The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-15
WISCONSIN ITEMS

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TIE Allis Iron Works will hereafter
be operated by a stock company. The
stock, to the amount of nearly 5000
ooo, will be taken by the present OWE
ers. The change is made in order to
facilitate the management of the busi-
ness.
tral freight dock, at Ashland, will cost
$32 600
A TRAIN on the Wisconsin Central
line was wrecked at High Bridge, three
passengers receiving slight I'M uIi IS.
THE reports of the various state insti-
tutlons to the Office of the Board of SUI
pervision show that on January 81 the
population Of the State Hospital for the
Insane was 4S0, decrease of 10 since
the last report; the Northern Hospital
632, an increase of .; School tor the
Deaf lS6, an increase OF .; School for
the Blind so, decrease of /; Industrial
School for Boys 4S4 an increase of 10;
State Prison o24. an increase OF >; State
Public School 247, the same as at the
beginning of the month. From the State
PuDic School nine children were placed d
out in homes on trial.
JOHN PAUL, the La Crosse lumberman,
has turned his yards and mills over to
stock company, to be known as the
John Paul Lumber Company. The cap
ltal stock is 81 100000, and the officers
are President, John Paul; vice-presi-
dent, K. II. Paul; secretary and treas
urer, George Salzer.
The following circular bias been is
sued by Jchn Paul, of La Crosse: Il
take this means of iniormlug you that
| have organized my business into q
stock company to be known as the
JOHN Paul Lumber Company The
GERS are: President, John Paul vice
pre- resident, r. H. Paul. secretary and
treasurer, George Salzer."
INVESTORS in the American and Build
ing and Loan Association, of Mime
apo!is, number about sixty in Eau Claire.
They have paid in, as nearly as can be
estimated, at least more than 5000 and
possibly 5000. Although informed of
tie situation of the association s affairs,
the local subscribers are still paving in
their monthly instalments at Il local
bank. They expect to be fully protect
ed under the state law requiring deposit
of securities at Madison. A great deal
OF disgust is manifested at the Exposure
of the condition and the methods of the
concern.
THE late Judge Alva Stewart, of Mad
lson, left an estate valued at not more
IS, 600. attertwenty five years on the cir
cult bench. Yet he was man Of simple
habits, by no means extravagant.
WM. THOMPSON, who twice attempted
suicide at Reedsburg because arrested
tor theft, is dead.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER CHEEK has
revoked the license to do business in
Wisconsin OF the American Building
and Lean Association.
HENRY c. PAYNE succeeds Winfield
Smith as president of the Milwaukee
cream City Railroad, and the committee
has given an option for the sale of the
road.
}. G. J. CAMPBELL was reelected
president and made manager of the
Milwaukee exposition.
lT IS reported that samples of gold
bearing quartz have been discovered in
Crawford County.
INDIANS on the Bad River reservation
have chosen delegates to 60 to Wash
ington to adjust their claims against the
government.
A MINISTERIAL alliance has been
formed at Ashland, with the Rev. J. {.
Banks as president; William kilbourn
secretary, and Viii Sloan treasurer.
Weekly meetings Will be held.
TIE roundup" meetings of the
Farmers Institutes cannot be held IN
Milwaukee, owing to previous arrange
ments.
FIRE at Lake Butte des Norts de-
stroyed j. n. Riel's barn and its con-
tents. The loss was about s., 500, or 81,
80 above insurance.
THE German immigration Society of
Milwaukee has decided to send delegates
to the national convention of lmmlgra-
ton societies, to be held in Washing.
ton on March Is.
THE milkmen of Milwaukee County
have organized to assist their associ-
ates who have been arrested by Com
$40 to that end, and promise more.
THE Clinton Bridge Company has Sc
cured the two largest bridge contracts
One is the La Crosse bridge and the
other the high wagon bridge between
Clinton and Fulton, at a cost of $780,
70O. The La Crosse structure will be
fine one, and its draw has the distlnc-
ton of beng the third longest in Amer
lea, and the longest on the Mississippi.
WILLIAM S. TowsLEY, brakeman on
the Omaha Railway, WAS crushed to
death under the wheels at Ashland
Junction, early on the morning of the
9Th. He stepped between the moving
cars to pull coupling pin, lost his foot
ing and fell upon the rails, the truck
passing over his right arm and leg.
When the cars had passed Towsley
crawled few feet away and sat upright
for three or four minutes. He was
brought to Ashland, and at 10 o'clock
expired. He WAS about % years old, un-
married, and had been IN the employ of
the Omaha Company three years.
THE House committee has recon-
mended an appropriation of s95, 600 for
a public building at Ashland.
THE directors OF the Hekla Fire In
surance Company, Of Madison, have
accepted the proposition Of Albert
Schetter, president Of the st. Paul
German Fire Insurance Company, to
purchase the control of the stock
OF the Hekla Company at premium
of 6 per cent. Tie Hekla COM
pany accepted this proposition in pref
erence to reinsuring and going into liq-
uldation. The business of the COM
pany under the new management will
continue to he conducted from Madison.
y meeting of the Heckla stock kholders is
called for February Is, to ratify the ac-
ton of the directors.