The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-17
BADGER NOTES.

THE mill strike at Marinette is over,
most Of the men having returned to
work.
A MAN named Cavanaugh, who repre-
sented himself in Marinette as a state
organizer of the Knights of Labor, and
, who was arrested for robblng his room
mate, has been committed to the coun-
ty Jail for ninety days.
THE full decision by the general land
Office in the Jacobs Mccoy land case has
| been received at Ashland. 1t is the
! first decision in the Omaha settlement
rush, and is defeat for the settlers. 1t
holds that "no preferred rights to these
lands could be obtained by reason of
any settlement, residence or improve
ments thereon prior TO November 2,
/ 1891" This decision was a great sur
prise, and will necessitate the rehear-
ing of fully lC0 cases which have been
decided BY the local officers in which no
evidence pertaining to who was first up
on the land after II O'clocl: on the night
of November l was brought up.
II is now decided that Washburn will
| have a railroad connection with the
Northern Pacific and Duluth, South
Shore 4 Atlantic. The people of Wash
burn all have their idea of extending
the Bigelow logging road, after making
the same standard gauge, and have
finally determined to either secure this
or build an entirely new road connected
with the two aboye-named roads.
SPONTANEOUS combustion destroyed
seventeen stacks of oats on the farm of
A. A. Boyce, at Vienna. The loss was
500, or about 5000 above insurance.
THE Ashland brewery turns out about
80 barrels week.
ORIENTA is the name Of q new town
site plated, but not yet recorded, about
the mouth of Iron River. in Bayfield,
County. TIE plat comprises about thir-
ty acres alonS the river and lake shore,
and is very promising point for excel
lent developments. There is abundant
building stone in the vicinity. The
guarrles are at present worked by j. +.
Cargill. A long tram road has been
constructed from the guarrIes TO the
water front, where dock has been
built. The depth of the water will ad-
NIT vessels drawing II feet.
THE Rust-Owen Lumber Company, of
Eau Claire, will send to the Worlds
Fair pictures of an immense load of
logs; one is taken in the woods and the
other at the landing just before they
were unloaded. The load contains six
I
and were put in by the Ann River Log
glng Company.
Early on the morning of the 18th
private dance on Canal Street, Madison.
terminated in row, some of the guests
attacking a crowd of boys and Young
men on the street who hs d been inter-
rupting the proceedings more or less
during the night. A young man named
Johnson, who claims to have been a
. mere passer-by, was stabbed IN the
fracas, Il cash being cut in the left tenn
pie. \ physician was called to dress
the wound, which will not prove seri
Gus. No arrests were made.
CASFAR HENNECKE, one of the best
known German residents of Milwaukee,
died at his home in that city on the 18th.
He had been in poor health for nearly
two years, and his death is indirectly
due to the grippe, which attacked him n
February, 1890.
\ TRAILING line wire detached from
pole at the side of the street car track
brushed against Joseph Trokey, a street
car motorman at Eau Claire. He was
instantly killed. He leaves a wife and
three children, and suit will be brought
against the street railway company.
ATTORNEY EUGENE 5. ELLIOTT, repre-
sentlng the Milwaukee Bar Association,
appeared IN the Milwaukee County SUI
peIior court on the 10th, and in pre-
senting the memorial adopted by that
body, delivered IN eloquent and touch
ing tribute to the memory of the late
Judge Franklin l.. Gibson. When MIR.
Elliott concluded Judge Johnson or
dered the memorial spread uLon the
records.
SUIT has been brought at La Crosse to
l. L. | We NJ l.,
of the town of Bangor. She left an es-
tate of s. 900.
THOMAS McILRoY, an Ashland watch
warrants charging him with passing
forged checks Tor about $50.
W. A. RADCLIFFE, of Missouri, private
secretary of the supreme chancellor OF
the Knights of Pythias, was given
| farewell! supper ct Eau Claire by the
memb ers of tie order and his friends.
TIE assistant secretary of the interior
has affirmed the decision of the land
office in holding for cancellation the
second application by c. A. Drisco on
a tract of land in the Ashland land dis
trict.
PRor. j. ALLISON, A. NJ, of Minneapo-
lis, has recently visited Marinette as
correspondent of several Eastern
papers, but chiefly for the purpose of
identifying the landing place of Father
Hennepin, who brought the schooner
Griffin TO Green Bay in 1850. The
Griffin was built on Lake Erie, near the
present site of the city of Buffalo, y. y.
She was the first vessel that naylgated
| the great lakes.
The saw-mills at Marinette were all
closed down by a mob of strikers on the
7 of Z no Ea-
| ing driven out with kicks and blows in
some instances. All the mills started
| up and about three-fourths of their en-
| ployes were at work when the msb be-
| gan lis work. The action was the result
| of meeting of the Trades and Labor
| Council the previous meeting. The
| meeting was attended by about 500 men.
! No satisfactory answers had been re-
| ceived from the mill owners, although
some had declared themselves willing
| 10 pay the minitum scale of $3.50 per
| day, but refused to raise the wages Of
| higher priced men.
| HE fisherman at Sturgeon Bay are
| putting in good time. The average
| catch is given in recent report at two
| tons. per day. Trout and club repre-
sent the largest catch, whitefsh being
| unusually scarce
| THE assistant secretary of the interior
has affirmed the decision of the land
| Office in holding for cancellation the
second application by c. a. Drisco on a
tract of land in the Ashland land dis
! trict.
AT Narinette, Leonard Traversey,
| aged II years, while i.oving from one
street car TO another !ell IN front of the
car and the wheels passed over his
head, killing him instantly.
\ MORNING passenger train on the
Omaha road colIideG with 8 handcar
containing a crew of section men. near
| Mason. One of the section men, named
Ferguson, was instantly killed, and sew
eral others badly injured.
Tie steam tug Page burned to the
waters edge at the mouth of Siskiwlta
River. The origin of the fire is un-
known. 1t was discovered at 10 z. NJ.
and spread quickly to all parts of the
boat. Loss, 5000; insured for 5000.