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

the suburbs o Eau Claire and took pos
session OF Wisconsin Central sc tiOn-
house, where they collected their
booty, consisting OF several bags OF
provisions and other plum er. \ plat
toon OF police raided them. they re-
sisted, and q lively battle followed
Shots were fired, and, finally, the whole
gang was captured and jailed, except
one, who escaped.
AT Eau Claire on the 29lh. through an
Interpreter, sentence 10 state prison for
three years vas pronounced bv Judge
Bundy on Torger Mgcrk, who, with lis
brother, Martin, killed Christian
Nelson at FaIrchild, last October. in
drunken row, and was found guilty of
manslaughter in the tuird degree. 4
motion WAS made to set aside the
verdict in Martins case of man
slaughter in the fourth degree. Gus
Schmied was sent to the penitentiary
for one year for larceny.
A SUIT has been commenced in the
Grant County circuit court in the name
OF an administrator against the
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
road to recover $4,000 damaces
for the death of Mrs. August
Baade and her two children. They
were run down on the 2Sth of August
last by a wild passenger train ana in
stantly killed while on their way TO
church, short distance above East Du-
buque, on hand-c car.
TIE disco very was made on the 2Sth
that sight draft for 500, cashed by the
First National Bank of Madison, and
paid TO man named Benson, Is for
gerry. Benson attended the telegraph
school, and NEEDING money, pro-
duced sight draft, purporing
to have been made by the
able TO BensOn's order. Knowing that
the bank would require him TO be
identified, Benson induced W. {. Shep-
herd, superintendent of the Madison
Telegraph School, TO indorse the draft.
On returning from the bank Benson
gave Shepherd $50 for his kindness IN
indorsing the draft, and then skipped.
The Illinois cashier pronOunyes the
draft q for4ery. Shepherd Will there
fore have to settle with the Madison
bank for the amount lost.
A NEW afternoon newspaper, to he
called the Evening Journal, 10 be inde-
pendent in politics, TO have the AssO-
clated Press service and to be started
within few weeks, is an enterprise
contemplated at Eau Claire by Mes-rs.
Charles f. Spratt and Frederick Slossou,
of Detroit.
MOsEs PAQUETTE, Interpreter for the
NlnnebagO Indians in Wisconsin, is III
Madison, collecting information around
the State HIstUr cal Society and getting
letters of introduction, so A. To 90
Washington and have bis aully re-
stored to their rights a. members of
Winnebago Indian tribe. He is eou
Pierre Paquette, who was interpreter
for William Henry Dodge. the hrsl ter
rltorlal governor Of Wisconsin,.
EN-PosTMAsTER HARRIsoN. of rarin.
is said to have skipped out leaviu. % =
family and his bOndsmen in the ruu,,'
for about 1925.
ANDERSON and Benson, two Sea- III
nayians, drowned in the Mississippi. Il
Fountain City, while riding an lce-5nt
a sudden gust OF wind having carried
the craft into the Op channel.
TIE Hon. w. W Field, who at one
time was speaker of the Wisconsin Leg
islature, now resides at Odebolt. Ia,
where he is president OF the state bank.
THE Rev. W. q. Bancroft has been
chosen Librarian OF the Vaughn library
at Ashland.
The administrator for Mrs. Bade has
commenced suit against the Chicago,
Burlington q Northern Railroad Com
pany for Sl5,0U, or $500 eAcI for the
lives OF Mrs. Bade and her two sons,
who We're killed in Oc.ober Ia bv Il
collision at Sinipee Curve, in Grant
County, the Bades being on a
handcar at The time. The father, two
oluer sons, and two other men, upon
seeing the approach of the special train,
jumped and saved their lives, buf e
mother was helpless, but had fore
thought to throw her babe clear Of the
rails and saved it, viii she and her two
younger sons met their death.
ORDERS have been received by Indian
Agent Gregory from Commissioner
Oberly, and promulgated to different
farmers IN charge of reservations, which
have put a stop to the cutting and haul
ing OF Indian pine timber contracts not
yet approved by the department. This
action on the part OF the Indian COM
mission, it is said, will be a serious set
back TO the entire logging interests of
Northern Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
DURING the visit Of the President and
his wife to Milwaukee last summer, Eb.
Smith, of that city, was robbed of a va!-
liable diamond pin. No trace OF the
Jewel was found until the recent arrest
of two men charged with the robbery OF
Bernhard Stern, when the pin turned
up on the person of one of the prison
ers.
J. NJ. SHoRTALL, an old resident, while
driving across Rose Street vladuct. La
Crosse, was thrown from his cutter,
striking on his head. His neck was
broken and he died in few moments.
He leaves a wife and three children.
The committee of the Ashland County
board which has been IN -estigatng the
accounts of County Clerk Maurice Gaff-
ney, who committed suicide recently,
report that he was 8, 300 short. Col.
John II. Knight and DR.. Geo. w. Har-
rison are the bOndsmen.
AT the Madison meeting Of Wisconsin
sheritfs John Burnham, OF Milwaukee,
was elected high sheriff; Richs, Of
Washington County, deputy high
sheriff Cole, Of Fond du Lac, secre-
tary; Burgess, Of Whine bagO, treasurer.
CoNsTABLE ELDRED, of Highbridge,
Ashland County, has been placed under
$1,000 bonds to appear before the cir
cult court TO answer TO the charge Of as
sault with intent to do great bodily
harm on the person Of John Mcneil.
J. NJ. SHoBTLE. of La Crosse, was in
stantly killed by being thrown from his
dray
By the brrning Of shed on his farm
at Woodside, st. Croix County, Nels
Overwick lost nearly !, 900 pounds OF to-
bacco.
The elevator on the Natchless mill
property at Baldwin is being taken down
for removal 10 Red Lake Falls, Mimi,
where ii will be rebuilt.
ID. KINGSLEY, a sreight conductor on
the Burlington < Northern road. was
seriously injured by b. NJ swept from a
box car while his tram was nearing De-
Eoto.
The man arrested at Butterield on
suspicion that he was TaScJtt proved to
be a Chicago drummer. II hti lfeaty
suffered arrest at Fit I1. IL tI.ught
he viii sue for
LAND IS THE OBJECT.