The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-01-25
WISCONSIN ITEMS

| Eleei ufaW-DTiuS6 ac1 OSS tEe MisSIssiPpl
! at La crosse, there were four bidders.
The Cl nton Bridge Company was the
| lowest-$SO, ,O00-and will be awarded
the contract.
LEONARD GRoMAN. who caused the
death of companion named Buchanan,
| at La Crosse, bv striking him over the
| head with q billiard cue, and WHO could
have interpOsed plea o! self defense,
| pleaded guilty to manslaughter In the
fourth degree. and was fined $40 =.
There was but little interest in the case.
| JOSEPH NJ. BECKER, proprietor OF a
store knownas" "The Fair" at La Crosse,
has assigned his business to John Mil
| Ter, who gave a bond OF $22,U0N. The
| assets and liabilities are as yet I'M
| known.
r. D. CAMPBELL, a pioneer lawyer of
Augusta, Wis, is dead.
| Mrs GAARD, the Ashland woman
whose husband failed to appear against
her in the case for assault with intent
to kill, has been again arrested, on q
charge of performing an unlawful oper-
alton OF surgical nature.
| THE police made q successful raid on
John Gilligan's gambling house, at 4l2
East Water Street, Milwaukee. Seven
inmates were captured.
! ERNEST H. INBusCH, Helmus NJ. Wells
and Warren II. Sibley, well-known
business men of Milwaukee, died on the
Goth.
! MILWAUKEE millers passed resolutions
asking Wisconsin congressman to vote
against the Mckinley bill.
! SENIOR ACEvEDo met the Merchants As
| sociation and explained the value of the
| trade with the Argentine Republic.
Mrs. w. w. WYMAN, wife OF a druggist
at Mondovi, Buffalo County, committed
suicide with strychnine, obtained from
| her husbands store. She took it dur
ing the night and was found dead in
bed at a. NJ. She was insane, aged %,
and leaves two sons, who are proml-
nent in business in that section.
THE sum of $4,000 required to wipe
| out the Indebtedness On st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, Milwaukee, has been
raised, and the rector, Rev. Charles
| Stanley Lester, announced from the
| pulpit, on the 18th, that the parish WAS
| Tree from debt.
The trial of the libel suit of William
| Welch against w. w. Erwin was begun
in St Paul. Erwin claims that John II.
! Knight. of Ashland, is really response
BILE for the lbelous article.
MILWAUKEE turner's are preparing for
| a large festival August Sill.
| J. A. GAYYSoR was elected president
| of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers
| Association.
| JOHN kROEGER, a prominent farmer OF
! Eau Claire County, after three days
| examination on charge OF assault with
intent to do great bodily harm, was dis
| charged, and went home in triumph
| with his friends. There were twenty
witnesses in the case. The complain
ant was Mrs. Sheddock, a neighbor.
She and her husband had told a revolt
| ing tale of kroeger's alleged assault.
| NICHOLAS PoRT, an old resident of Mil
| waukee, died on the l9th, aged 50 years.
! Mr.. Port came to the city in lS43, and
for some years conducted vinegar fac
| tory. He WAS one Of the members of
| the old Volunteer Fire DepaItme Mt.
| Two sons and four daughters survive
him.
THE Becker electric street rail way will
be opened February 10.
| THE public schools of Milwaukee are
suffering badly from the grippe. So
many teachers have been attacked that
| Normal school pupils have been called
| IN.
| THE heirs of John W. Bell are tryi ng
| to establish their title to portion OF
| Madeline Island, Lake Superior.
| COMMISSIONER MORGAN denied the re-
quest of Oneida Indians for a suspen-
sion of the work of alloting lands in
severalty.
The earnings of the Milwaukee, Lake
| Shore & Western, for the second
week in January, are $50 322, as against
| SIS G6i, an increase of Sl6,o5S.
| On the 17th, at La Crosse, teams
| crossed the river for the first time.
| There had been some crossing above
| and below for tie past three DAYS, but
it was considered dangerous. lce-cut-
| ting has also begun. Last year bo'h
crossing and ice-cutting begun on the
same date.
IN the circuit court at Madison, on
| the 18th, in the case OF Monona Lake
| Assembly against Capt. Frank Barnes,
the pioneer steamboat man, the In
| junction restraining the latter from
| aud ding his boats at the Lakeside piers
was sustained. This case attracted con-
siderable interest during the assembly
last summer.
| THE $50 raised at Eau Claire for the
| Johnstown sufferers. but not needed,
and several boxes of clothing, will be
| sent to South Dakota on An appeal by
| Gov. Malette, who reports that from
| 1000 TO 5000 families are in need.
BIDS for purchase of new issue of $S5,-
| 900 La Crosse bridge bonds were
+, opened on the 18th. There were twelve
| offers of premium Oh the issue, ranging
| from 81 ,047. 40 10 1897. J. w. Hayes 4
| Son make the highest bid, but some
| stipulation regarding the interest may
result in the bonds being placed with 5.
A. kean & Co., whose offer is only $l0O
| less. The premium is large enough be
| satisfactory to the city.
| The permanent Improvements at
! Washburn during 1889 represent an
| outlay of quarter of a million of dol
lars.
| THE case of Emma Gard, who is
| charged with having attempted the life
| of her husband, at Ashland, had to be
| postponed on account of his absence.
| The woman had An interview with the
| husband, when, as is supposed, it was
| agreed that he should not testify against
| her. The authorities are Of the opinion
that he is in Chicago.
JOIN HANSON, tailor doing business
| in the village CT Oregon, met horrible
| death on the night OF the 18th. He mad
spent the day in Madison, and started
| home on freight tain. On Slightine
| from the train. at Oregon, he walked
along on the track for some distance,
and fell into cattle.euard
| Another freight train, following
| few minutes behind the hrst
struck him, and literally cut his body to
| pieces. The remains were unrecogniza-
| bic, identification resulting from frag-
| ments of his cap. The train men were
not aware of the accident until the train
| reached Evansville, when they found
blood, and bits of flesh on the engine
| Hanson leaves family OF wife and five
| children.
| JOHN kRG6ER and vile, of the town OF
| Ludlnetoz, are under arrest for An al
| legged feloRious assault upen Mrs. John
| Shaddock. 1t is said that during quar-
| rel upon highway the accused knocked
| Mrs Shade down and struck her,
| that Iahn k,auer stabbed her and then