The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-05-26
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

A. b. FERRIS, a prominent citizen OF
Mineral Point, died at Dubuque on the
11th. He was on the way home from the
west, and was taken i'll on the cars.
BLooMEH suffered severely by fire
on the 4Fh inst. The hardware store OF
Dielks & McMartin was entirely con.
sumed, Loss s12, coo; insurance small.
nR. WM. J8toBs ms sold Tonya-
walha, the summer resort near Madison,
t. a Ciocirnati man. who will place its
management II the hands of a southern
hotel keeper.
MAGGIE ERECKINREED, aged 5 years,
sat doan On a hot coal near a burning
brush pile, at Grand Rapids, and her
clothing taking fire, she was quite seri-
uusly buned.
CHIEF CLERK CARR. Of the assembly,
hss fuail- completed the official record.
1t is so full Of erasures and interlinea-
tions. however, that it is feared the le-
galitE Of the proceedings may be sue
ccssfully questioned.
ABOUT four months ago Joseph Marks,
Of Racine, was spurred in the forefngel
Of one of his hands by a rooster. In
tiammation set IL and it was found nec-
essary o. the Sth inst. TO amputate the
fl ger IN order the save the hand.
HENRY DIMLER, Of Warren, Clark
County, was found dead in the roadway
near bis farm, where he fell while re-
Tuning from Greenwood. The post
mortem examination showed that his
death was the result of natural causes,
AID that he had not been poisoned, as
was supposed.
DURING the recent severe thunder
storm the ste3s ON the farm of r.
Smith, in East Bristol, Dane County,
we've fired by Lightning and destroyed.
Among the stock consumed were thirty
fur sheep, six calves and yearling
bt eve. The loss was but partially Gov
cred by insurance.
AT Grand Rapids on the 10th, Marvin
III. Fenner was found guilty of the
murder OF John Heeler. Judge Ben.
nttt, after an impressive admonition to
the prisoner, pronounced sentence OF
I'M prisonment for life at hard labor, the
fist three days Of every year and every
18Th day of January in solitary con.
fiuement: The prisoner received his
sentence with stoieal indifference.
THREE rougbs, Thos. Carroll, for rob.
berry Of a fellow workman, VIM. H.
Black, for shooting and woupdILg man
named Dolin, and Tim Nichols, charged
with assault with intent to kill, all plead
guilty to the respective charges, and al
q special tern Of the circuit court held
at Eau Claire, on the 10th inst, were
sentenced TO hard labor in the state
prison for one year and six months each.
FLORA DIFPo, Of Windsor, Wis, was
stricken with the Dakota fever several
months ago, and decided to pre- empt a
1G) acre tract in that territory. She i'm
meGia.elv started for Aberdeen, where
she secured a nice location a few miles
from the city. She had shauty put up
AMI With only a 8 year old girl for q
companion she made it her home for the
s5x months required By the pre- emptior
Law. Miss DIppo's claim cost her goo,
and the diy she left Aberdeen she re-
fa1cd an offer of ST, 800 cash for if. So
much for rluck and determination.
Mrs. PERRY II. SMITH, of Chicago,
the wife Ct the millionaire who has been
cor fined IL tue insane hospital at Madi-
son for some time past, recently paid a
Witt TO Mr.. Smith and found him very
much Improved, mentslly and physi-
clliv. Mr.. Smith now realizes fully his
condition and appreciates the fact that
ht is an innate of an insane asylum.
He appears rational and couverses IN a
manner which scarcely Indicates an IN
balanced intellect. He takes pleasure
10 PLAY ma BILLIARDS and has bad mag
nilicent 4ble transferred from Chicago
to the hospital for his personal enjoy
mCnr. The authorities at the hospital
thick tbeir patient will be entirely re-
stored 10 mental strength before the
close Of the present summer and be able
10 remu to his Chicago home.
THE Town OF Rock, in Rock Coanty,
was VISITED by g toruad about o'clock
on tie afternoon Of tie 9th inst, which,
as near as cln be 1scectai1ed, destroyed
fnns. buildings ana orchards to the
amount Of SO 001. Oa Wisner Trips
farm, two large outbaldings were totally
wrecked and two others removed several
yards from their foundations. On F.
). Eldred's dairy farm, occupied by 5.
E OTIS, all buildings, except the cheese
mouse and dwelling, we're completely
wrecked, making the loss nearly 81, 600.
At Newark. twelve miles from Beloit,
the Norwegian church had its steeple
blown of and was otherwise injured.
Two large stone barns were blown down,
in ore OF which were FIVE horses, which
escaped. but il tie other three horses
we're killed. Severalotber buildings were
urroofed. At Plymouth, ten miles south
west of JanesvIlie, Austin Springer had
his barn completely wrecked, three horses
and colt kille and his house unroofed.
Tracy Browns large house was IN
rooted, his barn taken from Its founda-
ton and one Of his boys carried over a
fence With fearful velocity, and landed
on haystack, without being injured.
So far as can be ascertained, the storm
destroyed twelve or fifteen barns, sew
eral tobacco sheds, winamllls and
sorghum mills, and many orchards.
Not a house was blown down and no
lives lost. The damage to buildings
will not be less than $4,000 in Rock
AID Plymouth.