Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-11-24
West SUPERIOR.


West Superior.
West Superior. Wis. Special. Nov. 10
The annual crop of tragedies resulting from
carelcsSneSs among deer hunters In this
vicinity has commenced to come in. The
first victim to be hit with fatal results was
ii. Hough. a matchmaker. doing business on
Main street in this city. He was mistaken
last evening for deer while hunting near
DedhaT. sixteen miles from here. by his
companion, Fred Rasmussen, who fired
at sixty PAGES and instantly killed him.
The men had been hunting with flash
lamps. commonly called "bulis-eycs.' and
they had separated. Rasmussen got back
to camp ahead of Hough. and while await
ing his arrival kept an eye out for a chance
deer. !icuEl' soon approached AMI Easnus-
sen miStook the lamp which had become
fell shot through near his heart. A cor
on"r'S jury today returned verdict of
acct .,rntrl ,,"'th. Hough leaves Il wife and
family i'll Norway.
y inr=riy attended meeting of Superior
manufacturers an Shi .'pcrS WAS held to-
ni"ht ana preliminary steps We're taken
the first Train into in hr city "yar he
line of the South Shore road. Manager
Fitch has written that Il hundred or more
business men of North Wisconsin and the
that occasion. y blowout Of magnificent
proportions i promised. The date fixed for
the trlcnli alton is Dee.
Plans are maturing for the establishment
here of Il jutc bag factory. The company
will he Stuc ri at 500 OUO. Of which ~6I.-
800 of outside capital is already subscribed
minneapolis.
MinnCnnOliS Snncirl Telegram, Nov. a.
The next annual convention Of the Farm
crS Alliance of Mime Sota will be held in
Minneapolis. probably AT Harmonic hall.
Secretary Louis Hanson. of the Peoples
party. and Robert Eci.ford. of the executive
committee. came to Minneapolis yesterday
afternoon and left Il communication for the
mayor stating that the executive committee
of the Alliance had dcciucd 70 meet in Mini
nrapoliS next January, provided the city
would furnish a hall, which Will undoubtcd-
" be done: Ine Alliance convention was
h"la here last I'd, Janu@rSy and adjourned to
meet on the 9th of January. and as II great
many of The prominent Alliance men are
members OF the state leEislature. which Viii
committee decided that it w ,ud be more
convenient to hold 1t in one of the Twin
Cities; Secretary Hanson expects large
attendance at the convention
Duluth. Special. Nov. l9.--The lumber cut
of this district this sea son was the greatest
in the history of the lumber business here
1t will amount to about 3Gj.0OOUO0 feet, or
W,Oo,oOO more than last year. The country
thrihlitary to Duluth will probably cut 423,-
IhooOO feet this winter. and the country
Winnipeg road about 2oo; oOo,ooo feet more.
the union station ticket office here. at
tempted to commit suicide by firing three
shots at himself with two revolvprS while
In fit of dependency caused by the loss
Of employ ment and recent illness. His W fe,
who IS Il plucky little woman. succeeded in
eating the reYolvers away from him before
he did any injury to himself.
Samuel Rock was fatally injured to-day at
trenton by having his skull fractured from
4, falling plank while at work On the steel
plant.
Lazarus Silvernan and other Chicago capt.
talists have had preliminary surveys ma e
to develop the CaShaway water falls near
Zenith. Pioneer and Chandler mines. Forty.
eight hundred horse power can he secured
when the water is at the lowest point III the
river.
man named King WIS foud dead to.
night III front OF Il saloon Il: West Duluth
The coroner has been ntitic'l. He leaves
wife and eam!ly at West Duluth.
Penry Uneasy.
Washington, Nov. 19..-Li"ut Peary. who
commanded the Kite expedition to Northern
Greenland, Is anxious to embark on another
expedition, this time with the purpose OF
reaching the north pole. He has already
made application for leave Of absence for
three years and the application has been
sanctioned Ivy the bureau Of yards and
docks to which he is amenable; but from
present indications. If Lieut.. Peary goes on
the projected expedition he will have to 90
as plain Mr.. Pcary. and will have to re-
linquish his commission in the navy as civil
engineer Commodore Farpuhar, chief OF
the bureau Of yards and docks, in his ALL
nual report called attention to the pressing
need of the navy for an additional number
of engineers to Keep pace with the incrcas-
ing Construction of dry docks. launching
ways machine shops and other naval plans,
and in this view Secretary Tracy does not
feel warranted in allowing one Of the senior
engineers, who has already beer absent I'M
der leave pay for two years. to absent hilp-
self three years more at public expense.