The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-16
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

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ment IN physical apparatus Thepur-
chases we're made III Paris, and the in
vestments will arrive about January
l. An especially fine and completeset
of instruments FOR the study OF sound
has been provided. These purchases
will do much toward replacing the In-
struments destroyed by the fire.
THE President has appointed Thorn
as Prlestly, of Wisconsin, to be agent
tor the Indians of the Yakima agency,
Washington Territory.
LEWIS TANCKE, veteran under Ma
poleon and participant in the battle
of Waterloo, died in the hospital at
La Crosse, aged 92.
THE sales of lumber at La Crosse
will amount to q, third more than last
year. The amount of lumber shipped
| from that city this Season has been
enormous, and the stocks in the lum-
Der yards have been greatly reduced.
FIRE broke out in the skating rink
at Eagle River on the 7th, ard spread
to Winegate and Dickinson & Cooks
general stores. All were destroyed.
Waslanack' blacksmith shop was
also burned. The total loss foots up,
to $4,000. Dickinson & Cook were
insured.
ONE OF the largest lumber-mills in
| Washburn, owned and operated by
the Northern Pine Land Company, OF
| Minneapolis, was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 9th. The fire origin
ated in the engine-room and was so
far advanced when discovered that
nothing could be saved. The esti'
mated loss is S25, 900, partially COW
cred by insurance. The mill will be re-
built.
| THE removal of the postmaster at
Namur and the discontlnuance of the
Office was, it is alleged, brought about
| by crookedness in the conduct OF the
office. According to the statement
made by the government authorities,
| the postmaster has for several years
past been sending in fraudulent re.
ports, swearing 70 more stamps than
were Cancelled, his salary depending on
the number of stamps Cancelled each
quarter. The amount that he Is IN
| debt to the government now exceeds
$50, and ifhe does not pay the amount
it will undoubtedly be drawn from his
| bondsmen.
ELMA, the 4-year-old child of Will
| lam A. Lee, was drowned on the Sth
in cistern on her parents premises,
Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee. The
child was missed at 8 O'Clock in the
morning, but the body was not found
until O'Clock in the afternoon.
TROUBLE is brewing among the Mil
waukee bread makers. The workmen
want to stop working on Sunday, and
while many OF the employers have &C
ceded to their demands, number OF
them claim that their incomei is almost
entirely derived from the Sunday
bake.
A. J. HAYWARD, the Hayward (Saw-
yer County, capitalist, has just en-
tered at the Eau Claire United States
land Office all the vacant government
land in town No. 35, north range 10,
west, Barron County. James Brack-
lin, of Rice Lake, has also just pur
chased or leased all the land he could
secure in the same town. Mr.. Hay
ward has entered about 700 acres, and
Mr. Bracklin 200 or 500. These ac-
quisitions are explained by the fact
that what promises to be one If the
richest leads in the Northern Wiscon-
sin iron region has been struck there.
A farmer, while digging well in the
town named, struck q vein OF rich
hematite ore. Other wells were subse-
quently sunk, and the result has been
to demonstrate that the vein is at
least thirty feet wide, and that it is
very valuable, being richer the deeper
it is investigated. Shafts are being
sunk, and other active operations
have already been commenced.
THE Milwaukee Cremation Society
has been organized, and the state will
be canvassed for members.
THE residence of the Rev. VIM. III.
Lockwood and Fowler Ellison and
four stable were destroyed and several
other buildings damaged, at Eau
Claire, on the 5th. Loss, about ST.
600; insurance, 81, 600.
AT Eau Claire on the 9Th, the case of
Peter Robbeault, for shooting Police
man Elliott, ten days ago, was tried
in the circuit court. The Jury retired
t for few moments and brought in q
verdict of assault with intent to muir
der. Sentence was deferred.
THE body OF Andrew Szolowitz was
taken from the river at Milwaukee on
the 9Th. He is supposed to have been
accidentally drowned.
On the 9th inst. O. body was taken
} from the river near Menomonee bridge,
Milwaukee. At the morgue it was
identified as that of Charles PoIster, q
shoemaker, who had been missing for
some days.
REV. MYRoN REED, formerly of Mil
waukee, has been nominated by the
: ! Cnlnro1n naf,,nnrofu O fhpir aun6I-
date for Congress.
In the case of the town of Eden vs..
the Cnicago & Northwestern Railroad
Company, the plaintiff has secured
Judgment to the amount OF $5, ,611.21,
FIRE broke out On the afternoon Of
/, the 5th in the lower residence portion
OF Eau Claire, starting from barn IN
which some boys were hiding while
they smoked. Owing to the failure Of
I the water supply onthe East Side, due
! to the breaking OF a main across the
Eau Claire River, the flames could not
be controlled until fIe engine was
2 procured. About half block was
+ swept clean. The residences OF the
, Rev. VIM. H. Lockwood and Fowler
: Ellison and four stables were destroyed
0 and several other buildings damaged.
: Total loss about $1,000; insurance
f $4,000.
ALEX. MCCRUsTY had four fingers oi
o his right hand cut off in the mill of the
n Sturgeon Bay Lumber Company on
! the 5tn. He was intoxicated at the
time and was employed in the mill in
which the accident occurred.
; A NEW species OF fish have OF late
n
e in large numbers. The fish caught ere
n about l foot loLg and resemble an eel
u u They are believed to beaspecies OF rhe
# ling.
. . HENRY REESE, q farmer living north
n OF Dodgevile. has sued the town o
e Dodgevile for l.000, for damages
Al arising from a detect in the road
,, which he claims caused his team tC
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