The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-01-10
WISCONSIN NEWS.

CHARLES /. MARTIN has sold the
Sturgeon Bay Expositor to James B.
Carr.
THE body of a man who evidently
met his death by freezing, was found
near wood pile at the Pioneer mill,
Eau Claire, on the Sd. The body is
that of a man about 40, OF light COM
plexion and with sandy chin beard, and
dressed in coarse clothes and brown fur
cap.
IT is reported that Jay Usher and Jim
Carney, of the town of Weston, Dunn
County, were killed by Dakota cowboys
while en- route TO Dakota. The herders
attacked the Usher Carney party, be-
ievipg them to be cattle thieves, ani
annihilated them. hanging several and
shooting those who attempted to es-
cape.
On the morning of the ID inst,
Charles ndesack, employed on the
farm of Victor Schultz, near ST. Francis
station, suburb of Milwaukee, was
found with bnllet hole in his neck,
from which he died in a few minutes.
He was unable to speak when found,
and there is no clue to the assassin.
JOHN E. JOHNSON was run over and
killed by train at La Crosse.
MARTIN MARTINsoN, a middle-aged
Swede lumberman, was killed instantly
near Florence, Oh the 1st, by falling
tree. His home is unkuown.
ANDREW MoLLER, one of the first set
tiers of Cdilton, and supposed to be
one of its most solid business men,
made an assignment to @. II. Nj. Peter
sen, on the 31st ult. His liabilities are
estimated at $40, 600, and his assets $S,-
600. For the past four years Moller
has been engaged in the machinery
business and in buying grain. In his
business intercourse with the people he
gained their confidence, and the farmers
around Chiffon frequently deposited
their money with him for safe keeping,
or loaned it to him. Young men and
widows, also, entrusted him with their
savings. Moller's Indebtedness, there
fore, is confined mostly to Chiffon and
vicinity.
FIRE on the I'd, destroyed the barn
and portion of the contents belonging
to DR.. Chas Alexander, Eau Claire, re-
sulting in 8 total loss of $500, about
half of which was covered by insurance.
The horses, buggies and other vehicles
were saved in q damaged condition.
Three fires broke out almost slmultan
eously.
FIsHwARDEN DURAND says the unlaw-
ful taking of fish from Lake Winnebago
would be checked next season. A blll
is to be presented to the Legislature for
the appointment of two or three more
wardens and for a certain salary to
remunerate them for services rendered.
The present law is not stringent enough
aud the waters are gradually being de-
spoiled of their stock of fish.
THE late Daniel Sage, of Rio, Colum-
bia County, entered the American army
at the age of Is. and served three months
in the war of 1912.
JOHN CANFIELD, of Manistee, Mich,
who handles large amount OF the salt
manufactured at that place, Will make
Ashland distributing point for salt for
the great Northwest. He will com
mence operations next season.
JOHN MILLER was arrested at Milwau-
kee on the Both with pair OF horses
and hack in his possession belonging
to Chicago parties.
A 13-YEAR OLD Montello trapper,
named Cardo, has thus far this winter
marketed the pelts of 118 muskrats,
seven minks and three skunks.
FRANK MCGoRTY, exployed IN the st.
Paul yard, at Portage, was run over and
instantly killed on the 29th. He had
been at work under the engine, and in
getting out stepped on to another track
where an engine was backing up, and
knocked him down, the wheels passing
over his face and head.
DR. L. B. BRAINARD, of Waupaca, IS
suffering partial paralysis of the brain,
the result of fall.
SUPT. ERRY CAMPBELL, of the Penoka
Development Company, will move his
headquarters to Bessimer, on the Ash
land, Montreal and Agogebic iron
range.
THE body of Henry \. Austin, son OF
G.. F. Austin, one of Milwaukee's oldest
inhabitants, was found on the afternoon
of the 9th, in the town Of Wauwatosa
with a bullet hole through the heart.
he had wandered away and shot HIM
self the previous night, while delirious
from African fever, contracted in his
travels with Stanley, the African eZ-
pIorer. He leaves wife, TO whom he
had been married lees than three
months.