The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-30

etoCtODsr named julius Dietrich.
THOMPSON, alias Smith. and Black.
two prisoners confined II the county
jail al AarIDeIre, escaped from Gus
tO0y on rle night OF the 23d Ihoup-
son Was awaiting trlal for burglary.
and Smith was charged with drawing q
revolver On q railroad man al Florence
about Two weeks ago. Sheriff Murphy
says thattheo only explanation Of their
escape THAI can be offered Is that some
one secured a key 70 the jail and hber-
ated them.
Ar Chiffon suit has been commenced
against Dr.. Reinhart by a Mr. Thlesen
OF New Glarus, for s.. 600 damages.
The charge against the doctor i mai
practice II reducing q fracture Of THE
sen : arm, which Is at present a shape
less defOrmity and viii have TO be
broken again and reset 10 become OF
any use.
THE roller Touring mill Of Robert
COchrane, al Westnei6, burned. Loss
so 600; partly insured.
GUSTAV kRESEsT, while suffering
from erysipelas, became msaue on the
Path, and making his way 10 the root
Of his boarding house, oD Reed Street,
Milwaukee, leaped 10 the ground.
When found he was dead
La CROSSE L figuring the cost Of q
wagon bridge across the Mississippi
The need OF one was suggested by the
recent loss CT the Minnesota trade by
The stoppage o. the ferry and tie IN
safe condition OF the ice.
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:. White, for embeZzlsmenr al MLwau-
kee- was concluded on the 22d, the Jury
returning z verdict Of guilty.
TIE attorney general has decided
that policies issued BY insurance com
panjes not authorized 70 GO business
n the state are void.
OK the 21st, q man named Ole
oted1e, working al q lathe IN the Full
lsr & Johnson Manufacturing Com
pany's Works, Madison. met with a
severe and II Is feared fatal accident.
4 ChIsel few from the ma chine, and II
l. said II passed through his mouth
and out OF the back part OF his head
A stick OF wood also few from the
lathe and struck the man on the side
Of the head.
AT2 clock On the afternoon Of the
22d, the woodworking factory OF Lar
sen. Hansen & Co, La Crosse. caught
FIRE, and was almost completely de-
strOyed, together with & large amount
o. Unfinished work, patterns, etc.
The loss Il from S15, 900 10 $4,000.
insurance, S5,000on building and con
tents, and a small amount on boiler.
This Is the second time ThefaCtory hiss
been burned, there being no Insurance
At al the first time. The day was the
coolest OF the winter, the temperature
81 noon being ! s below, with the wind
blowing sixteen miles an hour. Many
hremen tToze their hands, ears or feet.
One man froze his arm 10 the elbow.
THE commission firm Of J. B. Oliver
( Co., doing business al Milwaukee
and Chicago, suspended on the 2lst.
The steady decline IN wheat was the
cause OF the collapse.
HENRY GRAGER, the missing home
steadeT Of Silver Greek, Ashland COun-
ty, has not been found, though the
woods have been thoroughly searched.
He has not been seen since he set out
to track q deer, on the 18th inst. Traces
were found five miles southwest Of his
home, but further clues were obliter-
ated by a snowstOrm. Grager was a
single man about y years Of age
EGAL FORGERsoH, charged with the
murder OF his father IN the town OF
Drammen. Eau Claire County, about
four months ago, has been acquitted
OF the crime, the evidence against him
being OF a most meager nature.
Two swindlers who registered as 4.
H Bowman and James Haggerty, oi
Grand Forks. =. T.. have been Operat-
ing II La Crosse for three weeks, and
nave Just skipped out with about
$500 collected OF poor women for
cheap outfits. They advertised 10 give
light and profitable employment TO be
taken home, etc Scores O. women 81
swered the adv yertlsemeDt. The men
said they had al extensive contract
for making rugs, Tor the American Rug
Co. and induced women to purchase
for S2.75 each an outfit Of a skeIn OF
yarn and . small machine for shaping
a stitch wort about 25 cents. prOuis-
ing 10 buy the rugs which they made
for a dollar each TO be delivered on
the 21st. The poor women swarme5
about their Office with bundles Ofrugs,
but the sharps had skipped for new
fields.
FIRE destroyed tbelaree Touring mill
a. Huyton, owned by Guntber &
Smith. s large stock Of grain. which
Was stored IN the mill, was consumed.
The fire Is supposed TO have originated
from over heated machinery. Loss
about 81, 600; partially insured in the
Milwaukee Mechanics and the North
western National Insurance CoDpan-
les.
FORBES BYEEs, 4 young EnglIshmant
i on trial at Madison On a charge o.
forging a note for S21s, using the
names Of Harvey and Hosea Rood.
II Is rumored that the Chicago T.
Northwest err Railroad Company IL
tends to construct a new branch Of
their road from WlnOna, MINI, 70
Eau Claire. Via the Big Waumandu
Valley, and from Eau Claire TO St.
Paul. The road would cross the Ms
slssippi at Wiuona over the projected
p0ntoon bridge. The r0uCe l. said 70
De feasible, and would pass through
pOpulOus arr rlch agricultural coun-
try.
AT Prairie du Cajen, on the 2Oth,
the preliminary examination OF Geo
Z. Jscobis, FOR the murder OF John
Felix, vas concluded and the defend
ant bound over TO the circuit court.
THE GAINESVILLE Cotton Manufacrur-
ing Company elected as directors for
the ensuing year, Messrs. William A.
Law ence, Z. c. Smith. T. :. Eldred,
Henry Palmer. George @. Sutherland,
William G. Heller, A. J. Ray, L. y.
Williamson. Ellsworth ". Fisher,
James Shearer and William MaclOon.
THIEVES broke into the clothing
store o. N. Reitter & Co, al Beloit,
and stole a ] large quantity OF valuable
goods, chiefly neckweaT, valued a.
/ from 81 200 TO 81, 500. The goods
were carried away IN valIses taken
+ from the store.
/ ALABOREg named Joseph Reichert,
employed by Helms Bros, ice dealers,