The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-05-28
BADGER NOTES.

| who served as nurse in the United
States hospitals during the war of the
rebellion.
Mrs. MARY WERNER has commenced
| suit against the Ashland Lighting Com
| pany, OF Ashland, for $1,000 damages
She alleges that on January II, 1892, her
| saloon and furniture were damaged by
gas explosion.
WHILE two laborers were engaged in
| repairing a gas main at Madison they
were overcome by escaping gas. One of
the men called for help before losing
| consciousness. \ party of young lady
| students happened to be passing at the
| time, and they Immediately jumped in
| out. A physician was called, and in q
| short time the men were revived.
A CIRCULAR on school architecture is
being prepared in the office of the su-
| perlntendent of public instruction at
Madison. The circular contains plans
and directions for the building, heating
! yentllating, etc, of school houses of all
| sizes from one to twenty rooms. 1t
will, when completed, be distributed
among all the school boards of the state.
MARIA SWEENEY, the notorious win
! dow-smasher, Is again in Ashland.
JAMES COLLINS and Thomas RYAN
were sentenced at Ashland to three and
| two years respectively, in the state pen
itentiary. They were put off Wiscon-
sin Central train about two weeks ago
| by the conductor, and shot several
| times at the latter.
BIDS have been opened for erecting a
new hall for the La Crosse Deutscher
Nerein, to replace Germania Hall,
which was destroyed by fire last fall.
They were satisfactory, and a comfort
able building, with club rooms, gymnas-
| lum, Kindergarten rooms, etc, theater
| that will accommodate 500 people, with
| stage 10 by 80 feet, will be secured for
| about $lS,o00
RETURNS from all but eight of the vot-
ing precincts in the Twenty third Sena-
| torlal District Indicate the election of
DR.. Solliday, of Watertown, over George
). klspert, of Jefferson, by about the
same majority that the late Senator
Greene received over Stone in 1890.
AT Eau Claire, on the 24th. Mrs. Eliz-
abcth Russell was found guilty of muir
| der in the fl rst degree TIE Jury, which
had been out since $50 last night, came
in at $50 tonight. a disagreement had
| been quite generally expected.
TIE Peoples party has placed the
| following state ticket in the field: For
governor, G. NJ. Butt, of Vernon; lieu
| tenant-goyerEOr, Martin Pattison, of
| Douglas; secretary of state, Aaron
| Broughton, of Green; treasurer, Alfred
| Monheimer, of Manitowoc; attorney
general, NJ. w. Stevens, OF Green Lake;
railroad commissioner, Charles Hatch,
| of Calumet; insurance commissioner,
Eugene Low, of Milwaukee; superin-
tendent of pubic instruction, Miss Ag-
| mes W OrSieV of Racine.
| The Ashland Lighting Company and
| the Ashland Street Hallway Company
have consummated deal whereby the
| two companies become consolidated.
The Street Railway Company has for
sometime been planning to change the
| present horse-car system for electricity,
and the deal Of to-day places the mat
ter 50 that the change can be made in
manner that will save enormous
| expense.
Rosa YorNG, a l2-year-old daughter of
a prominent grocer at Ashland, WAS as
saulted on the 25d by Fred Egan, pro-
prietor of milk farm. The little girl
took her fathers delivery wagon and
went to deliver an order of goods. Be-
ing unable to locate the house she ac-
Cepted Egan's aid, who had for num-
ber OF years previous been delivery boy
for her father. Egan got into the wagon
and delivered the goods and then threw
the girl down in the wagon and assault
| ed her. Driving back to the store Egan
picked her ur, she being in half con-
sclous stage, and carried her inside the
store and laid her down, he immediate
ly running away. AS soon as the girl
| recovered she told Of the crime and the
police We're sent out after the culprit,
who was soon captured.
MELVILLE DEWEY, of Albany, n. Y,
has been elected president of the
American Library Association, to sue
| coed X. A. Linderfelt, of Milwaukee.
EN-. LAWRENCE, who shot George
Lloyd at Ashland, has been declared
insane by a jury.
News has been received of the acci-
dental death in Texas of w. l.. Crosby,
a well-known lawyer of La Crosse.
WHILE Tommy Burke, boy of about
l2 years of age, was watching the build
ing of a baTbwire fence near the village
of Clifton, Dane County, the horse used
to stretch the wire ran away and caused
the wire to break. One of the broken
ends struck Tommy Burke on the arm
and neck and cut the luguiar vein. The
boy started for home, but after walking
about six rods fell dead.
THE steamer Emerald has left Ash
land for Thunder Bay, when another
attempt will be made to secure the val
liable cargo of the sunken steamer Pc
| wabIC, which lies in l26 feet Of water
near Alpena, Mich. The Emerald has
been thoroughly fitted out with diving
| and wrecklng appliances.
| TIE teachers examinations for state
certificates will be held August 2 at Eau
| Claire and Oshkosh, as we'll as at Madi-
son. There are three members of the
examining board, and heretofore the
three together conducted the one ex-
animation held at Madison. Now the
will separately conduct the examine
lions at the places named.
THERE is on exhibition at Prairie du
| Chen one of the short ribs of masto-
don't feet inches long-part of the
| amains found last year in the town of
Freeman, Crawford County.
WILL MORTON, a 12-year-old school
boy Of La Prairie, turned upon his
teacher, Miss iuelia Woodman, when
she was about TO punish him, and beat
her until she tainted. She took the
| matter into court, where Willie was
fined 80 and costs. Miss Woodman is
but Il years old.
JOHN GRIMM and wife, who keep a
second hand store at Madison. have
erty. The goods were taken from the
house OF J. S Richards, the wealthy
lumberman, while he and his family
were absent in Florida. They were
found in the possession of the prison
| ers.
A CHICAGO passenger on the North
| Western Road struCka couple OF tramps
at Bay View on the 20th aud threw one
of them fifty feet, but, strange 10 sayi
| did not Kill him.
II is announced on excellent author
" that President I. {. Chamberlln has
| decided TO sever his connection with
the University of Wisconsin and accept
| 8 position at the head of the geological
department of the Chicago University,
at salary OF s. 90 per annum.
II is reported from Irma that an
! Eastern prospecting party accompanied
by experts pronounced the Grand
| father power the best they had seer