The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-10-05
WISCONSIN ITEMS


fell and broke an arm while exercising
on turning pole.
The funeral of Col. Wiley S. Scribner,
OF Chicago, took place at Madison on
the hrst. The remains were brought on
special train, accompanied by 25C
Irand Army comrades, Cook County
officials and friends of the deceased.
A FREIGHT train and locomotive run
ming twenty miles an hour collided on
the Northwestern line in Eau Claire
on the lst. The locomotive and seve raj
box-cars were completely wrecked. The
fireman and engineer jumped. No one
was seriously hurt.
FRANK GARNER, a son of Wash Garner,
OF Beetown, was found near that village
IN Grant River. He is supposed to
nave fallen out of a boat while in fit oi
epilepsy, to which he was subject.
STRONG effort is being made by the
Summerheld congregation, Milwaukee
to retain the Rev. Mr.. Updike.
NINE. LUIS, the Haytisn speaker, in q
lecture at Milwaukee, advised negroes
to emigrate to Africa.
Forty feet of a sewer trench csyed in
at Eau Claire, on the ls., burving fouI
!aborers. The heads of two of them
were not covered, and their cries for
help were heartrending. Christian
Achunning was dead when taken ont
Ills body lay face downward. W.
Achunning, his brother, was so badly
crushed that he cannot recover. The
two others, Archie Taylor and Anton
Utne, escaped serious injury. A force
OF men excavated a large part of the
cavern under the mistaken impression
that still another man was buried.
THE first pension case under the law
consolidating the offices of adutant-
general and state pension agent has
been settled by Gen. Burchard. On
the 22d Of last July, Mary O'Neil, widow
OF Hugh O'Neil, OF Oregon, in Dane
County, made application for pension.
On the 18th of September the pension
was allowed. Mrs. O'Neil gets s., ,04O
back pay.
STATE TREASURER HARsHAw reports a
total balance in the state treasury on
October lst of 1871 ,956.67, the balances
of the principal funds being as follows:
General fund, s27l ,542. .63; school fund,
$l9S. l5l.7o; school fund income, $239,
O9I.78; university fund, S4l6, ,054.lG; ag-
rlcultural college fund, S72l ,066.l7; nor
NAL school fund, $I2O, ,74S.73; drainage
fund, $40, ,524.74.
CHAIRMAN DODswoRTH, of the En-
campment baggage committee, has re-
ported to the Encampment council that
there were only four pieces of proper
ty left unclaimed at the clearing house.
The list comprises one derby hat, a
bla k satchel from Nebraska, a brown
umbrella and common satchel con-
tanning brown rubber overcoat and
some unwashed clothing.
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IN Milwaukee, On Tue oo.i4 u-t~- t-;ehS .
auspices, the number of pupils enrolled
being large, and applications coming in
with each mail. The classes in drawing
from the flat and antique, modelling in
clay and wax, and drawing from mod
els were opened and the life class
organized. Prof. Won Ernst will
soon give the pupils some lectures Oh
perspective and anatomy.
IT is proposed to organize team OF
college football players in Milwaukee.
A WEEKLY publication devoted to the
interests of the Union Labor party is to
lie started in Milwaukee, with Robert
SHILLING as It's editor.
POSTMASTER NOVEL; has appointed R.
i. Estes and A. L. Grootmsat, superin-
tendents respectively of the Bay View
and Williamsburg postal station.
THE Rev. G. II. Lemon has closed his
pastorate at Monroe and gone to Chica-
go to begin a course in Rush Medical
College, with II view of going to Japan as
a missionary of the higher rank.
ELIZABETH HUGHES came all the way
from Buckingham, O'Hara County,
Canada, to have a deed of Milwaukee
lot recorded. The grantor was Richard
Rugh and the consideration was 81.
WHILE Conrad Wilkerling and Charles
Becker were hunting in the woods
around Wauwatosa on the Doth the
former stumbled and discharged his
gun, its contents passing through the
leg of his friend, who was walking
ahead of him.
CHARLES Z. REED, an old gentleman
living on Milwaukee's West Side, was
knocked down by wouldbe robher
early in the evening on lonely street
near his residence. The victim fought
desperately, and used his lungs to such
advantage that his assailant skipped
without any booty.
IT is now announced the new David
son Opera House, Milwaukee, the
foundations for which are nearly COM
pleted, will be a seven-story building
with large hall on the top floor.
Mrs. HIRAM Posi-, for some years q
resident of Milwaukee, died suddenly
at Tacoma, w. T., where she was visit
ing relatives.
WIN. Koch, a one-legged fagman for
the st. Paul road at the foot OF Walnut
Street, Milwaukee, tried to prevent q
teamster from crossing the track when
an engine was approaching. The wagon
was struck by it, and part of Its load of
wood fell on the faithful flagman. His
leg was broken, and other serious inju-
ries resulted from the accident. His
recovery is doubtful.
CAPT. OLIVER has resigned the com
mand of the First Light Battery, Mil
waukee, and r1mors are current that
Capt. Blcuel, of the South Side Rifles,
and Capt. Borchardt, of the Kosciusko
Guard. will also resign.
The annual exhibition of the Milwau-
kee Athletic Society took place on the
2Sth.
THE Rev. F. L. Wharton, of Milwau-
kee, has been sued for $4,000 by Mrs.
Alice Moss for alleged defamation oi
character. This is a sequel to the fam
GUS church trial of some months ago, in
preacher figured.
t0I. r AIN OuttS W buliu MI dFDuOCN, f.,
rrovided Milwaukee is allowed to have
a full regiment.
LITTLE or no interest is being taken in
the eight-hour movement by Milwaukee
workingmen.
TIE annual convention of the Wiscon-
sin Woman's Suffrage Association will
be held in the V. NJ. G. A. Hall, on
Fourth Street. Milwaukee, October Is,
Is and II.
IT is rumored that the Chicago, Mad
ison 4 Northern Railroad, the northern
branch of the Illinois Central, will
shortly establish shops on their land in
Madison. The local officials of the road
will neither affirm nor deny the report.
FUMES of black paint caused the death
OF one man and overpowered two
others at Pfister & NogePs tannery,
in Milwaukee.
Miss JANE MCKINLEY, of Champaign,
H., was married to Orville W. Cannon,
of Danville, H., by the Rev. {. ;. Les