The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-20
WIsCOSsIS STATE NEWs.

NL-4lC OL q ; EiLcC II November 4aSLs Was
cleared away en- the 14th, by the find
ingof his body In the Milwaukee River.
SAMUEL DCELL was crushed to death
while logging near Neshkora.
PRoF. LEO LEsQUEREAUx, who spent
some time II the GAINESVILLE jail for the
theft OF scientific books and mineral
oglCRl specimens, mas been operating
in Galesville, H., under the name OF
Prof. UrlCh. Among his more recent
victims are Prof. Hurd and others, OF
Knox College.
a YOUNG couple in Eau Claire is
mourning the result OF 8 mock mar
riage. The man who tied the knot
lust to please the party''-happened
to be & justice OF the peace.
TIE tobaCco-growers Of Mexico viii
soon be IN competition with the grow
ers IN this state. The crop Of the can
ton de los Textias VIII, II Is estimated,
amount to 1850, 600 pounds this
year. This famous tobacco has been
imported into the United States here
tofore under Cuban trade marks, but
it Is believed TO be able 10 stand on its
own merits. Many Of the Mexican to-
baccOs are inferior in quality, owing
to careless methods OF cultivation,
but as good tobacco as Is grown IN
Cuba Is grown every year IN many
parts Of Mexico.
THERE are now 1884 insane per
sons IL the public institutions Of Wis
cOnsin.
TIE long-contested Wisconsin war
tax levy has been adjusted. The orig
inal levy was about $4,000. The
state had hquid8ted all but S51 900
Of the Indebtedness up TO last Janu-
ary. Gov. Rusk had set up demands
on the general government for commits
sions due Wisconsin for collecting the
same. The state was allowed l > per
cent. for collecting the tax on the final
settlement, and 5 per cent. for moneys
received from the sale OF all public
lands in the state. These commissions
have hquidated the debt, and have
left the general government in debt to
Wisconsin over S1lO, 900.
THE managers of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank of Beloit, desirous to en-
gage IL other business, have publicly
announced their intention Of going out
Of the banking business, and requested
the depositors to withdraw their
money at once.
THE GAINESVILLE Cotton Manufacture
ing Company has decided to reOrgan-
ize, with a capital stock OF $50, 900,
instead Of S3OO,0OO. The mills have
been shut down all winter but will
start UP the first of next Onth with
new officers, but the same stockhOld-
ers. II is the most important indus
try in GAINESVILLE. Hundreds OF people
at present out OF employment viii
soon be able to find work.
DURING the coming season the Stur-
geon Bay mail viii be sent by steamer
from Green Bay, a gain OF five hours
on the present tIme-schedule.
Dr.. HARRY COOPER, a veterinary
surgeon, was arrested at JanesvIIle,
charged with embezzling a sum OF
money from DR.. c. Laftus Martin.
The crime occurred about two years
ago, when Cooper was IN the employ
OF Martin He was brought before
Judge Patten, Of the municipal court,
found guilty and fined so and cost.
He gave bail in 500.
The Rev. Dlonysius Maria Tappert,
the first resident priest Of La Crosse,
died recently IN the Carthusian mon
astery OF Ealsainte, Switzerland, aged
Il.
Rev. DR.. HUNTLEY, formerly of Wis
consin, has resigned his position as
chaplain OF the United States Senate.
The position pays only a salary OF
$500 per year.
THE Inter State Medical Society held
q brief business session at Eau Claire
on the 10Th. The membership Is con-
fined exclusively to Northwestern Wis
cOnsin and Minnesota.
TIE House committee on public
lands, at Washington, has agreed 10
report favorably the bill drawn by
Col. Burchard, state agent Of Wiscon-
sin, reimbursing states for swamp
lands enormously sold to settlers.
TIE Eau Claire board OF trade is IN
correspondence with the proper au-
tborities at Washington to secure a
commodious pOst-ofice building.
MONs ANDERSON, ,themerchant prince
Of La Crosse, has purchased Morrison :
Money Greek farm for the purpose OF
keeping a stud OF horses on the track.
THE Rev. DiOnysius Maria Tappert,
the first resident priest Of La Crosse,
died recently In the Carthusian mo
mastery Of Nalsainte, IN Switzerland.
aged =.
THE United States land sales at Eau
Claire during the past year aggregated
l1.45O acres. on which the receipts
amountedto S17, ,6Se 19. There we're
191 homestead entries embracing p, =,
$50 acres. The collections aggregated
81 25S Al.
WILLIAM MURRAY, charged with as
saulting Mrs. E, Burke, at GAINESVILLE,
was sent to jail for thirty days and
placed under 500 bonds to keep the
peace for one year. In default OF
bondsmen he was remanded TO Jail.
An elderly lady named FELTON,,
slipped on the ice, while walking to
church at Eau Claire, and broke her
arms.
TIE quarterly meeting Of the Rock
County Agricultural Society was held
last week. 1t was decided to hold the
fair this year September "A, 10, 16
and Il.
L g. FISHER, a former prominent
Beloit citizen, dIed IN Chicago Of pneu.
monia. Nr. Fisher was once post
master at BelOit, and was a trustee Ot
/ BeloIt College at the time OF his death
. He removed 10 Chicago a few years
ago.
FREDERICK WARDNER, an old resi-
/ dent OF Milwaukee, died al his resi-
/ dence in that city on the 7th inst. Ht
was the father OF George 4. Warduer
now IN jail for the attempted murder
( Of Abbott Lawrence.
"WHERE Is your mother, bub?'
.