The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-08-24
WISCONSIN ITEMS

EARLY on the morning of the 2Oth
Eau Claire was visited by second vio-
lent storm. Two residences were struck
by lightning and badly torn up, and the
large agricultural building on the
grounds of the Northwestern Fair As
soclatlon, owned by Andrew Jackson.
was struck and totally consumed, with
large amount of grain aud agricultural
machinery. Loss, $1,000; no insurance.
w. II. PARKER, superintendent of the
La Crosse government building, has re-
ceived finally the plans for the he atinc
machinery, and will at once advertise
for bids. The contract will be let Sep
tember ,, and the building entirely fin
lshed before winter.
An unknown man was run over and
killed by an Omaha passenger train,
about two miles from Ashland Junction,
on the 18th. He lay across the track
asleep at the rounding of a curve and
was not seen until too late. Two bottles
| of whisky were found IN his coat pock-
| ct The railway company will provide
| Tor the burial of the unfortunate.
DURING a heavy storm at Eau Claire,
| lightning struck the house of Gilbert
| Markham, near Fairchild, stunning all
| the occupants. A boy who lay on fur
| coat had his hair singed and his back
| blistered. He was unconscious for two
| hours. A number of houses in this
vicinity were struck and considerably
| damaged.
A MAN employed bv A. Mcmillan, of
La Crosse, as gardener and coAchman,
Nike Joyce by name, drowned on the
night of the 18th, while sailing on the
Mississippi. His boat was found late in
the night over turned and lying at the
head of a small island. Mr. Allen,
who keeps the La Crescent Ferry
house, saw a man out on the river at
about half past 8, and watched him
by occasional flashes OF lightning until
he Was near the point where the boat
WAS found joyce could swim and
knew how to sail & boat, but the wind was
high and squaily, and there is little
doubt as to the cause of the accident.
Joyce leaves a wife and two children.
Col. c. W. HUFSCHMIDT, of the Dous-
man House, at Prairie du Chen, has
gotten into trouble with the internal
| revenue office, and is charged with dis
posing of liquor without the government
stamp on it. The case will be heard be-
fore Judge Baccus.
THE residence of Mrs. Clara p. Mas
ton, in Eau Claire, was fred by an in
and completely DESTROYED. There was
no one in the house at the time. The
loss was about $4,000. This makes the
| aggregate of the losses by incendiarism
in that portion of the city fully 5000.
Miss FANNIE LoSEY, of La Crosse. Wis,
was robbed of cash and jewelry amount
ing to 81 900, at the pier of a steamer in
New York.
WIN. A. NOVEL; has been appointed
postmaster at Milwaukee, vice George
ii. Paul resigned.
A SUCCESSFUL test of the long distance
telephone between Chicago and MilWau
kee has been made.
FIRE in the store of Hecht d Zummach
on West Water Street, Milwaukee, did
0,0OO damage.
o. MoNsoN, of Eau Claire, has been
appointed deputy revenue collector for
that district.
THE long g-distance" telephone lines
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, between Milwaukee
| and Chicsgo, have been completed.
LEON A. BLAsEwITz, who is described
as religious maniac, committed suicide
Just after midnight on the 10th by Jump
ing into the lake at Milwaukee. He
was % years of age.
The new depot of the North Western
Railroad at Milwaukee is fast nearing
completion, and Will be sufficiently ad-
yanced to accommodate the public in at
least partial manner during the great
Encampment.
FRITZ STONHoLTZ a laborer employed
by the contracting firm of Smith *
Reed, dropped dead on Mount Vernon
Avenue, Milwaukee, on the 10Th. Heart
disease caused his death. Stonholtz
was married man, 80 years of age.
ASIDE from the interesting features
prepared by the Grand Army people of
Milwaukee for the entertainment of the
old soldiers and their friends during
Encampment week, all the regular
amusement houses have made special
efforts in the way of providing first
class attractions for the week. Every
theater in this city will be open. The
bills at the different houses will be as
follows: Grand Opera House, "Enoch
Arden;" New Academy, Rice's Bur
lesque Company, in THE Corsair;"
Standard Theater, The Silver King"
Peoples, Burlesque; Stadt The
ater, Edwin Browne, in Midas,
the Man of Gold" At the
Schlitz Park Summer Theater the
Hess Opera Company will present the
AOAAON ing ICptitOil -hpuudC Shlhlts
of Normandy" Tuesday Bohemian
Girl" Wednesday Fra Diavolo,"
Thursday Martha Friday ''The Mika-
do. Saturday and Sunday The Flying
Dutchman."
JOHN OLERICK goes to the penitenhary
from La Crosse for three years for
stealing q watch.
PRAIRIE Dc CHEN voted TO issue bonds
in the sum of $4,000 for the improve
ment of the city.
CONDENSATION proceedings by the
government to obtain possession of the
block chosen for the new Milwaukee
public building have been suspended,
owing to the inability of the proper Of
ticers to find all the heirs to four foot
strip in the block.
A WILD COW at large in the city of La
Crosse, caused considerable excitement
until she was run down and killed.
Among the injured were Mrs. Charles
Walters and son of j, j. Hogan.
SUIT has been,commenced by the pros
ecuting attorney of Ashland County
against the bOndsmen of the late Maui
rice f. Gatfney, the county clerk who
| committed suicide several months ago.
The claim against them is for s., 500, and
for this amount the suit has been COM
menCed IN the circuit court. The
bondsmen were James A. Wood, John
Il. Knight and Geo. w. Harrison.
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