The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-12-31
BADGERNOTES.

The funeral procession of the late Judpe
.. ). Burton, of La Crosse, was the largest
ever seen IN that city.
| GEORGE MCCALL, well-known inmate
VI the milwaukee, Soldiers Home, was run
down and killed by ST. Paul train.
| HE case of Martin Brien against the
omaha Railroad Company at Ashland has
been settled out of court. The company
agreed to pay the costs and give Mr.
OBIien Sl,oOo damages. O'Brien was IN
| Jured two years ago while in the cOmpany's
employ.
A TEAM belonging to Joseph Baudhuint.
OF Sevastapol, Door County, hauled a load
OF stove wood which measured SIX feet
over cord and halt, and which weighed
IN the nelghborhood OF five tons, estimat-
| ing cord or green maple at I, 500 pounds
weight. The distance was about four
miles, and as the horses Will not 90 much
over 9OO pounds EACH il is considered TO be
one of the largest on record.
JOHN +. JONES. who is well known in
Marlnette as one of the active members of
tne irving Literary Society OF the Mari
nette Business College, has received the
appointment as clerk in the Office of the
| secretary OF state at Lansing, Mich.
| BURGLARS entered the jeweiry store of
JenS Gattheen, at Eau Claire. but were
frightened away before securing any val
| uables.
1HE new Methodist Church on the Onei-
| III. L
cost of the edIfice is $1,000 OF which over
$1,000 was raised by the members of the
congregation.
II is claimed that there are two cases of
leproSy lii Dane County. The State Board
OF Health is investigating the cases.
ALEXANDER MCGRAw, of Chippewa
Fails, aged about 20 years, has been ar
rested at Eau Claire on charge of high
| Way robbery. 1t is alleged that he held
up an old man and relieved him OF 81.
Two switch engines collIued in the
| North-W eStern freight yards in the Third
| w ard. Milwaukee. Gne was badly
wrecked and the other slightly injured,
but fortunately only one man was hurt
George Hecker, one OF the tiremen, had
his leg broken.
LARGE E delegation of the tribe of Bad
River indians, belonging to the Bad River
| reservation at Odanah, visited Ashland
| and made complaint to the Indian agent
| there that logging was being done at the
| reservation, contrary to the existing orders
| from the United states authorities. The
Indians made written complaint to the
| agent, and in it alleged that one Ed. Has
kins, logger, has four parties at work cut
, tlng timber. They claim TO have made re-
peated protests to the farmer on the reSer-
| vatIon, but without success
THE Milwaukee County register OF
| deeds annual report of births and deaths
shows that there were 1870 births and
1908 deaths recorded during 1892.
AN important deal which was recently
| cOnSummated IN lumber circles at Ash
| land has resulted in the organization of
one of the largest corporations doing busl-
| neSs on Chequamegon Bay. The West
| Michigan Lumber company is at the back
| of the deal, and will be on the lumber eX-
change at Ashland next year. They are
| said to have already secured 100000 ,0OC
feet of pine in that section, and baye al
ready made arrangements to cut 100000
or 5000. 900 feet of logs this winter. The
| Thayers, of Boston, are largely interested.
| While there is no definite plan announced,
it is thought that they will have mill in
Ashland before another year. The com
pany owns a vast amount OF Stlmpage
throughout the upper peninsula and
| Northern Wisconsin. and will operate on a
| large scale.
II. S. BURTON, cashier of the La Crosse
National Bank, and one OF the oldest
! citizens, died in that city after q shor;
illness.
TIE Northwestern Coal Railway Com
pany has been incorporated for the
purpose of building line from a point
on Allouez Bay, at or near the mouth
of the Nemadii River, in Douglas Coun-
ty, distance of twelve miles, to a point
on the st. Louis River, on the boundary
line of the state IN section l, town As,
range Il, inside the county. The capl-
tai stock is 81 100000. The incorpora-
tors are: J. A. Morris. L. \. Saund /.
ers, Edwin L. Booth, Charles NJ. Ben
ham, E. L. Shepley, all of st. Paul
Mimi, and it is presumed they intend
to build line in Minnesota to connect
st. Paul with this Douglas County road.
The residence OF Albert Hanson, at
La Crosse, was destroyed by fire, entail
ing loss of $500. partly insured.
| DONALD MCMILLAN died suddenly at
the hospital at Eau Claire. He leaves a
wife and daughters at Cornwall, Can.
| LUMBERMEN in Ashland County are
com planning about the condition OF the
swamps, there being so much snow on
the ground that the swamps have not
frozen yet.
julius ZELLMAN, La Crosse young
man. was arrested on a charge OF assault
with intent to do great bodily harm,
Ada kopplen being the complainant.
THE Montreal Lumber Company, oi
Ashland, has three camps, averaging
sixty men to the camp, working, and
expect to put IN l2,oO0,o 900 feet this Wln"
ter.
THE Apostle Islands, twenty-five 10
number, lie lengtnwlse OF the coast ior
about thirty miles north OF Bay neld,
and except as natural harbor for boats
wears been a problem to the owners.
OF late wears the brown sandstone, oi
which thev are mainly composed, has
brought them into greater prominence,
and should the Northwest take the same
strides in the next twenty years as dur
ing the last period of tnat length. they
will probably become he great source
of garden supplies for Wisconsin and
Minnesota. as they are especially adapt
ed for that purpose. Their great draw
back. however. is their Isolationi from
railroads. 1t is not, however, mere
fancy 10 suppose that with the increase
in nonnlation they will be connected
with the mainland by bridges or rail-
road ferries. The suggestion has been
made by some who are interested IL
their future that with the advent OF
railroad facilities they will be used as
transfer wards for cattle shipped from
East to West.
A SUIT growing out of the famous
Omaha land grants at Ashland mas peer
commenced by Charles H. Pratt, OF
MINNEAPOLIS, against L. A. shores sno
H. +. Balch, both of Ashland: MI
Pratt seeks TO recover soO,oVo which ut
claims to have paid Mes5rs. shores anG
Balch for piece OF properly siaua.oC
near Ashland. III 1887, during the grea
land boom in Northern Wisconsin, the
defendants are alleged to have trans.
farrad 70 Mr. Pratt, for $5O.Uo trac,
Of land. and gave him warranty deed
for the same, A number, ,,n,e Q, settlers settlers
wbnn, No. we're Or. Andrus and Peter John
son who have contested Pratts tltle te
the land. Pratt now sues his grahtors
TO force them to make their gS'l ante' l;s
oood II is stated that the land IN uis'
o,,ld not bring over SIC, 900 at the
present time.