The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01
UiSCOYSIN STATE NEWS

oSCu ItilNllljtO TO the insane dSN-
lum at Mendoza.
JAMES CoUGHILN was found dead at
hls home in the town OF Westford
Rlchland County. He had lived alone
Tor a number Of years.
EMPLOYMENT agents for the Cauadi-
an Pacific Railway Company have
been IN Eau Claire since the strike OF
the water-works employees, and viii be
able TO enlist 200 or 300 unemployed
men TO send to that section. The
teamsters, calkers and pipe layers OF
the company refused to Join with the
strikers.
By collision OF two engines at the
St. Paul yards in Milwaukee on the
oath, seven men were injured. one
fatally. Both engines were smashed.
JOHN STAAB, a Milwaukee liverYman,
mourns the loss ola 5000 horse, which
ne let TO two young men to drive to
Cedarburg- The men so cruelty beat
the animal, and oyerexerted it, that
1t died on reaching Cedarburg. Staab
says he viii prosecute the young men
unless a settlement is made.
AN investigation OF the books and
accounts Of Lars L. Gunderson, the
defaulting Cumberland postmaster IN
creases the amount OF the defalcation
from Sl,7O0 to $1,000 and his bail
has been increased by Judge Bum
from $, 600 TO 5000 The proba-
bilities are that the required bonds
cannot be obtained and that Gunder-
son viii have to lie in Jail until the
September term OF court.
THE Eau Claire Free Press reports
that the residence OF Robt. H. Allison
was damaged by fire to the extent OF
81, 500.
TUE Eau Claire Chilled Plow Com
pany made an assignment on the odd
The bond OF the assignee was fixed at
Sl06, 600. The Chippewa Valley bank,
Bank OF Eau Claire, and the National
bank, all OF Eau Claire, are the
principal claimants. The amount OF
assets and liabilities IS not yet made
public. The immediate cause of the
assignment was the entry Of a ST.
600 Judgment on July 81.
AMUND HOvEY was horribly man
gled by an outgoing train at the Union
Depot, Eau Claire, on the Dist inst.
He died almost instantly.
MORRIS KEENAN,. one OF a gang un-
loading coal at the dock OF the Penn
sylvania Coal Company, Milwaukee.
fell into the hold OF the vessel on the
22d, and sustained internal injuries
His life IS despaired Of.
AN aged woman, th= wife of Henry
WeinstOck, a farm of the town OF
Washington, twelve miles east OF Eau
Claire, was struck by lightning and re-
ceived injuries from which she is not
likely to recover. A portion OF her
underclothing and shoes and stockings
We're torn OFF by the lightning.
JAMES BURNS, a former resident of
Eau Claire, was struck and instantly
killed by lightning at the Commercial
Hotel, III LarimOre, Oak.
A COMPROMISE has been effected by
he managements OF the three rail-
roads leading from this city to Chippe-
va Falls, by which there will be no
cutting in rates, as was threatenrd
DURING thepast five years the ropu-
latiOn OF Milwaukee has increased 43, -
600. The census, jUst completed, gives
that city 159, 900.
LIGHTNING prOstrated a domestic in
the house Of DR.. Farr, at Eau Claire.
Mrs. BOswOrth and Mrs Farr received
violent shocks.
\ WIND, rain and hail storm in Eau
Claire, Dunn and Buffalo counties, on
the 18th inst, prostrated fields OF
wheat and rye, and washed out crops
IN the low lands and bottoms.
On the morning OF the 21st, the
trench-diggers and pipelayers in the
employ Of the Pittsburg Water and
Gas Construction Company, at Eau
Care, threw down their picks and
sEOvels and struck for higher wages.
| There were four crews at work, num-
bering 15O men, who demanded Sl.75
per day, which Is an advance of so
| cents per day over the wages they
have been receiving. They declare
that they will not resume labor short
ofS1.50 per day. The strikers made
no demonstration, but appointed
committee to confer with the superin-
| tandent OF the company. Most OF the
men are home laborers.
WILLIE MORAN, years of age,
drowned at Appleton, while playing
around the Tioga MILL
JAMES \. JONES died at Lancaster,
| on the 18th, after d long illness. He
settled IN Grant County in 1S45.
THE government has renewed its con-
tract with the Catholic school at
Keshena for the keeping OF 100 Me
| nomonee children. The price paid ex-
ceeds that Of last year IS per capita.
LIGHTNING struck the barn of Alan
Bogue, at Arlington, and killed a horse
Of Andrew Stevenson. sheltered there.
Lightning also killed four head of cat
| tie owned by a farmer named Schroad-
er, OF Arlington.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
barn Of Amasa Hathaway, in West
Point, together with about fifteen
tons Of new hay. Loss about $500.
| james Latham and son had been hay
ing upon the premises until the storm
| arose and were in the barn with their
team when the bolt descended. Both
were knocked down by the stroke
! whilethe lad was insensible for about
| ten minutes. One OF their horses was
instantly killed and the other was so
severely shocked as to be rendered
| helpless for the time being and may
| be permanently injured.
Where They Found the Pigs.
| From the Rome fGa.} CoErier.I
| Las Thursday Mr.. McGreen and his
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