The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-03
WISCONSIN STATE gEWs,

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| IN Mendoza Lake while IN bathing.
Mr.. White was one OF a party of stu
dents, graduates, who were camping at
Llvesey's Spring on the lake named.
| de, with two others, went out n q
| boat 10 battle. One was in the boat
while White and the other went in
bathing. White was seized suddenly
with cramps and called for help. The
others hastened to his assistance. but
as the one swimmer only reached him.
| he could not save him and barely es-
| capped being dragged to the bottom OF
| the lake himself.
| THE large blast furnace TO be buiIt
at Ashland will be located in that part
OF the place known az "0ld Ashland
| THE Door County authorities have
contracted for a bridge across Stur-
geon Bay.
II is rumored that 2 North La
Crosse man will build a large hotel
near the projected Chicago, Burlington
& Northern Railway depot at that
place.
THE survivors of the Eleventh and
Twenty-third Regiments of Wisconsin
volunteers will hold a Joint reunion at
Madison on the 22d OF September.
BURGLARS went through the safe at
| the Chicago & Northwestern depot
and the safe at the office OF Loveioy
4 Richards lumber yard at Dodge
vile. They also destroyed the COM
bination on the safe in Owen Kings
office but failed to get the door open.
| The two first mentioned safes were
unlocked but contained no money.
| CALLAGHAN & Co., of Chicago, have
been awarded the contract for print
ing, publishing and selling reports OF
| the decisions and opinions OF the
supreme court of the state, beginning
with volume 65 OF said reports, for
| the term OF eight years.
PROF. THOMAS c. CHAMBERIIN was
selected by the regents OF the State
University on the Oath as president of
the institution, which position will be-
come vacant in June, 1887, by the
| terms OF resignation OF Prof. Bascom.
HENRY SCHULTZ, a saloon-keeper in
the village OF Wittenberg, in Shawano
| County, who shot and killed John
| Corcoran, about year ago, and sub
| sequently broke jail and escaped
through the assistance of confederates,
has been discovered and arrested in
Washington Territory, and is now in
jail there.
Two OF Milwaukee's alleged rioters,
John Protzman and Henry Dampf,
were found guilty IN the municipal
court on the oath. Herman Lampel
was acquitted. A stay of proceedings
was granted, to allow the cases to go
to the supreme court for decision on
point OF law.
JUST before shutting-down-time at
| Stauer IL Co.'s saw-mill, Prairie
du Chen, on the night of the
23d, the large iron pulley to the
rotary saw burst, throwing fragments
and splinters in every direction. 4
fragment OF the pulley struck Phillip
Gokey III the breast, causing his death
an hour later. Several others were
injured by flying splinters, but none
seriously.
WHILE Peter Lund, OF Eau Claire,
was fishing for firewood in a fork of
| the Chippewa River, on the 23d, he
struck his pikepole into floating log
and was dragged in, he having tied the
pole to his wrist. He leaves a family
OF wife and children.
THE hardware firm OF Carleson Bros,
1@ehb SlcltlCJ 1IdS IIhtlc I'LL dS5lkIHlEDI
with assets and liabilities about even,
at $4,000. Among the creditors are
John Pritzlatf IL Co., of Milwaukee.
and Burdett & Smith, who hold chat
tel mortgages covering $1,000. Hub
bell Bros, OF Chicago, also have claim
OF 1000.
SOME maliciously inclined person
blew out Chase Clam River dam above
Shell Lake, by the use OF dynamite,
leaving an estimate of 22,0OO,OOO feet
OF logs, belonging principally to the C.
y. Nelson Company, above the dam,
where they will probably remain until
next spring.
AT the meeting OF the conference Of
the Seventh Day Adventists at the
fair ground, Madison, a subscription
for missionary purposes was taken.
The muniicent sum OF $4,000 was
subscribed. In view OF the fact that
the denomination has only 1,7OO
members all told in this state, the sub
scription is certainly good one.
EARLY on the morning of the 22d,
Joseph Sleger's new unOccupied house,
in La Crosse, was discovered to be on
fire, and was damaged several hundred
dollars before the iremen arrived.
Incendiarism Is suspected.
JUDGE SLOAN, who is trying the riot
cases in Milwaukee, has shaken up at
torneys by announcing his intention OF
running court in the good, old-fash-
ioned style, beginning at o'clock in
the morning, and continuing late into
the afternoon. He evidently doesn't
believe in keeping "banking hours" in
legal business.
THE terrific hail-storm southwest OF
Eau Claire on the 21st, laid waste
many fields OF fine growing crops, espe-
cially in the town OF Brunswick and
Densmore. A number of build
ings were badly shattered, but
no lives were lost. The wind was not
extremely violent, but nearly every
building along the course OF the storm
had hardly whole pane of glass
The loss is irreparable by reason OF
the far advancement OF the crops, and
many OF the farmers Will be unable to
bear up under their loss.
Hoe cholera is reported to have re-
appeared in the town OF Bear Creek,
near Eau Claire, and the farmers are
killing of many OF the swine which
were intended for market in the early
part OF the winter. The farmers in
that locality suffered considerable pc
cuniary loss last winter from thesame
cause.
Two sons Of Gustavus Buck, OF the
town OF Weston, Dunn County,
drowned while bathing in the Eau
Gale River.
THE building OF the Faircnild & Mis-
sissippi Railroad, the starting point OF
which Is in the eastern portion OF Eau
Claire County, is now an assured fact,
a sufficient amount OF money having
been voted in its aid by the various
towns along the line OF survey. The
terminus OF the road northerly will be
at Abbottsford where it will connect
with rhe Wisconsin Central and IN the