The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-11-10
WISCONSIN NEWS.

man. lie l. ldnilOTl OF the Arlington
hotel. keeps a livery stable, Is postmaster,
secretary If b" Farmers Insurance com
pany, justice of the peace. notary public,
court commissioner, manager of the tee-
phone exchange lawyer pension agent
auctionecr AMI chairman of the village
board. And now he is running for cor
oner.
Prank Cone died Of consumption NJ
his home in Racine, aged - years. He
was married to - woman at GAINESVILLE
when a boy When he became of age he
again married and wife No. | had him
arrested on Il charge of bigamy. He was
convicted and sent 10 prison, where he
contracted the disease and was pardOned
a few days ago His case had been to
the Supreme court twice.
Henry /rigre>t 4 miser living near
Arcadia, died 1T the age of - years.
Some time ago he cut his wrist on a
scythc and blood poisoning set in, which
caused death. lie Willrd his property and
money to neighhors. Several hundred dol
lars were found in the cellar and attic
lie had lived alone the past thirty-eight
years.
Fred and Joseph Hartman of Rio
We're arrested and taken to Portage on
charge Of breaking into a caboose and
taking thcrcfrum a lot of clothing belong
ing 10 tranmcn. They waived cNamiua-
ton. They are brothers. aged 23 and Is
TcarS respectively.
A. w. Luthcr. tirantshurg mer-
chant was shot in the head while rabbit
hunting. John Rumery was also shot in
the foot. They will both recover.
Evan r. Evans. one of Racine's old
est Welsh citizens. died of cancer Of the
stomach. Deceased was ~ years of age.
Lucius :. Blake, one Of Racinc'S mill
iondlre manufacturers died suddenly ut
ms home on Main street of heart disease.
tie had not been i'll and was strong and
robust and active as a young man. hence
the news of his death produced IA shock
in the community. He was born in Yer
mont in 1916 and settled in Racine in
lN.'o. lie was appointed marshal while
quite young and made the first draft in
the state. He served several terms in the
state Legislature. was delegate 10 the
national Republican convention in Phila-
d"phia In 49, and was one of the elect
or~ on The Garfield ticket.
A remarkable ease of Identification of
one Of the unknown victims of the great
Hincklry forest fire occurred Il few days
ago An old man named William Good
sell IF Hutt"ruut Lake Wis, whose son
was believed 90 have been in the neigh
hprhoyd If Hinrkley at the time of the
fire, Went to Hinckl"y from his home sev-
cral days a-o. determined 10 find some
trace OF his missing son. At Incklcy
he enlisted help and dSutcrrcd all the
bodies of unknown men buried there.
without finding any that seemed like his
son t"lug further north, near Skunk
Lake. me- CAUSED more bodies to bc uu-
certified, the fourth one proving to be
that Of InIu too badly burned for iden-
titra;iun and nude except the upper p"r-
tloI II o." sock, "u whirl was found his
SON laundry mark TIE old man. with
a coffin containing his sons remains, went
back bumr.
Before adinurniug the committee on
equalization of the Rock county board
Of supervisors agreed to add the sum Of
Sl9D,OnO 10 the equalization Of James
vile ana Sl0n.OOu on Bploit. Evansville
Edgcrtuu and Milton remain the same a.
last year and the other towns get the
benefit pro rata of the amount raised on
GAINESVILLE and Beloit.
When the trial of John Lapage and
Russell Whpplc. deputy Nhcriffs. for the
killing Of Ahijah Moon. came up ut Eau
Claire the attorney who had been ap-
pointed % prosecute told the court he was
not disposed to Tile an Information be
cause h" did not believe there could be
conviction under tn" law. whcrcupou the
court directed the attorney to file an IN
formation. The court directed a verdict
Of not guilty, the evidence showing that
Moon had declared he would not b. taken
alive and that nc fired ut the officers.
EoSomau Kellogg one Of the oldest
residents of Prairie Farm committed
suicide 10y cutting hiS throat He WAS
we'll known throughout Barron county.
Mrs Edward Pratt, supposed to be-
tn" oldest woman in Fond du Lac com
~, died az her home in the town of
Friendship aged ln3 years.
The skeleton of = man found in tn"
woods near BashaW Is supposed to be
that of Charles Gardner. who diSap-