The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-11
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS

THE store OF the Cass Drug Compa-
ny, retailers, Eau Claire, caught fire at
/ O'Clock on the morning OF the 2d,
the fire originating around the furnace,
the exact cause being unknown. The
building and stock were almost COM
pietely destroyed, and the adjoining
buildings damaged. The losses and in
surance are estimated as follows:
Cass Drug Company, loss on stock.
about S25, 600; insurance, SIS, 600;
j. ]. Case and Mrs. Andrew Tracy, loss
on building $4,000; insurance, S5, 900;
DR.. Days office, on the second floor,
4css on library, instruments, ETC., So
600; insurance, 81, 900; Kepler & Co.,
loss on dry goods stock in building ad-
Joining, $1,000; insured; Mrs. Milo
Berger, loss on building, 1000; in
sured; Henry Gross, loss on building,
$500; insured. The Ding Company
will resume business in q temporary
location. Their store will be rebuilt.
At 2;30 O'Clock on the morning OF
the 1st inst, Dr.. James S. Perkins
committed suicide at his residence,
1S9 Twenty-hrst Street, Milwaukee,
by shooting himself through the head.
He was IN bed at the time. He was
81 years old
The cause OF the suspension OF Geo.
Parr, merchant and lumbermsn OF
Cnetek, north OF Eau Claire, was the
execution of a warrant OF attachment
sued out by c. d. & j. f. Coe, bank
ers. An assignment has since been
made for the benefit OF the creditors.
Nominal assets $4,000; liabilities
considerably less.
TIE case Of McGilvray VS.. the Black
River Improvement Company, for
damages By overflow, caused by the
formation of logging-dams, has been
decided at La Crosse against the COM
pany. 1t is said that the company
Will appeal 70 the supreme court. In
case the decision is affirmed, property
owners throughout thestate who have
suffered damages under similar cir
cumstances will at once sue for in
dempity. Thus millions OF dollars de-
pend upon the issue.
Miss LOUISE GEIBEL, daughter OF a
merchant at Trevine, became despond-
ent over parental opposition to her
lover and attempted suicide with a re-
volver. Her condition is critical.
II. 8. HUGHES, who has held the
position OF travelling passenger agent
FOR the Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul
Company for number OF years past,
has resigned because OF i'll health.
THE families OF Amos Sheriff and
John Stuffsn, OF Bashaw, were poisoned
by drinking water from a barrel that
had been used during the summer to
mix Paris green and water in for
potato-bug poison. All will recover.
JUDGE SLOAN has suspended SEN
tence IN the cas9o the three convicted
rioters st Milwaukee.
ABOUT 8 O'Clock on the morning OF
the 28ch it was ascertained that the
store OF Joseph Keller, st Chiffon, had
been entered during the night, the fami-
ly chloroformed, and goods and money,
TO the value Of $500, stolen. Mr.. Kel-
Ter had just returned from a peddling
trip and closed the store about 10
O'Clock the evening before. retiring up-
stairs with his family. When he
awoke, he imagined he was under the
influence OF chloroform, and soon
found that the purse which ne placed
under his pillow, containing 1915, had
been stolen, as well as goods from the
store which amounted TO $500 more
He is OF the opinion that the thieves
secreted themselves in the building be-
fore he closed up.
THE ice gorged above the railway
bridge at La Crosse on the 2Sth, and
the river isentirely closed opposite the
city.