The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-23
WISCONSIN ITEMS

"a Al meeting of the directors on the
iSth, r. I. Matthews was elected presi.
dent OF the Milwaukee Exposition AS
sociation.
CRAzED by jealousy, Louis Burk, of
high Bridge, Ashland County, stole in
TO the lumber camp of Thomas Mont
2omery at O'Clock on the morning of
the 18th, and brutallv murdered the
proprietor. en- axe being the weapon
used.
The committe in charge of the matter
have decided upon q naval battle at
night between three men-of-war and a
number of mortar boats on one side and
= land battery on the other, to be helG
In Milwaukee harbor during the nation
ai Il. A. K. encampment.
AGENT GREGORY and staff recently dis
tributed $1,000 worth of provisions
among the destitute Indians of the Bois
Forte band.
An Eau CLAIRE hose cart collided with
sleigh, demolishing the latter and se-
rlousiy lnjuring one of the three oecu-
pants-William Brokup.
AN interesting story of reform is tele-
graphed from Eau Claire. William
Maniere has for years run a saloon at
the village of Arkansaw, Pepin County.
few nights ago he was persuaded to
attend a Methodist revival meeting
there. He said he would go Just
fun. but didn't take any stock in
preachers. The effect upon him was
wonderful. He went from the meeting
to his saloon, where he pulled down his
bar and billiard tables and broke them
up with an axe, and poured bis entire
stock of beer and liquors into the street
IN the presence of an aston
ished crowd. MsnIere then inaug-
Crated prayer meeting in the
empty saloon, and though an unlettered
man discoursed with such eloQuence
that seven of the worst cases in the viii
lage professed themselves converted.
He declares he will now spend
all his spare time in preaching
the gospel among saloonkeep-
ers. He has issued the following notice:
ITO My Friends-fiaving been led to see
the error OF my past life, | have cleared
out my saloon business. | am deter
mined by the grace of God, to lead an
upright and Christian life, and have pur-
chased stock of -four"
A REPORT comes from Madison of a
discovery of rich deposit of lead ore in
the town of Cross Plains, Dane County.
;. W. LANDEAu, young artist of La
Crosse, will, accompany Lieut.. Schwatka
on his trip through Mexico.
LEVI II. Villas, formerly of this state,
has been appointed district Judge by
the governor of Minnesota.
GEORGE kEINHARD, the PENNSYLVANIA
newspaper man who has been travelling
In Northern Wisconsin, has compisted
pis circuit of the dives and declares.that
he discovered nothing to warrant DR..
Kate BushnelPs tales of horror.
FIFTY residents in the vicinity of the
salvation army barracks, at Ashland,
have sent petition TO the Council ask
ing them that the army be declared
public nuisance or be so abated as
10 cause less annoyance. The
communication stated numerous rea-
sons why the barracks of the
Salvatlonlsts are nuisance to the
nelghborhood, among them that the
morals of young boys and girls are con-
taminated by attending the meetings,
and that noise and confusion created
thereby was annoying to persons living
in the vicinity.
CLEMENT GENEIsSE, postmaster at
Namur, Door County, did not die of the
exposure during the recent blizzard, as
was reported. He is recovering, but
may lose the use of his hands.
r. J. Evans, one of the old settlers of
Prairie du Chen, who for many years
was superintendent of the round-house
of the st. Paul Railway Company, died
on the l4th, after long and painful i'll
ness. He was carried on the payroll of
the company for over a year previous to
his death, although unable to perform
any labor. He leaves wife and six
children, one of whom, a daughter,
lives in Milwaukee.
NJ i
was seriously injured in the Watersmeet
disaster, has been removed TO her
home. 1t is now believed that she will
RECOVER.