The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-04-14
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

and post ard he'd his scalp badly torn.
Several Mteries were cut.
FRED. BRowS. of the town of Wauwa-
tosa. hsd three fiCgeIs and portion o.
his hand shattered by The explosion OF &
cartridge, from which he was attending
to pry out The bullet with knife. DR..
Marden amputatod the diglts
THE popular young Milwaukee artist;
| Karl Morr, has bten awarded the grand
medal of honor at the Royal Academy,
Munich, for the best conception OF
subject given out for illustration. Ihe
picture will be executed on canvas and De
ten feet in length. Ayear will probably
be required to complete the work.
As SAD accident occurred on the 3Oth
at Ableman Station. Claus Hazenah. OF
Baraboo, in attempting to get OH the en-
CINE before it had stopped, slipped ana
| fell beneath the wheels, which seVere0
both legs below the knees. lie wss an
employe of the company, on his way TO
| Reedsburgh TO visit brother. III IS
feared his injuries will result IN death.
EAU CLAIRE Free Press: James
| Hobbs, prominent farmer OF the towE
of Washington, had the misfortune 10
sustain broken leg this morning. u
vicious horse which had been bFougat
! down from the wOo9s, got last 1n sHo
| bars of gate and by efforts TO eXtr1-
cate him, Mr.. Hobbs received KICK pe-
low the knee which viii lay him up Tor
long time.
| A GERMAN, named Whitehair, living
at Lackeys Corners, six miles from liar
risyllle. made an unsuccessful attempt
at suicide by placing the muzzte OF q
shotgun beneath his chin. In attempt
ing to pull the trigger with his toe, the
gun was pulled to one side and the
charge merely shattered his cheek.
Financial embarrassment is supposed to
be the cause.
Ar Milwaukee on the evening OF the
| 29tb, the boilermakeTs had ball az
| the West Side Turner Hall. Rounds
man Sonnen attempted to go into the
| ball without ticket and was thrown
out. He called other officers and free
fight ensued, resulting Ia the arrest OF
| fifteen of the boilermakers. They had
trial and were all discharged. Sonnen
was also discharged from the police
| force, as he had exceeded his authority
| THE committee on state affairs has re-
|
of corruption on the part ot u. w.
Maxop. president of the Wisconsin Rail
road Farm Mortgage Land Company.
The report closes as follows: I'VE deem
the further investigation of the matters
herein set forth unnecessary, and recon-
mend that the company be required to
close up its business as soon as poss1-
BILE and pay over all the moneys III its
/ l. l. ~, III
TIE body of John Hesler, who was
murdered in January last by Marion
Fenner, was. found by a man named
Moses Blair, of Randolph, buried IN
snow about eighty rods from the main
travelled road between Mehan's and
Briggs logging camps on Mill Creek,
Wood County. The body was almost
exhumed by foxes, and badly eaten and
In a bad state of decomposition, with
two bullet holes through the brain and
the skull fractured. FeDnor, the muir
derer, is very restless and is being close
| ly guarded.
EAU CLAIRE Free Press: The ques-
tion propounded to q prominent lumber
man as to how many men were engaged
IN the Chippewa pineries the present
| season, was answered in this way: 1t
takes 100 men, on an average, to cut
| 5000, 600 feet and that as the cut would
be about 700, 600, 600 feet, there must be
| upwards of 5000 to do the work.
| This cannot be far from the actual num-
Der. In addition to this there have been
about 100, 600, 900 feet cut on the North
Wisconsin railro ID, employing upwards
| of 1,50O men. A good share of this
number will make their headquarters III
| this city
AN old soldier named w. B. Rathburn
| died on the oath at 317 Park Street, Mil
waukee, aged 63 years, of acute pneumo-
MIA. He came here from New York and
had papers on his person showing that
he was drawing pension Of 50 a month.
He had no relatives here and said that
he did pot want his family to get any of
his property, expressing q hope that
they would not hear OF his death. He
had a check for $3.50 and some eff
fects at the depot which he gave to the
lady who cared for him during his i'll
ness. He said he owned forty acres of
laud, and offered to deed it to the land
lady, but she declined it.
MINNIE WILLIS, the 13 year old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Willis, engineer at Davis boil
er shops, residing on Oregon Street, Mil
waukee, was burned in a shocking manner
on the morning of the 3lst. A heavy draft
Of wind down the chimney blew flame
from the kitchen stove, which ignited
the girls clothing, completely envelop-
ing her IN flames in almost an instant.
Her mother excitedly threw a pail of
water over the unfortunate girl, but the
fire was not extinguished until the girl
was terribly burned over the greater
portion of her body. Dr. Martin was
called to attend the sufferer. He has
but slight hopes of her recovery.
A BOLD case of burglary was perpe-
trated on the night of the 28th, at the
residence of Mr.. Railing, half mile
north of the village of Wacousta. The
house was entered by two N asked men who
attacked Mrs. Railing, an aged woman,
and the only occupant Of the house at the
time, whom they gagged aud tied in bed.
They then ransacked the house. securino
about 800 in gold. They were evidently
discouraged at not finding more. as pay-
ment of $500 was made only few days
before, but 1t happened to be by note
instead of cash. When about leaving
the house they unga ged the woman and
at her piteous entreaty united her feet
bidding her goodbye.
TIE case of Jones against Langdon.
came up IN the municipal court at Chip
pewa Falls, on the 28th. 1t seems that
q. l.. Jones, editor of the only Green.
back organ IN Wisconsin, the Bloomer
Workman, became jealous of his wife.
swore out a warrant against Harry
Langdon, charging him with breaking
into his house, during Jones' absence'
and committing rape upon his wife
Mrs. Jones testified that Langdon was
her son-ln- law, that at the time alleged
he was not IN her house, and that She
had never seen Langdon during the alb
sence of her husband. She said that
she had, as her companion at that time.
a nelghbor glrl, who on examination cor
roborated Mrs. Jones statements. Lang