The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
BADGERDOM.

IT is now announced that the North
Western company Will erect its new
depot IN Milwaukee next spring.
john Hoy, a railroad man, was stabbed
Ill the side at La Crosse by an unknown
man, who met him on the street. Hoy's
wound is not serious. His assailant
escaped.
NEW feature is to be introduced in
the law school of the State University.
Lectures on legal topics are to be deliv-
cred by Judges Clementson, of Lam
caster; Hastings, ofGreen Bay; jenkins,
of Milwaukee; NCyes, of Milwaukee,
and Wlnslow, of Racine.
lT is probable that a judge will be
called TO La Crosse from another circuit
to try cases in which a change o. venue
has been asked on the ground of preiu-
dice ofthe Judge. The most important
OF these cases is that of n. B. Holway vs.
the Green Bay, Winona q st. fa | Rail-
way.
ii. :. WAKEMAN, chief dispatcher Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Northwest
ern Railway, whose headquarters were
ut La Crosse, has accepted "A similar
position at Cheyenne. The trainmen
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cane on his departure for his new post.
I'll. +. PAUL, city solicitor for II. B.
Dewey, a dealer in furnaces at $50 Sec
ond Street. Milwaukee, has decamped
with some 5000 or 500 of his employ
er's money. In letter wich Paul left
on the desk in the store, he confesses
TO stealing S254 and incloses his note
for that amount.
| ET - a ttnN TO M co lnS apf.
for the wholesale liquor firm of A. Blade
d Son. 24l East Water Street, Milwau-
kee, was arrested in Minneapolis on the
18th, charged with embeZZtement. kel-
Ter left the employ of Blade x Son some
two weeks ago and soon afterward short
AGES were discovered in his accounts
The amount is believed to be about
$500.
JACK MAHoNEY. the notorious dive
keeper at Ashland, riddled with bullets
by Edward Lindsay, may not recover.
DIR. Sem, OF Milwaukee, removed Il bull
-et that was imbedded in his bowels.
j. NJ. BRACKETT, a former resident Of
Eau Claire, and at one time editor OF
the Daily Free Press, died at Ainsworth,
Neb.
FERDINAND SPANKOwsKI, a mechanic in
the ST. Paul shops. at West Milwaukee,
attempted to board freight train at the
foot of Grove Street 10 90 out to his
work on the night of the 18TH. His foot
slipped and he fell beneath the wheels,
which crushed his skull to fragments.
He leaves vie and several children.
THREE million feet of lumber in the
ward of Alfred Weed IL Co., at Black
River, was destroyed by fire, which is
supposed 10 have been inCend airy. The
fire started early in the evening, and as
stance from the Hurley and Ironwood
fire department quenched the flames
after half the lumber had gone up in
smoke. Loss, $40, coo; fully covered by
insurance.
\ REBEccA Lodge, Order of Odd
Fellows, has been organized at La
Crosse.
THE barns of Peter Riley and Ole
AmundsOn, at La Crosse, burned. Loss,
$500.
THE fence and grand stand of the La
Crosse base bail park are to be sold at
auction.
RoEssER's large saw and grist mills, at
Sis'er Bay, Door County, were complete
ly destroyed by fire, the flames spread
ing to the dock and destroying it, to-
gether with the lumber and tireWood
of the property were of no avlll. The
grist mill was new and very complete
establishment. Just how and where
the fire originated is a matter of con-
lecture. There was no insurance upon
the property, which was valued at SlS.-
900, except 5000 in some Chicago com
many for the benefit of +. z. Allis "
Co., of Milwaukee.
CASPER GAITENs, an inmate Of the Sol
diers' Home, was drowned in the river
just north of Grand Avenue bridge. Mil
waukee. He was intoxicated and
walked off the bridge near McCOy's sa-
loon. He leaves wife, who lives n the
city.
OFFICER WILLIAM WILKINSON, of Bay
field, shot and fatally wounded Charles
Herbert, one of four rougas who were
assauling him. The fellows had taken
his watch and club when he drew his
revolver.
A PORTION of the wholesale grocery
store of Jacob Wellauer u Co., corner
OF Broadway and Buffalo Street, Mil
waukee, was DESTROYED by FIRE and the
stock badly damaged by water on the
Sth. The loss is estimated at over $50,
600.
J. ANDERSON, of Eau Claire, will use a
steam logger at his camp near Rice
Lake. 1t is said to have a speed of
seven miles per hour, and will haul a
load of $4,000 feet, while the cost i .
per cent. less than when horses are
used. No rails or prepared tracks are
required, and snow Will be no hin
dranCe.