The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

1hE WIetI crop IN Eau Jtdlfe OOun-
ty, partially destroyed by the pro-
tracted drouth, is now being ravaged
by chinch bugs. The cultivated hay
crop Is about all harvested, but will
scarcely average over a ton to the
acre, and prices are disproportionate-
ly low. The soil is as dry again,
now, as it was ten days ago, and
there ls not the least Indication OF
moisture.
FRANK SrEFERT, aged Is years, en-
ployed at Meinecke's factory, foot OF
Mason Street, Milwaukee, was
drowned Ill the river shortly after /
O'Clock, on the 18th. How the boy
came to fall into the river is very mys-
ferrous. He was missed from the
shop, and his hat was seen floating in
the river. The police were notified,
and the body was recovered by drag
ging the river. No one witnessed the
drowning.
AN interesting state of affairs exists
in the Fourth Ward, Milwaukee,
where tracklaying by the st. Paul
Road has been temporarily suspended
by an armed guard over q small piece
OF property, over which the right of
way OF the company is disputed by
the leasees.
A LABORER named Charles Rohan,
employed at Tesch's gravel pit in
Wauvatosa, was buried beneath a
caven on the 18th, and instantly
killed.
TWENTY trains of thirty cars each
are daily in line carrying iron ore be
tween the Gogebic region and Ashland.
THE June report of the state board
OF charities and reforms shows that
the chronic insane number 907, di-
vided as follows Brown County, 64;
Columbia, 43; Dane, los; Dodge, 90;
Fond du Lac, 81; Grant, 75; Green,
IL; Jefferson, 70; Manitowoc, SO;
Rock, ga; Sheboygan, 70; Walworth,
G6; Winnebago, 81. Theinsane in the
state hospitals and county asyiums
vas as follows: State hospital for the
insane, SIS; Northern hospital for
The insane, 656: Milwaukee County
insane asylum, 311; county asylums
-or the chronic insane, 9O7; total, s.
391. There were six deaths during
the month among the patients in the
county asylums, four being in Dodge
County and one in each of Rock and
Winnebago Counties.
MARTIN ALBERT, a young travelling
man, unsuccessfully attempted to
commit suicide, on the 18th at the
Hotel Saxonia, Milwaukee, by taking
morphine.
The Republican state convention
has been called to meet at the capitol,
Madison, on the 8th OF September.
TIE Wisconsin State Poultry Asso-
citation is very desirous of holding it's
next annual exhibit at Madison. In
order to secure it a guarantee fund OF
$500 must be raised.
a FAMILY of immigrants from Swe-
den, consisting OF mother and FIVE
children, the eldest only years OF
age, on their way to Dakota, had a
sad experience at Madison on the
14th. The mother left the train to
get some milk for the children, and
during her absence the cars started.
The Oldest boy jumped Off to look for
his mother, who had boarded the
train without his knowledge. In his
attempt to get on the train the boy
missed his hold and was thrown un-
der the wheels, losing portion of one
of his feet. In this condition he ran
after the train for some distance.
Medical aid was summoned and his
foot dressed, and the wounded boy
was taken to Baraboo, where the re-
mainder Of the family had stopped for
him.
THE President has signed the bill
providing for new lighthouse to take
the place of the present beacon on
North Point, Milwaukee.
A LABORNG mems convention was
held at La Crosse on the 18th to dis
cuss the placing of a state ticket in
the field. The convention adopted a
platform and adjourned to meet at
Neerah.
The celebrated case OF the city OF
Eau Claire against the Chippewa Log.
ging Company-otherwise known as
the Log Pool-which has been in liti-
cation for three years, and which
involved important interests to
Wisconsin and Mississippi River
lumbermen, has just been with
drawn from the courts by the
pool paying all claims and de-
mand5 OF the city, together with in.
terest and costs The action was
commenced in 1888, by defendants, to
recover taxes paid on logs, under pro
test. The amount in dispute was up
wards of $4,000.
THE La Crosse Common Council ex.
onerated the chief of police by voting
against impeachment on Mayor Pow,
ellis charges.
JOHN V. SEEBER, employed in
Brands stove foundry, Milwaukee
met with a terrible death at that
place on the 18th. He was ascending
to one of the top floors on the eleva
tor alone when the machine suddenly
stopped, and an investigation OF the
cause showed that in some manner his
head had been caught between the
floor OF the elevator and the wall o
the shaft. He was dead when discov
cred. He was 50 years old, and
leaves a family.
Two boys named Benjamin Harri
son and Robert Nelson, were drowned
at La Crosse while bathing.
THE Hoppengan Iron Mining Compa
ny has filed articles OF association
with the secretary ofstate, the capita
stock being 100000. Geo. F. Mer
rill, l.. ]. Day and E. j. Palmer ar
incorporators.
A HORRIBLE suicide occurred on tn
night OF the 11th, at Humbird, east O
Eau Claire, on the Omaha Road. /
woman named Mrs Munice, living a
that place, seeing an approachin
train, placed herself on the track, fac
toward the engine. and with bot
hands uplifted refused to heed th
warning Of the engineer. Before tn
train could be stopped she was caugh
by the pilot OF the engine and kille
instantly.