The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-30
STATE NEssS.


announced.
MILWAUKEE has band OF foot-pads
who range the suburbs and waylay
belated pedestrians.
AN infant daughter of William Plas-
ter burned to death while playing
around burning brush, near her home,
in Shawano County.
Four stores of the Anderson block
at Merrill, Wis, were burned on the
Odd, the loss being $4,000.
The Exchange bank at Prairie du
Chen, Wis, conducted by Lampkins
u Denis, has suspended payment.
THE fish in Crawfsh River, Column
bia County, are being killed by means
of dynamite. The fishers take the
largest and leave the rest to rot.
DIR. II. Morrow, postmaster at Gil
lingham, having some time ago sent in
his resignation, and the government
not having acted upon it, he has per-
emptorily refused to receive the mail
and closed the Office.
The body of Thos. O'Brien, who was
drowned near Appleton and buried in
Ellington, was eXhumed on the 23d
by the sheriff and coroner, suspicious
being aroused that he had been mur-
dered. Several physicians examined
the body and came to the conclusion
that he was actually drowned.
FRANK A. FLOWER, commissioner OF
labor statistics, assisted by Capt.
Curran, assistant quartermaster-gen
eral, and Eugene Bowen, one of the
capital sergeants, have Just completed
a history OF Wisconsin's famous war
eagle, cold Abe" tracing his career
from the time of capture by the Chip
pewa Indians to the time of his death.
The work will contain a history of the
American flag, together with the sig
nificance of the eagle IN connection
Herewith and also the diary of a
private, with mention of each battle
and the effect Of its result on the rank
and file. The book will contain about
$50 pages.
JAMES MCCARROLL and Mrs. Ellen
McDOnough were thrown from a buggy
on Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, on the
21st. The former was probably fatal
ly hurt, his skull being fractured, and
the latter had leg broken and was
badly bruised.
ALBERT WEINGARTEN was arrested
at Rib Lake, Taylor County, by In
spector Stewart, of the pOst-Otlice de-
partment. charged with stealing a reg
istered letter containing S96 at AurO-
ra, i'll.
Mrs. NINA DALGo, an old woman
who picked mp dreary sort OF living
by picking rags and begging, was run
over and killed by st. Paul train
at Milwaukee on the Goth.
AMONG the recent interesting acqui-
sitiOns of the State Historical Society,
is an old-weight clock, which has Just
been placed ih the art gallery, as the
gift OF G. Scott, jeweler OF Madison.
This clock was manufactured IN HOl-
land, about $50 years ago, and trans
ported to Norway, where 1t long did
good service. Mr.. Scott is now en-
gagged in hunting up its history.
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy, Anton Koch,
while playing around a steambarge
at Elevator F., Milwaukee, on the
goth, fell into the hold and was quite
severely injured.
ANTON WETzEL., the brutal fellow
who dubbed his step-son with stick
of stove-wood at Milwaukee, was
fined $50 and costs in the police court
at that place on the Goth, and COM
PEELED to furnish bonds in the sum of
$500 to keep thepeacefOr SIX months.
Wetzel paid the fine, and IN case of
failure to procure bondsmen, goes to
the house of cOrrectiOnfOrs SIX months.
PRAIRIE DU CHEN has $4,000 in her
treasury and no debts to pay.
MADISON boys caught an eel in Mo
mona Bay that weighed pounds, B
ounces.
The Wisconsin House, an old land
mark on the kilbourn plankroad near
Milwaukee, was destroyed by fire on
the 10Th, involving a loss of 50, 600.
ARTICLES of association have been
filed with the secretary Of state lncOr-
porating the Apostle Island Improve
ment Company with capital stock OF
S1OO,0 900. Its object is to lay out and
maintain park OF $50 acres ono
OF the islands and also to render the
place more attractive as a summer re-
sort.
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Richmond, backed Oft a ferry steamer
at La Crosse on the 10th and were
drowned. Loss $500.
THE steam saw mill of s. r. Clark d
Son, at Tussin, Naushara County,
was burned on the 10th inst, together
with a large stock of lumber. Loss,
81, 500; no insurance.
f. WEIGH and daughter, of Trenton,
were thrown from wagon by runa-
way team and the latter received IN
iuries which will probably result fatal
ly. The physicians say there are all
the indications of fracture OF the
base of the skull. She is "a years old.
A MOVEMENT Is on foot in Milwau-
kee County looking to the erection OF
a new county jail.
THE Montana Lake Assembly will
open this summer on the 2Sth OF July
and continue for period OF ten days.
Already, the indications point to a
most successful enCampment. The
several local officers are in constant
receipt OF letters OF inquiry regarding
the Various features of the assembly,
and are highly delighted at the out
| look.
An unknown woman, whose age was
apparently about 25 years, commit
| ted suicide at Milwaukee on the 18th
by jumping into the river from one Of
| the city bridges.
| KAUKAUNA granted nineteen saloon
licenses and has 50, 500 to show fol
| her concessions.
WHILE digging a hillside in Apple
ton, Peter Verwey unearthed severa
silver dollars at a depth OF about two
feet. They were OF the coinage OF 1880
and evidently had been IN the grounc
! several years.