The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-05-22
WISCONSIN STATE VIEWS,

WISCONSIN STATE VIEWS.
THE number of whitefsh distributed
by the state this spring has reached
80, ,OOO,00O thus far.
A 1O-YEAR-oLD boy named George
F'ellderfter, whose parents live at the
corner OF Twelfth and Cherry Streets,
Milwaukee, dropped dead at st. Jo-
seph's Church on the evening OF the
10th. Heart disease is supposed to
be the cause.
JOHN b. LIGNGER, for fifty years a
resident OF Milwaukee, died in that
city on the 14th, from the effects OF a
paralytlc stroke. He was 20 years of
age.
ALL the bills in connection with the
service of the militia in Milwaukee
have been paid with the exception OF
transportation. The cost of the
service was $14, on +. Oh. The cost or
transportation will be about 5000.
This cost was for the First Regiment
outside of Milwaukee and one COM
pany OF the Second Regiment.
Two wooden store buildings of Peter
Wells, and John Getting's meat mar
ket, at Monroe, burned on the morn
ing of the 18th. Loss, $4,000: no in
surance. 1t is supposed to be a case
of incendiarism.
A. B. Van Cott keeps jewelry store
at Madison and also deals in musical
instruments. On the afternoon of the
10Th a well-dressed man entered the
store ostensibly to buy an organ. Mr..
Van Cott spent some time at the back
part of the store showing the goods,
and the man agreed to take one OF the
Instruments. Before paying for it,
however, he left, promising to return
in short time. After his departure
it was discovered that the iewelry de-
partment had beenrobbedo of diamonds
valued at 81 900, probably by an ac-
complice of the would-be organ
purchaser, whc failed to return.
John Cords, who was deserted by
his wife IN Pittsburg, in 1872, recog.
nized her on the 18th in the person of
the consort of Christian Wasmuth, an
employe of the Whitehill Sewing Ma
chine Company, at Milwaukee. Was
muth was the woman's first love, and
she eloped with him from Pittsburg,
leaving four children, all boys, in the
care of her husband. She has had four
girls by Wasmuth, and declines to 60
back to Gorus. The latter is unable
to obtain proofs Of his marriage, which
was performed in Germany, and the
police cannot aid him.
FRANK W. WEBSTER, one of the
pioneers Of Shawano County, while
working around saw in his mill
slipped and in falling threw his hand
on the saw, cutting off two fingers and
the thumb of his right hand.
AUGUST SEDEL, a striking baker at
Milwaukee, was fined S25 and costs
in the municipal court, on the 18th,
for boycotting.
THERE was q crisis in the fight be-
tween the Odd Fellows and the Pa
triarchal Circle, when at q meeting oi
the East Side Odd Fellows Lodge at
Eau Claire, an attempt was made to
expei q prominent officer OF the circle
under a decree several months ago oi
the Sovereign Grand Lodge. He re,
fused to leave. Members Of the lodge
called in a policeman. When the
policeman arrived the lodge adjourned
in confusion. There is much agitation
among the order and patriarchs, OF
| whom there are thirty in the temple
there. All Efforts to expel patriarchs
from lodges so far have failed.
LOUIS GRIP, 7 years of age, jumped
from way train at Prairie du Chen
and was so badly mangled by the
wheels that he may lose an arm.
AT 23O on the morning of the 10Th,
an unoccupied house belonging to
Chief OF Police Clark, at La Crosse,
was set on fire in the attic and partly
| consumed. The fire was clearly In
| cendiary, and generally believed was
| for the purpose of revenge on the chief
| for raiding certain houses OF ill-fame.
WHILE on his way to work on
the 10th, Wolfang Book, a labor
ing man living in Milwaukee, was
struck by g. moving train on the st.
| Paul tracks. One OF his arms was
badly mangled and he received other
serious injuries. He has wife and
four children.
WHILE a man named Sullivan was
| attempting to kill fish with charge
| Of dynamite on the Moose River,
thirty-fve miles from Glidden, the cart
ridge exploded and tore off his right
| hand at the wrist.
SINCE the shops of the Chicago, Bur
| lington & Northern Railway are TO be
! located i'll La Crosse real estate there
| is in demand. Land on French Island
has already been purchased with a
view to plating into residence lots.
Mrs. JULIA A. FRoHoCK, injured in a
recent street-car accident at La
Crosse, has brought suit for $4,000
| damages. Her spine is hurt and her
recovery is still in doubt. The other
passengers in the car at the time are
able to be out.
THE body OF an old man taken from
the lake at Milwaukee, and not identi
fed, has been photographed and
buried at the county poor farm.
ELI CALL, aged 49, took fatal dose
of chloroform at Milwaukee on the
10th inst with suicidal intent. He
| leaves a wife, but no children.
New st. Patrick's Church, at Eau
Claire, replacing the edifice destroyed
by fire and costing $35, 900, was for
mally dedicated on the tenth by the
Rt. Rev. Bishop K G. Flasch, of La
Crosse, who was assisted by the Rev
Fathers Kraemer and Hegemen, Of
Chippewa Falls; Durnin, OF Racine
Bauer, of Durand, and Collins and
Boehm, of Eau Claire.