The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-01-02
BADGER NOTES.

The Big Greek Milling Company, OF
baraDoo, has been organized with q
capital OF $200, 600 for the purpose of de-
yeloplng the mineral resources of the
Big Creek Valley. Recently rich vein
OF iron ore was found by James Harri-
son while digging we'll near Debello.
An investigation proved that there was
an exceptionally rich vein in sight
A FAEMER named John Ward, living
near Seymour, is of the opinion that
there is bed of phosphate on his arm,
similar to that found at Kingston, Can.
which Is worth $40 ton. A number oi
persons have pronounced it phosphate.
The matter will be placed in the hands
of some expert chemist for further in
vestIgation.
A CORRESPONDENCE carried on for the
past year between Miss Mary Hamilton,
OF Apple River, near Shullsburg. and II
man named Luce, living in oklahoma,
terminated III the marriage of the pair
few days ago. Neither party had
ever seen the other until Miss Hamilton
went to Oklahoma, and the ceremony
was performed the same day.
Miss ROSE SACKMAN, the Sauk County
girl who was nearly murdered year
ago, by August Schuster, who is now
! serving tiiteen-year term at Waupun,
iieAS oihlcSt ltttNcItu tie use Oh DeT
limbs. She has been under the treat
ment of {. ID. Maine, of Portage, who
is said to possess great magnetic pow
| ers.
JOE NYLlE, who escaped from 70
Florence County Jail on August Is, 1890,
has been located at the Marquette,
! Mich, state prison. where he is serving
a one-year term for burglary. He will
be turned over TO the Wisconsin author
tiles when he has finished his term ut
Marquette.
STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Roor
has admitted the following companies
to do business IN Wisconsin under the
new law: The Federal Life Assocla-
ton, of Davenport, Ia, and the Iowa
Masons' Benevolent Society, of Oska-
loOsa.
JOHN RICnARps, living in the town Of
Ludington. near Eau Claire, while on
his way home was pounced upon by
wildcat. He succeeded in killing the
brute with q knife. but was terribly
lace-ated by the animals claws and
teeth.
GROUND is being prepared for the
erection by the Warehouse and Build
ers' Supply Company, at West superior,
OF lime kllns with capacity Of | 800
barrels dav. The works will employ
100 men, and be in operation April l.
| CHRISTMAS, 1891, will go on the records
as one of the warmest for years, al
though disagreeable day. Several
farmers in the vicinity of Waukesha de-
voted the day TO plowing, and reported
the land in fair condition for working
THE village of Johnson's Creek, the
first station south of Watertown on the
| Chicago 4 North Western Railway, Was
| visited or tho Ia NV Il
! stroyed the main business portion of
the place. The fire started in the sa-
| loon building of William Steuber, and
| spread 10 the saloon of +. Bnttcher.
! From there the flames extended to the
double store of George {. Mansfield,
occupied by Joseph Hertle with a gen
eral stock The store building of II.
Christians, the dwelling house of +.
BwttCher and &C. Manstield's brick Of
| flee were also swept away. Very little of
the stocks and contents in any of the
buildings was saved. Mansheld's office
| contained the post st-otiice, but the mail
matter was all saved. The entire loss III
estimated at $4,000. The fire is seri
! Gus blow TO the business interests of
! Johnson's Creek The cause is thought
| to have been incendIarism. The heavier
| losses are distributed as follows: q. {.
Mansfield, on building, s. 900, insured
| for 81, 500; Steuber, on building, $1,000,
fully covered by insurance; ii. {. Chris
tians, loss $1,000, insurance 81 800; +.
B9ttcher, loss 5000, with 81 800 insur-
ance; J. Hertle, loss $1,000 on stock of
goods.
PnIL. HExKEL, city marshal of Colby,
arrested a party at Abbottsford sup
| posed to be the person that grabbed q
certificate of deposit from Mr.. keehn,
| at Ashland, few days ago, and who
got away with it. When the officer at
tempted to arrest him he produced a re-
volver, and had the officer no. been on
| his guard he would certainly have been
| shot.
| JouN WILSON pleaded guilty to several
| small burglarles at La Crosse, and WAS
! sentenced to two years al Waupun.
Il. b. KIRKLAND, executive Worlds
| Fair commissioner from Wisconsin, has
appointed 0. f. Rrssler, of Jefferson,
as his assistant. The office will be To-
| Gated at jeff. rson until permanentqua
| ters have been decided upon.
John Ward, of Seymour Eau Clare
| County has for some time been OF
| opinion that there were phosphate beds
on his farm. He has been prospecting
| and comparing samples received from
| other places and finally has come TO tue
| conclusion that he has struck vein OF
| fertilizers which if of the right stamp
will prove to be of untold value. Those
who have seen IT pronounce the specI-
mems exhibited to te phosphate of lime
similar to that found in Kingston, III
| Canada, and South Carolina and Florida
! in this country, which is worth about
| $50 per ton. 1t is grcenlsh in color and
| greasy to the teel. Where it has been
| applied on land grass and other crops
grow in great luxuriance. Mr.. Ward is
| respectable farmer and is we'll known.
| The matter will be placed III the
| bands of some expert chemist Tor
further information. If it proves to be
| the genuine article there is mllllohs
in it.
GAIT. EoLNEY BiGELow, of La Crosse,
| has been in the city al dlustipg the affairs
| Of the weliknown raftsmen. the Me
| Donald Bros, of that city, who assigned
! 81 few days AGO. He states the company
| will be able 10 resume next season with
| their usual full equipment. Their lia-
| bilities were largely debts for supplies
| furnished their rafters during last sea
| sons dieastrOusly low water and frr
money borrowed to carry en- their bust
ness The burlington Lumber Com
| panv held mortgage on the rafter k't
| Carson, which IL sold To the raft com
panv on a partial cash payment, and Ii
| is thought other boats were similarly IN
! voved.
AT. KENSEDY, who has been in the
| stationery business at La Crosse for
| thirtv-fve wears, and widely-known
man. died on the 26th of cancer OF the
| stomach. He was unmarried.
NEls NEWTON, prominent farmer OF
| Hammond, st. Croix County, was IN
| etantIv killed, together with his team,
| being struck by an east bound shore
| line passenger on a crossing near Baid-
| win.
| TIMOTHY CASEY, a naval veteran and
an inmate Of the Soldiers Home, at
| Milwaukee,. was found dead in shed
| near a saloon on National Avenue. Ex-
| posure caused his death. He was tl
wears old, and served thirty years
| in the navv.