The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-05-06
WISCONSIN NEWS.

able 10 move ABOUT MS room WIN cane
and appears to understand what is said to
him.
SAMUEL WINES, the 1S-year-old son of
Alfred Wines, residing near Marinette,
was drowned while crossing the river in
canoe.
WILLIAM DUCLAs is in jail at Eau
Claire on a charge of assaulting 4-year-
old daughter of John McSheafry, OF that
city.
JUDGE NEWMAN has rendered a decis-
ion in the action IF certiOrari by which the
validity of a tax made by the Dane County
Drainage Commission was tested. Inc
decision IS victory for the taxpayers, as
the decision declares the assessment of
benefits made by the commission to be
void on the ground that the commission
had no right under the law to create a
drainage district. The whole matter will
now have to be determined by Judge
\ Newman under the law of the last leglS-
lature which provides for hearing before
him.
The State University faculty has recon-
sidered the action taken recently depriving
the seniors Of their June vacation. The
class Will be given vacation OF one week
beginning June 9, but the custom Will be
abolished for future classes. The faculty
decided to grant no degrees hereafter TO
normal school graduates who have not at
tended the university at least two years.
a compulsory course in gymnastics for
girls of the freshman class was eStab-
/ lShed to take effect next year.
IT is currently reported that Col. l. Fl.
! Wing, of Bayfield,, intends to leave re-
/ membrance of his friendly feelings toward
that city by the erection of handsome
building to be used as library and read
/ ing-rOOm, similar IN design to the aughn
library building at Ashland. Col. Wing IS
now in the South. Gen. A. c. Fuller, of
4 Belyldere, Ill, who owns summer cot
tage and always spends the haY-fever sea
son at Bayfield,. is also credited with SIM
/ liar intentions. As the first step IN that
direction, the new Town Board has de-
/ cided to open a free readIng-rOom IN con-
necti0n with the public library, which has
been in successful operation for several
| years.
THOMAS SowLAND, employed at hotel
| at Madison, shot himself under the chin,
the ball passing through his mouth and
( lodging IN the side OF his head. lie claims
/ to have shot himself while in nightmare.
/ He Will recover. His home is at Mount
/ Vernon, Dane County.
A DEED conveying 81 ,59S acres OF land
has been filed in the register of deeds
office at Chippewa Falls; 1t was given
/ by Henry W. Sage, of Ithaca. \. Y, to
the Sage and 4 Improvement Company,
of the same city. The land is all situated
/ in Chippewa County. The consideration
is S56,3lb.
II is expected that the three mills at
| WaShburn will cut l25, 100000 feet of lum-
| Der the coming season.
/ ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE ADEE
| wires Sheriff Baer. of GAINESVILLE, from
! Washington that the minister at Stock
| holm cables that certificate of citizen
| ship has been found on Dyrude, the al
legged defaulting treasurer of Spring Val
ley. Mr.. BaeT is now awaiting orders
from Washington to go to Sweden and
secure DyTude.
road wreck near Chiffon few days ago
was prevented by prompt action. The
! blacksmith at the lime kilnS was return
| ing TO his home from Hayt0n and when
about one mile south of the station diSCOv-
| cred that the water had washed out pOr-
ton Of the road bed and let the track down.
lie went to the kilnS, telephOned to the
depot agent and the train was held until
| the break was repaired.
JOSEPH PRAY, night operator at Chill
ton, had an exciting experience few
| evenings ago. He heard noise in the
freight house and going out to investigate,
| found that two men had gained an en-
| trance. When the men were discovered
| they pulled their revOlverS and com
mcnced to shoot Pray returned the shots,
but as he had only two cartridges in his
gun, he was obliged to retreat. The two
men made their escape.
PILES of ChaTTed embers mixed indis-
| criminately with fallen bricks ana burned
beams and woodwork are all that remain
| OF the large dry goods stock of Edward
| SChuSter 4 Co., while the store that the
firm occupied at 6Sl, $50, 685 and 6S7 Third
Street, Milwaukee, IS an almost complete
! ruin, although the southern half Of the
| building IS still standing. A conservative
estimate of the loss places it at nearly
100000, while the insurance Is probably
about $40, 900. Pew the fire started IS still
a mystery, although the present indications
q hat 4 w ~ n n no n n N.
diary.
PARTY OF Jlnish capitalists have
purchased 81. 900 acres of land belonging
to the Spaulding estate, located near
Withee, in Clark County, and will colon
lie a large number OF Danes thereon. The
settlers are TO he taken from American
cities and are not to be brought from
across the ocean. Many of them will 90
from Chicago, and all, or nearly all, are
| more or less AmerlcanlZed already. The
| scheme is to divide the tract up into forty
acre farms, putting family on every forty
| acres.
| AN insane man confined in the Eau
Claire County jail made his escape during
the night Three officers started in pur.
suit OF the man. He was from Polk COun-
ty and was being conveyed to the Mendoza
asylum, the officer having him in charge
putting him in jail for safe-keeping.
OF the nine Cinnamon at Eau Claire
seven have taken out citizenship papers,
The two who refused to register told
Deputy Collector MunSOn that they were
too busy TO talk with him at the time he
called.
NICK WERACHOwSKI AID John Vera
chowSki, two young men residing at Am
herSt junction. had close call from being
killed few days ago. They were drly-
ing fractions horse near the railroad
crossing, when freight train came along
at the rate of about twenty miles an hour
Tpa.I ff,as vol lRA Il nt
the train. The who'll outfit, including the
boys, were carried nearly the whole
length of the depot platform before the
train could be stopped. The Werachow-
SKI boy was slightly injured about the
head. The buggy was smashed into
krndllng wood. The horse was unin.
jured.
| ERNEST PFUEHLER, farmer residing
near Lewlstown, went TO his room pre-
poratOry to retiring lad barred the door
A short while atterr ards shot was
! heard, ana when his mother and some
nelghbOTS broke INTO the room be was
found lying on the floor dying. The bullet
entered ms mouth passing through the
| brain. His mother thinks there was some
other person in the room who did the
| shooting, as a roll of Money, which MI
| Pfuehler was known to have in his pos
| SESSION. was gone.
NILLIAM JONES was arrested at La
| | Crosse on charge of asSaultIng young
| boy and was held for uiGl IN $500, in de
fault o. which he went To Jail,
WILLIAM HUBBARD boating man al
| La Crosse, had his leg so badly crushed
between TWO boats that amputatlon may
| be necessary.
II. \. TAYLOR, eX-Taiiroad commission
eT, who Will take up his residence in Mad
| iSCn. Will retain his position as member
| Of the National Board of Control of the
| government exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
| The jump River Lumber COMPANY. a
! PRENTICE, PrlCe County, expects to cut 81,
| 100000 feet of lumber the com. ng season
= The mills at Prentice VIII saw % 010, OOi
feet and the mill ct Fifeld 10 0U0000.
EDWARD PRATT, Of the town of Ore
| CON, Dane County, pleaded guilty to
charge OF selling hqlor without a licens,
| and was sci fenced t. fOur months in tn,