The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-07-12
BADGER NOTES.

WILLIAM EEaaNM, a wcli-knnwu resi-
dent. died AT Tie Mcudota hospital for
the insane, Mhtr, hc has been confined
for several wears. He Was Il incnhcruf
Co. A Twenty -thiid Volunteer Infantry.
and had suffered suustrokc during his
army service. which caused his insanity.
Less than three months ago MIS-. Bra
ham was granted Il pension of So per
month for total disability of her huS-
band. but as his widow she will only
draw SD
CONDUCTOR Tow SULLIVAN, OF the Bur
hngton x Northern Railway, WAS scri-
ously ga>hcd hv Il tramp he had put off
at Fountain City. The engineer and
passengers secured the assailaut and
turned him over to the authorities at
Alma.
\ REUNION OF the old settlers of La
trOssc County will he held at La Crosse
during the Interstate fair.
RnuAED BURKu>EpT jumped from Il
moving train AT La Crosse. striking Il
switch target. His skull WAS split open
and he died instantly.
\ MAN named Ilitchel cmploved in II
La Crosse lumber mill, went to sleep on
the railroad track while intoxicated.
lie was cut IL pieces 10y train.
DR. Della c. Main. daughter of Harry
Gilman, rrsidin. near Madison and The
wife of Frank Main, Il nephew Of Scna-
tor Spooner. died on the 9TH. ut her
country residence, of gastric fever.
Mrs. Main was a wears old She was
graduated from Wisconsin University
and Iahncmann College, Chicago,
travelled extensively abroad, and waS.
perhaps, the most successful female
medical practitioner IN the state. Be
sides her husband she leaves a son and
one brother, the latter, stephen Gill
man, being Il well known Cual operator
in Chicago.
FiRE broke out on the ith on the Col
umbus X Hoking Valleys coal dock, at
Ashland. About 2,iU feet of the
structure was DESTROYED, including three
coal towers. The loss is 10000. The
flames communicated To the steamer
Iron Age. Her uppcrworks were de
stroyed, the damage being placed at
10000
The hluehcrry crop in Trempclcau
County is the most abundant in years.
TiIr chief of police of Eau Claire pro-
hlhttcd the Salvation army from para
ding the streets, on account of recent
Disturbances. The army was .iust about
10 move, but dcsistcd.
II. ID. WNMNN, one of the oldest set
tiers Of thequamegon Bay district, re-
siding at Washburn, dropped dead.
lr is represented to the authorities of
Trcmpealcau County that an ''orivinal
package Joint is in operation at Gales
Vile.
Il. II. PASsMoRE, cashier of the ScCUr-
lily Bank of Tacoma, committed suicide
on the ID inst. bv cutting his throat and
stabbing himself in the heart with
small pcuknifc, the blade of which WAS
not over two inches IN length. When
ne was found life was nearly extinct,
and all efforts To save him were unaval-
ing Nh passmore had resided in Ia
coma for about year, having come
from Milwaukee Ia take care of the
Security Bank. of which he was one of
the lncorporrtors.
FIRE in the Columbus q Hooking Val
ley Company's coal dock nj Ashland. on
on the 4th DESTROYED So, 600 or 800 Oro
worth of property, caused the death oi
one fireman, and the scrious, probably
fatal injury of several more.
THE celebration of the Fourth in Mil
Waukce was unusually quiet There
were only a few accidents.
JuDGE PARISH. on the Sd. denied the
motion for new trial submitted by
Bakers attorney, at Ashland. Before
sentence was pronounced, Baker de
clarcd his innocence and asked for
mercy. He was sentenced to five wears
i'll the penitentiary. The supreme court
will be asked to pass upon his case.
JOIN SToHRE committed suicide at
Seneca, near Prairie du Chen, having
worried himself into a craze over fnan-
cial complications. He was one of the
proprict0rs of the bankrupt Stohr"
bakery. of Prairie du Chicn.
TIE Eau Claire chief Of police has
prohibited the Salvation Army from
parading the streets on account of re-
cent disturbances The army was Just
about to move. but dcsistcd