The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-25

insurance 81 900. The flour and feed
store was owned by A Prentice,
and upon which there was no insur-
ance. The fire is supposed to be the
work OF an incendiary.
| SEVERAL of the business men OF
Nelllsville have organized a company
for the purpose OF developing the mine
opened by Thomas Mcpherson, in the
town OF Grant, Clark County, who has
spent considerable capital in working
the property. Both gold and silver
has been taken from the lead. The
| only question is as to the quantity
The ores assayed prove rich, and it is
the intention of the company to sink
a shaft of 100 feet, and follow up the
VEN to ascertain It's extent.
The annual account of the Wash
burn estate was filed at La Crosse on
the 18th. One item is the cost of ad-
mInistration, S74 900, of which 500
OOOls attorneys fees for services part
ly IN the previous year. The amount
OF annuities paid was $4,000.
Among the items are: $4,000 to
Mrs. Payson: $4,000 to Mrs. Kelsey:
S2, 900 to 5. b. Washburn: $4,000 to
Mrs. c. A. Washburn; So 900 to s. l..
Nevins; $1,000 to Mrs f. b. Wash
burn. This statement shows the real
estate to be valued at 81 ,045, ,467 30;
the personal property, S751 ,636 Al;
| cash on hand, $161, ,34O.O7; profits.
$500, ,276.42.
The train on the Milwaukee road
leaving La Crosse for the East at 3 A.
NJ. on the 18th, ran off q switch lust
as 1t was leaving the depot. The en-
glne was overturned and the train de-
layed five hours. The damage was
not large.
A LABORER, named Charles Kolbe,
had leg badly crushed by the fall of
heavy stone at a new building at
Milwaukee on the 18th.
GEORGE w. COBB died at his resi-
dence In Mineral Point, on the 11th
inst, of paralysis OF the heart. He
settled at Mineral Point in 1912, and
has been prominent and successful in
business.
THE first annual meeting of the Wis
cOnsln HOrse-breeders' Association
will be held at Cold Spring Driving
Park, Milwaukee, beginning August 25
anu continuing JHEt6 days.
Two brotners-names not given
were overcome by foul air while dig
ging a well for a Norwegian church at
Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire County.
Life was extinct when their bodies
were taken out.
ANDREW KRUsE, living at Cement
vile, Milwaukee suburb, died on the
n Il ac
suffering from hydrophObia Thedog-
bite which resulted in his death was
received some six weeks ago.
MARIA ZAPFFE, wife of a Milwaukee
maChlniSt, who had been harmlessly
insane for some time, committed
suicide by hanging on the 18th. She
was 35 years old, and leaves two
children.
GEORGE Ross was instantly killed by
a train one mile south of Washburm.
He Is said to have been intoxicated.
THE dead body of Joseph Hartmann
was found on the 18th, in the woods
near WauwatOsa. Hartmann was 35
years OF age, single, and had been EN-
ployed in Schweickhart's brewery in
Wauwatosa. He had been missing
several days.
THE Dunnville House, the first hotel
built in Dunn County, has been torn
down by Robert Macauley. 1t was
built in 1855 by the late Amos Col
burn.
A BARN belonging to Boston & Jones,
in the town OF Union, Eau Claire
County, was fired by tramps on the
l1th. The loss was S1,SOO, partially
insured. The incendiaries were ar
rested and taken to Eau Claire.