The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-12-05
UISCOSSgS STATE NEWS.


injuries about the head at the yards
OF the St. Paul Company at that place
on the Goth. He was unloadinga q box
car, when the horses attached to his
wagon became frightened and ran
away. The wagon in some way collid-
/ ed with the sliding door OF the car,
shutting it with such force as to fracture
/ the bows skull, which was caught be-
| tween the door and the casing
/ CRANsToN GREGG, formerly of Mil
waukee, was brutaily murdered at Tin
/ Cup, Col, on the 26th by man with
whom he had business relations.
! Gregg was about to return to Wiscon-
sin when he was killed.
! MuTON POWERS was run over and
killed by a log train in the woods near
/ Fairchild, Eau Claire County.
! The town OF Seymour, near Eau
Claire, Is petitioning the Post-otiice
| Department for the establishment of
| 81 pOst-Ofiice.
THE Florence Mining News reports a
valuable discovery OF mica at a point
about six miles from Republic. Some
OF the specimens brought TO Florence
are quite large and separate regularly
into thin and almost perfectly trans
parent sheets.
THE family OF Henry Kruse, a
veteran OF the Union army, now 81
hopeless lunatic at the Mendoza
Asylum, has been well provided for by
the general government. His name
has been placed on the pensiOn-roll
so as to include all the years OF his in
capacity. This entities him to 81
594.S0. Mrs. kruse has been APP
pointed as his guardian and viii re-
Ceive the money.
GROUNDS in North La Crosse are be-
ing plated for the round-house and
shops OF the Chicago, Burlington Il
Northern Railway. The bridge over
the tracks OF the Milwaukee road will
be OF iron, with span OF 200 feet.
The La Crosse Cremation Associa-
ton, OF La Crosse, filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary OF state
on the 25th. The capital stock is
So, 600. The incOrporatOrs are John
Pamperin, John Ulri2h, q. Carl, \.
Steinleiu, G.. B Rose, Louis Rose, II.
Sander, Wm. Luening II. Frankscu,
Edmund Hormuth, and c. +. Stein.
FRANK H. HOFFMAN, SO years old,
died at his home on Washington
Street, Milwaukee, on the oath, from
an overdose OF laudanum. As Mr..
Hoffmanhad made an attempt at sui
eide two years ago, and has frequently
threatened self-destruCtiOn, it Is be
iieved that he took the laudanum for
the purpose OF ending a life that old
age had made burden.
TIE farm institute, under the direc-
tiOn of the State University OF WiscOn-
sin, opened at Hudson on the 24th,
superintended by w. II. Morrison.
AT Madison on the oath, Ed. Mccoy
was sentenced to four months III the
county Jail in the municipal court, for
stealing a dog collar. Mccoy stole
bull dog with the collar on Il, from w.
DennisOn, a drayman. He took him
into the Fourth Ward and matched
him in a brutal and bloody dog fight.
After the fight Mccoy tied to Milwau-
kee, where he was arrested and re
turned to Madison. The charge was
for stealing the collar. asthedOg is not
!, recognized as property by supreme
court decision. Mccoy pleaded guilty.
The dog was recovered.
THE staging on which the masons
were at work building he CorniCe OF
the new opera houseat Edgert on, gave
way on the 23d, precipitatiug the
: wOrkmen through two floors OF tim
bers among the debris OF stone, brick
and lumber. j. f. Greenwood suffered
the most serious injuries being badly
: cut about the head and face and
bruised internally. It is believed,
however, that his injuries are not fatal.
Two other wOrkmen were slightly in
jured.
. AT GAINESVILLE on the 23d, the Jury IN
the case OF Thomas Hemingway ys.
the Chicago, Milwaukee and 1t. Paul
Railroad, rendered a verdict in favor
OF the plaintiff for so, 900. The suit
was brought to recover damages for
the loss OF hand by a minor son of
the plaintiff, who was run over by the
cars Hemingway sued for $25, 600.
Mrs. LYDIA HODGES, daughter OF
Mason Hodges, OF ROckbridge, Rich
) land County, is the heaviest young
lady in the state. Though not yet IS
) years OF age, she weighs 24O pounds.
She bids fair, should she live TO middle
age, to weigh from 400 to 800 pounds,
Gov RUsK has issued proclamation
2 Offering reward OF $500 for the ap-
r prehension and conviction OF the mur-
2 derer OF an unknown man found dead
near Eau Claire in September last.
/ f. B. FREDERICK. who lives near
Sherryvile, Green County, was arrest
ed at Monroe for forging the name OF
, Isaac Humnell to a note OF $40 which
: ne sold to the First National Bank.
: Hummell lives in the adjoining town
J Of Jefferson, and is a espOnsIb!etarm-
J er. Friedrich was senttO Jail by Justice
r Abbott in default OF $500 bail. His
? aged mother is nearly distracted.
: HENRY RAEssER, aged 53 years, was
7 suffocated by coal gas, at Milwaukee,
during the night OF the 2lst.
THE shin-bone OF prehistoric ami
nal was dug out at the base Of a high
bluff near Warrentown, Pierce County,
: by laborers of the Chicago, Burlingt or
: Il Northern Railway Company. The
: bone was four feet long and fourteen
:, inches in diameter at its thickest
1 point.
Z ON the 21st, a train on the eHOuthern
q Minnesota division killed a man be-
/ tween La Crescent village and bridge.
1 His legs were severed from the body
. and his skull crushed, but his face was
: not bruised The man wore a lum Der
i. man dress, ana was pFODdDly SOlbS
!. to the woods. 1t Is thought he was
/ stealing a ride on the trucks. An III
i quest was held at La Crescent, but the
q body was not identified.
: BARNEY SHEvELAND vas run over
n and killed by a construction train
4 lust east OF Deer Tail, Chippewa COun-
!. ty, on the 800" road. His head was
!. severed from his body and his legs
IS badly mangled. Sheveland had been
drinking heavily for several days pre-
viOus to the accident.
STEINER WRECKED.
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