The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-07-07
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

THERE are now seven hundred organ
ized boards of health III the state of
Wisconsin.
GABE BoUCK has resigned the position
of colonel of the Second Regiment Wis
consin National Guard.
JOSEPH BAUMGARTNER has sold his
lime kiln property at Little Sturgeon
to Frank Simon for $1,000
PROF. DANIELS, of the State Universi
ty at Madison, had a narrow escape from
death on the Goth 10y taking dose of
strychnine in place of quinine.
SON of Thomas Dufrey, of Nicolet,
aged years, died last week, it is alleged,
from the effects of drinking impure
water from Ashwaubenon Greek.
A SNEAK thief entered John Brickner's
barber shop on State Street, RaciUe,
while the proprietor WAS absent and
took pocketbook containing $40.
PAUL NELSON, an old and respected
resident Of Sturgeon Bay, died very
suddenly on the 22nd inst. He was
riding IN a buggy with his wife, when
he suddenly dropped back dead.
SAM SMART, the negro arrested at
Milwaukee and brought to Fond du Lac
for seducing Tlllie SchmaIig, had his
examination on the 2lst inst, and was
bound over to the circuit court, and IN
default of $500 bail he went 10 Jail.
RECENTLY man named William Fry,
of the town of Egg Harbor, went into
the woods and was never seen again
alive His friends organized party to
search for him aud after some time found
his dead body. The back Of his head
was crushed. Ii is supposed that he
fell on a sharp sloue and wss killed.
ARTICLES of association OF the Wood
County Railroad Company have been
filed with the secretary of state, the
road to be constructed from a point in
Wood County, on the main line of the
Wisconsin Central Railroad. TO point
on the Wisconsin River, in Wood Coun-
ty, distance of 30 miles. The capital
stock of the company is $500, 900.
The action on the part of Mayor
Stowell Ill shutting up the Milwaukee
concert saloons last fall has brought
forth good fruit, drunkenness, disorder
and petty crime in the city having stead.
lily diminished since the places were
closed. The extent of the improvement
III the clty's moral condition is strikingly
indicated by comparison of theamounts
received for fines at the municipal court
for periods before and after the reform.
The penalties paid i'll what are known as
'ciiy cases" from April ], to June 16,
1882 amounted to $4, IT'S; those paid in
the same class of cases from April l, 10
June 16, 1888, amounted to only Sl,7S5.
A. II. GARDNER, one of the oldest and
best known business men Of Milwaukee,
died on the ODD, at his residence, 577
Milwaukee Street. MIR. Gardner con
tracted severe cold shortly after the
Newhall fire, while looking after his
building on East Water Street, the base
ment of which had been flooded. lie was
! born near GloversvIle, Seneca County,
y. Y, May 6, 1910, and when quite n
| young mau was captain of several lake
| vessels. In 1886 he located IN Milwau-
kee, establishing a gun ard ammunition
store, and subsequently took the agency
of the American Fur Company. Later
he became interested in the rubber belt
ing business. He leaves family con-
sisiing of wife and three children,
Henry D., Charles NJ. and Matte l..
AT Milwaukee on the 22d the first pub
licexa nination under tie provisions of the
new civil-service law took place in the Lii
brary building, twenty-five applicants
appearing for examination, Theirnames
are Levy Schwarzenburg, Christian
| Beck, Ed. Jos. Riordan, Henry J. John
son, John Amos Carrier. f. X. Kum-
merle, Frank Sondir, Leonard Bar
nickel, David VIM. Armstrong, Richard
Thomas, Thomas Carroll, Arthur Her
| burt, John Maedcrer, Ivan N. Conk-
| lin, Gustave V. Wmbler, John K.
Schiller. John J. ConleI.I, Daniel E.
Foley, Henry c. Aude, Otto Kruger,
Frank a. Kueckenmeister, VIM. H..
Platt. All reside in Milwaukee, with
| the exception OF Richard Thomas, who
lives at Randolph, Wis, and j. n.
CoaA!ing, who lives at Seymour, Wis.
Two of the applicants, Kummerle and
Herburt, desired appointments at Wash
! iugton, the former wanting to go into
the internal revenue service. All the
others sought positions in the postal
service, five as letter carriers. The ap-
plcants were fairly intelligent looking
crowd. They ranged in age apparently
all the way from 2l to 90, the majority,
however, being young men of from %
| TO 80.