The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-05-16
BADGER NOTES.


AUGUST kLINGBElI was thrown from
sulky by runaway horse at Fall Creek.
khngbell got up said laughingly he was
all right, walked a short distance, sat
down on doorstep and fell backward
dead. 1t is supposed heart disease
caused his death He leaves wife and
five children.
MARK STAFFORD, private Waterman
at Whites lumber yard, foot of Seven
teenth Street, Milwaukee, was found
dead on the morning of the llth, with
his skull crushc |. From the position
of the body il is thought that he leaned
too far out of a window in the second
story of the building and fell to the
ground below. Stratiord was a single
man and had no relatives In the city.
BURGLARIEs have occurred at Ashland
nearly every night for week JOS.
! Blumberg shot at and wounded one
Saturday night, but he made his escape.
TIE demand of John Erickson, of the
town of Brunswick, that the body of
his wife, who died several weeks ago.
be disinterred and the stomach ex-
amined for poison. has been refused by
the authorities. Physicians who at
tend ed the woman think that Erickson
is hall crazed by his wite's death, and
that his firm belief that she was poi
/
that Erickson will himself dig up the
body.
AT New Diegings, Grant County. an
incendiary fired the saloon of Mcliiv-
ney Bros, while one of the proprietors
was asleep In the upper story, evident
iy with the purpose OF crematlng the
victim. The saloon was entirely de-
stroyed, but Mctiivney escaped with
his life.
TIE programme at the Lakeside As
1 sembly at Madison this season will cost
over $4,000, and will. it is said, be the
best entertainment of the kind ever
! given.
AKRON JoNAs, laborer Oh a sand
scoW, fell into the river at State Street
bridge, Milwaukee, and was drowned.
The body was recovered and taken 20
the morgue IN the patro! wagon. He
was married and about 80 years old.
Two HUNDRED citizens OF La Crosse, in
Guiding the city officers and the Board
of Trade, will visit Green Bay during
the month of June.
Dick COLLINS, of Superior, who was
sent to prison for five years for shooting
and wounding his wife, has been par
doned. He had been incarcerated since
August l9, 1883.
The ladies' of Florence have resolved
themselves into a Public Library Asso-
clation, with the following as their Off
GERS: President, Mrs. II. ID. Fisher;
vice president, Mrs. Peter McGorern;
secretary, Mrs. :. I. Beattie; treasurer,
Mrs. c. c. Ohm.
The body Of Henry Aulfuss, a crippled
veteran who had been an inmate 81 the
National Soldiers Home for several
years, was found on the 10th submerged
in the water OF Honey Creek. near
! Spring Meadow station on the st. Paui
road, 4 few miles east of Elm Grove.
His skull had apparently been hacked
to pieces by hatchet, and with hands
and feet tied together, the body had
been thrown into the creek, where it
was found. The authorities at the
Home were notified, and al once took
a good deal of mystery, but some clues
were obtained which may lead to the
detection Of the murderer.
DELEGATES from nearly all the singing
societies which will take part in the
coming Srngeriest of the Northwestern
Sstngerbund arrived in Milwaukee on
/ the 9th, to look over the quarters and
/ select such for the societies they repre-
sent. They were received hy Messrs
/ W. j. Beers and j. Gorney. 4 com
mers, participated IN by all the mem
bers OF the various local and sub-com-
mlttees, was given III their honor IN the
evening. The chairman Of the execu-
/ tive committee, Mr.. Herring acted as
toast master. President Charles Mayer
! made short address, and WAS followed
! by number of other gentlemen. A
dispatch from Max Iirschfeld, of Min
neapolis, the president Of the bund
was read and loudly appIauded. The
! delegates and visitors later on were
serenaded by the Liedcrkranz.
FIRE on the night of the Sth DESTROYED
the unware mandatory Of /. 4. Walsh
4 Co., at the corner Of St Paul Avenue
and Thirteenth Street. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
REV. JACOB PoST, one of the Oldest
! resident ministers in Milwaukee, died
/ on the Sth, at the age of 50 years. lie
/ had been pastor of Perseverance Pres
I byterian Church for twenty one sue
eesslve years. prior To April l, 1890,
when he resigned his position on ac-
count of Ill health.
TIE first fifty copies Of tue Blue Book
/ have been issued.
AUGrsT MEIER, of Madison. recovered
+ Judgment for $500 against Hoven, Nor
gan x Co., for injuries sustained by the
fall of an iCehouse wall.
/ EUGENE NICHOLS, formerly superin-
/ tendent Of the Madison water works.
has been made roadmaster on the Hi
nols Central from kankakee to Cairo.
i III.
! TnE crystal and cut glass chandelier
4 purchased by Ole Bull in Europe. and
+ placed in his residence at Madison. now
/ the executive mansion, and which has
/ been All attraction of the north parlor,
/ has been removed by order of Goy
/ Peck and hung III the State Historical
rooms.
! THR State Board of Deposits of Pubic
Moneys met on the Sth and organized
rs provided hy the law passed by the
last legislature. GOV. Peck was elected
i president: Secretary of state Cunning
ham secretary. The other members Of
the board are the atgUrncy-gcneral and
the state treasurer. \ meeting will lie
held soon 10 designate depoSitories
wherein the state funds will he kept
+ EX-SENATOR INGALLS, has been engaged
i 70 speak at the Lakeside assembly on
i the last day Of the encampment.
/ WISCONSIN Vii he we'll represented at
the National Editorial Convention at >t
Faul, July IT. II. Ii and u.
MR. stout, of the Knapp. Stout < Co.,
says the report of the sale .. their lum-
+ ber interests is premature.
\ MAMMOTH paper mill Will he erect
/ ed next season at lower QunneSec Falls
by Marinettc and MenoIniDee capital
ISIS
EtV CLAIRE'S physical culture school
Is patronized by twenty Of the lead
ing ladies Of the place.
COY. PICK has made the following ap-
pointments: DR.. J. 7. Carmichael, of
Milwaukee, as j member Of the State
Board of Dental Examiners; 4. Y. II.
Carpenter, OF Milwaukee. and Philo
Dunning, Of Madison. az members oftle
State Fish Commission.
\ NEW paper i 10 be issued At Ash
land-the Lake Superior Trades Mon
ist. ]. W Close is 10 be the editor and
A ". BowTon publisher.
". r. SUIHERLAND's pianing mill al
Ashland was DESTROYED by ire on the
/ 7th. \ number of freight cars side