The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-25
STATE NEWS.

l. ON the night of the 18th Herman
Grundt, living Oil Jackson Street. Mil
waukee, took the family Bible and sold
1t at secondhand store for 81. 75. With
the money he became intoxicated and
returning home shortly hefore IL o'clock
commenced to abuse his wife. After
threatening her life with a knife he
seized her by the throat and choked
her until the blood spurted from her
ears, After smashing the furniture in
the house, he went out and telephoned
to the Central station for patrol wagon
10 take q crazy woman to the station,
meaning his wife. Tie ciiicefs, low
ever, took Grundt himself and locked
| him mp.
TIE body ofan unknown man, appar-
entity , years of age, and dressed as a
laboring man, was taken from the Kin
nickinnic River at Milwaukee on the
18th. Several persons were reported
| missing during the winter, and from the
location where the body was found, il is
thought likely to be that of "A grocer on
Jones Island, who is among the missing.
! An effort is being made To establish
| an evening school in Madison for teach
ing the toidmbn branches
4 MADISON firm has shipped train
| load Of agricultural implements to the
| Pacific coast.
MRs. anna BATLEJEwsKA, aged 81, was
run down and killed at Milwaukee on
18th by Milwaukee & Northern train
at the Humbolt Avenue crossing.
CRY TREASURER PHILLIPS, of Eau
Claire, mistook carboic acid for bay
rum and bathea his face in it. He was
badly burned.
THE three alleged assailants of Mrs
| Sadie Tibbitts, OF Eau Claire, have been
held .o trial at Chippewa Falls, uuder
$500 5onl.s each.
j. 7. AssELSTISE, an engineer on the
| Chicago, Milwaukee < St. Paul road,
who was severely injured by striking d
switch while leaning out of the cab
window of his engine at Milwauk ee,
died on the l7th The deceased was 50
years old and leaves wife. He was a
member of kilbourn Lodge, L. e. A. NJ.
The state encampment q. A. R, in
| session at Milwaukee on the 16 th,
elected A. G.. Weissert, OF that ciGy, 6e-
partment commander.
THE Judgment having been entered
up in the Rood & Maxwell case, an
execution was isstied at Ashland on
the 15sh, and the property, consist
ing of the big sawmill plant, will be
solo next month to satisfy the 5000
0OO claim Of the Third National Bank
OF st. Paul
A SENSATION w6s created at Eau
| Claire by forty ladies OF the Woman's
| Christian Temperance Union who en-
tered the Council chamber in body
and presented q petition signed by 400
] oft . = 10 1rfi ~ ole he
| Eau Claire Variety Theater: Mrs. Dr..
Shaw addressed the council and made
an mpassioned appeal to that body to
close the theater, which she character
izeG as vile den ofcorruption and I'M
morality OF every kind. Action was
| postponed.
1sIsH-AMERICAN residents of fAshland
are arranging for big celebration on
| the anniversary OF Robert Emmet.
MARTIN DOYLE, employed on the
Chicago & North Western Railway, as
brakeman, IVES killed by falling be-
tween the cars while the train was in
motion about six miles west OF White
hall. 1t was not known that he was
killed until the train reached Gales
vile, when, on running back, his man
I
man, about % years old, aud q mem
bar OF the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION in La Crosse, where his folks
reside.
Gov. RUsK has sufficiently recovered
fcm his recent illness 20 be able to
t1avel without danger of relapse and
will take Southern trip of some five
0: six weeks duration. He lefg Mad
ison on the 10th.
ABOUT two years ago, through the
insuumentality OF land sharks, about
200gullble lnnOcents were induced to
file an Omaha lands between Ashland
and B yield. The applications were
ther rejected by tbo local lond off GERS
| aDd appeals were sent to Washington
The commissioners decisions affirm
ing those OF the register are now
flowing in upon the local officers, COM
ing so thick and fast that printed no.
tics are necessary to meet the re-
quiIements.
s4MUEL O'GRADY BENNETT, an aged
and eccentric individua! who has re-
sidd in the vicinity OF Ashland for ~
number OF years, has received letters
iron his old home in Landworth, LIEl
erick County, Ireland, that by the
death o. his parents some years ago
he is the owner OF property and money
TO the value OF El25, 900.
ASHLAND advertises for bids for the
erection OF another handsome school,
building.
ANNA KEEPS was found badly frozen
in an unoccupied house near La
Crosse. The woman claimed to have
been in the building four days, without
food or drink.
The authorities at Prairie du Chen
will arrest and prosecute boys caught
getting on or off moving trains.
G. II. MILLER, a La Crosse laundry
man, has been bound over for trial Oh
q charge OF opening letter addressed
to another.
JESSE VAN VIE, OF San Jose, CAL,
! died suddenly in Madison where he
was spending few days attending TO
bushes matters.
THE second trial OF Ramsey White
for criminal assault at Milwaukee re-
suited IN disagreement OF the Jury.
He will be tried again at the next
criminal term.
ABOUT two years ago H. II. Grace,
E. j. Anderson and Mary J. Ander-
son made application TO the United
States land Office for about 5000
acres Of land within the indemnity
limits OF the Wisconsin Central Rail
road. The register and receiver re
iected their applications and the par,
ties appealed to the general land OF.
fee. The commissioner afhrms the
decision subiec5 70 the right Of appeal
70 the secrefary OF the interior.
Eau CLAIRE Republicans have tax
en- steps TO organize r c,u6.
The county jail at Madison narrow
| ly escaped destruction By fire.
| TIE Salvation Army has made sew
enteen converts IN Eau Claire.
| COMMISSIONER sToCKsLAGER has
sent the AshlaDd land officer the last
let OF patents for lands II the Omehe
grant, which settles the question ol
possession !or all time. The lists were
selected IN 1883 and 1887, were pat.
ented last mouth and contain 6,4TS,.