The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-16
WISCONSIN ITEMS

AT Eau Claire on the 18th, five Young
children, four boys and a girl, were
found IN state of terrible destitu.
uon In shanty near the city
limits. They were famine-stri
and nearly naked, without fire
and covered with vermin. They had
had nothing to eat for day or two.
The mother of the children died some
Tune ago. The father is al imbecile,
ana though receiving AID from the city,
had squandered it ON himself The
children were taken in charge by the
authorities.
At special election held at La Crosse
on the 18th, to vote on the proposition
TO issue city bonds to the amonnt of SO
oO0 LOT building a wagon bridge across
the Mississippi River about halt the full
vote was cast. Out of 1887 votes cast
Z,549 were IN favor of bonding.
JUDGE BUNDY, in the circnit court at
Eau Claire, has refused to grant an APP
plicatlon for new trial in the case Of
Msrtln March, convicted of being a
party to the killing of Chris. johnson,
at Fairchiid.
WHILE alone in the freight elevator of
the Belvidere, a large apartment house
on Grand Avenue, Milwaukee, jacques
Haberfetzer in some way was caught
and SO badly hurt internally that be
died in few minutes. He was 46 years
old.
A MAN named Young was struck bv
falling plank at Glidden, Ashland Coun-
ty, and killed.
MEDoRA CLARK, the well-known
writer, is giving dramatic recitations
throughout the state.
WITHIN week four men have
been killed in the logging camps in the
vicinity of Ashland, three have had their
legs broken and others have been other
wise seriously injured. On the 9th inst,
dispatch from Glidden states a man
named Young was struck 10y falling
plank and killed. Another lurDberman
IN Prentice's camp had his leg broken
the same dav.
Assignee FLANDERs, Of the big lumber
firm of Reed x Maxwell whose failure
caused such q crash in 1887, has filed an
application in the Ashland circuit court
Tor an extension of time to settle with
his creditors, which the court granted.
The liabilities of the firm altogether
were about 100000.
A DAILY stage line is III operation be-
tween Sturgeon Bay and Menominee,
the ice on Green Bay being strong
enough to warrant the undertaking.
J. 2. c. CoTTRILL, for many wears one
of the leading lawyers of the Wisconsin
bar, died at his home in Milwaukee on
the 7th inst, aged 81 years. Owing to
lll-health he retired from active prac-
tce several years ago.
THE people of Eau Claire are worried
over a new feature of the social evil.
The women of the dens just broken up
by the authorities are settling through
out the city as 'roomers.
THE log cut in the Chippewa District
is estimated at 600, 100000 feet for the
season.
ANDY HAMILTON, the convicted Eau
Claire den keeper, has commenced
serving bis term at Waupun.
THERE are several candidates in the
field for the Eau Claire County judgeship.
Among the names mentioned are those
of A. &. Larson, the incumbent; Judge
George c. Teall, NJ. B. Hubbard and l.
a. Doolittle.
KUHNI, charged with having murder
ed William Christianson, at irimrose,
Dane County, and who was arrested ON
the steamer Lord Cough at Queenstown
some weeks ago, has been handed over
to the United States government. In
custody of Sheriff Estee, of Madison,
York on the Britannia on the 7th.
THE Wisconsin Morgan Horse Breed
eTs' Society was organized at Madison
ON the 9TH with the following officers:
President, l.. A. Squire, Poynette; sec
retary and treasurer, a. McWilliams,
Oregon; vice presidents, II. Campbell.
I. {. Chandler; executive committee,
d. Campbell, Madison; K. T. Graves.
RipOn; Dr. Fayllle Madison.
THE following officers have been elect
ed by the State Bee keepers Associa-
ton: President, G. A. Hatch. Ithaca;
vice-presidents, II. A. Winter, Madison;
g. w. Jones, West Bend; secretary, J.
W. Vance, Madison; treasurer, NJ. j.
Plumb, Milton.
WHILE attempting to board a st. Paul
train, midway between Milwaukee and
Rugby Station, on the 9th inst, Daniel
O'keefe, baggageman on the Wiscon-
sin Central line, fell under the wheels
and one of his legs WAS cut Off. He
suffered other severe in juries, but will
probably recover.
JAMES CUMMINGS, who was an import
ant witness for the state in the Albert
kennett case, was taken to La Crosse on
the 9th, from a lumber camp to answer
to charge of bigamy.
SUPERINTENDENTs of the various de-
partments of the state fair have been
chosen as follows: Horses, John NJ.
True, Baraboo; speed, James q. Boyd,
Milwaukee; cattle, A. i. Arnold, Gales
vile; sheep, c. NJ. Clark, Whitewater;
swine, f. Beaumont, Waukesha; poul-
try, William Wilson, Wausau; agricul-
ture, Seth Fisher, Center; fruits and
flowers, s. b. Hoxie, Evansville; ma
chinery, A. w. Vaughan, Lodi; manu-
factures, H. D. Hit, ORkfeld; fine arts,
II. G. Adams, Madison marshal, g. G..
Cox, Mineral Point; gates, n. ID. Fratt,
Racine; forage, Seth Fisher, Center.
THE Wisconsin Lead snd Zinc Com
pany, to control the mine output of
Southwestern Wisconsin, has a capital
of s., 100000. The company is operating
twenty mines.
THE Sturgeon Bay Advocate states
that f. Decker, of Casco, and James
Keogh, of Sturgeon Bay, have formed a
partnership for carrying on a general
banking business at Sturgeon Bay.
WORK upon the back cut of the East
ern Minnesota Railway Campany's coal
dock, now in process of construction Ia
this city on st. Louis Bay, has been sus-
pended for short time on account Of
frost