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

AN engine and fourteen box cars
jumped the North Western track on the
night of the 14th at Van Dyne, on ac-
count of detective Iail. No one was
injured.
ATa late hour on the 10th, DIR. William
Scborse was called to Brown Deer, ten
miles north of Milwaukee, ,toamputate the
fingers of lad named Emil Behrmann,
| years of age. The boy caught his
hand IN straw cutting machine.
A. G. RANSOM, one of the wealthiest
and best known farmers of Rock County,
fell dead on the night of the 18th inst. at
| Emerald Grave, while hitcning his team
to post, His death Is supposed TO
have been caused by heart disease. He
was 80 years old.
OK the 18th, S. Evans, of Milwaukee, a
confidential clerk Of Rich & Silber, was
arrested for robbing tine firm. His thiev-
ing amounted to about 81, COO On the
14th Evans was sentenced to two years
and six months in the house of correc
| ton and the next day he was taken to
prison.
SEVENTEEN cars of an east-bound
freight train on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad were piled into a
creek by the breaking of small trestle
about one mile west of Fall River, on
the 18th inst. No one was injured.
The damage to rolling stock and goods
in transit will amount TO S15, coo.
JOHN LYONS, an inmate of the National
Home, near Milwaukee, was found dead
down an embankment near the home, on
the 10th. As he was near sighted it is
supposed he walked over the embank-
ment and was killed by the fall. Lyons
was y years old and served 10 Company
| G., Twenty-third Illinois infantry, and
has wife and family at Chicago.
THERE is considerable excitement at
Mygatt's Corners, a little village seven
miles west of Racine, on account of an
alleged defalcation of Sl3G In certain
church accounts. Hiram Newman. a
deacon and treasurer of the church,
claims to have paid the money to the
pastor, Rev. d. f. Mckinney. The
latter denies having received the
amount. Members OF the church ale
unwilling to give any information on
the subject 1t Is said that a meeting
was held on the 18th inst, and was dis
covered that the treasurer had kept no
account of moneys received and dis
bursed.
The La Crosse police have arrested
four parties giving the names of 9. T,
White, Thomas Coleman, G. H. Hall
and J. H. Gibson. They are supposed
to be the gang of tram workers that
have been sWindllng travellers by various
devices for some time past. The last
serious crime Of which the quartette Is
suspected was the robblng of a man on
the North Western road OF quite a large
sum. On one OF the men was found
S1a2 In money, besides express certiti-
Gates showing he had lately sent several
hundred to st. Paul and Chicago. They
all carried revolvers, slung- shots, etc,
besides crooked money, disguises and
swindling devices of various sorts. One,
registering as c. T. White, Of St Paul,
is said to be Tom Devine, a widely
known crook.
The house of John Kennedy, a shift
less, drunken fellow, living six miles
southwest of Edgerton, mysteriously
caught ire at one o'clock Oh the morn
lag OF the 18th inst, while his wife and
seven children were asleep. Two chill
dren, one fourteen years and an infant of
eighteen months were burned 10 death
The remains of the two children were
taken out of the ruins on the follow
ing dav The body of the girl .as
horribly scorchcd, while of that of the
infant only the ribs could be found.
After the fire Mrs. Kennedy, with her
five children, went to the house of the
nearest neighbor, and, being barefooted
and only IN her night-clothes, she troze
her feet so badly that the toes Will have
to be amputated. Kennedy quarrelled
with his family three weeks ago and de-
parted, not having been seen in the
neighborhood siuce.
AT the meeting of the Wisconsin grand
lodge Knights of Honor at Milwaukee on
the 10th the election of officers fer the
ensuing year was the first order of
business. The following officers were
elected and installed:
Grand Dietdt0r-C. Fl. Ross,
Igce Dictotor-H. .. Wilbur,
assistant DictdtOr-R. W Cheever.
Grand Rep0rter-C. d. Howard.
Grand TredSue'-IeWis SIber.
Grand Guides. G. Leland.
Grand Gbdpld1B-G. Z. Fernald.
Grand GltardidH-O. ". BaEcOck.
Grand Se1atinel-G ". Bronson.
Supreme RepyessaiGtiUe-E. w. Ford.
| Alternate ReDreSe1tatire-E. s. sherman.
Medical ErdD,iner-Dr. Philler. of Waukesha.
The standing committees handed in
their reports, the most Of them very in
teresting, and after a R1eai deaa of dis
cussion they were adopted. The cleo
, ton of officers a1d the reading of the
reports occupied the forenoon after
: which the question where to hold the
next meeting was taken up. Aftef
! lengthy dircussions pro and con it was
: decided to hold it at Milwaukee and
. the grand lodge then adjourned to meet
egain at this place one year from date.