The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

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completely Quilted, the contents being
lett in a chaotic condition. The loss
is about 81, 500. Two OF the occu-
pants OF the house, a hired man and a
son OF Powell, were Frustrated and
severely injured. The hired man had
one side OF his body, from head to
foot, badly scorched.
CONRAD TURNER. a German laborer,
! residing on the West Side, at Eau
Claire, fell dead on the morning OF the
oath, while going TO his boarding
house. The verdict OF the inquest was
death from heart disease.
WHILE warming milk for her baby
over g lamp at her home on Walnut
I Street, Milwaukee, on the 22d, Mrs.
Johanna Onion was fatally burned by
1 the explo7 ion OF the lamp.
THE Cedar Street House At Sturgeon
Bay caught fire on the 22d and
burned 70 the ground. The building,
valued at $4,000, was insured for
81, 900. It's furniture was mostly
saved, although IN damaged condition
The building was frame structure
about thirty years old. Adjoining
houses were saved by means OF wet
blankets.
TIE stock OF the Pioneers Lumber
Company, OF Eau Claire, which as
signed some time ago, has been pur
chased al private sale by t. ". Har-
yey d Co., OF Chicago, who will ship il
to their yards IN the Southwest. The
consideration was not stated. The
stock comprised about 6, 900, 900 feet
Of lumber, besides shingles and lath.
MICHAEL JACHEN was waylaid by
Philip Winterweber and Charles Long
at Cobb, Iowa County, and severely
beaten with cordwood. HIS skull was
fractured and he was otherwise dan
gerously injured. Winterweber and
Long were arrested and bound over TO
the spring term OF the circuit court.
They are now in jail at Dodgeville.
On the evening OF the 18th a woods
man arrived at Eau Claire from up
the Chippewa, who had piloted the
supposed robbers OF the Ashland
Bank, to the Beef Slough Dam on the
/ Chippewa, a distance Of twenty miles.
From the description Of the men, ii
CORES ponds identicslly with that sent
out by the bank. The informant says
the men approached him at Glidden,
and offered him SIS. so TO pilot them
TO the dam, which he accepted. Both
OF them were armed with heavy re-
volvers, nd IN their possession was a
large bundle OF money, q considerable
portion OF which was silver. They
represented that they were on an ex-
ploTlng trip with q view OF making IN
vestments II standing pine, and in
tended to throw of suspicion by TAX
ing secluded roads. The conversation
was all done in broken French By a
man with light hair. When the guide
LETT them they inquired how to reach
the Mississippi River by the shortest
route, and this excited no suspicion in
the mind OF the woodsman, who was
not conversant with the robbery, 1t
Is believed these traces viii Lead to the
capture OF the robbers.
MAYOR KEYEs, OF Madison, has
signed the ordinance passed by the
Common Council, granting heright-of-
way along Third Lake Shore 70 the
Illinois Central extension, with the
privilege OF tunneling through the
Third Ward il necessary.
j. A. MINK, Of Dubuque, Ia, agent Of
the American Life Association Of
Minneapolis, was arrested at Dodge
vile On the 20th, by order OF District
Attorney j. P. Smoker for soliciting
risks for sn unlicensed company. He
waived an examination before a JUS
tlce OF the peace and appeared bsfore
Judge Jones, who fined him $50. The
company not coming to his assistance,
he ives lodged in Jail.
ALBERT RUSSELL was arrested at
Eau Claire with the vile OF Thos.
Hines OF Saltwater, Mimi, with whom
he had eloped. Both pleaded not
guilty TO g charge Of adultery, and are
being held for trial. They are in jail,
in default OF bail.
APAISTER named HoIgeson fell from
the new st. James Catholic Church at
La Crosse on the 10th, and was in
jured so that he died before night
This Is the third fatal accident that
has occurred st this church.
4 FARMER living near Elk Mound on
the night Of the 18th mistook thetime
OF the nIght train going west from Eau
Claire. Rather than wait, he started
TO walk home on the track, accom-
panied by a stranger, who said be was
also going to Elk Mound. Outside OF
town the stranger knocked the farmer
down, pounded him badly, robbed him
Of about $50 ard fed. There Is no
trace OF the assailant.
TEE Dells Improvement Company
has discharged its force employed at
the log sorting works above Fan Claire
and suspended operations Tor the sea-
son. L Is estimated that there are
only about 150, 900, 900 feet CT legs
left above on the Chippewa waters,
which Is about one-half OF the amount
estimated to have remained on the
same waters q year ago, at the suspen-
sion OF operations. This fact, which
indicated the most thorough sweepfor
several seasons, means also that the
cut this winter viii be very heavy, per-
haps double that OF last winter.
CHARLES c. CRALBs. a well-to-do
shoemaker OF Eau Claire, became very
drunk on the night OF the 18th. Early
next morning he arose from bed and
with shoemaker's knife attempted
suicide by cutting his throat. He was
caught IN the act and prevented from
killing himself. He gsshed his throat
badly, but viii recover.
OK the morning OF the 10th, a team
attached 20 a hay rack, which was
left unhitched at the depot in Lancas-
ter, ran away and collided with a
buggy in which were Mrs. Joseph Hile-
car and her child. The runaway team
Jumped into the buggy, smashing it to