The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-10-13
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

FRANK BAKER, Mr. Owens, and
Dwight Wilsey killed bear weighing
400 pounds near the Moore farm, ten
miles north of MenomonIe.
THE wife of Chris Fahdon, a farmer
residing a short distance from Eau
Claire, committed suicide on the night
of the 2ith by cutting her throat.
A BEwILDERED night fowl collided
with an electric light tower at Eau
Claire recently, breaking the globe and
destroying the carbon rod.
THE Thomas-Veith drowning case
went to the jury at Jefferson on the
28th. After being out short time the
twelve returned with verdict of guilty.
GEORGE BUsHER, bound for Water
town with his two little girls, aged IL
and 10 years, fell from a Chicago and
Alton train near Rood House, ILL.,, and
was cut to pieces.
r. B. ANDERSON, for a long time pro-
fessor of Norwegian literature IN the
State University, has resigned, and will
hereafter devote himself to the insur-
ance business.
SAMUEL WADLEIGH's barn, in Green
Lake Prairie, with its contents of grain
and hay, was burned on the Doth. How
the fire originated cannot beascertained.
Loss about 81, 800; insurance 500.
CoNwAY's planning mill and sash, door
and blind factory, in Milwaukee, was
destroyed by fire early on the morning
of the 30th ult. Loss between $50, 900
and 500, 600. The fire originated APP
parently in a large wooden tlue. Three
tiremen were injured.
IT has been discovered that inland
/ Wisconsin steamers have never been
Gocumented for hospital dues. The gov
l eminent has presented bills aggregating
| between SO, 900 and Sl5, 900, and unless
the different crafts pay up they will be
! seized.
| CHAs. d. JONES, while on the farm of
| j. l. Case, near Racine, had his leg
caughu IN a wheel and badly broken and
| bruised. His collar bone was also broken.
| Mr.. Jones had been suffering from a
| severe wound on one of his limbs for
some time and was almost cripple
| when hurt.
! An aged stranger in Milwaukee named
John Lehman, was struck by the loco
motive of a moving train while walking
4 on the track of the st. Paul Road a
short distance west of the city ON the
! the 9th, and was several hours
afterward discovered lying in the ditch
by the side of the road, fatally injured.
He died in the afternoon, and was buried
at the county's expense.
In the probate court of Milwaukee an
inventory and appraisal in the estate of
Matthew 81. Carpenter, deceased, was
filed. The prominent items in the in
ventory are: Seventh Ward real estate,
| being the homestead, $4,000; Beloit
bonds, 50, SO, 500; stock in Sentinel
Company, S24, 600; contract with Wins
low & Taylor for payment OF legal ser
vices, SO, 900; private library, S8, 900.
| His Washington property is in the hands
of an administrator who has only ac-
counted for the sum of SIC, ,422.68, the
| proceeds of the sale of his law library.
! The total value of the estate, as far as
! known, is Sl02, 262. %.
Two serious street car collisions oc-
CURED at Milwaukee, on the 28th
ult. An open car, No. 81, becoming
unmanagable owing to defective brake,
started down hill with great velocity,
and, striking box car ahead was thrown
| from the track. A few minutes later a box
car, No u, collided with the derailed
car with great force, resulting in the
| killing of one of the horses of No. II.
! Intense excitement prevailed just previ-
ousto the latter collision, and many peo-
pie endeavored to jump from the open
| car, resulting In two painful accidents.
| Miss Louisa Wlmble, 374 Prospect
Street, fractured her hip, and a young
man named George Westwood had his
right leg broken, and an unknown
woman was terribly injured about the
| head.
IT has been widely stated that "an
alarming type Of leprosy" existed among
! a certain class of Norwegian immigrants
/ in Wisconsin and that it was spreading
with comparative rapidity. The secre-
| tary of the state board of health, DIR,
| j. Z. Reeve, has been thoroughly in
vestigating the origin of this story,
! which he prOnOunces absurd, and finds
| it was started by an irresponsible pnysi-
clan IN Milwaukee, who when closely
pressed, was unable to present
any evidence to prove his alarm
| ing assertion. DR.. Reeve officially
states that there have been, since the
matter was first inquired into in 1869.
| but four authenticated cases of leprosy
In Wisconsin, they being among newly
arrived Norwegians. At least two of
these cases, and he thinks all, are now
dead. The most dihgent systematic
professional inquiry has failed to re-
veal any others. In these rare cases,
which are all imported from Norway,
the tendency of the disease has been to
die with the patient; its reputed heredi-
tary character has been rarely if at all
manifested, and IN no case is there any
evidence that it has been spread by con-
tagion though there has apparently been
no separation of the leprous from their
families or friencs. In proof of these
statements there are now living in Wis
consin, IN Minnesota, and in Iowa the
perfectly healthy widows, children and
grandchildren Of those who were lepers.
The state board considers the current
story Of contagious leprosy in Wisconsin.
as being Of criminally malicious origin,
| without foundation in fact