The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
BADGER NOTES.

notice of their intention Of raising the
retail price another notch. The fol-
lowing item, from a Milwaukee paper,
shows the result: "The cedar blocks
used by the city in paving Fond du Lac
Avenue are SO nice and clean that some
of the people living on that street con-
Guided to use them for kindling wood:
When the men who are doing the paw
ing came to work yesterday morning
there weren't enough blocks left to
play ninepins with. The contractor APP
pealed to Commissioner Dunck, who
communicated wi tn the police depart
ment, and in few minutes q SQUAD Of
policemen and two patrol wagons
started for Fond du Lac Avenue. 4
call was made upon a number of cltl-
zens. and they promptly produced the
blocks when they saw the officers. In
an hour enough blocks had been recov-
cred to allow the work Of paving to be
resumed"
GdORGE LENDERBAK, a carpenter about
81 years of age, dropped dead on the
side walk at Eau Claire, while on his
way to doctors Office to have his eyes
treated. He leaves a wife and three
children. 1t is believed heart disease
caused his death.
THD amount of lumber shipped from
the port of Marinette this season has
been equal to one-half the amount of
logs sorted by the boom company dur
ing the same time. No other lumber
district in the country shows ship
ment of nearly 100000, 001 feet Of lum-
Der for the same period.
TIE statement is made that Menomi-
nee has received an offer from n. w.
Harris x Co. of $ll 100 tor the SIC, 900
street improvement bonds issued by the
city. Menominee's credit is not to be
sneeZed at.
TIE Catholic Church at Prairie du
CHEN was entered by burglars and the
gold vestry service, valued at $500,
stolen. The Council Bluffs & Northern
Railway depot, a short distance from
the church, was also broken into and
some money and two grips stolen. A
tramp named James Morgan, of Chica-
go, was arrested on suspicion of having
broken into the station and bound over
10 the circuit court.
MARINETrE is experiencing quite
building boom. Ten new residences
are being erected at an average cost of
$4,000.
THE annual picnic of the Modern
Woodmen of Western Wisconsin was
held at La Crosse. over 900 persons
participated.
of A. 7. Wilder, of Eau Claire, and
stole large number of watches and
rings.
Two tramps who were refused tobac-
co by a Waterman ut the Morse planning
mill, situated near Morse, set fire to the
place. large amount of lumber was
burned. The sheriff is in pursuit of
them.
AT Prairie du CHEN Frank Bitterle
had his leg broken below the. knee
while scufiling with his younger
brother.
+. SiINDE, who was terribly beaten
by A. Linde in the town of Del crest,
Dane County, has brought an action for
$1,000 damages against Linde for in
jurles received, and another action for
5000 for SANDER.
TIE Rev. John VIM, of Madison,
passed away ar the age of - years. Mr..
VIM suffered a severe attack of the
grippe two years ago, from which he
never fully recovered.
FRANK STRAUSS sues the town Of Bris-
tol, Dane County, for s. 900 because his
tree while driving along the road
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was at dinner, thieves broke into his
jewelry store and carried away a large
quantity OF watches, jewelry and cash.
The total amount is probably large, as
the police and prOprletors kept the mat
ter from the public for several days in
order to catch the thieveF~ if possible
Balnum's circus Was IN town. which
probably accounts for the presence of
the robbers.
FIFTEEN camps of Modern Noodmen
from Western Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, plcnlcked at la Crosse, on the
18th. Mayor Copeland welcomed the
visitors IN a neat speech, which was re-
sponded to by +. w. Hurder, of st.
Paul, deputy head consul. About 900
partlci pated.
The Marlnette paper mills are receiv-
ing direct from Liverpool 800 tons of
cotton baggng to be used in their paper
mill plant. The cost of the same will
not be far from $4,000 delivered at
their mills. Their plant, to cost $780,
600, is tas. approaching compile
ton, and will be the largest in the
country for the exclusive manufacture
OF PRINT and manila papers. Two
bronze digesters 80 feet high by 6 in
diameter for their sulphite mill will
cost $50, 600.
News has been received at La Crosse
that the four boys, Muth, Larson Strobe
and Johnson, who were enticed away
by colored man and white person,
have been found in the woods near
Hokah, Mimi. The boys were reported
to be none the worse for their advent
ure, and will be sent back to La Crosse.
Misc
CLAIMS aggregating $1,000 have been
filed against the city of Ashland by
property owners for damages alleged to
have been entalled by the grading of
certain streets.
\ DOUBLE wedding took place at Bay
field. The contracting parties were
Miss Emma Gallagher and William
Johnson, and Miss Maggie Deragon and
Andrew Williams. The brides are res
idents of Bayfield, and the grooms re-
side at Ashland.
HENRY HEYNs, former resident of
Middleton. Dane County, met with
terrible death near Duluth, Mimi. He
was driving a wagon and was thrown
against the brake-lever, which pene-
trated his abdomen to the spine. The
remains were taken to Middleton for in
terment.
JOHN CYHos, aged 90, a deaf mute,
" no Was pIChlHG up COdI along TIE
North-W estern tracks near La Fayette
Place, Milwaukee, was run down and
killed by passenger train.
WILLIAM NJ. DANIEL was burned to
death in his home, 6Sl Astor Street,
Milwaukee. He was taking an alcohol
bath and the blanket which enveloped
him caught fire.
THE half-mile handicap bicycle race
at Detroit on the 25th was won by Wal
ter c. Sanger, of Milwaukee. Sanger
clearly outrode every rider in the race.
CONTRACTOR SMITH. of Minneapolis, has
begun work on Ashland's 100000 pub
lie building. Forster x Smith, the con-
tracing firm, have secured contracts for
sixteen government structures, and ex-
pect to get ten more government build
ings to erect, for which bids are in.
JAMES l.. GATES, of Milwaukee, in con-
junction with a number of Chicago con-
tractors, has secured the contract from
the Mexican government for building
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