The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-15
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


OK the morning of the 5th. Stephen
/ sons block, Marinette, with the Ste
/ ph5nSon bank building. were DESTROYED
by FIRE, which Is supposed to have
/ startedm clothing store in the block.
/ The Eagle office. the best north OF
I Milwaukee, is ruined, and the post OF
( tce burned, most of the mail being
/ saved. however. 1t is the most disas-
| trouS fire ever experienced 10y the city.
/ The losses are as follows. Stephen
/ sons block. loss SIP, 900, insurance
/ 81, 200; Stephenson's bank building.
/ loss $1,000, insurance 50, 600; Eagle
I office, l.. Is. 4 +. +. Moves, loss Sl2,-
I 600, insurance 81, 500. s Frank.
clothing, loss $4,000. insurance ST. =
/ OOO II. Fredstein. clothing, loss $40
/ 000 insurance SO. 500. +. b. johnson,
I jewelIy. loss 81 600, insurance $500;
c. j. Ellis. post-otiice fixtures. loss 81 :
600, insurance. S40O, l.. f. Whitman.
druggist. loss 81, 900, insurance ST.
600; +. {. Eastman, law library. loss
81, 800 insurance, none. The town OF
MarInette assessment roll was burned,
involving a loss of $500. The other
losses will aggregate about $4,000,
about one-third covered by insurance.
THE golden wedding of Deacon sam
uel T. Smith and wife, OF La Crosse.
was celebrated on the evening OF the
5th. There were Seventy-tive persons
present, including twenty old settlers,
who date back to 1881. Mr.. Smith
built and furnished the first Baptist
church in La Crosse, and has always
been one OF its most liberal supporters.
He Is now in his S4th year. while his
wife is -. \ purse OF S125 in gold
was presented him on the occasion.
WILLIAM Corr. who burglarized Will
lam McFarland's store at Deerfeld,
was sentenced at Madison on the 4th
inst. by Judge Braley, to five years
in state prison. He mahciously tried
to imphCate two other men, who east
" proved an aubi. Tie severity OF
his sentence was occasioued by his
me8nness in this regard.
WHILE playing on the lake breakwa-
ter at Milwaukee on the 4th. a 49,
year-Old boy named Frank Bussey
tell into the water and was drowned
/ before assistance could reach him.
THE Milwaukee health commissioner
had some fun with a fish dealer in
that city on the 18th. Over 5000
pounds OF putrid salt and smoked
fish was condemned and contiscated.
WILLIAM MEYER was found in a
semi-uncOnsCious condition near the
Milwaukee city limits early en- the
morning OF the 5th inst, with a bullet
hole in his side He claimed to have
been stopped by foot-pads. but a sus-
pyClOn OF attempted suicide was caused
by the discovery that his clothing
showed marks of burnt powder
THE Eau Claire Lumber Company
has a large force engaged in harvesting
its hay crop on its mammoth farm on
the north fork OF the Eau Claire River.
( Five hundred tons OF hay will he cut
for the winter supply at the logging
camps. There will also be a yield OF
/ 900 bushels OF potatoes and pro-
/ pOrtlOnate amount OF beets and other
vegetable products.
THE farmers OF the town OF Gale
dOnia, Columbia County, will make an
effort to reclaim large tracts OF land
along the river by building a levee.
WILLIAM SLADE, an old resident of
the South Side, died suddenly at his
/ residence in Milwaukee on the night OF
/ the ID ADMINISTRATION showed that
death resulted from apOpleXy.
JOIN GRAMS, a laborer, had his foot
badly crushed while unloading coal
from a vessel at the foot OF Washing
ton Street. Milwaukee. on the Sd. He
! Is 30 years OF age.
FRANK NEUBAUEE. aged years, fell
into the river at Milwaukee on the 2d
inst. and was drowned.
OH JOHNSON. a laborer In Paul's
mill, La Crosse, was struck in the
stomach on the 3D. by a piece OF wood
thrown from a bolt edger and fatally
| injured.
Mrs. BEETGE HOYT nee limbaugh,
who was married in Eau Claire about
two weeks ago, died very suddenly OF
heart disease on the evening OF the 3lst
uit., at her home on Bridge Street.
Her husband caught her in his arms
as she fell.
A SCHEME forescape by some OF the
prisoners OF the Milwaukee House OF
Correction was discovered on the 31st
ult. Two bars of a window had been
nearly filed in two. and the inmates
only waited the finishing touches to
/ inaugIrate a general delivery.