The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-23
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Mrs. A PHILIPS, an aged lady of the
town of Wyoming, Iowa County, was
attacked by a cow a few days since
and badly injured. One of her shoul-
ders was dislOcated and her neck badly
cut.
MILWAUKEE has over 3, 1000 licensed
dogs.
SAM SARGENT, a boilermaker en-
plOyed in the MenOmonee Valley shops
OF the st. Paul Railway Company, at
Milwaukee, died on the 5th from the
effects of a peculiar accident. While
endeavOrlng to unsCrew a large rusty
nut, the wrench OF a fellow-workman
''ilew OFF, and struck Sargent with
considerable force in the chest, causing
an internal injury. He was removed
to his residence where he died a few
hours afterward.
THE vacancy caused by the resigna-
tiOn of n. A. Short, master-mechanic
OF the Wisconsin Central Railway, has
been filed by the appointment OF H.
y. Barnes.
A STORE at Barnefeld, owned by
Davies & Sons, and occupied by Jones
e Owens, OF Dodgeville, as a general
store, and by James Dougherty & Co,
hardware merchants, burned on the
18th. Loss on building 80, 500; Jones
& Owens loss on stock is $4,000; no
insurance; Dougherty Il Co.'s loss
about $4,000, insurance $4,000.
The convention of the Grand Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, at Eau Claire,
closed on the evening of the 18th inst,
with a fine parade, followed by ban
quet. The following are the officers
elected for the ensuing year: G. w.
Pratt, G.. c. c.; NJ. Hensuy, G.. V. c.;
G. NJ. Perry, g. P; l.. W. Coe, g. X.
r. and s.; F. Krause, G. NJ. of E.; B.
Curran, G. NJ. A; supreme representa-
tive, j. A. Hinsey.
CHARLES FITZGERALD, a young man
of Milwaukee, attempted to commit
suicide on the 14th inst, by opening a
vein in his wrist. He was saved by
physician.
The Eau Claire strike was practical
ly ended on the 18th by the prompt
action of sixty special police who made
half dozen arrests and cOntisCated
the drums OF the strikers. The crisis
came when 800 or 400 of the excited
disturbers of the piece, armed with
sticks, marching to beating drums,
attempted to compel the Eau Claire
Lumber Company's steam mill to sus-
pend work.
ERNST HILGEN, one of the early set
tiers OF Cedarberg, died on the 10Th,
aged 54 years.
a REsPECTABLElooking Swede enamed
August Erickson, evidently insane, was
put in the lookup at Columbus on the
9th to await transportation to the
county asylum. A few hours after
wards he was discovered in a pitiable
condition, having attempted to COM
NIT suicide with blunt stub OF nail
which he found in his cell. He first
tore hole in his neck with the nail
and then inserted his fingers and en-
larged the wound until it extended in
a ragged manner about two inches
across. The surgeon thinks he will
die Erickson says that, driven from
his home at Indianapolis by domestic
difficulties, he went to Milwaukee, and
there was robbed OF $3.50. Letters
in his pockets corroborate his story.
SECRETARY BABBITr, of the State Ag-
ricultural Society, has issued the
premium list for the races to come of
at the next state fair, to he held at
Madison September Z to IL. I'm the
$50 class, best 3 in ), a purse OfS3O0
is offered in the 3-minuteclass, $500;
stallion class, $500; iree-fOr-all,
$500; 2.4O class, $500 Besides this,
there will be a race foY the state fair
trotting stakes for foals OF lSSl, mile
heats to harness, open to the produce
Of any stallion or mare ever owned III
Wisconsin.
\ WEEK ago a man about 80 years
Of ace, registered his name as Peter
McMahon at the Commercial Hotel,
Milwaukee, He was found dead
In his bed on the morning of the 9th.
He was afflicted with dropsy.
\ LAD i'm Milwaukee, named Alexan-
der Hibbard. was playing with a trade
dollar. tossing it mp and attempting
to catch it in his sleeve, when he acci-
dentally swallowed it. He still lives.
THE will OF the late Gov. Coburn, OF
Maine. has been admitted to probate
at La Crosse. The estate amounts to
about $1,000 900, and the will APP
points as executors James B. Das-
comb. Russell B. Shepherd, George \.
Page, Levi W. Weston.
AT North Scott, Columbia County,
two young men named Marsh and Al
drich were seriously injured while scuf-
fling for a gun. The hammer OF the
gun came in contact with a washtub,
causing a discharge, shooting Marsh
through the hand and Aldrich Just
above the eyes Marsh, it is thought,
will lose his hand