The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-04
feet. They also expect to put in 20,-
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feet. They also expect to put in 2O,-
100000 feet along the Wisconsin
River.
Dull is held by the Milwaukee police
for burglary. He is believed to be one
of the persons who have been breaking
safes in the city at intervals for many
months. On the night of the goth he
broke into Meinecke's carriage shop
and stole sledge hammer, and sever
al bolts, which he took to Dunner
Bros flour and feed store, 273 Broad
way. He forced in the front door and
was about to knock the combination
knob from the safe, when he heard the
watchman, and he made his escape.
He was subsequently arrested ic q
West Side saloon. McDuil claims to
be from Chicago, but further than that
will say nothing about himself.
AN employe of Plarkinton & Co.
slaughter house, Milwaukee, named
O'Meara, was drowned in the ad dioin-
ing slip on the 22d. According to the
account OF his death given by those
connected with the establishment,
O'Meara walked out of the cellar door
and into the slip. There was d large
electric light near by, and his misstep
is therefore not attributable to dark
ness. Men who went to O'Meara's as
| sistance say that he never rose to the
surface. His body was recovered by
means OF graphing hooks.
! JOHN WAGNER, of Door County, re-
Gently came into possession OF q pair
| OF mules, which have been identified
! by some of our old soldiers as being
one of lot captured at Fort Donald.
son and used continually afterward
by one of our Wisconsin regiments up-
til the close of the war.
r. M. HENDERSON, of Fairplay, a
bachelor, aged 20 years, was found
dead on the floor OF his room, in Odd
Fellows Block, in that place. He was
one of the leading Odd Fellows OF Wis.
consin, and was for seventeen years g
steamboat clerk on the Mississippi
River. Hear disease Was the cause oi
| his death.
The trial at Shawano of Henry
Schultz for the murder Of John Cor
coran resulted in a verdict of man
/ slaughter IN the first degree and a sen
tence Of ten years at hard labor in the
state prison. The evidence showed
! that Corcoran was a boarder at the
hotel OF Schultz, in Wittenberg, and
that on the night Of June 20, 1885
became somewhat intoxicated il
Schultz's saloon, and, after getting 8
half.pint OF whisky OF Schultz, went up
stairs to bed. To reach his room he was
obliged to pass through two rooms ir
which his friends slept. He woke
them up and insisted on their drinking
with him, which they did. Soon after
ward he and one of the boys got into
a scuffie, and soon Schultz rushed into
the room with lamp in one hand and
g. self-cocking revolver In the other
walked up to Corcoran, struck him
with the revolver on the side of The
head, indicting very bad wound, and
ordered Corcoran to leave the house
He said he would when he got his coat
and vest, at the same time asking
Schultz why he did not shoot. Schultz
said: "Hit me once" and backed out
! into the hall. Corcoran started to 60
eot to the door, and Schultz fired, kill
ing him. Schultz broke jail and wan
derel off into Washington Territory
and after year was retaken. HI
claimed that his lamp went out, and
at the same time CoIcOran struck him
he fell, and the revolver went off acci
dentally.
A PETITION is being circulated at Eau
Claire for the pardon OF Helmutf
Stabenow, who is serving term of siS
years for being implicated in the mur
der of Prtrick O'Meara at Fall Greek
in July, 1884.