The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-04-17
WISCONSIN STATE VIEWS.


family that provided for him but no
evidence OF such means were found,
his personal effects barely covering
his funeral expenses.
Mrs. ELLA S. BRowER, who died in
Milwaukee recently from an overdose
OF chloroform, cost the town OF For
estville, Door County, about 81 900.
She became sick while teaching school
there, and had to be cared for by the
town authorities.
ERNST SCHELBECK, aged IA, was run
down and killed by a street car on
Chestnut Street, Milwaukee, on the
evening OF the 9th inst.
SAMUEL HAMERBERG lost an arm at
La Crosse by contact with a saw in
Sawyer & Austin's mill.
A 16-YEAR-OLD farmer boy named
Goodean shot himself at his home in
the town OF Weston while temporarily
insane. He so placed q gun that he
readily discharged it with his toes,
after getting into his bed, the slugs
taking effect in his head.
A YOUNG man from Sweden Coolie
brought to the office OF the La Crosse
County clerk in a big sack, six little
creatures that looked like rats. They
were wolves a week old, for which the
clerk issued an order for S120.
ROBERT BLACHEK had his right leg
broken and crushed at the ankle by
being run over by a street car at La
Crosse.
WILLIAM GARNER, aged 40, living on
Winnebago Street, Milwaukee, while
insane on the 9th inst, smashed all
the furniture he could get his hands on
and wound up by setting fire to a
straw bed. The department was called
out, and Garner was taken in.
AT g. fire which destroyed the old
Borchert elevator, Milwaukee, on the
Sth inst, two firemen were seriously
hurt by falling timbers.
AT GAINESVILLE, on the night OF the
9th, Everett G. Phelps, a young man
about 90 years of age, stabbed Frank
Herrick, q companion, five times,
while on the way home. Phelps was
employed by the Wisconsin Shoe Com
pany before the strike. Herrick was
also employed by that company, and
the alteration commenced in dis
cussion about the recent strike.
Phelps was arrested. Herrick will re-
cover.
HENRY BARRETTE, the defaulting
treasurer OF the town of Bridgeport,
Crawford County, was persuaded to
return and settle his shortage oi
SS94 The bondsmen paid $500, and
1852 was paid in by Barrette, leaving
1912 unaccounted for.
WILLIAM GAM, one Of the Oldest pi-
oneers of the Chippewa Valley, died at
Eau Claire after protracted illness,
at the age of 6S.
THE Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
Railway Company has built a strong
sheer boom at the Minnesota end oi
its bridge at La Crosse. 1t is 1,60S
feet long, 100 being above the draw
and sos feet below. An idea of its
size will be gained from the statement
that 553 piles and $4,000 feet OF
timber were used in its construction.
WILLIAM MERCER, aged % years,
was accidentally shot while duck hunt
ing near Spring Green, on the 5th,
and died three hours later while being
carried through the river bottoms to
the nearest habitation. His broth
er Robert was shifting a gun-a 81
calibre rife-in the boat, when it dis.
charged into Williams right shoulder
and lung.
Four miles from Chetek, near Eau
Claire. in log cabin in the brush
Mrs. Lars Grlndahl, aged 81, gave
birth to four male babies, weighing
twenty pounds in oil, each alive
bright-eyed and healthy. All will live
The mother is doing well. She has
been married sixteen years and had
six children before these, all living
All the children have blue eyes and
golden hair.
A SERIOUS railway wreck occurred
early on the morning OF the 5th, or
| the Chicago & North Western Road
near BeIoit. Four wild trains were in
volved in the smash-up. Three engines
each with a cabOose attached, anC
| one engine drawing a freight train-al
going north became punched during
| the prevalence OF a dense fog. Three
| engines crashed into the ecaboose ahead
of them in quick succession, wreckinl
things generally and iriuring Conduct
or a. w Squires and Manley Kenyon
a brakeman. W. A. Richardson, 6
brakeman, was slightly injured. Two
| engines and two cabooses were badly
wrecked.
THE farm house on West Prairie
twelve miles from Viroqua, in which
Mrs. W. Shannon, a widow IS years o
age, lived alone, burned on the night o
the Sd, and her charred remains wer,
/ taken from the ruins. The origin o
| the fire is unknown. She had money
in the bank and also somein her house
A case OF robbery and murder is sup
posed TO be hidden by the fire.
| Mrs. FRANK BONHAM, one OF tn,
earliest settlers OF Grant County, dice
| at Potosi. She came to Wisconsin
with her husband from Missouri IL
1927.
rs a neat two story brick house a
the corner OF Vliet and Sixth Streets
| Milwaukee, was enacted at an earl
nour on the morning OF the 5tb, tn
most unaccounta able murder and sui
eide that probably ever occurred Il
that city. Annie Rosenstein, beau
tiful girl OF l 5 years, while sleeping b,
the SIDE OF her little sisters, was sno
and instantly killed by Isadore Sci
denbaum, a young man OF Is, a frien'
OF the family who was enjoying thei
hospitality.
THE sale OF seats for the great Inter
national S&ngerfest, to be held in Nj
waukee II July, was opened on tn
5th inst. Season tickets range iron
80 to $15.
La CROSSE saloons have been visite,
by burglars.
THE Eau Claire board OF trade IS er
deavoring TO form a stock compan
combination OF all the interests alOn
the Deils water power, in order to ia
clitate the introduction OF diversiie
manufactures.
A NEBRASKA farmer sent his agt
color OF hair, the size OF his pile, an
his photo to several marrjageabl