The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-10-19

his superfiuous flesh. This course was
recommended by a Washington, ID. G.,
doctor whom he consulted. Mr.. Stumm
weighed 300 pounds and was gaining.
He now weighs $50.
FIVE members of the South Baptist
Church, Milwaukee, have threatened to
ieave the society should a new church
be built.
julius JONES, of the town of Lincoln,
Buffalo County. was thrown under
load of lumber, by the fractiousness of
his team, and crushed 10 death.
The 81 900 necessary for the enter
tainment of the Pan-American dele
gates in Milwaukee is being raised with
out any trouble.
BRADLEY & METCALF's shoe factory in
Milwaukee, had narrow escape from
fire.
SILBAR, DEWoLF & Co., manufacturers
Of clothing, Milwaukee, made an assign
ment.
WILLIAM RosEwARNE, who to obtain a
wedding outfit robbed his prospe ctive
Drother-in-iaw of $l20, was sentenced at
Ashland to eighteen months in the pen.
Mrs. ALTA BRALEY, of Madison, who
has been i'll with diphtheria, is GONZALES
| cling, and all fears as to her recovery
| are dispelled.
ELDER Bros, grocers at North la
Crosse, have failed. Liabilities, $500;
assets, 81 900.
GEORGE DoxTATER was elected sachem
Of the Oneida Indians. Some five years
ago the hereditary chiefs were retired
and an election system substituted.
EMMA JOHNSON, who was found bleed
ing and unconscious in her room in Mill
Il rir,fS
from conclusion of the brain. She has
been able to state, though, that she fell
in her room while cropping in the dark
for pitcher and that she then struck
her head.
THE Minerva blast furnace, Milwau-
kee, will start up next week.
TIE Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,
Milwaukee, has decided to extend a
call to the Rev. William Chester, OF New
York, at salary of 81 500.
THE State Presbyterian synod took ac-
| ton looking to the calling of conven-
ton in the interest of a better observ-
| anCe of the Sabbath. Mrs. John Plan
kinton was elected president of the
Woman's Synodicsl Missionary Society.
CONDUCTORS on the Southern Mime
sofa Division of the Milwaukee system
report the elevators at every point
overtiowing with the crop of 1889, and
the company pushed TO furnish cars to
transport it to the sesboard.
IT is reported that the whole bed of
Rice Lake, which is really q big marsh,
has been on fire Tor several days. The
weather has been so dry that there has
been no water in the lake bed and the
grass was ignited a few days ago in
some manner unknown. The wind
| famed it along and soon the entire
marsh WAS ablaze aud 5000 tons of hay
were consumed. 1t is said that hun
dreds of rattlesnakes were driven out by
the fire.
WAR has been declared against three
railroad companies operating in Ash
land by the Common Council. The
Northern Pacific, Lake Shore & West
ern. and Wisconsin ,Cent~-l heun been
ordered to remove all but one track run
ming across avenues. The companies
will undoubtedly fight. A few weeks
ago they were ordered to raise the
grade foot and refused to do so.
THE Milwaukee wheelmen are talking
of purchasing clubhouse.
"SHoRTY" LAwToN, who was recap
tured in Illinois and returned to Eau
Claire, pleaded guilty to horse steal
ing on his arraignment before Judge
Bundy.
AT 10 o'clock Sn the forenoon of the
9th, the two large barns of the Sawyer
d Austin Lumber Company, La Crosse,
were entirely consumed with most of
their contents. Only four horses were
in the stalls and they were saved. The
day WAS perfectly calm, 30 it Was posi-
BILE to prevent the fire spreading, al
though adjoining lumber piles were
somewhat scorched. The loss is but
about 81 600, with $500 insurance.
DAVID WHITES house, in the town of
Washington, WAS destroyed by fire.
Loss, $1,000; no insurance.
THE Baptist state convention at Eau
Claire elected officers as follows: Presi
dent, the Rev. Nj. G. Dodge, D. d.
Janesvilie; vice-president, the Rev. w.
A. McKillop, Eau Claire; CORE
spending secretary, the Rev. d.
+. Halteman, d. D., Delavan; re-
cording secretary, the Rev. 0. C.
Bestor, Beloit; auditors, w. T. Lewis,
Racine, and W. g. Walker, Madison; di-
rectors, president, Rev. w. P. Hellings,
Milwaukee; secretary, D. f. Halteman.
The treasurer's annual report showed
that the receipts from various associa-
tions for the year ended September 80
were s., 500, the Lake Shore Association
giving the most. There is small def
cl-Ccy