The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-12
BADGER NOTES.

lealousy, Daily wounded his wife and
-hot himself dead. The couple had
heen living apart some time
AT the annual meeting of the Twenty
fourth Wisconsin Infantry the follow
Ing officers were elected: President.
John l.. Mitchell: eice-president, Gar
reef bunck; secretary, George I. Eddy;
treasurer, Henry q. Rogers; quarter
master, Byron Albert; quartermaster
sergeant, John Warnecke; Garrett
Dunck, who has just returned from trir
over many of the battle fields in the
South, entertained the veterans with q
description of what he saw.
THE plans for the remodeling of the
Schlitz Hotel, at Milwaukee, are well
under way. The new house will have
about 200 rooms, and cost about 5000
700. Ii has not been determined ius,
What improvements are to be made, but
II is settled that the building will he OF
stone, brick and iron. 1t will be seven
or eight stories high, and will front on
Third Street.
StNFIELD MACDoNALD was arrested al
Ashland for whipping J. A. Monger,
editor OF a local paper. who Macdonald
says, had traduced MacDouald's wife.
His action is approved by citizens, who
will pay his fine.
At the annual meeting Of the Milwau-
kee Club last evening the old officers
and directors We're reelected, except
James N. Ilsley, secretary, who de-
cllned to serve again. Charles s. Ord
way was elected in his place The ofii-
GERS and directors Fl the ensuing wear
are: President, Alfred L. Cary: vice
president, Daniel VI. Brigham; secreta-
~, Charles ). ordway; treasurer, +. G.
u
kins, Frederick =. Day, Arthur h.
Camp, John {. Spencer, Robert l.. Jen-
nlngs, John +. Cramer and Grant Fitch.
oN the eth inst. the sheriff took pos
session of the La Crosse Lumber and
Manufacturing Company, one of the
largest wood working concerns in that
city, on claim Of about So 900 in favor
Of b. b. Healy. 1t is likely the COM
pany Will be closed out and its property
sold
PROSPECTS continue to brighten CON
cerning the Montrose copper mine in
Ashland County, which is largely owned
in Columbus. Sufficient stock tor pres
ent requirements having been sold, the
stock has been withdrawn from the
market.
II. l.. CLARK. of Madison, inspector of
free high schools, met the principals of
six adjoining counties at Eau Claire.
\ conference WAS held in regard to
eliminating unnecessary studies from
the lower schools and reorganizIng high
school work with view to making it
meet the requirements of the university
standard Of admission. A score OF
principals and superintendents were
present.
tJs PETERSON, a painter employed
about Ashland, committed suicide by
throwing himself between the cars of a
train being switched in the Omaha
yards, and having his head nearly sew
cred from his body. Peterson had been
drinking very heavily.
TIE new lee boat at Sturgeon Bav
moves along at the rate of six miles an
hour.
THE La Crosse breweries involved in
the strike of their employees have set
tied the differences between bosses and
men amIcably. Both sides made con-
CesSlOnS.
Il one day, recently, thirtyone loads
OF hay We're wagoned over the ice to
Marinette from Sturgeon Bay.
TIE Marinette Y. NJ c. A. are bowl
ing with a view to a tournament with
their Milwaukee brethren.
ty voted $50 for the Worlds Fair.
TIE new Catholic church at Cross
Plains, Dane County, cost about 81 900.
SroUGHToN will spend sl5,o)o in the
erection of two additional school houses
\ DONATION party for the benefit OF
the MaZomanle congregational Church
netted 500.
HARVEY J.. BIRCHARD, formerly of Mil
waukee, who has been living at Nash
vile. Tenn, for two years past, died on
the ith, of congestion of the lungs. He
was the only surviving child of the late
Harvey Orchard, d pioneer of Milwau-
kee.
AT Eau Claire the jury IN the case OF
Ward against the Omaha Railroad COM
pany, after spending sixteen hours in
clo:e confinement, agreed on a a yer-
diet, and awarded the plaintiff 81, 700
damages. At the first ballot cast seven
were IN favor of awarding damages,
while five were against giving any dam
age at all, 81 800 was the lowest sum
voted for and highest $4,000.
THE logging business in the vicinity OF
Ashland is at present being pushed at a
good rate and the total amount OF logs
cut will not fall short of 200, 900, 900 feet.
About thirty camps are IN operation.
TIE new fuel company at Ashland in
tends TO issue stock enough to build a
large coal dock.
FoKrA- ONE men have arrived ut Mil
waukee from the East to take the places
OF the striking tanners. They wer,s'm-
mediately put TO work.
At Grand Rapids. Mich, Defotes
Parrie, of Detroit. sold to Don j. Leath-
ers, of that city, and he in turn sold to
the West Michigan Lumber Company
500 900 worth of pine land in BAYFIELD,
County, Wis The lumber company is
composed OF Nathaniel Thayer and
John Quincy adams. of Boston.
TuE working girls of Chicago and
other cities will build summer cottage
home on Madeline Island, near Ash
land, where they may pass their sum-
mer vacations pleasantly.
A wxrcH factory is 10 be established
Al Ashland Those interested IN the
company are several Eastern capitalists
and number of well-known Ashland
men. The aim is to furnish watches
cheaper than the kind known as the
"Waterburv.
TlE Milwaukee City Council Is still IN
the dark as TO the future disposal OF the
citv's garbage. 1t appears that the
longer the matter is discussed the fur-
ther il is from settlement.
IOWA'S NEW LAW.