The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-18
BADGER NOTES.

IT is estimated that the cut OF logs at Bay
field this season viii not faIl short of 100,-
O00, coo feet.
MRS. MARY Z. c. COLLINS. of La Crosse,
died OF cancer of the stomach, aged so
yeurs.
A TEAM of horses belonging to Mr..
Rouster OF La Crosse, broke through the
Ice IN the river at that place and were
drowned.
THT Fence River Logging Company, OF
Marinette, has banked 10000, 900 feet of
logs for the Ii. Whitbeck Company, of that
city.
Mrs. c. II. PALMER, formerly we'll
known resident Of La Crosse, died at her
home in Chicago OF heart failure. The
remains were shipped to La Crosse for in
terment.
AT meeting of the Madison Chapter of
the PHI Kappa Psi 1t was decided to with
draw from the national organization of
that name, and TO yield up the charter.
The chapter immediately reOrganlZed un-
der the name PM Kappa UpSilon. The
Phi Kappa Psi Chapter has been in exist
ence at Madison for about twenty years.
HERBERT PIERCE, formerly resident
OF Sun Prairie, met with a sad accident re-
Gently at llartney, Manitoba. lie was
hunting with companion when the latter
stumbled and fell. The gun was dis
charged, the contents striking Mr.. Pierce
in the calves of his legs. 1t was necessary
TO amputate both limbs below the knee.
THE former residence of Michael Hogan,
near Sturgeon Bay. was destroyed by fire.
Loss, $500.
DAN CHAMBERS, living near Sturgeon
Bay, was badly injured by being struck by
a falling tree. 1t is doubtful if he will
recover.
THERE are several cases of diphteria
reported at Sturgeon Bay. The health
officer IS making every effort TO prevent
the spread OF the disease.
Mrs. Lucy A. HART, aged 73 years,
died at her home in sun Prairie, of Brlght'S
disease.
AN effort will be made to have the lands
of the RedCllffe Indian reservation thrown
open To entry this year. They are rich in
brownStOpc, ana have as good harbor
facilities as can be found on the shores of
Lake superior. The reservation is not eX-
tenSlVe, comprising only about the amount
of land usually found III one township, but
its wealth III stone and its valuable shore
frontage Will induce a spirited contest for
priority when II is opened up.
FREDERICK II. ToBEY, of Council Bluffs,
Ia, committed suicide by shooting himself
at boarding house in Milwaukee on the
18th. Liquor Is supposed to have been re-
spOnSiDle for the deed, and from state
mentS made by acquaintanccS of the dead
man, 1t is believed that he was one of the
few persons who have taken the gold cure
and afterwards returned to the drink
habit
Col. ELISHA STARR, of Milwaukee, one
of the pioneer newspaper publishers of the
state. who for years has been one of the
most familiar figures about the PlankintOn
House corridors, died on the morning of
the 18th in his apartments i'll that hotel,
where he had long made his home.
ALBERT HANKE, La Crosse druggist,
dled of winter cholera, aged u years.
THE logging season at Marinette has
practically come to an Cnd The total cut
is estimated al about 100000, 003 feet The
output, it is thought, will keep all the
mills at Marinette and McnOminee busy
during next summer.
THE committee having in charge the
construction of the new Dane County Jail
has decided to readVertiSe for bids. Only
three bids were submitted in answer to
the notice recently published. and the
committee decided that each bid was too
high.
Mrs. W. F. SANGER, a resident of Ma
rengO, Wis, committed suicide at Mime
apollS by taking Strychninc. No cause is
assigned. She had been married only six
months.
A SHIPMENT of sixteen passenger loco
motives, to be used by the Chicago, Milwau-
kee IL St. Paul RalIoad during the Worlds
FAIR, has recently been received from tho
Baldwin Locomotive Works. The st.
Paul Company Is turning out an average
of one locomotive week at its West Mil
waukee shops.
RIDDELL & NORRIS. of the Milwaukee
Variety Iron Works, have notified the Mil
waukeG Board of Public Works that they
have applied for a patent on the street
sign post, and they have warned the city
that the post it proposes to buy from the
D-5x 1. -.
fringement upon their design. The Coun-
Gil had ordered the purchase Of 1000 posts
II is said that suits Will be commenced
TO recover the iailOrS' wages paid to eX-
she1ffs of Eau Claire.
OLAF G. OLSON was found guilty of at
tempting to eyade board bill at La Crosse,
and was fined SO and costs.
The regular March term of the Trem-
pealeau County circuit court goes on
record as the shortest term i'll the history
OF the county. 1t lasted only one day.
J. o. SAWYER, resident of Ashland,
died suddenly at the age of - years. The
remains were taken to La Crescent, Mimi,
for interment where the deceased formerly
lived
On a Wisconsin Central train that is not
scheduled to stop at Auburndale, Wood
County, was a middieaged woman who
wished to get Oft there. The conductor
had agreed to stop for her. but she did not
understand 1t, and Jumped from the tram.
She struck into great bank of snow, and
was probably, not much hurt.
POLICEMAN LOUIS kRUsE, of Milwau-
kee, laid his revolver on bench while he
ate his lunch. in putting the weapon
back into his pocket, kruSe accidentally
got hold of the trigger and discharged the
revolver, the bullet lodging in his thigh
KruSe was taken to the Emergency Hos
pital, where L was found that the bullet
had pierced the bone. kruse may be
cripple for life.
J. G.. SUTHERLAND, a ReedSburg G.. A.
r. man, was run over by team at La
Crosse and severely injured
TIE Sheasby q Smith Paint Company
of Madison. has been organized with
capital stock of Sl0,500
THE Eau Claire Telephone * Lighting
Company, of Eau Claire, has been or
ganized. The telephone patent at that
place has expired. and it Is expected the
new company will put in an exchange.
E>SEE X OAKEY, OF Madison, have been
awarded the contract for erecting the Cap
ital city Bank building at that place for
$4,000. The building viii be completed
by January /, 1894.
THE brewers and their employees at La
Crosse have settled their differences, and
the threatened strike has been ayerted.
Concessions were made on both sides.