The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-21
WISCONSIN ITEMS

bill to forfeit the unearned grant OF the
Wisconsin Central Company.
II. II. GILES, of the State Board of
Charities and Reforms, recommends
that the Milwaukee County insane
asylum be used solely for the treatment
OF acute cases of insanity.
TIE election at La Crosse on the ques-
ton of issuing $S5, 900 IN bonds TO COM
plete the brldge was quite a surprise.
! was known that the proposition would
carry, bpt nobody anticipated any such
sweeping result. Only about One-thlrd
o the full vote was east and the propo-
sition was carried, the vote being 2,22S
for and 4S2 against. The bridge will De
built as soon as possible.
Iris estimated that between j0,000,-
6G9 ard S0,O0O,000 feet of logs will be
banked on the Eau Claire River and
Hay Creek the coming winter. The
logging interests are rather dull at pres
ent, owing to the mild weather. job
bers have sheir logs partly skidded
and will rush business when snow
Genes.
4 SHOOTING sfrav occurred in Walsh's
saloon in Ashland, between Dell
Cooper, keeper OF a notorious dance
house, ana Pat. Devine, a gambler. De-
ylue received Injuries which may prove
fatal. The quarrel Was caused by
Cooper accusing Devine OF crooked
ness.
rIS ENSTRUH, newspaper man
from Minneapolis. made W hat appears
e hars been desperate attempt to
commit suicide with strychnine, at
Ashland. lie engaged a room at the
y rway House on Sunday even
ag Hearing groans, his room
vas entered by breaking the door,
when hc WIS discovered with revolv-
erin h.s hand trying to shoot himself,
claiming that he desired death because
BE- was in such pain and agony. He
says he has no friends nor relatives ex-
eept & sister ii the old country. The
chances are that he will recover. Let
sers in his p session and his actions IN
dicate some love affair.
Two new mining companies have
been orZ5nized quietly in Ashland
without attempting to attract attention.
They have an abundance of capital and
intend 10 work their mines, which pro-
duce ore in paying quantities. They
viii ship ore next season. The names
Of the companies will be withheld until
the mines are thoroughly in operation.
The new shafts opened on the range
are surprising all expectations.
BURGLARS entered Botsford Bros
stole, at Altoona, and scured quanti
Is Of goods. John Wedenberger was
caught in The store early in the morning.
T. H. Willard and Joseph Langdon
were arrested near by atabout the same
time. The trio were jailed ut Eau
Claire. They are supposed to be from
Minneapolis, Wei dressed sports, down
On their luck.
Tile Dels Lumber Company repre-
santatlyes closed a deal in Chicago by
IS aich the company buys pine lands
containing about 100, ,00U, CSC feet in Ash
land and Oneida Counties from Messrs.
Lent x Embecke, of Wiiliamspoit, Pa,
and others. This purchase and one rs-
Gently made Of tTice County lands by
tins company aggregate s500,OO0.
llEs. VAN CoTT has cen very success
iul In her revival work at La Crosse.
THE new directory published at Mari
nette credits that city with population
ot u +4UO, MeUomiBee with ll,70O, and
fes1tgo with >, 100.
j. II. ADAMS, manager Of the Milwau-
lee ana Wyoming Investment Com
pany, has absconded.
THE ashes Of the incinerated remains
ot Dr. John K. Bartlett were inferred at
Forest Home.
y. .J. BLcEER has resigned the posi-
ton OF manager Of the Milwaukee Ex-
position. lie will 90 to Kansas Citp.
Is the United States court, at Madi-
son, Jack Livingston, of Sawyer
County, was found guilty Of selling
agu0r TO Indians.
a ro-9-ogTIcE has been established at
Iram@av, Dunn County, and Harry
M. Dickcrmann is appointed post
naster
"A 2Au route viii be established be-
tween keIf and Flambeau, to run once
week
ALTHOUGH the attorneys for the United
states Express Company have refused
10 accept the bonds in the amount of
20, ,UGU offered loE the appearance of
Perrin IN the tort cage against him,
Sheriff Mattson, Of Ashland, has re-
leased the prisoner and says that he is
willing to assume all responsibility for
the act.
TIE trial Of Anton Berg, Joseph Ros-
ellen, MRrtIn kopedlowski and Her
man Burgwart, charged with having as
s.uted and killed Jacob EeieTs'eln dur
Ing sa Oon Tow, in Milwaukee,
IdAttc 10 q close IdeJ III -Ut. i lie ttjeuG-
ants We're represen.e ed by Clarence
Brown, a. G. Brace and Il. y. Austin.
The jury dehberared tor about two
hours and then returned verdict, ac-
quitting BerL, Roselen and Burgwart,
and finding Kopediowski guilty of man
slaughter n the third degree.
tiES. DAVID ATWOOD, editor and pro.
puetOr of the Wisconsin State Journal,
died at his home IN Madison on the
nth. Ills death was very sudden.
about two weeks before, Gen, Atwood
"as taken with q congestiye Chill and
sIuee that time has been more or less
MdIsposed, but nothing serious was ap-
pretended by hrs frie ds or family. A
year ago he suffered a similar illness,
aut he recovered and it was thought he
would pull through the present attack
the same way.
THREE men were badly scalded at the
North Western depot, in Milwaukee,
oy the explosion Of a steam pipe.
An electric light pole al Eau Claire,
the guy Wire Of which had been crossed
aF en- Iuc@Udvsceut light wire, prostrat
ed horse and two men, the latter hay-
ny hurried to rescue the horse, which
had been hltched TO the post by means
OF an iron chain