The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-06-16
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

The barn OF A. A. Jackson, or James
vile, burned on the 3lst alt. Loss
81, 200; insured for 5000.
JoHN LAPER, Of Fairwater, paid ST.
900 for the Robbins farm, at Green Lake
Prairie, tract of 240 acres.
The infant son Uf Harrison Lowry, of
Lewis, aged I8 months, was drosned IN
Black River, opposite his home, Monday
forenoon, May 28th.
BoYLg, the Dodge County wife muir
derer, has secured reversa. Of the 1udg-
ment sentencing him to life imprlson-
ment.
HENRY KICKER, of Kroghville, Jeffer-
son County, lost his cheese factory by
FIRE. recently. Loss, $4,000; insured Tor
500 in Milwaukee Mechanics.
WILLIAM THIBERT was killed at Flor
enee, on the 3lst ult., by runaway
team, which threw him out OF his wagon,
the wheels of which passed over his
body.
HAROLD SEGAR, the 3-year-old son OF
George Segar, who was sens 80 STATE
prison last wear for manslaughter, was
drowned in a cistern at Fond du Lac, on
the 3lst ult.
The Dodge County Insane Asylum
has been taken formal possession OF Dy
the authorities, and some seventy M
fortunates are now confined within lts
walls, nearly all the insane from DodSe
County at the Northern Hospital having
been removed there.
@. II. OAKLEY, of the town OF Charles
town, Calumet County, received notice
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estimated at a million dollars, recently
died, and that he was made one OF Ten
heirs. Mr.. Oakley was notified to APP
pear IN New York city on the 9th OF
July, when the will will be read.
THE coroner's jury at Chippewa Falls,
in the matter of the Skilling of one
Matthias Hago, returned a verdict that
the officials of tue Chicago, st. Pau,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Com
pany ordered Matthias Hago to occupy
dangerous position that caused his Death
and they therefore censured them tor so
doing.
HENRY MosLEY, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home, was run over by tue
ears on the Home grounds ON the 30tli
ult , and instantly killed. lie was 90
years of age, and during the war served
in the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry RegI-
ment. The deceased had been an inmate
of the institution for four years, and had
an excellent record.
G.. H. KEToHUM, of MerrillaD, was ar
rested on the 31st ult. and taken To
Black River Falls, on charge of having
committed an outr ge on his adopted
daughter, aged IL. An abortion was
performed on the girl, who is still suf-
fering from the effects. ketchum
waived an examination, and was placed
under 81 900 bonds.
FIRE at Eau Claire on the lst inst.
destroyed the building occupied by
Baisner a. Co., as Iaeat market; tho
second floor contained storage of lot OF
household goods belonging to Paul
Branstad and Otto Schefer. Loss on
building 81 200; fully insured. Bran
stadt and Scbafer lose $500 each on
household goods; uninsured. Baisner
& Co. lose S400; partially covered by in
surance.
DECORATION DAY was very generally
observed in Milwaukee Living plants
were placed on the graves of al the sol
diers buried at Forest Home and the
Soldiers Home. Floral contributions
were very numerous. The military
demonstration was tolerably large. In
the evening interesting exercises were
held at the Academy of Music. The
chief address was delivered by Col. w.
T. Villas, of Madison.
THE farmers of Caldwells Prairie
have had woodchuck and gopher hunt.
4 II Ix1l
chose twenty-nine men each, making
thirty on side. The result of two
weeks sport was as follows: R. l.. Por-
ter's side. 81, 40; A. FL. Craig's 62, ,050,
the game being woodchucks, gophers,
chipmunks and rats. The hunt was
worth more than $500 to the farmers, as
many as 100 woodchucks being taken on
one farm.
On the night of the 3lst VIM. Gormau,
of Waukegap, started by wagon for
Milwaukee. He had not proceeded far
when he was hailed by fCrlorn- looking
individual who begged the favor of u
ride. To make good impression, the
stranger related that he had family re.
siding IN Milwaukee and thathe was com
pelled to look for work elsewhere, and
that news of his wife's illness had
reached him. He was anxious to get
there as quickly as possible, and that
he did not have the necessary ducats
to put up for a ride. The good natured
German consented, and the stranger was
slowed away IN the wagon, apparently as
happy as a king. Gorman soon foli
asleep and when he awoke he was lying
on one side of the road, and his team and
sight. He searched for his pocket book
containing $3.50, but this, too, bad taken
wings. In haste he came t. Milwaukee
police in hunting up the criminal.