Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-05
Deeds of Blood,


yard at Watertown, Wis, committed suicide
at his place of business on the I'd inst, by
tying heavy weight around bis neck and living
down in shallow pool.
In a political quarrel at Allegheny City. Pa,
on the 1st. VIM. Case, white man, fatally
stabbed Albert Johnston, colored.
At Hunters Point, L. l., on the LIST, Patrick
Herman was sentenced to be hanged Deem
Der II, for the murder of Peter Mccormick.
Ben. Heffner, farmer near Westminster,
o.. shot and killed his wife and attempted to
kill his daughter, son and daughter in-law, on
the 31st.
Lewis Wheeler, of Taylor Trempealeau
County, Wis, suicided at La Crosse, on the
31st, by placing himself in front of a moving
train.
On the goth. Horace Deland, of Brookfeld,
N. H., aged Is years, chained himself to a
brush heap and then ignited 1t. Near his body
was found razor with which he had gasbed
his throat before immolating himself. He left
note telling his parents he was tired of life.
Edgene Beck, prominent citizen of Rabun
County, Ga, in a quarrel caused by drink, on
the 18th, killed his wife and sisterin-law, after
which he lay down and went to sleep.
Joe Hickman, a miner, was murdered at
Good Hope, N. NJ. on The 28th, by his partners
Frank Beck and Tom Welsh, because he re-
fused to join them in plan to murder and rob
neighbor.
Geo. W. Stoutenburgh, wealthy and promi-
nent citizen of Chicago, committed suicide by
shooting at Lakeside. a suburb of the Illinois
metropolis, on the 9th. He was 80 years of
age
At Murray City, Ia, Deputy Sheriff Locke
in quelling disturbance, on the 9th, shot two
Polish miners, one fatally.
Three brothers named Saam murdered a
stranger near Weinsburg, o., on the 9th.
Two of the brothers have been arrested.
On the 9th, citizens of Helena, Neb.,
hanged man who shot the sheriff while re-
sisting arrest for incendiarism.
Minor Mention.
Two freight trains collided at Nottawa, Mich,
on the LIST. One of the cabooses, containing
nine persons, was wrecked, and VIM. Green in
stantly killed and Geo. Rooms fatally wounded.
A passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad was derailed near Alta, on the 1st
Several care were demolished and large num-
Der of persons injured.
Charles J. Faulkner, ex-member of Congress-
ex minister to France and ex-chief of StoneWall
Jackson's staff, is dead.
Caleb A. Stevens, Methodist minister,
dropped dead at Lansingburg, N. Y, on the
1st
Frank Pies died at Green Bay, on the LIST,
from injuries received through kick from a
mule.
A little girl named Clifford meddled with a
pistol at Baltimore, on the LIST, and was fatally
shot.
Prof. J. M. Geery, who has been connected
with Ripon College almost from its foundation,
died at Colorado Springs, COL, on the 3Oth, of
consumption.
Dexter Billiard, proprietor Of the Arlington
House. Waukesha, fell victim of apoplexy
while hunting on his farm at Saylesvllle, Wis.,,
on the 31st.
James Kerwin, Well-known Milwaukee
grocer, and Joseph Dressler, German pioneer,
died on the 31st.
Walter Crane, aged "a years, brakeman on
the North Western road, was fatally mangled
under the wheels near GAINESVILLE, on the 31st.
During political demonstration at Peoria,
Ill, on the night of the 28th, carelessly held
bomb exploded, killing Edward Hammond and
fatally Wounding man named Clark.
A dispatch of the Goth says: Dlgn@ff, who
assassinated Col. Sudelkin, in Russia, is be-
lieved to be in America.
Great distress prevails among unemployed
cotton operatives in Dundee, Scotland.
George Fundal. one OF the crew Of the
steamer White Eagle, fell into the river at La
Crosse, on the 29th and was drowned:
Mrs. Mary Horn, aged 80 years, fell down
fight of stairs at Beaver Dam on the night of
the 28th and was instantly killed.
freight engine on the Baltimore d Ohio
Railroad exploded its boiler at Locust Point,
on the 10Th. killing Joshua Dixon, the engineer,
and David Burke, the fireman.
Geo. T. Jackson, president of the Enterprise
Cotton Factory. at Augusta, Ga. Is a defauter
to the extent of 100000. He has confessed.
Fred W. Duvernois private banker of De-
troit.. Mich, disappeared on the 18th with
from $40, 900 to $40, 900 of his depositors'
money. Several insurance companies for
whom he was agent also suffered severely.
Thirty travellers were dangerously poisoned
nv food served for breakfast at Dalton, Ga, on
the Atlantic & Western Railway on the 28th.