The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-11-08
BADGER BREYITIES,

| pioho one OI Her teBS Dy 1alI on door
step, at Madison, few days ago.
ii. BOYER, of Mishicott, had on ex-
hlbltlon at the county fair a Berkshire
ooar which weighed over 600 pounds.
THE advisory Congregational Council
at Rlpon rendered verdict that it is
not advisable that Pastor Newman
should resign.
THE acreage of winter wheat in the
vicinity of Watertown is fully equal to
last year, and the plant is already pref.
ty well advanced in growth.
A DEAD body of an unknown man was
found IN barn on what is known as
the old Rifenberg place, near Horton
vile, on the night of the 23d inst.
FRANK HAMMOND, one of the English
boys who are learning agriculture in
this country, lost one of his hands in a
lsorghum-crusher near Lake Mills.
SIMEON CARLEY, of the town of Bue-
ma Vista Portage County, had uine
stacks of grain destroyed by an incen-
diary fire recently. His loss was about
S40O.
j. E. KREBs, an old German resident
| of Tomah, committed suicide by blow
ing his brains out with a revolver
Dependency and intemperate habits
are thought to have been the cause.
a SHOOTING atfray occurred at Bir-
namwood in which VIM. Palmer received
shot in the arm and a boil went
through his coat. Some ten or fifteen
shots were fired. \ man named Norrie
IS under arrest for doing the firing.
HERMAN LINKEY, aged about A years,
died very suddenly, near Milladore, and
was buried on the Doth. He and his
wife have lived q quarrelsome life, and
it is probable the body will be ex-
humed and post-mortem examination
made.
WILLIAM KURTH, an inmate of the
Buffalo County Jail, at Alma, commit
ted suicide on the Goth at an early hour
kurth was waiting his trial for the
murder of his neighbor, Joseph Keller,
of the town of Milton, which occurred
few months ago.
| FL. RIGGERT, OF Westfeld, Marquette
lCounty, exhibits big ear of corn that
contains $40 kernels. He has six acres
that will yield 125 bushels of shelled
corn to the acre. Peter Hoffman, OF
IehC Wv II Vi utS COulISl JOC
kernels from one ear.
( DIR. j. A. MCGRAH was found dead in
bed, on the oath, al the Lebouf House,
Chippewa Falls. Physicians claimed
he died from rheumatism of the heart,
brought about by hard drinking. A
! letter found on his person shows that
he bad wife at Lloyd, Richland County
WHILE a steam thresher was busy
} threshing for Anton Krepsbach, of East
Brothertown, on the 22d, sparks from
the engine set fire to his barn, destroy
ing the structure and all of this years
crop. The loss is estimated at 81 200,
on which there was an insurance of
$500.
A JONAH boy named William Roe
der displayed great grit on being
wounded IN the leg by an accidental
discharge of his cousins gur. He at
once barred the limb and persuaded the
cousin TO dig out the shot with Jack
knife, which the latter did very sue
| cessfully, the shot SO extracted being
twenty eight In number.
ABOUT one year go, while \. 0.
Perry and wife were crossing a bridge
in Stevensville, the structure gave way,
precipitating the couple, together with
their team and wagon, into the gulch
below. A suit was brought to recover
damages, but, after hanging fire, the
authorities of the town have settled the
matter by paying 5000.
THE funeral of Frank A. Burton, who
was murdered at La Crosse by Ma
thaniel Mitchell, took place on the 18th.
Not only the house and grounds were
filled, but the streets, for block either
way, were packed with people and for
several blocks with teams. One hun
dred and eighty carriages and 200 mem
bers of marching clubs followed the
remains to the grave. 1t is estimated
that 1000 people visited the cemetery
during the afternoon of the funeral.
The Chippewa Herald states that
within the past two weeks two quite
large pine land sales have been made on
the Chippewa waters. The first con-
sisted of 100000 feet, located on the
Thornapple, Brunett and Jump Rivers
The lands were owned by Heath g. Me-
Gee, of Pennsylvania, and purchased by
Mr.. F. Weyerhauser. The other tract
consists of 1S,0OO,00 feet, and is located
on the North Fork of the Little Chief
This tract was owned by Jackson Bros,
of Oshkosh, and was purchased by Mr.
A. B. Mcdonald and Thos. Irvine.
FRANK WoLCoTT and Fred. Gleed, OF
Grand Chute, Outagamie County, have
closed their sorghum mill for the sea
son, after a run of twelve successive
days, during which period something
over 1000 gallons of excellent syrup was
made, 600 gallons being from their own
cane and the balance from that of far
mers in the vicinity. The syrup is a
superior quality and readily brings 80
cents per gallon. The yield of cane in
the county was unusually large and an
increased acreage is looked for next
year