The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-28
WESCOESIN STATE SEyFs.

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A BUILDING in GAINESVILLE, owned by
Chas. Wurl, and occupied by him as a
grocery, burned on the 10Th. Loss,
81, 800; insurance, 81 900, in the Ger
man, OF treeport. Cause of fire not
assigned
REV. w. H. DOUGLASS, for many
| years Baptist minister, but of late re-
tired, died at his home in GAINESVILLE
on the 10th.
JACOB SLORY, a veteran was run
over by the cars in the town of Wau-
watosa, on the 10Th, and was injured
so severely that he died in few hours.
The post-otfice department has or
dered the mail route between Milwau-
kee and Grand Haven discontinued,
| the order taking effect on the 23d.
| CARL HUEBNER, dissipated man.
aged so, hanged himself in thecellar of
his house, on Galena Street, Milwau-
| kee, on the 10Th. Deceased leaves a
wife and four children in destitute cir
| cumstances.
| a DARING robbery was committed at
the residence of August Koch, on
| Nliet Street, Milwaukee, on the night
OF the 10Th. When Mr.. Koch re-
| turned home at late hour, he found
handkerchief covering his wife's face.
He at once detected the odor of chic
roform, and the appearance of the
room indicated an intruder. An eX-
animation showed that an entrance
had been effected by the cutting out
OF a window, and $50 was missing.
His wife slept soundly from the effects
OF the drug, and was awakened with
some difficulty.
ALDEN ;. SANBORN, probate Judge
| OF Dane County, was found dead in
the town OF Blooming Grove on the
18th. \ bottle labeled chlOroform
showed the manner of death. The
Judge, who was 65 years old, was sub
ject to fits OF temporary insanity.
OFFICERS are on the trail of the man
who committed the murder on loves
Creek, few miles south of Eau Claire,
supposed to have occurred on
the night of September %. 1t has
been asCertained that the murdered
mans name is Mclean, and that he
had a wife and family in Lee County,
letter Ofthe occurrence.
MILWAUKEE has spent nearly So
100000 in building improvements
during the present year.
MILWAUKEE has an eccentric genius
who peddes milk, OF excellent quality,
for living, and paints landscapes for
the art stores for recreation.
FRED. FENTON has on exhibition at
Beloit a surf or black duck that is rare
in this latitude. The bird is common
at the seaside. Mr.. Fenton shot it
while hunting along the Rock River.
MATTHIAS OBLERHAUs was found w.
ing helpless at the corner OF Worth
and Clybourn Avenues, Chicago, on
the 18th. His skull was fractured and
his spine injured. Hewas unconscious
when discovered, and was at once
removed to the hospital. He did not
recover consciousness, and died at 8
o'clock that evening. He is supposed
to belong somewhere in Wisconsin.
The residence Of John Farrell, near
the GAINESVILLE city limits, was totally
destroyed by fire on the 18th, with
nearly all the contents. Loss, $500;
insurance, $3.50.
THE law firm OF Tenney & Bashford,
Madison, composed of ID. X. Tenney
and R. NJ. Bashford, have decided to
remove to Chicago.
CORNELIUS RUSSELL, a well-known
horse man, of Rockford, Ill.,, for many
years, died at Marinette, Monday
morning, from injuries received from
being run over by a horse.
A CAR belonging to the Milwaukee
Street Railway Company collided with
a heavy wagon on the 18th, smashing
one side of the car and slightly injur-
ing a number of passengers.
SAM NJ. DIXON, of Milwaukee, has
lust recovered from a dangerous i'll
ness. Several weeks ago he ran a
splinter into his hand, inflicting a
slight wound. A short time after
symptoms of blood-poisoning made
their appearance and the result came
near being fatal. The trouble was
caused by arsenic in the paint with
which the splinter was covered.
A FREE evening school has been
opened in Milwaukee.
THE Janesville Recorder Printing
Company has been reorganized, with
the following officers: President, T. T.
Croft; vice-president, w. D. Mickey;
secretary, B. J. DAILY; treasurer, w.
H. Leonhard; business manager,
Clarence l.. Clark. The politics OF the
paper will be changed from Independ-
ent to straight Democratic.
MARION c. SILVER, of Green County,
was arrested at Lynchburg, Va, on a
charge of bigamy, and held to await
the requistiOn of the governor of Wis
consin. He has lived at Lynchburg
several months with a woman whom
he is alleged to have married in New
Jersey. Her name was Lovella A.
Spencer, but Silver denies that he was
married to her. The arrest was made
at the instance of Silver's Wisconsin
wife.