The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-01-19
WISCONSIN CLIPPINGS.

kACISE's new city dgreetory SHOWS
popula aon of %, 402, an increase OF u
500 over last year.
Gov. RUsK has appointed NJ. IL.
Mead district attorney for Washburn
County, vice Gaudet resigned.
The celebrated Watertown bond case,
which was on the circuit court calendar
at Madison on the Sd has been post
oned until the 10th inst.
The residence OF ID. E. Brown, hard
ware merchant at Eau Claire, burned on
the 4th inst. Loss $4,000; insurance
s., 800
The foundry and pattern shop of the
Daniel SHAY Lumber Company, at Eau
Claire burned on the 4 b inst. Loss
S., GEO; insurance light.
DAVID BLATR's brick boarding house
ON River Street, Chippewa Falls, burned
on the 4th inst. A frame dwelling adj
joining aud two small barns were also
destroyed. Loss about 81, 200; lnsur-
anee 50, 600.
A DOUBLE building on North Barstow
Street, Eau Claire, occupied by Mrs.
Burdett as a confectionery store and
saloon and by Klsfisson's saloon, was
reduced to ruin by fire on the Sd inst.
Loss, 81, 800.
The trust funds in the state treasury
at the beginning of the year amounted
10 S6S2, ,379.I+. against 1919, 406.O at
the beginning of 1888. The university
fund was ovardfawn to the amount of
1929 81.
HERMAN KNOLL, who killed Charles
Rhode, and who was found guilty of
manslsughtert in the second degree by
the county court of Fond du Lac
County last November, was sentencedon
the ID inst, to seven. years lmPrison-
ment at Waupuu. The trial cost Outa-
gan1ie County In the neighborhood of
81, 600.
HERBERT A. LEWIS, Of the law firm of
Lewis, Lewis & Harding, Madison, died
on the 4th inst, of consumption. MIR.
Lewis was born N New Haven, Addison
County, Vt. July %. 1887. in 1852 he
removed to Wisconsin, settling at Wind
sor, Dane County. Since 1865 he has
been q resident Of Madison. He served
several years as clerk of the Dane Coun-
" circuit court and also as chairman of
the republican county committee. For
seven years previous 10 1876 he was
business manager OF the State Journal.
Col. GEO. 81. SLAUGHTER died at Mad
ison on the 4th inst, in the 18th year of
his age. He was born In Culpepper,
w.; moved to Madison in 1897; was in
the territorial council in 1916; repre-
seDted the counties of Dane, Dodge,
Green, Jefferson and Sank, IN the state
legislature in 1866; was at the head of
the Mineral Point land office during the
administration of Presidents Taylor and
Fillmore. At the time of his death he
was crier IN the United States court.
JOHN KSoTwELL got into a officially
with Geo. Clark, at Lancaster, and was
assaulted by him and his brother
Pussey," while seated in the Lancas-
ter House. Geo. Clark slashed him with
knife across the face, cutting the
carotid artery and making a cash from
the left car TO the chin. DIR. Clark,
father Of the assailants, compressed
Knotweil's wound, holding the lips ofthe
cut in position all night. Knotwen was
in a critical eondition at last accounts.
a 1aRoE building on Lske Avenue,
Racine, occupied by the Racine Sign
Printing Company, and a three-s.ory
brick building adjoining, were destroyed
by hre on the night OF the 4th inst
Both buildings were owned by Stephen
Bu'l who estimates his loss at 81 900;
insurance S3, 500. The Sign Company
lost 81, 900 on stock and machinery; in
snrance $4,000. H. Raymond bad
81 600 worth Of stoves stored in the
brick building; insured for $780, On
Il 400 pounds OF wool II the same build
ing there was an insurance of S4,320.
Jas. McElroy, a painter who occupied
the third floor of the brick block, Lost
81, 900. Losses by other4foot up about
81, 900.
ALVIN BRCTHERToN met a horrible
death in the woods near Colby On the
28th nit. He cut down a large tree
which In it's fall became entangled in the
crotch of another tree in such q manner
as TO cause it 10 kick back In it's back
ward course it caught Brotherson and
hurled him violently to the ground.
When picked up It was discovered that
one arm had been torn off above the
wrist joint and tae other one at the al-
bow joint, both hands being thrown
several feet from him. a large hole had
also been made IN his groin. Tie in
iured man fingered until the next morn.
ing when he died IN great agony.
The State Historical Society met in
annual session in It's rooms at Madison,
Oh the evening OF the ID INST. Secre-
tary Lyman @. Diapers report showed
the receipts for the year to have been
So. 5.00S.2l and the expenditures about
the same amount The receipts in the
binding fund were Sl,02G, in which
amount was $50 donation by Samuel
Marshall. The above is the addition to
4.
fund SI1 400 During the year ,983
volumes have been added to the library
and 2, 496 pamphlets. The total num-
Der Of volumes in the library is 104 ,668.
There has been large addition to the
cabinet in ancient copper implements
and other curioslties. Among the news
paper additions are a dozen volumes of
papers issued 10 the last century, cover
ing the old French and revolution wars.
The total of bound volumes of newspa-
pers in the library is Ais, a very large
coliechop-the largest IN the West.
During the year oil portraits of the fol-
lowing have been added to the art gallery;
Cyrus Woodman, Cambridge, Mass. /;
Theodore Printess, Watestown; an orig
incl oil painting of President Madison:
Moses NJ. Strou g, Mineral Point: Fer
nandO De Soto, dlscoverer Of the Mis-
sissippi River; Enoch Chase, q. A, r.
Butler, Milwaukee, and s. NJ Brookes.
now of San Francisco, but formerly
pioneer artist Of Ll.wankee. The old
board Of officers vas reelected. and va
cancies filed. Daniel S. Durrie was
presented with a gold-headed cane by
the society through Z ". Keyes. Sec
retsry Draper was surprised with sill
yer tea service, David Atwood making
the presentation speech. The society
Is IN a hourisbing condition.
"WHAT memorable event happened
in 1866 2" asked the professor. The
student hesitated moment and then an