The assignee of the I'alien Trunk
company at Racine has sold the entire
plant to Kelley. Weeks & Cos. amt
Steelier. Weber A Cos.
“Mysterious Jim.” who has bad a
decidedly unpleasant; record around
Rock and surrounding counties, is un
der arrest at Tania. lowa.
In the circuit court at Ashland Geo.
Sell got a judgment for s;*,joo against
ihe Mississippi Logging company, for
ratting logs on the Chippewa.
Dwight R. Di.v, tho man who was
brought to Ashland from San Fran
cisco to answer to a charge of ab
sconding with $2,100 money belonging
to the Armour company, pleaded not
guilty and his trial was set for next
May. lie was placed under bonds
which ho secured.
..While Mr. and Mrs. F. Malin of
Mio town of Fusion, nour (Iroon Huy,
won* absent from homo th(*ir 2-year-old
ohilil ourriod some live coals to her
hod to play with, sol tiro to her cloth
ing and was so badly burned that,
she died in a little while. Another
child, 11 months old, was lying in the
bod at the time but escaped injury.
Johnny ShvoedeiJ, aged 10 years,
was instantly killed at tin* homo
of a man named Soldi at Mar hm Id.
The boy was playing with a Soidl child
and Mr. Soidl in an adjoining room
was repairing a gun. He did not hoar
Johnny enter the room and just as
Iho child cam'* in the gun was dis.
charged, the whole charge entering
tin* boy’s body, killing him instantly.
At the fifteenth annual meeting "f
the Palmyra Vigilance society, the
following officers wore elected for
ISO); Miles Wilbur, president; John
<loser, vice-president; Arch. Will on.
secretary; K. J. Wasliburno, treasurer.
