The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-02
STATE NEWS.

Rosa HIRsCH, aged 4 Year,, was run
| over and killed by street car on Wal
nut Street, Milwaukee, on the 9th.
| Door COUNTY ADVOCATE: The high
water n the Sturgeon River. at the head
| of Big Bay de Noquette, caused the dams
| of the Van Winkle Lumber Company TO
| be carried away, ana big loss resulted
| thereby. Several million feet of saw
| logs have been scattered through the
| woods for miles, and to get these back
| into the stream Will necesSltate an out
| lay of many thousands of dollars. One
| report says 1t viii cost g 900 to replace
| the dams and remove the obstructlonS
| from the river.
f. Z. Brown, of the State University
cadets, won the medal at the recent tar
get competition, scoring So out of al pos
sible so.
THE Sturgeon Bay Advocate reports
that a money order department will be
established at the Evergreen postotFice.
CHAs. KoPPIIS, of Ashland, guardian
of the children of the late Herman Nit
tlesdadt, visited Fall Creek, Fan Claire
County. early one morning with Il hack
and forced the children TO accompany
him from there, he taking advantage ~
the fact that few people were MP. Mrs
Mittiestadt Immediately followed wlJb
team TO Eau Claire in the hope ps
compelling the release of the children.
but inasmUch as Mr.. kopplin Is their
guardian, nothing could bc done. The
residents of Fall Creek were So indig
nant over the affair thai at night an
effigy was hung upon 4 rope stretched
from one side of the street To the other
with placard bearing the words, Take
care of your children, Ashland.
HARRY HoEY, a Porterville logger,
shot thro ugh the sluice in the lower dam
at EAU Claire on single log-a feat
never before accomplished. The water
rushes down Ill torrent.
+. S. JUDD. of Ashland, has secured
verdict against the ChiCSgo, s.. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Com
hanY for $40 damages for the kIitERg of a
dog owned by the plaintiff ty defend
ants engine.
The remains of Ella Benwards, who
was murdered at Ashland by Billy An
drews, were buried on the 2tths no re
ply having been received from her rel
atives, who are wealthy farmers living
near Fort WAYNE, Ind. Andrews has
made clean breast of the whole affair.
He will recover from his selt-intilcted
wounds.
II is reported from Alma that sur
vevors are running a line across Sand
Prairie, through Weaver. and across
the river, up the valley toward NInona.
The line is said TO be an extension OF
the 800" road, more GENERALLY known
as the Fairehild system.
BURGLAsS at Eau Claire robbed Hueb-
ner Il Schlosset's store of 500 worth o.
| goods.
PRoT r B. ANDERSON, mirister To
Denmark. who has been making short
visit at his old home in Madison, will
| sail on the 9th of June to resume his
, duties III Denmark. The professor wiz
| be accompanied by his family, who
intend TO spend year ID European
| travel.
LYMAN HIGLEY. aged nearly 10, died Of
sppopiexv at his home in the town Cs
| Pleasant Valley. Eau Claire County. He
came TO Wisconsin at a very early day
and settled at Dekorra, near Portage. at
| a time when fIlS was the only dwelling
| between Portage and Madison. The de-
ceased is said to have once owned the
| site of Council Bluffs.
| TIE great case of the Socialist Croft
| kau has finally been settled to his sails
| faction. Argument on certiorarl pro-
ceedings in review of habeas corpus, be-
! fore Judge Johnson, at Milwaukee. re-
suited in his discharge from the house
| Of correction. TIE case will be APP
| peaied tJ the state supreme court.
| THE Milwaukee Exposition Ass~cia,
| ton has sold its biS organ to lmmannei
| Presbyterian Church.
A PLAN is being considered at Madison
| for the purchase of the First Baptist
| Church property and the trans orma-
ton OF the building into an opera house,
| The sum of Sl4,UoO Is asked for the
| property.
THREE alleged dive-keepers have been
arrested at Eau Claire and will be pros
ecuted by the Anthem Association.
THE MindOfa Cheese and Butter Fac
| tory Association, Of Pennington, La
| Crosse County, has been Incorporated.
| GEORGE Nick NIGHT, an inmate of the
| Milwaukee Soldiers Home. committed
Suicide on the Home grounds on the
/ night OF the Goth. He was about 5t
years old and had long been troubled
with neuralgia, which ~ supposed 10
| have made him despondent.
| TIVE body of an unknown man was
| found in the lake in the town OF bAk
| Creek, near Milwaukee, on the 2lsE-
| There was nothing by which il could be
! identified. An examination showed
| that the man, who appeared to be about
| - years old, had been shot through the
| breast, which is taken as an lndicatIon
| of suicide.
The large dam in the MeHomiueG
! River, near the mouth OF Pemplna
| Creek. in the vicinity Of Florence, went
| out during the recent food. The DAM
which was built two years ago, AT cost
| -F ~ - NHaT l..
consisting of eleven wide gates and iouT
rolls. Last spring the dam became par
! italy undermined and was repaired Ak
an expense of between sS, ZOO and SlO,-
| 600. 1t is now a total wreck.
! NUMBER of conductors on the North
ern Division Of the North-W Western
| Railway have been discharged for some
unknown cause.
IT is proposed by the Business Mems
Association Of Ashland to raiS1 the sum
Of FOO 900 for the erection OF theater
| block to include an opera HOUSE anu
| several stores.
The assignee Of ". ~. Jones, the Il
| Crosse hardware merchant 4" uo ialled
| recently, has flied his report. showing
| that the liabilities are $40 0u62.I and the
assets about sj,si5.
JouX BRo~v has caused the arrest OF
the various Town Boards in Ireupea-
| leau County for failing to place sign
| boards at highway crossings. The IN
| former gets half the fine.
| tv the circuit court At Ia Crosse Peter
>chWah vas awarded S75 damages IN
| suit against Frank Bartel for damages
| from the bite Of dog owned by de
/ fendant The plaintiff asked Sl,pp-
| ufsJJuSs rg;DE FKEE.