The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-09-08
STATE NOTES.

he state granu lodge OF the lnde-
pendent Order of Good Templars con
yened IN the senate chamber at Madi-
son on the 4th, in its thirty second
annual session. There were about 400
delegates and visitors present.
THE large barn of j. T. and Peter Me-
Cam, junk dealers at Madison, burned
on the 4th, causing loss of 81, 800. Four
horses were burned, a large Junk stock,
and considerable quantity of hay and
grain. There was an insurance on the
building of $50 only.
HENRY G. CAMPBELL has sold his half
interest i'll the Florence Mining News
to Fred. M. Youngs, brother of George
c. Goungs, the owner of the other half,
and the paper will hereafter be con-
Quoted by the Youngs Bros, George c.
Ioungs being editor and manager. Mr..
Campbell intends to return to Milwau
k@e.
CHARLES CAMPBELL, a pioneer of Ash
land, is dead.
THE 'Longshoremen's Union at Ash
land has been incorporated.
DANIEL FARRELL was assaulted and
robbed by footpads at Ashland, and is at
the hospital in a critical condition.
BoUTIN 4 MAHER. dealers in general
merchandise at Bayfield,, have assigned.
Assets, $4,000; liabilities, $4,000.
A STOCK company has been formed at
Madison to publish the Evening News
The paper was established over year
ago.
A WAR has begun on the dance houses
of Ashland, the first arrest being made
on the lst inst, under the state Jaw. J.
G. Jones, who kept dive in the EBAY
City" district, refused to close his estab-
lishmept, and will be held for trial with
three others. Places which kept from
ten to thirty five women each have
closed.
WILLIAM HoYNEs, the Republican can
didate for Congress in the Thirteenth
Indian District, is La Crosse boy, hay
ing attended school and learned the
printing business there. At the time of
his nomination he was professor in
Notre Dame University.
FRED. SCHULTZ, living in Milwaukee,
went nutting on the I'd inst, and while
shaking some from the limbs of a tall
tree fell forty feet to the ground, break
ing one leg. His companions, thinking
him killed, were panic stricken and ran
away, leaving the victim FIVE hours
where he fell.
AT the annual meeting of the North
American United Caledonian Asso-
citation, held at Albany, n. Y, on the
1st, Thomas Morgan, of Milwaukee, was
elected president.
\. c. Fosters sawmill at Fairchild,
Eau Claire County, burned on the 3lst;
loss, $50, ,Oy0; insurance, $4,000, placed
in twelve companies. The fire is sup
posed to have been naliciously set, as
l,t 4 l.
owned by Foster on the same site about
six months ago.
LA CROSSE is considering proposition
to introduce the Game we'll fire alarm
system.
Miss LILLIAN FIFIELD, daughter of
the Hon. S. s. Fifeld, of Ashland,
neapolis, at the residence of her pa
rents.
SEVERAL of the business men of Lam
caster, who were unhoused by the re-
cent fire, have let contracts to rebuild.
The Grant County Herald was issued on
time through the courtesy of the pub
Usher of the Teller.
Moses LUFKIN, formerly of Eau Claire,
was assassinated at Redwood, Mimi.
While reclining on lounge near hispar-
lor window engaged in conversation with
his family, he was fred upon and in
stantly killed bv some one from the out
side of the house. A neighbor with
whom he was in litigation is suspected
of the crime.
IL working under the Capital House,
at Madison, wOrkmen removed a stone
from the foundation which was brought
from Prairie du Chen in 1856 or 1857.
1t is the same flint rock of which the
capitol is built.
RICHARD LEWIS, of Madison, son of
Capt. Hugh Lewis, has started for the
City of Mexico, where he becomes an
attache of the United States legation
under Gen. Bragg.
NOTICE has been filed with the clerk
of the circuit court for Dane County of
the appeal of the Pittsburg Mining Com
pany stockholders from the decision of
Judge Stewart sustaining the demurrer
of the defendants, A. II. Main, Phil.
Spooner, and F. w. Oakley, in the suit
brought to recover $4,000. alleged to
be due the company from the defend
ants. The case will 90 Immediately to
the supreme court.
Dr. KENNETT, of La Crosse, whose son
was sentenced to prison for life on cen
viction of the murder OF a woman with
whom he had consorted, will move for
a new trial of the case at the November
term of the circuit court.
ABE GOLDBERG is wanted in Eau Claire
for forging the name of Myron McCord,
the well-known lumberman.
Dr. POWELL, Labor candidate for gov
ernor. emphatically asserts IN letter
that he will not pull out before the votes
are counted.
THE business of the United States
,and-office at Eau Claire indicates the
rapid taking up of government land IN
that part of the state. The volume of
business now, and at a corresponding
period last wear, shows marked reduc-
ton as to the present. This is just as 1t
should be, showing as 1t does, the rapid
settlement of lands and consequent
higher values IN private real estate
Transactions.
A. II. ALLEN, of La Crosse, narrowly
escaped death from the bite of spider.
While sleeping on new hay in barn
where he had assisted in threshing, he
felt what he supposed to be a bug or
cricket making its way up his shirt
sleeve. He put his hand on it thinking
to kill it, and was stung by large black
spider. His arm grew rapidly worse
and he was brought 10 town, The physl-
clans said just IN time to save the arm.
He is doing well at present, and the
swelling is nearly gone, but he has the
appearance of man who IS Just re-
covering from long siege of fever
FRED. kADIG, who drowned off an ex-
cursion steamer at Ashland, bad bis life
insured for 81 900. He left a wife and
two children.
W. A. EMRI.s, young switchman,
was shot and killed by a saloonkeeper
at Ashland.
TIE Eighth District Prohibition con-
oressionaI convention will be held in
Eau Claire, September l9. On the day
preceding, Gen. Fiske, candidate for
president, will speak in the afternoon.
and Frances f. Willard, president OF
the W. c. 7. T., will speak in the even
ing.
TuF assessed valuation of the real es-
tate in the city of Eau Claire is 81 ,Ba,-
1s4. and of personal property u ,59I ,iso.