The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS

AT La Crosse, on the 25th, frankie
Hammond, aged IL, son of Elijah
Hammond, was drowned while bath
ing IN Black River. This is the third
death by drowning within a week.
The following warrants have been
drawn on the state treasury by the
state board OF supervisors for the
month ending June25: State hospital
for the insane, $7,207. 81; northern
hospital for the insane, IS. .573 81:
school for the deaf, 81, ,537 80; school
Tor the blind, $931.15: Industrial
school for boys. So, ,789. so: state
prison, S3,870.86; total, S27, ,9lO.36.
HENRY NJ. Hooking, Of Darlington.
successfully passed the examination
at the West Point Military Academy.
The house of George Stewart. in
Wlota, Lafayette County, burned on
the 25th. The loss was 81 900 above
insurance to that amount.
CHAs. KRoLL, an employe of the
trambach Paper Company, at Led
yard, while running off belt with his
loot on the 25th, caught it in a pulley.
Amputation was necessary below the
knee
EARLY on the morning Of the 25th.
a man slightly below the medium
height, wearing a light coat, dark
pants, and a common, light-colored
soft hat, walked leisurely down Main
Street, La Crosse, with both hands on
the lappels OF his coat. He turned
neither to tie right nor the left until
he reached Percy Swain at the levee.
Turning slightly he walked a few steps
below the boat, his hands still on the
lappels OF his coat, stepped into the
water with the greatest apparent non
chalance and disappeared. It was
one OF the most deliberate cases of
suicide which ever occurred. No one
recognized the man, and his move
ments would not have attracted
attention had he not taken the
center OF the street instead of the side
walk.
SILVER and copper have been found
on the farm OF Joseph Bryant, in the
town of Willow, Richland County.
ALBERT HOKE, of Willow, Richland
County, died from injuries received
while telling a tree. He was buried by
comrades OF the Eleventh Wisconsin
Volunteers
FRED. SCHULTZ, a German saloon
keeper OF Wittenberg, Shawano
County shot and killed intoxicated
boarder named John Corcoran.
Schultz was arraigned at Shawano, and
waived examination until July 10.
Bail was fixed at $4,000, which
Schultz furnished.
SHERIFF G.. NJ. Brown. OF Wood
County, O., captured Arthur J. Grover,
aged "a at the home OF his parents in
Barron County, this state. Grover is
charged with the murder of Granville
@. Loomis, aged 27, in Ashtabula
County, o., on the 4th of May. Ohio
detectives have been on the track of
the murderer for six weeks. They
have a strong case against him.
The dead body of child, apparent
ly week old, was found in the lake at
Milwaukee on the oath. Appearances
indicated that the little one had been
strangled and the body thrown into
the water
A. S. Enc and Mrs. John Byl,
eloped from Appleton, Emo leaving
wife and Mrs. Byl a husband. Emo
OOe1LOiCtI III IIIt DN IdiIIA ana TIE at
tachment between the wife and him
resulted IN an elopement. Their arrest
is probable.
THE North Wisconsin News saws OF
the murder of Mcpherson in a brothel
at Hayward, that Michael Burke vol
unfairly surrendered to the officers,
claiming that he shot the man in self
defense. All the dance houses were at
once closed by the authorities.
Two dead bodies We're found in the
water at Milwaukee on the 22d. One
proved to be that Of the cook of the
scow Vermont, who had been missing
for several days. The other, appar-
emily that of a sailor, was not identi-
fed.
Mrs. ]. ". WAYLAND, engaged in the
millinery business, at Eau Claire.
made an assignment on the 22d to F.
W. Allen. Liabilities, 50, 800 assets
supposed to cover. Depression in busi-
ness is the cause.
CHARLES PRITz, the 13-year-old son
OF Herman Pritz, of La Crosse,
drowned while bathing near the eleva-
tor