The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-10
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

1HE New YORK Mail and Express
says; Wisconsin is unusually rich in
beautiful summerresorts, 8, the majority
OF which have excellent, and many
magnificent, hotels. Eastern people
are beginning to fnd them out, and
once found, they ae appreciated"
The trial OF Robert Schilling, state
organizer of the KLights of Labor, for
criminal practices in connection with
the labor troubhs in Milwaukee, a
few months ago resulted in disa-
greement of the Jury. The date for q
second trial of The case has not been
fixed.
ELIZABETH OLsCHEFsKY, q girl 61a
years old, was accidentally drowned
In a cistern, Ozark Street, Milwaukee,
where her parents live, on the 1st inst
A PARTY of fourteen immigrants
bulldozed their way through La Crosse
County. Wherever farmers refused to
feed then, they drew pistols and
obliged compliance with their de-
mands, eating all they cared to and
taking away all they could convenient
ly carry.
L. w. RANDALL, a pioneer of Eau
Claire County, is dead. He built the
first sawmill on the Eau Claire River.
DIR. III. KEoGH, of La Crosse, was ac-
quilted OF the charge of malpractice
that was predicated upon his treat
ment of Mss Anna Hoff.
GEORGE w. JOHNSON, who abducted
his five children who were In the custo-
dy OF his divorced wife, was arrested
in Chicago and consented to return to
La Crosse without a requisition. The
children will be returned to the moth
er and Johnson prosecuted for disobey-
ing the order of the court.
The Home Mutual Loan and Build
ing Association, of La Crosse, with ST.
100000 capital stock, filed articles
OF ASSOCIATION with the secretary of
state on the 1st. The object of the
company Is to accumulate funds by
weekly contributions of its members
and loan the same to its stockholders
and members for the purpose of en-
abling them to build and repair houses
and otherproperty. The incorporators
number twenty, and are all citizens of
La Crosse.
THE sash, door and blind factory of
Briggs, Whorton & Beveridge, Apple
ton, was burned on the night OF the
goth. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The loss on the buildings,
machinery and stock, $55, 900; insur-
ance, $50, 500. 1t was a tremendously
hot fire. Three large flour and paper
mills, located within 100 feet, took
fire several times, but were saved
by the e1ertions of the firemen and citi-
zens. Briggs, Whorton & Beveridge
employed sixty men, with pay roll OF
$4,000 month.
WILLIAM KRAUSE was accidentally
killed nesr Tigerton on the Goth by the
premature discharge of his gun while
hunting.
THE Prohibitionists of Eau Claire
County meet on the 18th inst, to
elect delegates to the state conven-
tion.
JOHN HoPPEfell from q coal scaffold
at elevator E, Milwaukee, on the
3Oth, and broke both legs below the
knee.
CHARLES SPOHNHAUs, q tinsmith, fell
from scafolding at the Empire Brew
cry, Milwaukee, on the Goth, and was
almost instantly killed. He was do
ing some timing on new building be-
ing erected by the brewing company
and stepped backward off the edge OF
the scaffoding upon which he was
standing. Hecrashed headlong to the
stone pavement below, falling on his
head, and dislocating his neck.
PETER BETNEY, the Oldest resident
in Northwestern Wisconsin, died at his
home in the town Of Anson, Eau Claire
County, at the advanced age of 105
years. He was q native of Canada,
and leaves wife and ten children,
forty grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
A CHILD of years, named Martin
Ludwidzirski, was drowned on the
2Sth in rainwater cistern at the
Milwaukee.
j. A. TEMPLETON, bookkeeper for
the Sherman Lumber Company, on
the afternoon OF the 2Sth shot himself
through the heart at his home in Eau
Claire, in the presence Of his wife, and
died instantly. The shooting is sup
posed to have been accidental, while
cleaning his revolver, but it is rumored
that financial circumstances were the
cause. The coroner's jury returned 8
verdict of accidental shooting. He
leaves a young wife and child four
months old.
AT La Crosse, on the 9th, Frank
Holly, q lsborer 40 years old, com
mitted suicide by hanging. He used q
fish line, doubling it several times, and
putting his head though the loop and
laying the weight of the body in it un.
til his death. He was in comfortable
circumstances and had no known
troubles. He mad been in good spirits
previous to the suicide and the deed is
wholly urexplainable.
EPHRAM CHARLAND, a manager at
the Phuuix Manufacturing Works, fel
from timber at dam up the Eau
Claire River, five miles from Eau
Claire, and was drowned. No one was
at hand to rescue him. The body was
recovered.
ANDREW FOSTER, while engaged in
loading logs at Elk Lake, was fatally
injured by a log falling on him. His
legs and abdomen we're frightfully
crushed.
PRESIDENT BAsCoM, Of the State Uni
versity, is to reside in the East, after
he retires, next year.
The First Watermelon.
From the Baltimore Herald