The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-07-26

TnE WISCONSIN Central will build 4
new depot At Eau Claire.
The most remarkable electrical storm
ever known in that section passed over
Northern Wisconsin and the Lake SUI
pcr!or country on the night of the 22d.
1t WAS accompanied by i most terrific
rainfall and winds. \ number OF houses,
barns, outhouSes, fences and trees III
Ashland were wrecked. No one WAS
injured. Outside reports are Ia the el-
feet that all railroad grades in that sec
ton are badly washed away. Neigh
boring towns also suffered.
THE Wisconsin state Prohibition con
vention. in session at Madison on the
22d, adopted the usual platform and
placed the following ticket in nomna
lion: Governor. ChaS Alexander; lieu
tenant governor, w. X. Nethcrcut; sec
retary of state, Geo. Mckinon; trcasur-
er. Robert Fargo; attorney general, Is.
f.. Nanbcurcn; state superintendent,
Henry l.oomiS; railroad commissioner.
j. q. Black: insurance COMMISSIONER
Andr, W Pet, rson.
Ar I'll, T sidcnce of the bride, who is
/ daueht of the late :. :. Merrill. in
the We stem subj b. of Milwaukee, on
the 22d was quietly solcnniZed the
nuptials of Mrs Marion Merrill Smith
and the Rev. William Chester pastor Of
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church.
TIE finished census shows the popula
ton of La Crosse t. be - ,9>2.
BY the explosion of Il blast furnace n
the Bay View Rolling Mills. on the
mornin" of the 22d, one man Was fatally
and several seriously injured
GEO. OLSON was stabbed to death hy
Michael llaase in the town of Green
field.
II. J.. KELLY. Milwaukee lawyer,
was irugged and robbed in Kansas City.
JosErI LEWIS, an cmploye at the Illi-
ro.S Steel Company works 1T Bay
View, was fatally burned by molteniron
early on the morning of the 22d
TIE 7-ycar old son of Andrew Larson
drowned in Il log-canal al Eau Iallc.
FIRE at Mrs. 5: A. Ciarke's place. near
Prairie du CHEN. destroyed 5000
worth OF property, about half of Nhtrh
WAS covered by insurance. Tie build
incs burned were a carriagc-shed and
outfit. two large barns and tool-house.
TuE population of la Crosse is now
officially announced at 2i,4>2.
Az IntCr, sting story comes from Eau
Claire. AcXandcr Watson, an aged
luton probable lis relatives became
anxious about his mental condition and
the probable disposition of his proper
iy. rs the result of the companlonshIp
OF Mrs. Morton, Il handsome Woman OF
70. who has been his huusckccper for
many wears. They requested her to re-
move She refused. She WAS iniuncted,
but the injunction was dissolved amt
she went back She has now brought
suit for damages against the sheriff and
the relatives of the sick man, placing
damages at - eco
A. u result of the recent decision of a
Milwaukee, count, the managers OF the
Eijou Opera House in that city have re-
moved all traces of the color line III
the sale ut seals.
l'HE IaC Crosse County Prohibition con
vcntion met ut West Salem, and elected
seventeen delegates to the state con
vcutiOn. Resolutions were adopted
favorng the Bennett law and Bible IN
schools. but declining To unite with
Republicans in support of the Bennett
law.
\ POOR family named kingbers. in
Shawtown. Eau Claire County, consist
ing of father, mother and seven chill
drcn, had canned meat for their Sunday
dinner. In two hours they were seized
with violent Illness. Physicians thlnn
four or five of the children will die.
The Los Animos Tunnel 4 Mining
Company has been incorporated, at
i Milwaukee. bv John +. Burton, Stod-
dard H. Martin and William Young, ,lr.
The works are to be located, the incor-
porators say, at Temascaltepec, Mex.
The capital stock is placed at S5oo,coo.
ALL the employees of Washburn saw
mills struck. The Eau Claire strikers
are practically beaten.
! Cor. JoHN l.. MITCHELL will erect a
soldiers monument i'll Milwaukee as a
gift To the city.
Con JoHN J.. MITCHELL announces
himself as a candidate for Congressman
+ \ PACKAGE containing 5000. CON
signed 10 the care of the United States
Express Company. mysterously disap-
peared in transit between Milwaukee
and Hurley. over the Milwaukee, Lake
shore Il Western Railroad.
TIE case of DR.. IIatchard, of Mllwau-
kce. charged with criminal malpractice
/ ended on the 18th with a verdict o1
guilty.
There was never so great scarcity o1
beer kegs in Milwaukee as at present
Every cooper in the city who makes
them has more orders than ii il possible
for him to fill The hot weather, prln-
cipally, and the original package de,
cision are the cause ofthe great demand
( which Is made on the brewcries.
ENAHU-EL congregation, of Mllwau
kce. decides that Hebrews who do not
attend church cannot have the service
of the Iabbis for marriages and funerals
Two Ashland yachtsIncn-Ben Judo
and Nate Rudman-started out after
boat thieves in a craft similar in ap
pcarancc to the one they had adyer
tiscd as stolen. They were mistaken
for the thieves, while the latter madt
good their esCpc. starting westWard
from Duluth. The yachtiEen now sn'
false imprisonment, claiming heavy
damages.