The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-05
BADGER NOTES.

TIE total cut of the twelve lumber
mills OH Chequamegon Bay at Ashland,
Washburn and bayfield, for the past
season is 25l ,000,0 600 feet; last year 23O,-
eco, 600 feet.
SAM LEE, laborer AT Prentice, was
struck by Wisconsin Central train and
probably fatally hurt. He was intoxi-
Gated.
TIE Ashland Board of County Super
ylsors declined TO appropriate money
for Worlds Fair purposes.
The fourth annual convention of the
brotherhood OF tpper Mississippi River
Pilots convened in La Crosse.
HoRsE-THlENES are beginning to infest
the community around Madison. Late
on the afternoon Of the lst horse and
carriage belonging 10 Dow 4 Thomas,
real estate dealers. hitched III front of
the city hospital, was taken, and no
definite trace of the thief las been
found. 1t is believed that the thief
started for Milwaukee. A Telegram was
received from Cottage Grove the same
evening stating that man and horse
answering the description passed
through that town at : O'Clock. The
animal is a dark brown mare and
weighs about go pounds.
An unknown man attempted to pass a
forged check for S2S at Fan Claire, sup
posed to have been issued by the North
western Lumber Company. Payment
WAS refused. The name on the cheek
was Adclbert Smith. The man made
his escape before the officers were mott
fled.
THE creditors of sherman Murphy, of
Ashland, are very anxious about his
L., l..
weeks ago, owing bills to the amount of
81 800.
A SAD death occurred at the Ogden
Hotel, Madison, on the 30th. Mrs.
Fred. Jones, of Richland Center. who
had been married little over week,
and was returning from her wedding
trip, succumbed TO a cold that turned
into pneumonia. Mrs. Jones maiden
name was Butler, and she was married
to Fred. Jones, Il Well-knOwn young
man OF kit HAND Center, on November
-. The young couple started for Chi
Cago and returned on November 80.
she was about 20 years OF ag".
HARRIET \. WLaTFNLL. of Florence,
has commenced suit i'll the Ashland
County circuit court against her hus-
band, berlin J. Wcstfall, for divorce
She alleges descrtion and failure to sup
port.
LUTHER Persons, of the town Of Sun
Prairie, and Richard Williamson. of the
town of Dunn, were the first Dane
County boys to be granted Mitchell
scholarships IN the University Agri-
cultural School. They are common
school graduates, and receive the honOrs
OH recommendation of County Supt.
Ames.
ID. IsEIcIIERT, an old resident of La
Crosse, dropped dead from heart dis
ease in st. James Catholic church. He
was - years old and leaves wife and
eight children, ae-marr+eds--
TIE Morning Mining Company, of
Milwaukee, las filed articles of asso-
citation with the secretary OF state, with
a capital stock of S500,GO0 The moor
porators are Charles NJ. kipp, John S.
George and Daniel +. Murphy.
Ben ARMSTRONG, of Ashland, has filed
papers in civil suit against +. Prentice,
In W llich he asks $500 for services rem
dered the defendant. Mr.. Prentice
held the title TO a tract of land in the
heart of Duluth. 1t was sold to him by
Mr.. Armstrong, but by a mistake III the
description the land was described as
being in the bay when it should have
been on the hill. This error was cor
rccted, but not before the land was oc-
cupled. Mr.. Prentice brought suit for
the recovery of this land, and las re-
gained possession of about sl00 900
worth. Mr. Armstrong has been ma
teral witness in these cases for Mr..
Prentice and sues for compensation for
his services.
MILWAUKEE is humping itself III an eff
E ln mot mol
ocratic convention. Meetings are being
held and committees appointed to fur
ther the boom.
E. C. CHILDS, one of the pioneers Of
BAYFIELD,, died at IIigganum, Conn.
LARGE numbers of men have left Au-
gusta for the lumber camps near the
Eau Clare River for the winter. The
prospects for a large output OF logs are
reported to be excellent.
A HOUSE of ill-repute on the reshtigo
Road, near Narinettc, was destroyed by
fire. The inmates barely escaped with
their lives.
Nh. PRIDEAUx, superintendent Of the
county schools of Sawyer County, has
been requested by the school board TO
resign.
FIRE on the 2Sth near the Eddy mill,
Eau Claire, destroyed d dwelling, a barn
and three sheds, the property of the
Empire Lumber Company. Loss about
$500; Insured.
4 LOGGER employed near Ashland re-
Gently met with a peculiar accident
He fell, and III striking the ground a
piece of stick entered his mouth and
broke of in such a way as not TO be no
ticeable One of his companions no
tIccd the man living on the ground, and
discovered there was something IN his
mouth. 1t seemed the stick closed the
air passage, and but for the timely aid
of his companion he would have sutto-
Gated.
J. u. BELL, chief of police of Mari
nette, has commenced an action for Ii
bel against the Eagle Printing Com
panv on account OF an article that APP
peared in the Eagle October 10, re-
specting the condition of Marlnette
Avenue. which he alleges damaged his
character and reputation to the extent
of 81 900.
An unknown man was struck by a
Burlington engine near La Crosse and
instantly killed.
IGSATz WRsF>sLER, of Sun Prairie, was
found wandering about in demented
condition. He was conveyed to the
Mendoza Insane Asylum.
\ STATEMENT of the earnings and ex-
penses Of the Chicago, Milwaukee Il st.
Paul read for October shows that the
gross earnings were S3,416,G 6,G36, an in
crease of 500, So as compared with the
corresponding month OF 1890. The OPP
Grating expenses were 81 ,@l4 ,632, an in
crease OF Sl74 So and the net earnings
were 81 ~, ,GO4, an increase of sos,
C33. For the four months ending Octo-
her 81 the gross earnings amounted to
Sl1 ,2f6, ,s23.
EDWARD MuNsKI, butcher, AMI an
old resident of MenomOnee, committed
suicide on the 26;h, by placing a Win
chester rifle in his mouth and blowing
the ton of his head off. Financial and
domestic trouble brought on intemper-
ance. and this is the supposed cause.
His wife was compelled TO leave him
some time ago. He leaves family OF
eight children in poor circumstances.
He was member of the Odd Fellows
and Sons Of Herman
THE directors of the Mepomonee
Falls & Western Railway Company are
asking the towns along the proposed