The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-07-12
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

THE inaugural trotting meeting of the
Prairie du Chen Mechanical, Agrlcult-
ural and Driving Park ssoclatlon Will
be held on the I'd, Sd and 4th of July,
on the new mile track and fair grounds.
| THE people of Baraboo presented Prof.
| w. A. Willis with valuable gold watch
and chain on his retirement from the Of
| fee of superintendent of public schools,
| after eleven years of faithful and eff
cient service.
JOHN LUECKE, a married man, aged
80, employed in Davidson's mill, La
Crosse, was struck by a piece of board
thrown from an edging saw on the 26th,
walk home, but arriving there, died III a
few minutes from internal injuries.
THE saw and grisr mill owned by H.
Geier Il Co., at Forestville, Door
County, was burned to the ground at
o'clock on the afternoon of the Goth.
The firm also lost about 900. 900 feet of
hard wood lumber, which was piled near
the mill. The loss is fully S15, 000; no
insurance.
THE Seventh-Day Adventists closed
their meeting at Baraboo on the 25th.
Twenty-one persons were baptized in
the Baraboo River, the result of the Ia
bors of the gathering. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, 81. ". Decker, Madi-
son; executive committee, A. J. Breed,
Maple Works, and J. T. Hanson, Chi
cago; secretary and treasurer, w. ID.
Stillman, Chicago.
THE annual conference of the Sixth
District of the Evangelical Synod of
North America closed its session III
Fond du Lac, on the 25th, by the cleo
tion of the following officers: President,
G. q. Hack, Milwaukee; vice president,
the Rev. G. Hirtz, Monroe, Wis; secre-
tary, the Rev. NJ. Moeckli, Menomipee
Falls, Wis. treasurer, the Rev. G. Dal-
lies, Ripon, Wis. The next meeting of
the conference will be held at Monroe,
June 1. 1885.
r. P. HARRIsoN's barn at Heart Prai-
RE, Walworth County, was struck by
lightning on the 23d. Ed. Thatcher,
who had been shearing sheep, says that
he saw distinctly ball of fire come
through the barn, which blinded HIM
for a few moments. He was holding
Mr.. Harrison's little girl, three years
old; she was unhurt. The stroke
knocked down two hired men, Christ.
Thompson and Sherman Lewis. All the
party were considerably scared.
T. PEARsoNs, of Whitewater, has in
his possession remarkable specimen OF
hen fruit. 1t is shaped like a crook neck
squash, was two inches long, one inch
through at the large end and half an
inch at the smaller. The shell was well
formed and of usual thickness. The
strange part of this story is that this egg
was found inside of another which
showed no outside evidence of its inside
irregularity and apparently differed from
other eggs only in being larger than the
average.
The summer meeting of the North
western Horticultural Society in conuec-
ton with the State Society, was held at
La Crosse on the oath. Addresses or
essays were presented by President j.
M. Smith, of the State Society; Mrs. II.
S. Campbell, of Evansville; Mrs. H. NJ.
Lewis, Of Madison, and j. G. Harris, of
La Crescent, president of the North
western Society. There are fifty-sIx
entries of strawberries. showing al best
varieties. The exhibition of plants and
flowers included over !, 900 specimens,
some of great value, and in some re-
spects the display has never been rivaled
in the state.
HIRAM HERNsTINE, employed at the
Mandt Manufacturing Company's mills,
at Hub City, Richland County. had a
narrow escape from death few days
ago. While managing the hub boring
machine his clothes were caught by the
auger and literally torn from his body.
The machine held him in a bent-over
position, and the auger, which is in the
shape of half circle, scooped out a
piece of his flesh every time its edge
came round to his body. These cuts
extend at regular intervals clear across
the body from the lower part of the alb
domen to his neck, and are about
quarter of an inch in depth and three
quarters of an inch wide. His clothes
finally gave way and released him from
his terrible position.