The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-07-25


through the streets al a fast speed.
The exhibitions are good, and show
the wonderful advancement made in
the arts of hypnotism and mind
reading.
Bayfield, has scandal in high life
and as a result one of the principals
is lingering in ''durance vile" in the
Bayfield, county jail under sentence
OF ninety days, and ore of the other
parties will be brought to trial next
week. 1t appears that John Black,
q well known lumber grader for
the Red Cliff Lumber company has
for some time past neglected to
properly support his wife and
family, who until recently resided in
Michigan. Shortly after arriving
in Bayfield, Mrs. Black became sus-
picious Of her husbands actions, and
soon had her suspicious confirmed
by finding a letter addressed by
her husband to Miss Nell Crab,
woman of lewd character. Upon
being confronted with the contents
OF the letter the faithless husband
dealt his wife brutal blow in
the face. Mrs. Black then appeal
ed to the officers, which resulted in
the pulling" of the resort run by
Miss Crab. Mrs. Black is a refined
and educated lady, and has two fine
children.
Preliminary arrangements have
been effected here within the past
few days to open up the black marble
beds in the southern end of Bayfield,
county. A number of parties here
have interested themselves in the
matter, and a number of samples
have been sent to different parts of
the country for the purpose of test
The samples have all been small
pieces, and the experts who have ex-
amined them write very ercourag-
ingly. One Chicago firm scouts the
idea of the marble having been found
in northern Wisconsin, and declares
that the sample is genuine Italian
marble. However the local parties
are going right ahead, and will per-
feet an organization to investigate
the find. 1t is their plan to get
deep into the bed, which by the way
is whole hillside, and take out a
chunk weighing two tons. This they
are informed is the only way to pro-
coed, as they are satisfied as to the
quantity, and now desire informa-
ton only as to the quality. If the
result shows that the marble is free
from seams or has cement seams
the discovery will be one of the
greatest ever known in the country.
A company will be organized within
few days, and it is proposed to
give the marble bed thorough test.
Perhaps ten thousand dollars will be
expended in this work during the
present summer. The land on
which the marble has been discover
ed is a homestead belonging to
Charles Welcome. He took it up
several years ago upon the advise of
his father, who believed that there
was something of great value in the
rock which showed everywhere, but
until within short time it has not
been known that this rock was
marble. In its rough state it does
not look unlike other rock, but when
polished it presents every appearance
of the finest black italian marble.
Said one of the gentleman interested
day or two ago: "We do not know
Just what we have got, but we are
satisfied that the prospect is suffic-
iently good to warrant an outlay
that will be sufficient to give the
beds thorough test. Experts agree
that the marble is of the finest kind,
in every respect equal to the famous
italian black marble. We have a
mountain of it, and if it stands the
test as to the seams that run through
it, gold mining is not in it. All of
the samples that have been investi-
gated and polished are from the sur
face. Now we propose putting in
machinery and getting down consid
cradle distance from the surface. Ii
we are not disappointed there will
be wonderful developments follow
this summer. A company will be
organized at once, and there will be
no delay in the development"