The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-05-29
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

! into a grave at RicnZi cemetery by
! two sons of boyhood friend, with no
! service of any kind. the eccentric life
| of Robert Drummond, aged SO, was
| closed. Mr.. Drummond died suddenly
and left instructions to have his body
! placed in box and taken 10 the Gem.
| etery in wagon with no services,
stating that he did not care to have
an undertaken embalm him.
Madison.-The first scholarship ever
! offered by a university student society
has just been established by the Nor
tar board, a senior girls organization
at the University of Wisconsin, The
scholarship, which amounts to 500 &
year, is to be awarded in June to
! girl in the junior class, scholarship
and need of financial aid being the
considerations upon which the award
is to be based.
Milwaukee.-One hundred and fifty
hardware dealers, representing a
membership of 1900 In the National
Retail Hardware association, met in
! Milwaukee for a three days annual
convention Aside from the routine
business the sessions of the conven-
ton were executive, Niagara Falls,
! Chicago and Detroit are bidding for
! the next convention
Racine,-The Fox River Ice Com
! pany filed articles of Incorporation
The capital stock is $35, 600. Although
his name does not appear as one of
the inCorporators, T, NJ. McGinnis of
the McGinnis Ice Company is one of
the heaviest stockholders 1t is said
the company will erect a large ice.
house on the river front and store ice
for use in Chicago.
Milwaukee, Prof and Mrs, Carl f.
1 Akelcy, formerly Of Milwaukee, will
join the Roosevelt expedition in Africa
some time in July or August. Prof.
Akeley will act as a collector of speci-
mems and taXidermist for the former
presidents party, and incidentally Sc.
cure some specimens for the Field Co
lumbian museum Chicago, OF which
he is now chief taXidermist.
Janesyille.-Miss Lillian SWrges
Mouat, eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs p ]. Mouat, was married to
Burns Winfrcd Brewer Mr., and Mrs
Brewer will make their home in Cali
fornia. The bride is the daughter of
p. J. Mouat editor of the GAINESVILLE
Recorder and prominent Democratic
politician
Neenah. h.-With n view to reClaimine
1000 acres of swamp in the Larsen
drainage district, near Neenah, +. n
Jones of the soils department of the
state agricultural school at Madison
with the Larsen drainage commiss on
4 report will be made on order OF the
court The land will be highly TaIu
able for agricultural purposes.
Hayward Frank Blackbird was in
stantly killed at the landing of the
North Wisconsin Lumber & Manutac
turing Company at the mill while un
loading a carload Of logs He was
knocked off the top chain, five logs
giving way and rolling down over
him
Racine.-IIcnry Beptz, about "a
years old, was run over by the in
bound car. no 1880, of the Milwaukee
Electric Railway & Light Company a
short distance north Of tbis city Both
of his legs were cut off He was
brought TO s. Narv's bospital and is
NOT ovnacted n live
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,rair 50 90 or tbo Hn,thyaetarn
road north of RerryviIIo. If Il sup
noeed tho man committed suicide by
nIacine his head on the rail. Letters
found ON the body were addressed Ia
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