The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-10-31
WISCONSIN STATE SETs.

| HEStOAsEN STATE NEUs
JOHN DOYLE, an old and well-known
farmer and miner OF Sinsinawa Mound.
WIS, died a few days ago. aged 10
years. HIS disease was singularon
battling the skill of his physicians.
Mr.. Doyle was suddenly seized with a
prlckllng sensation in one OF his legs
while he was working in the field last
summer, after which the flesh com
menced TO turn black and slough off
from the bones, and a few weeks ago
IL became necessary to amputate the
leg. He died in great agony.
b. VAN Corr, formerly one OF the
leading jewellers of Milwaukee, but who
for several years past has conducted a
large lewelry business in Madison, was.
together with his son Charles, arrested
on the 22d for abduction, the person
abducted being Emma Huntley, a
young glrl Is years OF age and
daughter OF Geo. w. Huntley. lead
ing grocer. Young Van Cott was pre-
Vlously arrested for seduction and it
was Tor the purpose of removing the
principal witness on the part OF the
state from the Jurisdiction OF thecourt
that the young girl was inyeigled from
her home in Madison to Chicago under
a promise OF marriage The case is
producing great excitement, as the
facts have been well known for some
time
AT Sturgeon Bay, on the DIST, the
joists supporting the second floor
in brick block in course OF erection,
gave away under the heavy weight of
brick piled upon them aud fell. bury
ing in the debris two workmpn, Chris.
Johnson and j. X. Gray. Both are
badly injured While working on the
wreck, a second collapse took place,
and Victor HOde was seriously hurt.
H. NJ. STOCKING. assignee OF the Eau
Claire Chilled Plow Company. sold the
entire plant and works to the Bank
OF Eau Claire. on the 21st Consider
alton, SIT, 900. Claims amounting to
over $50, 600 have not been paid.
ONE Of the Oldest settlers OF Dunn
County, Solon Cronk, met his death
at townsville on the evening OF the
21st, by being thrown from his wagon.
He had been drinking heavily and
when crossing the railroad track to
return home his team became unman-
ageable and threw him out, killing him
instantly.
A PECULIAR case of poisoning is re-
ported from La Crosse. A child OF
Aid. Wannebo had been wearing a
pair OF colored stockings with a pair
OF rather tight shoes. The supposed
poison IN the colOring of the stockings
had penetrated the leg, and the child
was found to require the immediate
attention OF a physician.
PROF. EDWARD S. HOLDEN, on the
2lst, rendered his resignation to the
regents OF the state university as di-
rector OF Wasburn observatory, to
take place January /, 1856. The
resignation was caused by the offer OF
the presidency OF the California Uni
versity and the edirectorship OF the Lick
observatory, the largest in the world.
THE First National Mutual Loan and
Building Association, a Bohemian
society, has been organized at Milwau-
kee, with capital stock OF 100000.
ARTICLES of incorporation Of the
Sperry Electric Light Company have
been filed in the office OF the Milwaukee
register of deeds. The company has a
capital OF S25O,OOO. f. r. Paine, f. /
NJ. ROsenkrans and w. J. Turner are
the incorpOrators.
THE fourth annual session OF the /
Wisconsin Undertakers' Association, /
at Milwaukee, closed on the 21st.
WHILE at work on the roof of a
residence at Milwaukee, on the 21st, /
William Starke, carpenter, was pre-
cipitated to the ground by the break
ing of a plank. His skull was frac-
tured, probably fatally.
A LARGE colony of beavers are build
ing dam on a stream near Bayfield,
JOHN JONES, of West Salem, La
Crosse County, has discovered a red
paint mine on his place.
A YOUNG man named Hughes was
shot in the arm by one McCann, in the
latter's saloon near Eau Claire.
THE Shullsburg Driving Park and
Agricultural Association has filed arti-
cles of incorporation with a capital Of
5000. The incorporators are Ben. |
Armstrong John Savage and J. p |
Williams.
SOME heavy sales of real estate have |
recently been madea Bayfield,, among /
the largest being 2,693 acres from |
Clarance H. Clark, of Philadelphia, to /
Gaff & Murray, OF Duluth; considera- /
tion, $34, 800. Also 4 ,055 acres from |
Byron A. Simmons, OF Hartford, |
Conn, to Abel A Brockway, of Sagi- |
nav, Mich; consideration, S36, 900.
WILLIAM SCHWERKIE, of Appleton,
while returning from a ducking expe-
dition, on the 18th, accidentally re-
ceived the contents of both barrels OF
his gun in the emuscles of his right arm
He was rowing boat at the time, and
his movements being impeded by the
gun, he attempted to change its posi-
ton, but in so doing it was discharged
with the above result.
THE 3-year-old daughter of Mrs. Ed /
win Dougherty, of Ashland, who has
been visiting her parents in Appleton,
while at play, on the 10th accidental
ly fell backward into a pail OF hot wa
ter and was fatally scalded.
BREWER MINERS horse was instant
ly killed between Milwaukee and Wau-
watosa, by train on the 18th, the
accident delaying the train twenty
minutes.
WAGNER, who was tried for murder
in the circuit court at Monroe, was sen
fenced on the 18th, to twenty years
Imprisonment, the Jury finding a ver-
dict OF mansiaughter.