The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-18
BADGER NOTES.


came the possesser because of his pro-
bounced opinions on the tariff issue.
GEORGE ALBERT, who came to MiIwau-
kce in 1886, is dead.
TIE Ashland Fat base ball team has
accepted challenge 10 play the Duluth
Whale Backs, aggregate weight 2,S54
pounds, not including a 32S-pound mas
cot. The game will be played on the
grounds in Ashland on October Is.
TIE $50, 900 damage suit against Bige-
low Bros., of Washburn, will 90 TO the
supreme court. Du Boy proposes to
collect the full amount before he ceases
litigation.
A PIPE foundry will be established at
at Bessemer, Ala, by Gen. +. II. West,
Geo. l.. Graves and r. NJ. St Clair, OF
Milwaukee, and others, and \. J. Drex-
el and A. +. Bridge, of Whitewater.
The Beef Slough Company has now
virtually abandoned its old works, hav-
ing moved its booms, offices, etc, to
West Newton, Mimi, eight miles below
Alma, where permanent buildings are
being erected.
ARTICLES of association have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
Ashland County Land Company, Of Mil
waukee; capital stock, 100000; incor-
porators, James L. Gates, Frank G..
Bigelow and John F. Harper.
CHAs kURTESACHER, of La Crosse,
Give A. Hardy, of Whitehall, and L. l..
Chapman, of Irving, have been admit
ted to practice before the Interior De-
partment at Washington.
JUDGE SIEBECKER added another de-
cision to the Ford will case list at Mad
ison on the 18th. By it the order of the
Dane County court dated February |
1890, which yacates the order of allow
ance, is reversed, and the order of al
lowance is modified SO that Mar
Gus Ford shall receive 5000 per
annum. to date from August
10. 1889, the allowance to be
paid into the hands of Mrs. Ford, as
guardian of the young man; and in the
event that the executor receive no per
sonal property before the final settle
ment Of the estate, which may be avail
able for such purpose, the 5000 per an
mum paid TO Marcus shall be considered
as an advancement to the share of the
young man in his fathers estate.
AGENT KELSEY recently paid out $780,
OGO to the Menomonee Indians, being
onehalf of last seasons pay for logging,
and will make second payment
shortly.
The Madison Democrat will shortly
occupy its new 81 600 building.
ASHLAND County officers raided a
"dive" at Iron Belt run by "Billv" Adj
ans, who was held in $500 bail, and
three women at $3.50.
MANY applications for pine contracts
with La Pointe Indians are being made
to the department by Northern Wiscon-
sin loggers.
NAYS are geiiRss Of! Of the pE99nl..
for the use of the motor line company.
Maps will also be arranged showing the
ground partially around Lake Mendoza.
The company will then begin negotla
ting for a right-of-way.
THERE is now no question whatever
but that the Fisk, one of Florence Coun-
tvs most promising new iron proper
ties, is a mine. The shaft is down
eighty feet, the last fifteen feet of which
is an excellent quality of thoroughly
clean, shipping, soft, red hematite ore.
THE damage case in the circuit court
at Bayfield, against A. A. Bigelow * Co.
for $4,000 damage was nonsuited, and
Du Bois, the plaintiff, gets nothing. The
company offered him 81 600 and an arti
fetal limb, and a position with them as
long as he wanted to stay, to settle the
case.
STEPyIAK, the Russian author, will de-
liver lecture in the Milwaukee Ply
mouth course.
REAL estate sales in Milwaukee Coun-
ty last week aggregated Sl9O,oOO.
Purchasing AGENT REIGuLEy, of the
Lake Shore road, has resigned.
TIE Labor party convention at Mil
waukee nominated Robert Schilling for
congressman and a full county ticket.
MILWAUKEE expects to have crack
football eleven.
GEORGE FORSTER, president of the
Forster Lumber Company, died at Mil
waukee on the 18th.
ALL the Wisconsin Central offices will
be removed to Chicago.
The annual report of Commissioner
Croft. of the general land office, shows
that S, ,0SS acres of Uncle Sans land in
Wisconsin was pre-empted by settlers
in the past year. For this he received
$94 ,0l0.
A BRANCH of the Wisconsin Humane
Society has been organized at Eau
Claire. j. c. Cores is president, and
Arthur A. Meggett secretary and treas
urer.
The Rev. Virgins, of Footville, the
veteran Methodist clergyman is in his
96th year. He joined the church III
1915.
W. p. ALEXANDER, who was recently
elected president of the Southwestern
Railway Association, was a baggage
smasher at Milton Junction twenty
years ago.
WHEN Deputy Sheriff Cannon, of Ash
land, arrived at Waupun with William
Gray. the express robber, the officials
recognized him. Gray had been there
before for two years for larceny job.
Mrs GEO. III. SLAUGHTER, widow of a
well-known pioneer, died at Monroe,
aged IS years.
THE Western Farmer, owned by Supt.
Morrison, of the state Agricultural de-
partment. has been sold TO Milwaukee
parties and will be removed from Madi-
son 10 that city. w. II. Bartholf is TO
lie the editor.
INDIAN AGENT LEAHY denies that any
lcggers had contracts to cut timber on
the Flambeau or Court D'Oreille Indian
Reservation this winter. He said that
he h.d recommended that the Indians
he allowed to cut, so as 10 earn money to
live on.
IT has lust leaked out that Chippewa
the names Of the donors would not ba
displayed with the presents at the we'd
ding OF course the news got abroad
and when the day came not even the
presents were displayed. They consist
ed of thirtvsix sugar-plated spoons and
nineteen salt sprinklers.
AT a Catholic church fair in Ashland
s. .o36 net profit was made.
AT Milwaukee, on the night of the
Sth. Attorney Henry L. Buxton was
assaulted and badly beaten byunknown
men.
II is announced that any deficiency
in the subscriptions for the celebration
of German-American Day at Milwau
kee will be made good by Capt. Pabst.
{. COIN, Chicago travelling man, was
badly beaten by a brakeman on a North
Western tram He will sue the Com
pany for $4,000 damages.
AT | O'Clock on the morning of the