The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-10-09
WISCONSIN
BRFVITIES

by a Green BAY man the method OF
under water construction in bridge
and other work may be revolutionizcd
Hhe discovery was made by George
Green, engineer and diver, who has
been working for the Northwestern
road on bridge work at Clinton. la.
Mr. Green, who had been placing dy-
namite under the cribs which support.
ID the old bridge. discovered that
myriads of worms had attached them
selves to the timbers far below the .
low water line, and had eaten into the .
wood. The worm is about half an
4 inch long and white.
Fond du ac.-Announcement was
/ received that the state board o! con
/ troll had adopted a resolution con
demning the Fond du Lac police sta
tion and ordering the building closed.
/ The board sent a member here to in
vestigate the building and he reported
that it was not decent and could not
be oyerhauled and made satisfactory.
/ Prisoners will doubtless be housed in
4 the county Jail and the police head
quarters established in an Office
building pending the erection OF
new station.
Superior Ferris, the five.year old
son of Mr., and Mrs. A. +, Buchner, ac-
Cdentally hanged himself from the
porch of his parents home. The child
VAS playing horse" with his young
brother and had tied the rope around
his neck. one of the other children
attached the other end of the rope to
a nail on the side of the house. Fer
ris fell from the porch and when his
mother hurried to his rescue the child
was dead. his body hanging by the
rope she had given him to play With.
Fond du Lac-Onc of the biggest
blasts ever fired in this section of
the state was fired at the uuarries of
the Union Lime Company ut Marble
head Eleven holes e feet deep were
blasted with four tons Of dynamite
discharged by battery, and a scc-
tion 20 feet wide and nearly 200 feet
long and deep hurled in the air,
Enough stone was furnished to run
the lime Iilns for six months. Five
hundred people assembled to witness
the operation.
Wausau.-Jamcs Kennedy and Ed.
ward Lytklo, alleged safe blowers,
who were brought to Wausau from
Ncilsyille. entered plea of not guilty
They We're lodged in jail to await
their hearing They were discharged
from custody by the Clark county an.
, thOritios A United States post office
Inspector was in the city to see the
! men with view Of connecting them
with the burglary of the post once
in Nocuah a short time ago.
Jefferson The Jefferson county
fair had the largest attendance in its
history The races and free attrac
tons pleased the great crowd GOV
! Davidson, together with Private Soc
rotary Gilbert came here, ana his
party was given a rousiug reception
2 The Milwaukee special train brough
! in 1000 cXcursionists Seven specia
S trains from all four points Of The
:. compass brought in 5000 passengers
WaupaCa The body of Ed bun
deem, a guide in the Wolf river dis
triCt formerly business man of this
city, was found in the water neal
GINS landing close 10 the spo
where his boat was found late
Wednesday afternoon with his gur
while standing in his boat he lost his
balance and fell into the river. Ia
was 20 years old and unmarried
g Superior Considerable interest Il
/ attached TO a report that through
!. train via Staples. MINI, to Seattle
n Portland and other coast cities, is sale
# to be in view for the head Of th'
i lakes It Is understood, though no of
q hcial announcement has been made
p that the train win be pat on thi
~ month Such service IS something
Superior has never had
IancayIllo.-Hcir to &iI5lG, a dc
sccudaut OF the once powerful Osag
Indians and graduate Of Carlisle
L A j Mason Is incarccratcd in tn
o. county JAIL charged With obtainin
money under false prctonscs. II
! viii b. tried on that charge IN b,
N lott
Madison state Banking Commi.
sioncr NJ G. Bcrgh issued a charter I
T. the Cambria state bank OF Cambrij
h. Columbia county The capital Of ia
~ bank lis $4,000 II + Schommel
IN president and T. Q Roberts cashie
,g Of tho new institution
rs Nceuah stephen Poyalchak age
~ years pioneer settler Of Call
met county, three miles east Of her
fell down the cellar stairs At h
20 home His neck was broken au
death was Instantaneous
rclot Tho alterations III m
First CONGREGATIONAL church ac Il
completed They hayo been d, 70 Z"
ten i've character and rhn expense ha
been approximately $3.50
saaitowoc Manirowoc will vote @
the question Of adopting ci'
- stem oi schools changing froi
no old district system 4 hot fgt