The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-07-22
WISCONSIN NEWS.

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Hughes, of Nortonyille, Wis, and
/ George Hess, of Chicago. They started
/ Tor home from san Francisco on SIM
/ DAY, July 8, and paid their fare part
way homet when they reached the con-
/ cluslon they would beat their way
/ on freight trains. They crprt into
a car and hid themselves amonq
+ q, lot Of green bananas. To their horror
! the car was sealed up few minutes
after they entered IT, and they had no
I escape. Becoming hungry they ate q
I lot OF the bananas, which made them
sick, and induced awful thirst. non
arrival in St. Paul they were in = thnr-
oughly miserable condition. They were
convicted on the charge of larceny and
carrying concealed weapons, each OF
them having pistol and mask in his
/ possession. They also had about so.
IN the case of Mrs. Barron against
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis <
/ omaha Company, tried at Eau Claire,
the jury rendered a verdict the exact
purport of which, by reason Of the
manner in which some of the Questions
were answered, was dubious. Nomin-
ally the verdict gave the plaintiff x 80
damages II she was entitled to ANYTHING
at all. Plaintiff having moved for
judgment and the motion having been
. o. SbN' pNicIt JH'lAt DUllt', lllt Judge
filed an order deciding the matter
against Mrs. Barron and in favor of the
railroad company.
The filing of claims under the law
passed last winter repeating the law of
1889 known as the Dane County drainage
law is complete. These claims aggre-
gate 50, ,639.S3. These claims will be
passed upon by the Judge of the circuit
court and, as allowed, must be paid by
general taxation of the people living in
the district which was to have been
drained, but which has not been
THE appeal from Judge Larson's re-
fusal to appoint an administrator i'm the
tlVale matter was heard at Eau Claire by
Judge Bailey. He issued letters OF adj
mlnIstratlOn to James +. Halshurv,
/ whose appointment had been asked for,
thus oyerruling Judge Larson.
/ WILLIAM BrRRtNGroN, a farm hand on
the farm of John Brandenstein, in the
town of Bristol, Dane County, had q
narrow escape from death a few days
ago While driving some cattle he was
attacked by a bull and knocked sense
less. The enraged animal buttcd him,
bat the fact that the bull had been de
horned saved his life. He was rescued
from his perilous position by Mr.
Brandenstein and a couple of dogs. 1t
is thought his injuries will not prove
fatal
MATTHIAS RoTu, resident of Port
/ land, Dodge County, committed suicide
by hanging in very deliberate manner.
He used his suspcudcrs for a rope and
slowly strangled to death, being obliged
to raise his feet off the floor of the
+ granary. He was SO years of age.
THE fight between the saloon keepers
of Bayfield, and the Town Board has re-
suited in victory for the latter. the ss-
/ loon men paving 500 for licenses, the
! amount originally demanded.
Ex-CHEF OF Police JouN l.. LEWIS.
of Madison, is dangerously i'll ut his
home in that city with cancer of the
stomach and his death is expected at
any moment
The Northu uesteru Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company awards a gold medal 10
the agent who has done the largest
amount of new business during the
year This year the recipient of the
prize will be George Pick, of MilWau-
kee, the company's general special
agent, who wrote over Sl,20o,0oo new
+ business during the past twelve months,
the largest amount ever written III one
year by one agent.
AT the first meeting of the Chequamc-
gon Cycling Club ut Ashland four events
were tried. The first, one-quarter mile,
was won by VI. II. Potter in 40 seconds.
The second, half mite, was won by Pot
ter in the phenomenal time of "a sec
Onds The third, half mile, club cham
pionship, was won by w ". Baldwin IN
! 30. The time of the first ha!t-nI4ic
race is almost too fast to be credited,
/ although three watches showed the
same time.
IIGHrNING killed eleven fine Shrop-
/ shire sheep on the farm of l.. +. GILL.
near Svene, Dane County. Seth Bart
in the same way.
II. u. MCCooL has contracted to pull
all sunkcn logs out of the lomahaWk
River. He expects TO recover about
500, 900 feet.
one man was fatally and two others
seriously injured by an explosion of Gas
in the cellar Of a summer resort rrst3u-
rant known as Pleasant Valley, c"upi"
of miles above Milwaukee on the river.
How the ras accumulated is not known.
IT will be we'll for burglars To give the
residence of Mrs. Rouse, ot Eau lalrc,
n wide berth \ few nights ago bur
gIar made an attempt to enter MIS-.
Houses house while hcr husband was
absent. She was awakened hy the
noise and hastily dressing herself she
went down stairs ant secured large
revolver GOing quietly to where the
would-be rohher was trying to cHrct an
! entrance she fired two shots IN rapid
Succession. The burglar beat ha>tN
retreat. It is not known whether ne
was injured or not.
TIE coronar'S Jury in the case oI y.
/ Gilkcsnn. of Minneapolis who dl"d al
Ia Crosse a few days ago under very
suSpicious circumstances, could NOT d'-
! tcrmine how the blow on the head was
! given which caused death. The hotel
clerk testified that GilkesoR told MN
he had been hit hy lump OF coal. it
was found that the skull on shat siat
was no thicker than carth"ard.
4 JoUN DELANEY, Il resident ot W aUna-
keo Dane County. has been adIHd-ei
insane and will he committed L. the
MENDOZA ASYLUM. He lists years Of aye.
Miss krrrIE Brown was married to
William Garnich at the home OF her pa
rents in Ashland.
nF. s. !. WAEp. of Madison, who re
csntIv went East in the hope of rcslur-
inc his health. died AZ tiornclisNItlc, =;
y Mr. Ward was % years ot age ana
/ has resided in Madison since i>3u, Win
tha axccption Of his absence A. a sur
coon Of the second and Forty-thrd
regiments during the "1r. tie also
served in similar capacity in the. MeNl-
can war. The remains Will he shipptd
to Madison for intcrpcut,
J4WFs NrvINs, superintendent Of the
state fish hatchery. has forwarded an
addition to the state exhibit at the
worlds Fair. The .ot included, be-
sides trout and other fish from TIE
hatchery, some handsome pike an4 ni- H
teen immense pickercl, three OF whir,h
weighed over twenty-five pounds ca'I
with an average Of over twenty Po"il'IH
Zach for the whole number.
THr Ashland military company, new
i, arcanized. will go into camp as Go. l..
: Goco1d co nd Regiment, W. \. G. They are
sixtv strong. Ihey have new if, ritie<,
new new equipments, and expect 10 make