The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-05-06


nership in the insurance business un-
der the firm name of Schmitt < Hobe.
The firm office will be at III Tower
avenue.
County Surveyor Sparby has Just
completed plat of the subdivision of
the north west quarter of block %, Vest
seventh street, near St. John avenue.
The property belongs to E. B. Manwar-
ing.
death at Minneapolis on April 2Sth, of
George Il. Stull, one of the early set
tiers at the head of Lake Superior. De-
ceased was much respected. He leaves
a widow and one son.
C. S. Starkweather and Mrs
Starkweather recently sold 100 acres of
land near Copper Creek falls for 1900,
or $26.25 per acre. The land is situated
in 22-47-l4 and is adjoining what is
known as the Copper Greek mine.
Prof. John Bassett Moore, who
served as secretary and counsel of the
American peace commission at Paris,
writes in the Review of Reviews for
May on the points of international law
brought out in the war with Spain.
A silver cup is to be purchased by
the Duluth and Superior Gun clubs, to
10 ~, l., Al.
four nor more than ten from each club.
The first shoot took place at the Superb
or Gun club grounds on Thursday after
noon.
A girls complexion" may be
stamped on her lovers heart, but most
of the "com pie xiou" comes off unless
put there by Rocky Mountain Tea.
PROVIDERS bad thing" Ask your
druggist.
The BARRIERS Mutual Benefit asso-
citation of Superior held Its annual meet
| ing on Monday evening and elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
President, VIM. II. Chambers; vice
president, d. II. Kennedy; secretary,
4. CT. Hall; treasurer, I. g. Harris
Lightning struck on Wednesday
morning at the corner of Iowa avenue
and TWeutvhrst street and did some
damage. Two street cars in that part
We're stopped III moment the tighten
ing having struck the wires and burned
out the fuses on both cars. No other
damage was done to the cars.
The statement made that no more
boats would be built by the American
Steel Barge company, now absorbed by
the trust, Is denied by Captain Me
Dougall, general manager. On the con-
trarv, the captain says, there will be
more work done than ever. Boats Of
any class required will be built.
W. J. Wheeler reports the demand
for lumber so great that he is unable TO
supply customers as last as they would
like. He has at present about p men
at work in the yard and mill, and ex-
poets to manu- acture about 2,500,UO0
feet of lumber this serson. His plan
ING mill is also running full time.
AT the Normal School auditorium,
next Wednesday evening, Rey. Sample,
of Minneapolis, will deliver lecture
entitled "The Heroic Side of Unheroic
People" The lecturer is brought by the
members of the Athletic association for
the purpose of helping them defray
some of their expenses. An admission
of Poe will be charged.
During the Carnival dav parade.
June %, the members of the Milwaukee
Flying Club Will free homIng pigeons
from the club float. More than 1000
birds will be released at yarions times
during the parade, and the crowds in
the streets will witness the tight of the
beautiful birds to their homes.
The suit of ". J. Wheeler VS.. City
of Superior and Carl Nelson was dis
posed of in Municipal court Wednes-
day. Wheeler sued the city and Nelson
IpI iuiilbti IuI hlSlIttI W CoIiSll ttl Il Us
tern. BY the consent of both parties
tie case as to the cItv was discontinued
The court then found for the plaintiff
against Nelson assessing damages aud
costs to $l2S.5l.
The United States Milling company
is now practically controlling our four
-,
it is denied by the attorney for the com
bine that there will be any change in
the order Of business. Matters will 90
on as they have for some time to come,
and any changes that Will be made viii
be in the direction of the increase Of
ca pacitv OF the mills and the improve
ment of business.
The personal injury case of Isaac \.
Clarke, of the East End, against the
city. which WAS brought up in the coun-
Gil on Tuesday night, was thought to be
a good one, and, on the advice of Asst.
City Attorney Green, the council voted
that $3.50 be appropriated from the
general fund with which to settle the
case. 1t is a rule adopted some time
ago that the city should fight all per-
sonal injury cases, with the exceptions
OF such cases as the present one, which
was found by the finance committee to
be a good case for the plaintiff,
A man named Charles Swanson was
drowned in the Amnicon river, just be
low the Lyman lake dam. He WAS a
driver for the Leisure Lumber Comp
any and while fording the river at
shallow place with a team and wagon,
the whole outfit went into a hole about
- feet deep Swanson was caught in