The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-12-08

GEo. BoRK, cOnpositor on the Ra-
cine Journal, has fallen heir to Ger
man estate valued at $4,000.
Gov. RUsK has appointed A. Y. 81.
Carpenter state fish commissioner, In
place of Mr.. Antisdel, who resigned.
ELAB RATE preparations are being
made for the state farmers convention,
which is to be held at Madison in Feb
ruary.
DENNIS D0UGnEHTy, currier, at
tempted to staal ride cn Chicago and
North Western tram at Fond du Lac.
He fell and was chi to pieces.
JOIN WoKTHMILLER was killed by
spring gun IN ms goods near Medford,
Taylor County, recently, WoIthmiller
set the gun himself, but light fall OF
snow so changed tae appearance of the
woods, that he lost his bearings.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the circuit court of Rock
County in the case of Hartley Cliff I'd,
the Milwaukee gambler, convicted If the
murder Of Capt. Pugh- at Racine, and
sentenced to state -'o,a for fe.
Isaac WILLIAM. and Fr~d. Garrow,
aged respectively II and l6 years, es-
caped from the lnou- trial School for
Bows, at WaJke=he, o. the IL inst.
Williams wa0 stnteuce1 from Dane
County and Garrow ir,m Winnebago
County.
JUDGE THOMAS Hoop, formerly of
Madison. bnt late of Washington, died
at the residence # els brother ID Law,
c. NJ. Foresman, III .iadizon, on the 22d
inst. Bril ht = djs-a-. wAs the cause.
Ju ge HooJ was bon n 1916, and was
II hi- 9th year.
A BARN beloLgng TO a farmer named
Andrew Faloe, near roe Wau Hatnsa In
sane asylum. vas totally desrr tysd by
fire on the evening o. the 19sh. Eve
hundred bushels of oats, fifty tons of
hay ard large quantity OF farm
machinery were destroyed.
The -four and feed mill at Auroraville,
Waushara Courty, owned by Csrey
Bros, of Berlin. ard operated by John
Williams, was totally destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 21st. The build
ing and machinery was valued at about
so, 600. 1t was insured for S5. 900.
THE remains of Louis Ozeas, of
Frenchtown, WHO disappeared several
months ago, We found on the 22d inst,
in field en the farm OF Dolph Wilcox,
eight miles nor u of Eau Claire. The
body was rluch decomposed and scarce
II recognizable. He was subject to fits
OF mental arrangement, and it is sup
posed he wandered off and died from
exposure.
o LARsEs's l1as ny the destruction of
his barn and seek Gear Winneconne re-
Gently was s6 100 He carried about
81 coo insurance. o. the property. The
fire was evidently the work of an incen-
diary, as a man vas seen running from
the place at the time the blaze was dis
| covered. Mr. Larsen offers reward of
$500 for the q -sr,ion of the criminal
A span OF black lions valued at 81
| 500 were among I ost animals.
JOSEPH G. DoS BILLY, register in pro-
| bate, while enjoying, with several other
| prominent IrI5lnep, a game of hand
Dall at the bali alley on Broadway, In
| the Third Ward, on the 22d inst, over
exerted himself IN the excitement of the
game, and falling violently to the ground
/ broke his left leg above the knee, and
also ruptured a muscle. Doctors were
/ called and the fracture reduced. Mr..
/ Donnelly will be confined to his house
/ Tor weeks HeefiH Wisconsin.
/ MRs. ANN MARIA hEELER, died on the
| 2lst inst, at the residence of her son-in-
/ law, Cbas. F. Ilsley, at the advanced
! age of 70 years. She was one of those
/ truly good and useful women whose
| lives are to be commended to the rising
! generation. Der means were not large,
/ but she devoted so much time to useful
/ and benevolent work that she did far
more IN this regard than many of the
| possessors large fortunes. She was vice
| president of the voInan's sanitary COM
mission during the war, was one of the
| most prominent founders of the Home
Of the Friendless and subsequently it's
/ efficient president Weekly Wisconsin.