The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-01-27
WISCONSIN STATE news.

men for 1882 was S64, 600 pounds,
valued at $4,000
f. DNox, the well ll-known grocer
of Milwaukee, made an assignment on
the 9Th inst Liabilities about $50, ,UuN1.s
Assets $40, 600.
THE wife OF Emil DuYal died suddeIl'
ly of heart disease, at Green Bay az
an early hour on the 9Th inst. With
her husband she had Just come trom
party, and while sitting on char pre-
vious to retiring, was struck with death.
A FIRE in the Third Ward, Eau Claire
on the night of the 10th inst, destroyGu
the dwelling house of X. l.. Monueltn.
The building was valued at Sl,OOo, on
which there was a small insurance. Inc
contents were mostly saved.
On the 9Th inst, a German nance =.
Y. Scammer, formerly OF Marquss'o
County. while engaged IN telling tree
at one of the Chippewa logging camps,
was struck on the head by hmo, sa0
blow causing his death almost instantly.
Gov. RUsK has appointed j. b. Nones.
of New York City, comm1sslone! .e %
deeds for Wisconsin. Mr.. Nones Is 90
years Of age, and was first apponteu
commissioner by Gov. Nelso1 Dewey
upon the organization of the state III
1S4S.
A LITTLE girl, daughter of Magnus
Houke, about s years of age, started Ior
her home. about two miles distant IIulu
Chicopee, during a snow storm on tne
18th and has not been seen or hea.d
from, and it is feared she has perlsheu lh
the storm
GEORGE PkcKHAM and his daughter,
Ella PackhaIn. of Ashland, WIS, wno
have been on trial at Naupaca III lno
circuit court on the charge of forgery,
were acquitted on the llta INST ING
defendants carry on general mercnah-
disc business at Ashland.
JAQUE CHARLES, Of the town OF Unioh,
Door County, while on his way nome
from Green Bay died suddenly: he
stopped about nine miles from Union
to get a meal, and while eating he was
observed to suddenly drop his head upon
his hands and died instantly. lie was
! rs years old.
PETER PEHL. drunken Shoemaker
and resident of Fond du Lac for many
| years, qualreled with his wife on the
| 18th inst. His daughter, Is years OF
age, iuterfered and he inflicted such IN
iuries tbat she died shortly after. DE
then set fire to his shop, but it was dis
covered and the flames were extlngulsh-
ed Pehl is locked in Jail on the charge
of murder and arson.
| JOHN EPPENDINGER. a bricklayer,
/ boarding at No. 634 Market Street, Mil
waukee, met with a serious accident at
/ Blatzs brewery ou the Sth inst. He had
/ been taking barrel Of Iimeupth elevator
! IN the malt house. and after he had rolled
/ the barrel off the platform, stepped back
| to descend again. but in the nsantlne
/ the elevator had gone down, and Eppen-
/ diuger fell down the 5 sf upon the
moving platform. He sustained serious
/ injuries
JAMES YALLoP, of Milwaukee, while
walking on the Wisconsin Central
/ track near Becker's taDuery on the
/ llth, was knocked down by an en-
gine, receiving dangerous injuries. His
head was crushed and several ribs
/ broken He was taken to the Pas
sayant Hospital in the patrol wagon.
/ Mr.. Yallop is an old resident Of Milwau-
! kee, and for several years was the pro-
| prietor of a book and stationery store
on Third Street, near Chestnut.
! AT the great curling match between
/ the North and South clubs of Columbia
| County, at Poynette, on the 18th inst,
/ for the johnson medal. the North were
| the winners, having scored 262 shots
! against 251. Every club in the county,
was represented. and ninety-siX curriers'
! joined III the contest, making it one of
the most notable games ever played in
the United States. ]. McMillan's RINK,
OF Arlington, scored che greatest nslm-
! ber of points, ana carries inc medal for
the coming year.
Mrs. GEo. Il. WALKER, of Milwaukee,
| died suddenly in New York on the
night OF the 9Th inst while on her wav
! to Booths Theater with Mrs. Dahlman
and daughter. Mrs. Walker WIS an
old resident of Milwaukee and was
twice widowed. Her first husband was
Mr.. Brown, of Albany, n. Y, an early
settler, who was Familiarity known as
ALBANY Brown. After many wears of
wldOwhOOd Mrs. Brown married Col.
Geo. H. Walker, one of the founders of
the city, who also preceded her into the
unknown realms into which she has Just
entered.
JOSEPH C. PHELAN, doing business at
LOO cENAIA h'iIttts W lhHNdllhtt, ut6Q
papers on the Sth inst, in the circuit
court coniessing Judgment to James
Phelau IN the sum of 81 ,754 on a
note, purporting to have been given
October y, 1882, and payable one day
| afeer date. These papers were given
into the hands OF the sheriff early that
forenoon, followed fifteen minutes after
wards by the filing Of a chattel mort
gage for $500 given on the 7th by
Phelan to Smith, Mendel & Co.,
the Wholesale grocers. The note, how
ever, took the precedence, and if there
are not goods enough to cover both
claims. Smith, Mendel & Co. will be the
losers; the sheriff, however, thinks
there is enough to cover both,