The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-05-07
BADGER NOTES.

railway conductor, who was made insane
by having a dog jump at him ,tdled at the
county hospital.
Tux circulating of the petition has
been completed, and majority of the
taxpayers of Sawyer county signed the
same to bond the county for SO, 900 in
aid Of the Wisconsin Bee Line Railroad.
Charles d. Smith, president of the COM
pany, is IN Hayward making arrange
ments to commence work soon.
ASHLAND had tour inches of|snow on
the Sd inst.
GEORGE IowAKp, one of la Crosses
oldest residents. died of drepsy on the
Sd inst.
WHEAT receipts at Milwaukee the
present crop year are expecsed to reach
- ,0OO, 600 bushels. Last yearthe amount
was only ~ ,OOO, 900 bushels.
BoSps in the sum OF $500 keep George
Cnyo in jaii mt Hayward for illegally
using knife to the detriment of the
health of one Lowell.
SALOON licenses ut Black River Falls
cost 800 each.
j. PENNEHrCKEH and wife, of Ashland,
will, for the present at least. live high
MS the result of being able to collect.
They were both injured in gas explo
sion something like year ago. They
sued the Ashland Lighting Company,
Penncbecker for 321 900 and his wife
for 81 900 less The court gave him
50 600, and then the company came
down. An offer to settle for 81 900 WAS
accepted.
IN the land suit at Ashland of Miss
Lila q. Hendrixson vs. Samuel Babb,
Miss Iiendrixson was given the dcci-
sion. Miss liendrixson settled on the
northwest quarter of IL, A., 9 west, in
| Ashland County, May 4, 1889. Samuel
Bahb filed on the same piece of land
February %. 1891. The case will be APP
pcaled.
JoSErH KRAMER was caught in the
machinery OF the Empire: Lumber Com
rany's mill at Eau Claire, where lie was
| employed, and instantly killed. The
Jury of inquest returned verdict that
the accident, which resulted from his
| trying to step over a belt, was due to his
| own act and the Empire Lumber Com
pany was in no wise responsible. Mr..
Kramer was member of Eagle Post,
| &. A. X.
Miss NELLIE CHANDLER, of La Crosse,
has sued the St. Paul Company for Sl0,-
| 0O0 damages for permanent injuries re-
| ccivcd in the wreck on the NiroQua
| branch January Is. Her case will be
| tried at Madison.
MILWAUKEE will have something like
| 500 licensed saloons the coming year.
IL the presence of a large crowd at
| West Superior, on the 3Oth uu., was
| launched the largest whaleback steamer
vet bnllt on the lakes. She is called the
| " wilson, and will carry 4 200 tons of
| grain.
Plans for nearly all the new state fair
! buildings have been completed, and
| specifications will soon be ready for the
| contractors.
TIE state weather service crop bulle-
| tin for the last week of April gives an
| unfavorable account of crop conditions
IN Wisconsin. Seeding of small grain is
| about completed, but the weather has
| been too cold, and in many cases the
| wind has uncovered the seed. There
/ can be no pasturage for two weeks, and
| DAIRY interests are beginning to suffer.
TIE residence of Wilbur Stone, Of the
town Of Ludington, Eau Claire County.
was destroyed by fire The loss will
reach about 1000.
| TIE Rev. e. f. Gordon, stock raiser
| at koshkonong, after retiring from the
ministry in Milwaukee, is now mem
| her of the editorial staff of the Chicago
| lntcr-Ocean.
| THE Touring mill at the side of the
| Milwaukee River near Fredonia was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. Twice before
| flames had swept the site. The recent
structure was valued at 5000.
Frank LIRSEN supposed to be a Mil
waukeean, died at st. Louis on the 30th
| from pistol shot fired by himself.
TIE schooner Snowdlop, of Chicago,
went ashore off North Point, Mllwau-
| Lpp on 10 30fh hpayy Saa uaS nm.
| ming, ard she soon went to pieces. She
was three-master and valued Mt only
| 5000.
| ACrIoN has been begun at Rice Lake
| against the hondsmen of the late post
master, to recover an alleged shortage
| of $3.50 81.
THE body of Peter Rupp, a Milwaukee
| lawyer, was found in the river at that
place on the 29th. He had been miss
| ing about a month. Suicide is the sup
| posed cause of death.
| TIE long bridge built by the Milwau-
| kee x Wauwatosa Motor Company
across the Menomonee River is com
pleted. The bridge is 2,0S5 feet long.
about 100 feet high in some places, and
is the largest iron bridge in the state.
TIE Monona Lake assembly will open
July - and close July %.
], WHITEWATER is to have a 1000 pound
| fire~hell of Milwaukee manufacture.
AT Marinette, F. O'Brien, of Henry
Vile, Wis, fell off log in the river and
| drowned. John McGuire, a fruitman
! on the Milwaukee and Northern road
was run over 10y a freight car and died
| in twenty minutes. He lived in Memo
mince, Mich.
TuE Grand Lodge of United Workmen
is 10 meet in Appleton, May 4 aDd 5.
| The order numbers 300 members in
the state and is In II prosperous cOndi-
| ton.
IT is reported from Porter that the
| tobacco plants are coming mp nicely de-
! spite the chilly atmosphere.
| AFrLEToN'S new mailing plant is to
| have capacity of POO, 900 bushels a year.
| The elevator is to hold from 10000 TO
! 10000 bushels
JAMES A. LOWELL, who about four
years ago left Oshkosh to enjoy fortune
| left him in Canada, WAS nominated for
! Parliament recently on the Liberal
ticket in the province of Ontario, and re-
| ports from that section are To the effect
that hc Is pretty sure of election.
TIE Nethodists at Florence are build
| ing new church.
.IonN +. MEIGHAN and Alonzo Taylor.
| the last two of the men who helped TO
| lynch Anton SIeholdt az Darlington,
ard who were adjudged insane by the
jury. have been released from the
Mendoza Hospital.
JoHN STErNNETz, formerly of Shehov
gan County, set fire TO barn IN the
| town of Charlcstown belonging TO Mic
IaCoba. Cattle, horses, mae hlnery and
600 bushels of grain were consumed.
Steinmetz gave himself up. Jaeoba' 8
| loSa j S3,0H.
LIHRAEIAN X. ArGUsr LINDERFELT. o.
| The Milwaukee Public Library. is in Iail,
accused oc emhezzlement from the city
| of sums ag-re-afrng not less than 81, i,noO,
y sun which may grow II Il consider
| ably larger amount before the expert
| accountants who are going over his
| books complete their lahor=.
Miss RETTt B1>uoP. Of Winneconne, Is
! winning consIderab G tame as hunter.
| She has been out alter ducks several