The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-04
STATE NEUS.

ELIAS LONG, an old resident OF Mad
isOn, died at Gainesville. Fla, whittier
he went in search OF health.
FRANK YOUNG, of Grafton. Green
County, was found dead under snow
slide in the mountains of Idaho
The body OF Patrick Riley, who
mysteriously disappeared from Eau
Claire, last fall, was discovered lying
against pier in the Chippewa River,
near Water Street, inthat city, on the
9th. His skull was crushed. 1t is
supposed that he was murdered.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
a branch of the state fish hatchery in
the basement of the Exposition Build
ing, Milwaukee.
THE Milwaukee Turner's will send a
laurel wreath to Springfield, ILL.,, to be
placed upon the grave Of Abraham
Lincoln on the occasion Of the Lincoln
memorial celebration, April IA
JONATHAN and David Chase, twin
brothers, celebrated their Goth birth
day at Fall River, Columbus County,
on the Goth.
4 5-YEAR-OLD daughter Of James
Joyce, OF Chiffon, swallowed a tack.
The surgeons are OF the opinion that
the tack has worked itself down to the
lungs and that it would be impossible
to remove he substance by an opera
ton without endangering the child s
life 1t Is thought that the little girl
Will live.
The parishioners OF the Rev. J. A.
Driess, OF Potosi Grant County, pre-
sented him with an elegant gold
watch.
BE. Goss. OF Pewaukee, has pre-
sented the Milwaukee Public Museum
with a collection OF eggs, embracing
samples of 4G5 different species. The
collection is valued at $4,000.
DIR. ELI QUIGLEY, OF Sedalia, Mo,
has been arrested for grave-robbing.
He was insured in the Northwestern
Mutual, OF Milwaukee, for $4,000,
and tried to palm off the stolen corpse
as his own, so as to secure the insur-
ance.
\ NORTH-BOUNDtT train in two sections
from New Orleans, telescoped near
Montgomery, Ala. on the night OF the
25th. Several cars We're damaged.
T. Carrier, OF Boscobel, Wis, was
severely injured internally. His wife
was injured in the spine.
WM. 2. RUGGLEs, OF Ridgeway, Iowa
County, recently deposited in the cab
inets of the State Historical Society
the locked horns OF two great stays,
which he found near his Ridgeway
home in 1884. Mr. Ruggles was born
in Massachusetts seventy-nine years
ago and as a boy Of Z years remem-
bers manyincidents Ofthe war OflS12.
He was a captain in the Bay State
militia, as was his father before him,
and removed to Wisconsin in 1886,
settled in Grant County, where he re
manned two years. at the expiration
OF which timehe wentto Iowa County,
where he at present resides.
\ BILL to foreclose the mortgage on
the entire property and premises OF
the Green Bay, WinOna d st. Paul
Company asiiledint the United States
circuit court at Milwaukee Onthe 25th,
by the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company.
JOHN BLACK, formerly assistant
chief OF theMilwaukeetire department,
has been reappointed chief OF the st.
Paul department.
AT Appleton, on the afternoon of
the 25th, the lifeless body OF Peter
Steenis was discovered in his livery
stable suspended about four feet from
the first floor by rope attached to
the rafters and passing through
trap-doOr on the second floor, used for
taking vehicles up stairs. He had left
his home. where he quarreled with his
wife. but fifteen minutes before he was
discovered dead, in an intoxicated
condition. To the latter fact Is at
tributed the cause OF his rash act. for
family feuds were OF common occur
renee. His neck was broken He was
80 years old.
AUGUSTA wants a city charter.
IDA RUsK, daughter Of Gov. Rusk,
died at Madison on the oath.
THE will OF ex-Gov. Abner Coburn,
of Maine, has been filed for proof in
the eDrObatecOurt, OF La Crosse County.
This will conveys a large amount OF
property. rising into the millions, and
will be proved under the statutes OF
the state OF Wisconsin. George II.
Raw. who resides in La Crosse, is one
Of the legatees. receiving $4,000. The
estate includes a vast amount Of Wis
consin pine lands. The will has al
ready been provedin Somerset County,
Ne.
JOSEPH BLAIsER, a young man, 2l
wears OF age. who left Sturgeon Bay
for the Pacific Coast about d year ago,
was fatally dubbed by a ranchman at
Healdsburg Cal, with whom he had
an alteration about wages due him.
The murderer. whose name Is II. c.
Newby, Is in jail at Santa Rosa,
whittier he was taken TO escape mob
violence.
PERCY BRADT, the young checker
player OF Omro, has played over g.
900 Games and not lost single match
or sitting.