The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-11-02
WISCONSIN ITEMS

| AsmLANp's mayor refused 10 suspend
! Chief of Police O'Brien, pending the
| trial OF the prize-fghters.
JUDGE MALLORY fined the arrested
poker players $40 apiece and the keep
! ers ot the poker rooms S25 each, at Mil
waukee.
OVER 200 Ashlanders attended a fare
well reception to the Rev. and Mrs. j.
| w. McNary, the clergyman having ac-
| cepted a call to La Crosse.
| ARTICLES OF incorporation have been
| hled at Madison by the Douglas County
Abstract c. mpany, of Superior; capital
| Stock $lO,500; incorporators, Hiram
Hayes, William y. Lowrie and James
! Bardon.
JIM" HOGAN, the wealthy La Crosse
| grocer, got his start in life in hlllwau-
kee. A resident of the Cream City. WHO
appreciated the enterprise and worth
of Mr. Hogan while a young map,
| furnished the foundation ior the big
| busine that is now the pride o. La
! Cross
! As most suggestive indication oil the
. widespread adulteration OF food and
drugs which has been gong on, II. {.
| ThOm, the Wisconsin dairy and food
| commissioner, states that he recently
| from reputable dealers in this state, and
| that in all but six not trace Of cream of
| tartar wes 'ound by chemical analysis.
| lhe twenty-four adulterated samples
| We're composed of tartaric acid, alum,
| starch, lime, plaster paris, sand and va
nous other adul,erations. he people
| hardly realize the extent of the fraud
| imposed on them.
THE dedication of the new First Bap-
tist Church, at Milw aukce, took place
on the 9th in the presence Of over 300
| people.
Mrs. GEORGE ALERT, one of the Old
! est residents OF Milwaukee, is dead.
+. II. TUTTLE, champion bicyclst of IL
llnois, was defeated by Terry Andrae,
| OF Milwaukee, in a ten-mile race.
TIE Uihlein Bros. are planning to
enlarge the Schlitz Hotel, Milwaukee,
so as to cover an entire quarter block.
JAMES r. PRATT, of the Milwaukee y.
| NJ. {. A., has begun a series of meet
| lngs for the young men of Marlnette.
AT Seattle, William White, formerly
| Of Eau Claire, was sentenced to hard
| labor for fourteen years on convIetlOn
of forgery.
The street railway at Marinette VIII
be in operation inside of two weeks.
| TIE Rev. J. +. Ziegler has resigned
the pastorate OF the Methodist church
at Menomlnee.
THE people of Sturgeon Bay are some
what alarmed over an influx Of burg
lars and oipads.
A COMPANY at Prairie du Chen, with
Senator Kidd at its head. has been
| formed for the manu- acture of baskets.
| The firm guarantees to employ twenty
| five men for five years and as an induce
TLent to the enterprise the city gives a
| 5000 bonus.
PRoF. Funk, a well-known Milwaukee
| school principal Is dead.
| ELECrRIC fire alarm bells will be placed
on all of the Milwaukee city bridges.
| A sKIFF tipped over at Lacrosse and
| Edward Fareblegd, one of the four oc-
| cupants, drowned.
THERE is likelihood that there VIII
| be two curling clubs III milwaukee,, one
on the East and one on the West Side.
| NORMAN BRUCE, serving a ten-year sem
| tence for horse-stealing, escaped from
| the Wisconsin state prison.
The Milwaukee Exposition cleared be.
| tween $1,000 and S., Geo this year.
CHARLES RoLLIN BRAINARD is writing
up Northern Wisconsin for the Wiscon
sin Central Railway Company.
| La CROSSE has g. new evening paper
| the Daily Press-a neat tive-column
| sheet. 1t is edited and published by
Frank 0. Smith and Fred. w. Burke.
FIRE at Ashland, in the building of
! John Denominee, caused loss OF
| q 900.
| TIE resignation Of DR.. S. B. Buckmas-
| ter, su uperintendent of the State Iiospi-
| tai for the Insane, has been received at
| the office of the State Board Of Super
! vision. The Doctor desires to move
| where he can enjoy more social PRIV
| ileges.
ORDERS issued by Capt. McMaster and
read by First Lieut. Ballard TO Compa-
| ny E, Third Regiment, the Griffin
| Rifles of Eau Claire, on the 24th, raised
| an issue of great interest to the Nation
| al Guard. One order announced that
| the captain had resigned. Another,
| bearing the same date, declared that
| the idea of having military organiza-
| ton hampered bya civil organization was
| wholly uumilitary; that the authority ofa
commanding officer of a company OF the
| Wisconsin National Guard was supreme
| In the company and that the civil organ
| ization was thereby abolished. The
| question raised by the other officers is
| whether the captain has power TO abol-
| ish it. He claims as authority military
| usage. The matter will go to the COM
| mander-in-chief TOR settlement. Capt.
| McMaster is West Pointer.
CHARLES FUEGER, who was accused of
| the murder OF William Baars, at Mil
waukee, was found guilty of manslaugh-
| ter in the fourth degree.
TIE Milwaukee Gardeners Associa-
| ton is talking OF disposing Of the 60
| called German market at the corner OF
| Juneau Avenue and Market Street.
ERIC MACARTHUR, pioneer lumber
| man, died suddenly at Marinette.
| MILwAUKEEANs are interested in the
| tin claims being developed i'll the Black
| Hills.
The Eau Claire Water Works Com
| psny will hereafter supply the city
| from Wheaton Springs instead of from
| the Chippewa River. The springs are
| situated some four miles north of the
| city, just over the line in Chippewa
| County. The works and reservoir at
| the springs cover territory of eight
| acres.
DAIRY COMMISSIONER THoM has OBJ
| tanned evidence that Jefferson Coun-
| ty firm Is manufacturing cheese from a
| vile compound of skinned milk and
| rotten butter. lie will institute pros
| ecution.
TIE father of Mamie Mahnke of Mil
| waukee claims that two ladies' abducted
| her and Coerced her into embracing the
| Catholic faith. The ladies claim be Ill
treated her. and they took care of her
| during an illness.
SUIT has been commenced in the cir
cult court at Madison by Judge D..
| Royce, of Oakland, 10 recover 5000
| damages on account of runaway accl-
| dent in which he was severely injured
his team being frightened by a dog
belonging to one Ole J. Smithbeck.
| Royce seeks to recover from Smithbeck.
THE Eau Claire County Old Settlers
| Association held its second annual BAN
| quer on the 23d. Two hundred and fifty
pioneer men and women were present.
Alexander Meggett presided. Re-
sponses to toasts were made by Mayor
| Shaw, Gen. Hollop Richardson, of Chip