The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

/ A AwRoUGHT-IRoN pln-connt ction, truss
| bridge has Just been commenced over
Rock River at Foud du Lac by the Chi
| cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and the
Chicago and North Western Companies.
| 1t viii be 3s3 feet long and % feet
wide, and viii cost $35, 600. The old
wooden bridge has been condemned, and
a new bridge became q necessity. 1t
| will be finished in two months.
/ THE celebration of Mardi Gras by
the Musical Society and the Milwaukee
| Turnverein was great success. The
| Exposition building was brilliantly IL
Illuminated and the spectacular ''Semi-
Iamis' was given by six hundred per-
| formers. The masked ball was attend
ed very largely and many striking cos
| TUNES we're seen on the floor. 1t Is es-
timated that between G, 600 and 7,00C
people were in the building during the
evening. The expenses incurred by the
managers footed up SO, 900.
ALL of the iremen OF hook and ladder
truck No. Except the '!riyer-John
Ryan, Louis Glimeister, Edward Riemer
and Chas. BeideT, of truck No. l. COM
prising all OF the truckmen engaged at
the NeWhall fire, Milwaukee, were hand
someiy remembered on tie Srh by the
girls rescued from the ill-fated hotel.
Each was presented with gold badge,
fastened on a red ribbon. A gold cross
bar at the top WAS inscribed: New
hall House, January 10, SO The
badge is made up of n ladder, two noz-
| zle5, wOspanners and fire hat, formed
la beautiful design, and is a deserved
memento, of which the boys are proud.
One A. II. Cone, of Knapp, obtained
! from the Menomonie postOtfice January
| 2Oth one registered and two ordinary
letters by pcrsonating A. E. Lester, to
| whom the letters were addressed The
| fraud was not discovered until few
| days later, when Lester called for his
mail In person. Postmaster McKahon
| took immediate action and soon bad the
| thief under arrest. Cone pie AIDED not
| guilty at his preliminary hearing, and
was remanied for trial. ID. II. Pulclfer,
| postotfi,e ,e inspector, succeeded In obtain
/ ing full confession, the prisoner, who
Is considered a hard case, stating that he
obtained $S from the registered letter
| and that he burned the other letters.
a BILL has been drawn up and will be
| presented to the senate by Col. Stanley,
| providing for the abolition OF the office
| OF coroner, and establishing in It's stead
q medical examiner. This IS the law in
| Massachusetts, and other eastern states,
| where it is said TO work extremely well,
and do away with considerable expense
as well as a great deal of annoyance and
trouble. The bin provides that the ex-
aminer shall be appointed by the govern
or, and that he shall be a physician OF
good standing and a graduate Of some
| regular medical college. His duty shall
be to hold autopsies, determine the
cause Of death and issue burial certiG.
Gates in cases where the coroner now
| of1iciates. Alter be hps drly posted
himself concerning the death of the vic
tim, and If he deems the case warran i!
an investigation, il is reported to the
district attorney, who, as representative
of the county's legal power, empanels q
jury and proceeds. But not one case IL
fifty, of the large number which come
before the coroner of Milwaukee County,
requires the trouble and expense of an
inquest, but they are frequently held OF
| the most trivial cases, such Is the anti
guilty of the custom in this county II
is confidently expected by the promoters
OF the new regime, that the bill will be
| come a Law.