The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-09-26
BADGER NOTES.

THE horse which was once the favor
ltc stced of Sitting Bull, the ludian
chief, Is now kept at La Crosse. Itls
the property of Buffalo Bill and DR..
Frank Powell.
RuILA SIVlER was run over by wagon
at Eau Claire and instantly killed.
LAND within the city limits of Prairie
au Chen lately sold for So. 80 an acre
TiEEE are several cases of tppho.d
fever at Sturgeon Bay
BEAVER DAM business men will lease
the Portage creamery.
HE Dunn County insane asylumis ap-
preaching completion.
On the 18TH inst, James Meghan. a
farmer, WAS murdered under Clrcun-
stances OF great cruelty about one and
one half miles north of Darlington. by
Anton Sleboldt. Soon after noon on the
list the ia1l was broken open bV Il mob.
Sleboldt Was dragged forth and hanged
10 a tree.
On the night of the 22i large strip
OF the immense coal docks of the Ohio
Coal Company, located on the bay AT
the foot of Ellis Avenue. Ashland went
to the bottom Of the bay, taking with 1t
about 2,0t0 tons OF nard coal. The
plllng under the dock gave way,
and the enormous weight of the
coal could not be held mp hv
the flooring, which also gave way. The
space which Went down is about half
way out on the dock, and is about eighty
feet long by forty feet vide The dock
Is filled with coal, containing III the
nelghborhOod of 1000 tons, and there
is danger of other parts of the dock
going down. The loss so far is esiImat-
ed at fully 5000.
A PEAR measuring 10 inches in circuun-
terence one way ami II inches the
other vas grown 10y James Logan of
Lima, Grant County.
THE Rev. Dr. Lindsey, a Presbv-
terrain clergyman well-known through
out Wisconsin, died 81 Portland Ore,
from Injuries received while he was
driving 10 church, his team having
thrown him from his carriage
OVER per cent. premium was bid by
a Chicago banking house for the last
batch of city bonds issued by Milwau-
kee.
The shooting at Trempealeau of Louis
Donald by James Decker was, il seems,
owing to the fact that a number of bows
have been depredating on Decker's
property. When he sa Donald in the
yard Decker fired. Donald lost his arm.
FARMER in Door County has limb
on crab apple tree two feet long CON
tanning ninety-eight apples.
4 CONVENTION Of butter and cheese
men will be held at Madison next Feb
ruarv. Arrangements for the meeting
will be made in Chicago October >
JosErH ZEHNTER. a Madison grocer.
was obliged To make an assignment for
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iHE executive committee OF the state
Editorial ASSOCIATION met 1t Milwaukee
on the 18Th to perfect arrangements Tor
the contemplated southern excursion
An invitation asking the editors to eX-
tend their journey 10 Montgomery, was
read, and will be complied with If pos
slble. The excursion Will leave October
II.
The commissioner of pensions has an
nounced the appointment OF DR.. VI. K.
Hewitt as a member of the Pension En-
amlnlng Board in Milwaukee.
lie state Agricultural SOCIETY," closed
its annual exhibit at Milwaukee on the
lSiei, after the most successful fair in it's
history. The attendance on the fourth
day was estimated al over 10000.
GAME WARDEN FErx.HpEz SAWS that
hunters throughout the state are not
doing the usual amount of shooting
The fact that no dogs can he used in
chasing the game interfercs with the
thorough eniovment of the sport.
prrIrIoys will he sent 10 WASHINGTON
bv settlers near Iron River to have IA
man detailed bv the Interior Depart
ment to investigate the matter Of .O00,-
coo feet of white pine feiled hy t!ie re-
cent cyclone, and to arrange some way
that 1t can he utilized before 1t Is de
large pine trees are piled twenty feet