The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-10-03

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of the Upper Menominee, not two mills
as reported.
A CONTAGIOUS disease has made its ap-
! pearance among horses in the vicinity
! of Appleton. 1t is known as Cerebro-
! spinal meningitis, and il proves fatal III
nearly every case.
At Gaylord's Landing, Marquette
! County, farmers are hauling hay in
wagons across the Fox River, without
even moistening the loads. Ordinarily
| the stage of water at that place is twelve
! feet.
THE Board of University Regents met
| at Madison on the 29th for the purpose
of considering the bids for the erection
Of the law school building. There We're
nine bids entered, the lowest of which
was that of Contractor Mccarthy, of
Madison, which was SO 600, and the
lie also received the contract for
the construction of the dairy
| building several weeks ago. Arthur
Bate, of Milwaukee, was retained to SUI
pervise the work of erecting the two
| buildings. Vice President Bartlett. of
Eau Claire, was elected president, vice
Geo. Raymer. resigned from the board,
while Frank Challoner, of Oshkosh, was
elected vice president.
THE Marinette Lumber Company,
composed of II. Swart, of Marinette,
and J. B. and W. a. Goodman, of Chi
cago, have purchased of T. w. Harvey,
of Chicago, 50,0O0,0O0 feet of standing
pine on the Upper Menominee; also
his two mills located at the mouth of
tie river, which were built two years
ago, and have been operated by +. SEQ
field x Co.
A BURGLARY was committed at Eureka
the other night in which the dwelling
of Mrs. c. Fishbeck was entered by
breaking in a door after she had been
chlOroiormed through an open window
| near the head of her bed. But Sl6 in
money was obtained, though more was
overlooked.
THE German Methodist Conference,
which has beenin session the past week
at Charles City, Ia. made the following
appointments for La Crosse: South
Side, Louis J. Brenner; North Side,
William Henry Schmidt. The Rev. J,
Ii. klause goes to Freeport, H., and
the Rev. A. NJ. Brenncr. of the North
Side, becomes the successor of his son,
Louis, at Platteyille, Wis.
A LAD of Is, giving his name as August
Weybradt, was brought to the Emergen-
cy Hospital, Milwaukee, on the 2Sth.
The boy contained charge of buckshot,
which had taken effect i'll his head
back, hand ana legs, but none of the
wounds are considered serious. He says
he was crossing n farmers land south OF
the city when the owner, suppos!ng he
was gathering hickory nuts, opened fire
on him with the result mentioned.
At Eau Claire a dozen committees,
representing five churches, began prep
aratiCns for the state convention OF the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deavor, to be held there October % to
%, in the First Congregational Church.
At least 500 delegates will be present.
A feature will be a banquet in the Griffin
Rifles armory. for which 600 covers will
be laid. 4 contract has been made for
| extensive decorations at the church
where the sessions will be held. includ-
ing sixty colored incandescent lamps to
be arched in front.
ANDREW kILIAN, IL years of age. whose
parents reside at III Jefferson Street,
Milwaukee, was killed by falling
through an elevator shaft from the third
floor at p II. Sercombe's bicycle estab-
lishment, on East Water Street. The
young man, who was employed III the
establishment, stepped into the elevator
shaft to 60 from the third to the first
floor, but, the elevator being at the foot
! vi tIit SIittIl, Ilt zen anu stl u oli LIE
head, death resulting instantly.
ELwIN X. IlEIEEEG. of La Crosse, was
appointed to a cadetshIp at West Point
from the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict. There were eight applicants.
w. II. MYERS secured divorce from
Isadora Myers at Ashland.
4 PAYING lead vein is said to have
been discovered near Day, Marathon
County.
THE Ashland Lime. Salt x Cement
Company has just completed a new kiln
al cost of SO, 600.
SAMPLES of Camp Douglas water from
the wells on the state camp grounds are
being analyzed at Madison in conse-
Quence of the newspaper discussions OF
the sanitary conditions there.
TIE Mississippi Logging Company
stopped saving lumber for the season,
the log supply having given out. The
Northwestern Lumber Company shut
down It's mills for the same reason.
This leaves only one saw mill running
out of ten at Eau Claire. The recent
rain was general, but gives little en-
couragement as to the movement OF
logs, for which q vast quantity of rain
would be needed.
JoHS GARvEY, of Freedom. the father
of eleven daughters, was so delighted st
the birth of son that he broke his jaw
bone in fit of hearty laughter.
ST. PAUL'S EPIsCoPAL Ca RCH, Milwau-
kee. is now out of debt, and Bishop
Nicholson, on assuming his diocesan
work, Will cOnsecrate II. The rules OF
the church do not permit Of the cOnse-
Grafton of church until it is freed Of al.
debt. st. Paul's cost S222, 600
L.. e a 4
three weeks ago, was recovered at Bay
field.
THE Sturgeon Bay Advocate gives the
history of the hairless horse, claiming
that il lost its hair from disease con
tracted by being kept in very poor quar-
ters while a colt, and soon after its halT
came off and never grew again, and the
owner was dlsgusted with II and sold Ii
for trihe 1t was owned by a Bohe-
mian farmer in Door County.
A WOMAN named RogusZka, who re-
sides at 1913 Garden Street, Milwaukee,
was shot Oh the evening of the 9TH, the
ball taking effect in the left arm and
, side. Neil Cibebuch, aged Is years,
who was identified as the assallant. was
arrested for the crime. The affair was
the result of a family quarrel, aud lts
causes are not plain.
MINERAL LAKE JUNCTION is the name
of new town in Ashland County.
THE body Of a man WAS washed ashore
near the flushing tunnel. Milwaukee.
1t has not been identified. The body Is
that of a man apparently about 80 years
of age. Nothing was found IN the
| pockets except an Open-taced gold
watch and small sum OF money.
A. ]. kLoFANDA, OF Eau Claire, has
sold his dog Gath X, " to f. l.. Stone, oi
Chattanooga, Tenn, for $3.50.
AT Winona Junction a wild freight
train jumped the track and several cars
were totally wrecked. NOone was serl-
ously injured.
The Norwegian lutheran Synod, which
owns the old Soldiers Orphans Home
in Madison. and now occupies 1t as an
orphan asylum has been offered fifty
two acres q mile and a half from Slough
ton, providing it will locate the asylum
there The doner is Jermond SkaalOn.
/ a wealthy farmer 1t is probable that