The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-20
WISCONSIN ITEMS

Axunknown man committed suicide
IN tbe Water Works pier at Milwaukee
on the 10th by shooting himself through
the head.
jim CUNNING, who was in the La
crosse jail charged with bigamy, escaped
on the night of the 18th, by saving
bar in window. He was kept in cell
in the woman s department, because one
of his wives was the divorced wife of
another prisoner, and they quarreled
and fought if allowed to get at each 9TH
er. The sheriff offers a reward of $50.
The working time in the Burlington &
Northern shops, at La Crosse, has been
cut to eight hours per day.
THE Lacrosse Commandery of Knights
Templar proposes to make pilgrimage
10 Washington September next, and
participate in the ceremonies Incidental
10 the triennial conclave which is to be
held in that city. A Pullman sleeper
viii be chartered for the accommOda
ton of the Knights and their ladies.
Gov. HOARD has issued proclamation
ordering the capitol at Madison to be
draped with emblems of mourning for
thirty days as a mark of respect for eX-
GOV. FarWell.
MARINErrE Christian Scientists are
about to organize church society.
WM. GILL. an Eau Claire mechanic,
has fallen heir TO $50, 900 estate at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
RoUGns attacked tie Beverly resort
near Marinette, drove the keeper and
inmates into the woods and fired the
house.
FIRE destroyed about $4,000 worth
of property in the central part of
Chippewa falls on the 18th. DR.. f. A.
Richards loss is g .0C0, insurance not
known; George Neir, loss 81 600, lnsur-
ance 800; Ole Shervey, loss 1000, IN
surance 5000; Jas. sullivan, loss 81 900.
insurance 81 90; Chippewa County Sem
tinel, slight damage on stock. A large
number of smaller buildings were burn
ed, the loss footing up about $4,000. 1t
originated from rubbish fire.
GEORGE REINHoLD, a tailor, 80 years of
age, committed suicide on the 10th in a
dramatic manner. He sought the resi-
denCe of his brother-in-law, at 62S
Third Street, Milwaukee, where his
wife was living, apart from him, anG
swallowed an ounce of chloroform, fall
ing prostrate on the porch in front of
the door. \ few hours later members
of the family found his stifened body
iyIng there, and in his hand a folded
note.
ERDREICH Koch, an insane man, jump
ed into the kinnickinnic river near the
Clinton Street bridge, at Milwaukee, on
the 10th, and was drowned before he
could be gotten out. Koch was % years
o. age, and all upholsterer by trade, al
though he had not been at work for
some time.
THE body of an Indian was found in
A IL. l..
posed that he became intoxicated, wan
dered of, and died from exposure.
TIE Bayfield, Press states that an at
tempt IS being made to give the Apostle
Islands town organization. At pres
ent the settlers on these islands have to
travel from thirty TO sixty miles to vote.
The Scandinavian young ladies of Eau
Clare are raising money to send bell
10 Madagascar.
LuMBERMEN at La Crosse attribute the
close OF the Beef Slough works to the
low stage OF water, and predict that
they Will be reopened as soon as q high
er stage obtains. In the meantime the
works at West Newton, twelve miles be-
low the mouth of the Chippewa, may be
used to advantage.
TIE officers of the Monona Lake As
sembly have received word from Wash
lngton GLADDEN., the well-known lee
turer from Columbus, o., accepting the
terms offered him for a series of lee
tures at the Assembly this summer.
Mr.. Gladden's list of subjects are the
following: The Factory" The Cor
poration," The Railway" ''The
Trust, The Social Palaces.''
SENATOR WAsHBURN, of Minnesota, be-
comes a heavy owner ofAshland realty,
having purchased the property in dis
pute between the Whittlesey and Tuck
er estates, valued at hundreds of thou
sands
TIE boys, Parish and Ebbets, arrest
ed at Eau Claire for setting frr to sew
eral buildings, were sentenced to the
Industrial School Ior Boys at Waukesha.
Oy the evening of the 10th inst. the
blaming mill OF Sanger, Rockwell & Co.,
MII'aukee, was damaged to the extent
OF SO, ,0c0 by fire. During its progress
number OF tiremen were overcome by
smoke, but no fatalities are reported.