The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-07-18


Lindsay's camp was badly hurt by a
log rolling over him during the past
week One of his legs was broken.
He was taken to one of the hospitals
at Ashland for treatment.
Miss Maude Picott leaves next
Tuesday tor Seattle, Washington,
where she will probably remain.
Miss Picott was for many years a
clerk in w. III. Lemke's store, and
has a large number of friends in
! Washburn who will wish her well in
her new home.
j Mrs. Charles Wolff is in the hos
pital at Ashland, where she has just
undergone difficult surgical opera
ton. Mrs. Wolff has been very
poorly for some time, but is now re-
covering from the effects of the
Operation and IS improving in health.
/ Col. P. H. Swift, editor of the
/ Rice Lake Leader, was in the city
for a short time last Thursday, and
called at the The TIMES Office and
1, snapped yarns with the venerable
editor of this sheet. Come again
! Colonel, we are always pleased to
d meet you.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reickhoff cele-
brated their Silver Wedding last
Sunday. A large number of invited
guests gathered at their farm and
spent good portion of the day in
helping Mr.. and Mrs. Reickhoff OBJ
serve the occasion A splendid
time was had, and the event was a
great success.
Word has been received in the city
of the death of James Griffin, at the
state hospital for the insane at Win
nebago, where he has been receiving
treatment for the past week. Crit
/, fin became insane and was taken tic
the asylum last week He was sixty
years of age, and has family in
Washburn.
; A Finlander named Solomon
Kuske was examined before County
Judge Benton Monday, for his
sanity. The man was picked up on
the street by one of our officers
| Saturday night, and seems to be
suffering from delusions. He is
being held in custody by Sheriff
Lien to await developments.
A peculiar case is liable to be
brought before the Courts, wherein
| it is claimed that a COW belonging to
/ William Olson died as a result OF
bad treatment from the special police
man. The latter denies that he pun
ished the cow in any severe manner,
yet the animal died, and the cause
is in dispute between Mr.. Olson and
the authorities.
The captain of the schooner Foster,
while loading lumber in this port
the latter part of last week, in going
from his boat to the dock, stepped
on the end of four inch strip which
gave way, causing the captain to
lose his balance and fall to the dock
a distance of twenty feet. He was
| severely strained between the Shout
ders, and his hip and shoulder badly
bruised
Mr.. Steve Allor returned from
Racine Monday after spending the
Fourth with his family. He reports
his folks all well and doing a fine
business. He also visited Milwau-
kee on business to consult a patent
attorney regarding patent on a
rotary saw arbor. He claims that
with this arbor you cannot break a
saw or put it over the collar.
The new Washburn Favorite
which has recently been placed upon
the market by the Cohen Cigar fac
tory in the west end of the city, is
meeting with the high approval Of
: the cigar consumers. If you are
looking for a delicious smoke try one
and be convinced of it's merits. they
are handled by all cigar retailers
throughout the city.
Thomas Nelson was taken to the
Rinehart hospital at Ashland yes
terday morning for the purpose of
undergoing an operation for apen-
dicitis. Tom was about his work
up till Tuesday noon, although he
has been very poorly for some time.