The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-06-07
BADGER NOTES.

OF the town Of Albion. got into an al
tercation while riding home together
one night some months ago, and X olha-
gen slashed Olson with q knife, infIct-
ing serious wounds kohlhagen plead
ed guilty at Madison on the Sd, and was
sentenced to one year in the penitcn
tlarv.
THE st. Paul City Railway Company
sent Miss Emma L. ThorSen of Milwau
kcc, a check for s.. 500 On the after
noon Of January -. 1883. a cable train
ran away on the Selbv Avenue hill, one
person being killed and twenty injured.
Among the latter was Miss ThorScn.
She was thrown against the stove and
held there by other passengers until
burned in such a terrible manner that
for 4 long time her life was dcspaired of
For two months she lay very i'll ut the
Hotel Ryan. and her lawyers brought
suit for 26.GuO. She was given 4 YER
diet for =, SEQ, and the ease appealed To
the supreme court The railway com
pany has withdrawn the appeal and
paid the full amount of the verdict
THE mother of Charles Boorman, who
committed suicide at Schlathaucr's
Hotel in Madison, last March, has
brought suit to recover s. ,tNo from the
Northwestern Mutual Relief Association
on a policy held by the deceased. Boor-
man had previously exchanged one
policy for another having clause speci-
flying non payment III case of suicide.
and the plaintiff will plead insanity of
the deceased when making this cX-
change.
OK the 2d inst. Milwaukee was visit
ed by about sixty newspaper men from
Arkansas, being portion Of those i'll at
tendance on the annual meeting of the
Arkansas state Press Association.
AT Ashland, on the ID inst, Judge
Parish issued an order calling on the
district attorney 10 appear June 80, TO
answer certain charges filed against
him by the Ashland County bar, 10
show cause why he should not be dis
barred
TuE organization of the Milwaukee
Traffic x Terminal Railway Company
has hcen perfected. John l.. Mitchell
was chosen president: Patrick Cudahy,
vice-presidcnt; t. p IIackett, secre-
tary, and Charles +. Phstcr, treasurer.
IiE memory Of Marcus Thrane, of
Eau Claire, was honored at a meeting of
Scandlnavlans III Chicago.
\. {. BRowN, the wcll-known million
aire banker of Marincttc, committed
suicide on the LIST. Mr.. Brown suffered
from a severe attack of the grip last
winter, from which he had never rccoV-
cred, and of late had shown such
symptoms as to arouse the fears of
friends that his mind had become affect
cd.
THE twentieth annual report of the
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society is
beic@ distributed bv Secretary IIoxic. 1t
contains Il full account of the proceed
incs of the meeting in June, 1850, also of
the annual meeting III Madison III Feb
rEarv, 1880. and reports from the com
mittcc on observation. etc. \ portrait
OF Peter Henderson, the famous Long
Island gardener, serves as trontlSplcCc
to the volume.
ARTICLES of association have been
filed with the secretary Nt state bV the
Windsor Manufacturing Company, of
Milwaukee,; capital stock. $4,000; in
rorporatorS, Charles y. Wind, J. Y.
luarcs and William W. Wight The
Nebraska Land and Improvement Com
rany. Of Milwaukee,, has fled Il resolu-
tlon di-s0lying the corporation.
\ ~J.IT for SlOu.0o has been filed in
the Chicago circuit court hy the Thomp-
son x Walkup Company against the
Northern Pine Land Company and ;. g.
Cook 4 60, for damages claimed To- have
resulted from the removal of 2UWW, 600
feet of pine timber belonging to the lat
Ter from land which hey acquired from
the Northern Pine Land Company.
The land III question IS IN Bayfield,
County.
An Indian was shot on the island Just
in front of Prairie du Chicn on the
night of the 24th. by q saloonkeepcr
named Wagner The Indian was in
toxicated and was throwing stones
through the saloon windows. He was
shot through the head. and will prob
ably die; Wagner gave himself mp to
the authorities. 1t is thought that he
was justified in the shooting The In
dian was intoxicated before going Ia the
island
II is reported that tie big coal dealers
of Milwaukee are irving 10 form com
bination To- make little more money,
and at the same time freeze out the lit
tie ones.
WHILE unloading Clrhstones ON the
10Th. Anton GeIgcr a tcamstcr in the
entplov of Cook 4 Hyde. of Milwaukee,
had his left leg broken above the an kle.
TIF purchase of q large tract of land
in Bay View. il i thought, is in the in
tcre~t of the Wisconsin Central Rail
road.
\ BRIDE 1T stanley. Wis. wants her
marriage annullcd because her husband
i a negro and not an Indian, as she
supposed.
CHARLES J.. LIND, who shot himself
and his wife, was the leading citizen of
IIilIeborough, Wis.
THE Milwaukee Exposition directors
will contest the attack on their title to
the site of the building.
w Is LOGAN. over 50 wears OF age. who
served in a Ia Crosse regiment during
the war, iourncvcd from Pennsylvania
In Waupa,a, with his wife, in order that
they could spend the remainder of their
DAYS in the Veterans Home.
". X FREEMAN. of Eau Claire. lost hi-
suit against the United states Electric
Light Company. III New York, Judge
In.ruham having dismissed his action to
.ccovcr >lm.Wp damages for breach Of
contract aIld for i balance If salary. The
sllit Was based ON contract With hml"S
L. Flint. then president Of the COM
ranv. hv which Freeman was L"
receive SlN,pO when The patent on his
invention of the inCandeseent lamp was
pertpctcd. and was Ia be cmpioyed bN
th, COMPANY IT a salary ri so per week
pending the application for and the life
Of the patent. The judge ncld that
there was no evidence that Flint hdd
authority 10 act for the company. ~
to the balance of salary the Judge held
that Freeman had virtually resigned.
SHOT HIMSELF IN COURT.
Z, t,uxi,tea Eor~er shoots Himself on