The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-06-18
BADGER NOTES.

dDout lo,ooo ieet OF uOcka9S ana capaCltN
for plllng about 0,000, 600 feet oflumber
HANS HEILEHERGE, in company witt
five or SIX friends, went bathing in the
Mississippi River at La Crosse. Helle
berge caught a cramp and was drowned
lie was 80 years of age and unn arried
he body was recovered later.
EDWARD 2. LocKARf, a pioneer o
Prairie du Chen, died at Engie wood
Ill. He was sheriff of Crawford Coun
" In lSi4, when it extended from The
Wisconsin River to Lake Superior, nno
Included the present site of the city o
st. Paul. He was the first sergeant al
arms elected in the state Senate o.
lS4S-40.
THE seven large ice houses belonging
to the Union Ice Company, OF Chicago
and situated at the mouth of Sturgeon
Bay, collapsed during a terrible gale
from the southeast.
ASHLAND will make bid for the sixtl
state normal school provided for at the
last session of the state legislature. A
site of two blocks and cash bonus O.
$4,000 are now offered, and the bonus
may be increased.
CIIAI.LIE SrEIGNIrz, serving a twenty.
year sentence for killing Sol Felch, neal
Florence. has constructed tiny lac.
slmlle OF full-rigged ship standing ou
to sea: with a miniature lighthouse up
on high biutt in the background, all OF
which is ncascd in small pint bottle
every part of the vessel, lighthouse
rocky reefs and material which repre-.
sent the water having been inserted
through the small neck Of the bottle
and then put into place.
II /
der consideration twcnty-six cases O
mIlk adniteratlon. The parties accused
are scattered through the counties Of
Manitowoc, Wimnebago, Wausllara
Green Lake, Green and Columbia
Prosecutions will be commenced against
them as soon as il is possible for the
commissioner to dispose of other work
that IS pressing him.
Or @. MEN and Otto II. Witte. two
young men of Augusta, Eau Claire
charged with the murder OF Angus,
Stevens. On June ) the body oi
Stevens was found in the barn Of Mr
Brown, farmer living near Augusta, in
a terribly dlsngurnd condition. 1wC
brothers Of the dead man from Mime
sofa have been at the scene OF the muI.
der making Investigations, the above
arrests beng 4 result of their work
TIE earnings of the st. Paul Rail
road for the first week in June were
s's3,3l3, against $Sl ,227 Tor the CORE.
sponaIng week last year. The MIlwau-
kee x Northern earned So $50, an iu-
crease Of - ,l76.
ABOUT 80 o clock on the morning Q.
the 9th fire broke out in barn ia the
rear OF Gle klandrud's S hotel at Ona!as-
a, ana IN few minutes spread to the
hotel and adjoining buildings, which
We're soon burned to the ground The
buildings destroyed We're two hotels
known respectively as the Union House
and Engiestadt's Hotel, together Will
barns and other out-houscs. The ori-
gin of the fire is unknown. Loss, over
$4,000.
THEoDoRE FHEDLANDER, who estab
lshed the first German newspaper in
the Chippewa Valley, the ChippcWl
AnZelgcr, died at the Sisters IlospitaI
III Eau Claire. Before coming to this
country he held the chair OF history liz
the university at licidclbcra He was
city charge al the time of his death.
TIE Wisconsin building on the
Worlds Fair grounds vii! attract more
attention than most of the others hici
are erected in the manner known a.
stall work" Contractor i.oule reports
that the walls will consist of various
kinds of building stone found in Wis.
consln and that the interior will be
finished in various Wisconsin woods
Much of the material has been fur.
mshed gratutously.
At Madison a l5-month-old son o-
George Albright fell dead of paralysis
while playing with his sister.
Ey-CHIEF OF Police J. ID. HAYES. o1
Ashland, was granted siO0.s damages
against Sheriff iIalloran, Of BAYFIELD,
County. The plaintiff sued HaIloran
for 5000 for alleged false imprison-
ment.
4 YOUNG woman named Miss Ander-
son, of La Crosse, while visiting lela.
tlyes In Minneapolis, was assaulted by
an unknown young man and badly
beaten.
AID. NEuMEISTER, of La Crosse, Great
ed a sensation in the Common Council
by charging b. t. Edwards, president
of the La Crosse Street Railway Com
pany, with having offered NeumeisteT
=, ,u0U worth of stock in the company
providing an ordinance was passed Civ
ing the company al exclusive franchise
for the term of fifty years. Mr.. Ed
wards was taken before the Council and
testified that the charge wss false. tina,
he had only offered to sell out to Neu-
meistcr at - cents on the dollar. \
committee has been appointed to in
yestlgate the matter.
AN accident occurred at L. s Soper's
carriage works, at Ashland, which came
near resulting fatally TO three men
Some men were working at the bottom
of the elevator when it gave way and
went crashing through the floor with
terrific force. The men were Just lcuv
ing the place when the elevator fell
Mr.. Soper was severely injured on the
back, but will recover. Two employees
were also badly injured, one of which
may terminate fatally.
TIE jury in the case Of Rudolph Hpt
against the Columbus & Hooking Goa.
Company, at Eau Claire, rendered d
verdict of $500 for the plaintiff. whC
fell Oft derrick at Ashland. The case
was taken from Ashland County TO Ear
CLAIRE, the defendants attorney claim
ing that the Judge at Ashland was pTciu
diced against the defendant.
ANDREW FREDERICK KRUGER, who
died N Chicago lew days ago, was i
pioneer of Wisconsin and was nearly
100 years old At tie time Of his death
Mr.. Kruger settled in Portage in ISL
where he engaged in farming and il
trading with the Indians, having emf
grated 10 this country from Germany.
TIE Montreal River Improvement
Company of Ashland. has been organ
ized with capital stock OF 500, 600
The Wisconsin Improvement Company
another Ashland enterprise. has alsl
been organized, with 5000 capita
stock
The Electric Light Company's plan
at Madison will be greatly enlarged th
summer. Work has been commence
On new building With a 1O-foot from
and no feet deep. Two new engines
will also be put In-
The committee on buildings of til,
Wisconsin Agricultural Society Ia.
awarded the contrac! for the construc.
ton Of the main buildings 10 Ferge
keipper for st. 900 W. II Wilson. o
Nausau, will build the poultry build;n!
for $500 The contracts call for tit
erection Of the buildings by August 20
found in -I4