The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-05-03
WISCONSIN ITEMS

FREDERICK SCHMIDT, of Menomonie,
died on the 29th, of injuries inflicted
by two tramps, who set upon him in
his saloon and brutaily beat and kicked
him. One of his legs wss broken and
the bones terribly splintered. The as
sailants are in jail There is strong
talk of lvnching them. Schmidt owned
the Menomonie Opera House, and was
leading citizen, of family and prop
erty.
EDWARD TRAY, the Milwaukeean who
shot and killed Charles Wagner in a
Chicago saloon last November, has bet n
brought to Chicago from California, and
lodged in jail.
AT the fourth annual meeting of the
Milwaukee La. crosse club the following
officers were elected: II. II. Cavanaugh,
manager; Chas. Rodee and VIM. White,
captains; d. O. Teall, secretary and
treasurer. The cluo opened the season
with membership of twenty-four, and
VIII 90 into training at once 80 as to &C.
cept all challenges.
The encampment of the Black River
Falls and TTempealeau Valley Grand
Army Association will be held at Au-
gusta about the middle of June.
JOHN OAKLEY. aged 80, was killed by
train at West Superior. He left fam
lily Of vile and eight children.
Two Milwaukee travelling men, Nicoll
and Eisen, were robbed at an Eau Claire
hotel, one Of $43 and the other OF ST..
MAIL routes have been put on and in
creased in Wisconsin as follows: From
Pacific TO Portage, twice week; from
Centerville to Galesvil.e, daily; from
Otter Greek to Strun, twice week;
from Winchester to larson Railroad
station, daily; from Jericho to Malone,
daily; from Clarkson to Stoughton, three
times a week.
THE tiftieth anniversary of the Evan
gellcal Association IN Wisconsin WAS
celebrated in Lincoln Hall, Milwaukee,
on the 9th.
TIE Cream City Street Railway Of
Milwaukee has been purchased by
syndicate composed principally OF
Pittsburg capitalists. Electricity will be
put in.
By the burning of small wooden
house at the corner OF State and Filth
Streets. Milwaukee, on the 2Sth, one
child, aged years, was burned to death,
| two others, aged & and s respectively,
fatally burned, and the mother also seri
| ously burned, receiving injuries which
| may prove fatal by fall in jumping
from a second story window.
News was received in Milwaukee on
the 25th of the death of Joseph T. Gill
bert in New York. Mr.. Gilbert was
| wellknown in Milwaukee and through
out the state, he having lived in Mil
| waukee many years, and spent many
years besides n other Wisconsin cities.
He was one of the iacorporators of the
| Eau Clare Lumber Company, and was
| pioneer III the lumber business of
Northern Wisconsin. He left Mllwau-
kee about three months ago, to spend
the winter in the South for the benefit
of his health.
HARRY GRAVES, a Madison character
known as Crazy Harry" has fallen
heir to an estate in England valued 1T
| nearly $4,000 Harry has maintained
| an existence by doing odd Jobs about
the depot, but some time since he left
his old haunts. A few days ago an
| agent was in the city looking for him.
MARTIN OLEsoN, laborer, was killed
| by contact with the machinery N the
Empire saw-m mills at Eau Claire.
IT has been decided that the Twenty
| fifth, Thirty-6rst and Thirty-third Regi-
June IL, II and Is, to partlcipa in the
| reunion called by the Southwestern
Wisconsin Veterans Association.
ELMER PARMENTER, son OF Sheriff
Parmenter, of Florence, was accident
ally killed on the 25th while switching
cars in the Northwestern Railway
yards. He was % years of age, single,
| and was deputy sheriff of the county,