The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-05

party will be given Friday night OF
next week, February 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Shoresman
celebrated their tenth wedding ami
versary one evening last week.
They had a number of their immedi-
ate friends in for the evening, and a
most pleasant time was spent.
Mr.. Prowell the violinist and d.
rector of the Washburn Choral club
was in the city yesterday, conclud
ing arrangements for the concert Of
the Choral club, to be given Feb.
18th in the Congregational Church.
Sheriff Simpson took John Carlson
to the hospital for the insane at Osh-
kosh last week. Mr.. Carlson had
visions in which he had strange duels
with some of his people in the old
country, and was adjudged insane at
hearing before the county court
last week.
L. Palm returned from ST. Paul
the latter part of the past week,
where he has been receiving treat
ment for his eyes. He has been hav-
ing a long and serious time, and it is
yet very questionable whether the
most affected eye can be saved.
The Edward Hines Lumber Com
pany billed seventy-seven million
feet of lumber from their office in
this city during the year that has
just closed. It is one Of the most
remarkable records ever made by a
lumber company in Northern Wis
conSin during the same length of
time.
John w. Gibson was called to
Madison yes terday, for the purpose
OF giving his testimony in the coal
investigation proceedings before the
committee of the Wisconsin le9isla-
ture. The legislature is examining
into the matter of the coal supply
with a view towards framing some
sort of remedial legislation.
An effort will be made to secure
an appropriation at this session of
the legislature to reimburse the
counties of Northern Wisconsin for
expense incurred in the care of small
pox. This county has paid upward
of fifteen thousand dollars for the
, care of patients and for efforts put
forth to stamp out this disease, and
there IS general feeling here that
the state should bear at least por-
tion OF the expense.-Iron River
Pioneer.
County Treasurer A. FL. Wilkin-
son has taken up fifteen thousand
dollars worth of the county aid
bonds, which were held by the state
of Wisconsin. The amount of inter-
est saved by taking up the bonds be-
fore they had matured, was SO, $50.
This is pretty good stroke of bust
ness for the county. The county in
tends to follow up the system of re-
funding their bonds just as rapidly
as they have sufficient money in the
sinking fund to 90 it.
Iron River Pioneer:-W. A.
Marshall, superintendent of the
Hines Lumber Co.'S. mill at WASH
burn, spent last Friday in this city
looking over the mill plant Of the
Alexander & Edgar Lumber Co.
The Hines Go. is thinking of Install
ing double-cUt saws in their Wash
burn mill and Mr.. Marshall was
partic ularily interested in seeing how
these saws worked in the Iron River
mill. While in this city he was the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. Gibson.
Sheriff Simpson has the most par
ticular lot of boarders that were
ever in confinement. Sunday morn
ing a part of them thought they did
not have enough to eat, SO refused to
wash their breakfast dishes. Turn
key Peter Kjaerwick informed them
that they must first wash the dishes
before they could be served with
another meal. They held out for
twenty-four hours, but finally gave
in, and everything has been peace
ful and serene ever since.
P. J. Bogie returned from the
south the first of the week. He
went to L um berton, Mississippi, to
accept a position, but not finding
things satisfactory, returned home.
While in New Orleans he met Joha
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