The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-24
BADGERDOM.

PRAIRIE fires along the Mississippi
River, between Fountain City and
Trempealeau have destroyed a large
amount of property. Several families
have been burned out.
AFTER this seasons contracts on the
Lac Court d'0reilles reservation are
completed, but S0,000,0 ,000 feet of pine
will be left on the once famous tract,
and this will be cut down next year.
The present contracts call Tor 100000 COO
feet.
THE winter meeting of the state
Teachers Association will be held in
the Senate chamber at Madison, Decem-
Der 26-2S.
BEFORE the appointment of the state
convention of the y. NJ. {. A., held at
Eau Claire, it was decided TO raise Sl0,-
0OO for work in the state. Members in
attendance subscribed s., ,5OG of this
sum.
MAYOR KNIGHT, of Ashland, has re-
signed his Office and will go to Europe
for the winter.
ANNA WERNESs, 20 years old, commit
ted suicide taking poison at her home
IN Dunn County. No cause Is assigned.
Tue State Historical Society is in re-
ceipt of fine oil portrait Of Daniel
Wells, Jr., of Milwaukee, executed by
Conrad Heyd, the artist.
The McDonough Manufacturing Com
pany, of Eau Claire, proposing to manu-
facture agricultural implements, has
been incorporated with capital of
100000.
DR.. LYMAN c. DRAPER, for many years
corresponding secretary of the State
Historical society, has departed for
New York city to spend the winter.
WHILE drilling a well on his place at
JaCksonpOrt, Door County, Reuben
Page struck lump of copper at depth
Of twelve feet. An investigation is to
determine whether the mineral Is part
of a vein or a lump of imbedded float
copper.
THE proceedings of the summer meet
ing of the Wisconsin Press Association
have been printed in neat pamphlet
form. They include Charles A. Dana's
address at the Academy in Milwaukee,
President Hicks annual address, Judge
Ryan's memorial of d. l. Follett, and
an account of the excursion to the 500,
with fine portrait of Mr.. Dana as
trontlspiece and illustrations of a street
view in Amigo and OF the government
locks at the 500.
81 POO in her suit against the city of
Madison for damages for the death Of
her husband resulting from injuries re-
ceived in defective street.
THE Rev. Henry Faville, who recently
withdrew from the Methodist Church,
has accepted the pastorate of the Con-
gregatiOnal Church at La Crosse for one
year.
IN the case of the Land, Log and Lum-
Der Company vs.. j. 5. Davidson, just
tried at La Crosse, the verdict was for
the defendant, he being held liable only
for the actual value of stumpage cut
over by the mistake of his men.
La Crosse is to have a glass factory.
Ten acres have been donated toward
the enterprise.
ANOTHER German newspaper is to be
issued in La Crosse by gentlemen of the
Excelsior Printing Company of Milwau-
kee. Its name is to be The Patriot and
It's editor Mr.. BOnecamp. In politics it
Will be Democratic in religion Catholic,
having the approval of Bishop Flasch.
EDWARD r. GEORGE, an old Madison
resident, died at Omaha, Neb, his
home, aged 60. He was pioneer at
Madison and, for some time, was prop
prIetor of the old United States House,
hOstelry famous III its days. He was
hetelkeeper during most of his career,
having had the management of houses
in Chicago, st. Paul and Omaha.
THE State Horticultural Society Is in
receipt of valuable manuscripts collect
ed by Dr. !. 4. Lapham while chic of
the state geological bureau. The papers
include early plats of the state.
CHARLES HERBERT, who was shot at
Bayfield, by Police Officer Wilkinson,
died from the effects Of his wound.
JAMES MALoNEY, one of the oldest res
idents Of Buffalo County, died on Wed
nesday, aged So.
THEODORE RITTER, aged ), lost a leg
under a train while playing upon the
track near his home in La Crosse.
JoHN MAHoNEY, of dance-house noto-
riety, who WAS shot full of lead by Ed
ward Lindsay, at Ashland, died on the
18th. His estate, it is believed, viii be
found to be worth at least 100000
None OF the property Is in his own
name, he having once failed as a lum-
herman IN Michigan when he led an
honorable life. What disposition will
be made of his property Is unknown,
but 1t Is believed a woman and a num-
ber OF near friends in Ashland will re-
ceive 1t. Mahoney's relatives live in
Lawrence County, New York.
THE late c. B. Arnold, of Blue
Mounds, Iowa County, at one time i'm
proved the highest summit, built a
mouse upon it, and moved there with
his family, but wind blew the house
down. He rebuilt, when a second wind
wrecked his home, and he then aban-
doned the location.