab hooks in the holes, gave the
signal to hoist, standing close to the
stone; the hooks slipped ont and the
stone fell upon him, crushing his right
leg to jelly and tearing the flesh from
his left leg badly. The Injured man lin
gered along Until February 14th and died.