The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-11-20
SEEN AND HEARD
IN WISCONSIN

inc 5Oulu-DOuiu MlI"duEee passenger
train, tied up traffic and kept mum
Der Of Milwaukee passengers from
reaching their destination for hours
after the appointed time. The train
encountered COW NO / near Knowles
and killed the animal instantly. Ii
was pushing the carcass along when
it struck COW No 2 which derailed
the train. The engine toppled over TO
an angle OF 4j degrees, when 1t set
tied down The wreck has a peculiar
interest by reason Of it's occurring on
almost the tiftieth anniversary of the
wreck on the Northwestern at John
sons creek, caused by an OK, and in
which l6 lives were lost.
Milwaukee ~ The frame cowbarn
and feed storage house on the grounds
OF the poor farm, Wauwatosa, was
destroyed by fire. The loss may reach
$4,000. Three calves were burned up.
but 80 COWS and a bull were led from
the burning building. Several tons
OF cut feed could not be saved The
origin Of the fire has not been deter
mined Flames were discovered by
attendants in the almshouse and the
county buildings fire department
headed by Superintendent Ferdinand
Bark Of the poor farm, was summoned.
The WauWatosa fire department went
out Of the city limits to aid in fight.
ing the blaze,
Racine.-William II. Pugh. with a
force Of men and streams of water has
been fighting fires in his big coal
yards for number of weeks. In the
upper yard there was danger of 25.OOG
tons burning up, and it had such
start that the posts supporting the
fence on the river front burned out.
In the lower yard the conditions We're
mo-" alarming, and only by the hard
est kind Of work was the coal saved.
Here was $4,000 tons also. At pres
ent it is believed that the fires are
under control.
kenosha. - The ministers of the
evangelical churches in Racine and
kenosha have invited GYPSY Smith,
the famous evangelist, to come to the
two cities and hold a series of meet.
ings The invitation was sent to
the managers for the great preacher
a month ago and they have sent word
that the matter is under considerd-
ton, and that if possible a two weeks
series of meetings in the two cities
will be included in the plans Of Smith
for 1910.
Racine, - The management of the
Citizens Telephone Company said
that ii the recent decision OF the SUI
premc court in the free telephone
service given by the Douglas County
Telephone Company to certain Off
cials OF Superior is correct. the com.
pany will again give the city of Ra-
cine free phones Under the old con.
tract the company will be expected to
give free service of IS phones 4 full
decision of the court is awaited
Ashland.-Ashland won its suit
against Joseph Maciejewski, saloon
keeper convicted of violation of the
Sunday closing law. This was a pros
ecution brought by the city in the mu.
nicipal court for the recovery of for.
fixture under the city charter because
of violation of the Sunday closing IN
der the city charter He was found
guilty and took an appeal to the cir
cult court, where the conviction was
reversed
Superior Jimmy Lord Il years
OF age and living at Scion Springs.
was accidentally killed while hunting
deer. With other boys he was shoot
ing at target tie handed his cooked
gun to Henry Patterson OF Superior
to fire The latter accidentally
touched the trigger and the charge en-.
tered the Lord boys side, death re
sulting shortly after
Kilbourn-kiIbourn is in darkness
again and il will be a week or moro
before the plant viii be put in opera
ton and then it will be driven from
power az the dam. The engine which
drives the dynamo came apart and
was so badly wrecked that ii Will not
pay to repair it,
Raraboo. An enthusiastic good
roads meeting attended by r. r..
Brown j. :. Donald. Timothy Burk.
O \. Bartlett. c C Wellensgaard. j.
\. Chinook and J s Jones special
legislative committee, was held here
and some valuable points gained dur.
ing the discussion on road building
Ashland Henry Barden entered a
candy store at Glidden and shot at
the proprietor. Mrs Hardy. aud then
shot her daughter through the head
Rardcu has been arrested and brought
to Ashland II is understood a love
AFFAIR caused the shooting
Appleton The city is TO have a
municipal ice rink in the new Jones
park in the big rayiue in the heart
OF the business district Il viii cover
about ten acres Of ground aud at no
point will the water De- over mo feet
deep
Osceola Victor HouGs. the eight
wear old hoy that VAS accidentally
shot al his home near Dsgeola. died
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