The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-11-12
BADGER NOTES.

! VI nearly 81 ,UUO.
! HE amount of logs sorted this sea-
| son to date by the Menominee River
! Boom Company, of Murinette, has been
od6Oe0,Uo feet. The season for sorting
/ Is drawing rapidly to a close, but it
I looks as II 5.3, 100000 feet would be
| reached before the close Of the season.
! FREDERICK PRENTICE. of Bay field, has
the new brown stone monoIittt. which
/ Is 10 be exhibited at the Worlds Fair
nearly completed, and inside of a week
1t Will be ready for shipment. Three
sides OF the monolith have already
been finished and wOrkmen are at work
on the last side. The monolith is at
/ ioughton Point, Bayfield, County,
where 1t was Guarfied, and all oper-
ahons so far connected with it have
/ been successfully carried on. The
monollth Is longer than Mr. Prentice at
first agreed to furnish. 1t was intended
to have the mOnoIith 109 feet in height,
which would make il several feet larger
than the Old Egyptian monolth, but as
there WAS plenty of stone that would
come np to the requirements, the mon
ollth las been made ll5 feet high. Mr..
Prentice will get it in readiness to ship
TO Chicago next month, the state to pay
the cost of TRANSPORTATION.
tiCERo HALL, residing at Madison, al
though 80 years old, ha 8 never cast
vote ior a President Mr. Halls life
has been busy one, and he has never
yet resided III state long enough TO be-
come a voter in presidential year, and
this year is the same as Others, for he
has only resided in Madison SIX months
II Is strange circumstance that in half
8 century he has not cast vote for
President.
EMAYoR ". II. Roc ERs, of Madison,
has accepted the po sition of general
manager of the Equitable life Insur-
ance Company for Illinois and Wiscon-
eIn, and VIII remove to Chicago shortly.
THE State Agricultural Society has IS
sued an ltemized statement oi receipts
and expenditures from December |,
1891, to N0NeInher l. 1902 The state
me ut shows the society to be IN bad
way financially, having 81 ,311.26 IL un
paid bills, and balance of only
81 So 4 III the treasury. The total re-
Ce ipts, including state loan, bonuses,
far receipts, subscription, etc, amount
ed to sl97 ,S3l.5O. OF this amount $l92,-
96O.76 were paid out in improving the
new grounds and for premiums and
salaries.
+. J. III AMILT0N, OF Sturgeon Bay,
when in Chicago recently, suffered a
peculiar accident, While IN a restau-
rant eating piece Of meat lodged in
his throat so that he couldn't swallow
any more food, and could scarcely
breathe. He went 10 2 hospital, where
the doctors were engaged almost
whole day in removing the obstruction
from his throat.
THERE is considerable Indignation felt
at Benoit, Ashland County, over the
failure of the town board Of the town of
ii-I,
st that place. There are nearly 100 vot-
ers there, and they are obliged to 90
to Washburn, which Will cost them
time ami money.
TIE students Of the State University
at Madison have taken steps to organ
iZe q press club. The object o. the per-
sons Interested is to establish depart
ment in journalism ut the university.
i MAN giving his name as John Bren-
nan was sentenced to five months IN
Jail at La Crosse on a charge OF stealing
an oveTCOat.
DrRIxG the past three years the in
crease of pupils at the public schools IN
Marinette amounted TO 1000.
ANDREW HoopE was arrested at Min
neapolis and taken to La Crosse on ali
alleged charge of embezzlement. He
WAS held for examination.
EZRA IoCKMAN, of La Crosse, who has
been in the Mendoza hospital for treat
ment, has been removed to the La
Crosse County hospital.
TIE total registration of the city OF
Madison was 3,91 an increase OF sever
al hundred over last registration.
CALAIEE GRANT, a farmer residing
near La Crosse, who was badly injured
in runaway accident week ago, died
{ u 4 y IN
sciousness after the accident. The re-
mains will be taken TO New Hartford
Minn.. for interment, the former home
OF the deceased.
THE celebration Of the diamond we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Ge-
molka took place al their home at Madl-
son.
JAMES MCKAY was instantly killed by
falling log at one of the Cranberry
Lumber Company's camps, near Bay
field His home is at st. Thomas, \. u.
A. PApPEvFUsS. a farmer of La Crosse
County. was killed by being thrown
from q wagon while going 10 town with
a load Of produce. His neck was brok-
en-, and one of the wheels also passed
over his head. He leaves a large family.
A STORY printed in Louisville, ny,
paper tells of a man named John luck,
| living in Wisconsin, who Is said TO De
the cause of the mysterious disappear
ance of George Marrs, a pretty Young
woman OF II wears, and residing at tnat
place. Miss Marrs has never seen
| Tuck, but about two years ago she an
swered an advertisement IN aneWspaper
! for a correspondent, and the result was
| q letter from Tuck. She wrote 10 nm
| regularly. until few months ago, when,
! If is said, she discovered that he was
not in love with her, as his letters anal
Gated. She brooded over her dlsap-
| pointment until her mind became uh,
| balanced, and recently she attempted
TO take her lie by cutting her throat
| with a knife, but was prevented by one
| of the family. 4 few days ago she dlS-
appeared, and all efforts to tind heI
! have been futile 1t is feared she mas
com mitted suicide.
| SEVENTEEN years ago Ellen, daugh-
| ter of John johnson, farmer lNlng IN
| the town of Madison, Dane County,
He'd. and was buried in Forest Hill
! Cemetery at that place. Shortly after,
| wards the parents Of the dead girl
moved to Weeping Water, Ne6., where
! they settled. 4 few days ago Mr.. john
! son returned to MauIsou, ns.i ~
mains of his daughter eXhumed ana
| stunned TO Nebraska, where they were
| INFERRED in their last resting place.
| aI,pes number of summer cottages
90 ,-nser course of construction at Bay
field for occupation by tourists next
se1f1G Tn. mills in the Ashland district cut
500 NJo, 900 feet Of lumber the, present
saaeon and the lumhermen there eS-
Tet pect to put in 45o. GOO, 600 feet OF logs the
| coming winter.
THE first national bank to open its
doors in Bavfield County will start at
Fav Bayfield, January l, the charter having
aIreadv been secured. The capital Will
~ az 30 nan 4 +. Jefferson. Of Hudson,
Is IS rhe he prime mover in The enterprIsss:
ot Noiisnn. although S. years old, can
ue-fo-n1 3 dav's work IS well a. many
Lessons fifty years his junior: recent
r. he butt the foundation ior iaIge