The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-01-23
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ped through the mails from Germany
10 Bay View.
THERE wid be no base ball club at
Milwaukee the coming season. The
failure OF the street car companies to
take stock IN the enterprise Is alleged
as the reason.
JOHN ?. MERRILL, one OF the most
wldely-knOwn and popular young men
OF Milwaukee, committed suicide at
the house OF his parents, on the after
noon OF the 18th. Shortly before $50
o clock MS parents were startled by
the report OF a revolver. and on reach
ing his room found him lying on the
floor. He had shot himself through
the right side OF the head, ire ball en-
terIng the brain Death was in
Simultaneous. The deed was commit
ted during a period OF temporary IN
sanity caused Uv sickness, the Young
man having been a victim OF insomnia
or sleeplessness for a long time. The
deceased was % years OF age, and the
son OF j B. Merrill, OF the firm of r.
P. Fitzgerald & Co., vesseI-owners.
His father Is one OF the Oldest and
best-knOwn residents OF Milwaukee.
j. ". ZDiNIERMANS. giving his occu-
patton as d merchant, and his age as
10 years, was arrested at Milwaukee
on the 18th on a warrant sworn out
by a representative OF the First Ma
tioral Bank OF Madison, charging him
with obtaining $4,000 by false pre-
tences. 1t Is said that Zimmerman
formerly conducted the business OF a
sawmlu at Butternut, Wis, for George
Burnham, of Milwaukee.
4. SCHENLEBER died at Milwaukee
on the 18th, from hemorrhage OF the
lungs. Several weeks ago Mr.. Schpn-
lebeT, while out Of his mind, cut his
throat. Though death did not result
directly from this wound, il was prob
ably hastened by the injuries then in
fiieted. Since Mr.. Schpnleber at
tempted 10 take his life the theory
has been generally accepted that he
was not mentally responsible when he
wrote the slanderOEs postal cards, the
exposure OF which created a sensation
recently.
HUGH BOYLE. who Is charged with
the murder OF Theodore Endter, in
the town OF Freedom, was bound over
at Appleton, on the 18th, for trial at
the April term Of the circuit court.
Judge Hartman fixed the bail at 81
600.
4 FIRE broke out early on the morn
ing Of the 18th, IN the rear Of the first
floor OF Carpenter & Underwood's
bakery, on Grand Avenue, Milwaukee,
spread to the second floor, and was
checked soon after the arrival OF the
department. ! loss Of about S6, 900
on the machinery and stock was COW
cred by an insurance Of S12, 900.
and q loss Of about $1,000 on build
ing by an insurance OF $4,000. The
origin Of the fire Is unknown
THE Eau Claire Eagle foundry,
when was destroyed by fire Is TO be
rebuilt on a larger scale. 4 Nilwau-
kee firm Is to supply the shafting and
machinery.
EIGHT HUNDRED chickens were sufO-
Gated by fire IN a hennery at Osseo,
west Of Eau Claire, owned by Rivard
& Co. Two men who were asleep in
the building narrowly escaped being
overcome by the heat and smoke.
L. W. BRIGHAM, a welI-to-dO farmer
living three miles from Evansville,
while in q tiJ OF insanity, shot himself,
dying instantly.
HENRY ZOEDTNER. a Chicago. Nil
waukee & st. Paul empIOye, met with
a probably fatal accident, at Portage,
on the night OF the 11th, John Me
MahOn threw a bottle which hit him
above the right eye, cutting that or
gan out and fracturing the skull. Nc
MabOn attempted suicide but was pre-
vented by OnloOkers.
Mrs. T. J. TREAT, OF GAINESVILLE,
died at Yokohama, Japan. Her re-
mains aTe being brought home for bur
iaI.
TIE case Of Henry Waterman,
OF Milton, against the Chicago & Alton
Railroad for $4,000 damages. for
personal injuries, which has been on
trial IN the United States court at
Madison, Tor several weeks, was ter
minated on the 18th with a verdict
for Waterman Of S22, 600.
TIE cold snap has made good river
crossings at La Crosse. A road has
been marked out to HOkah direct,
and by way Of La Crescent.
AT Baldwin, St. CrOix County, dur
ing the temporary absence from his
house OF John Gunderson, an employe
OF the WOOdvile Lumber Company,
on the night OF the 9th, his wife, after
putting the youngest child IN bed, left
two Others, one about > and the other
+ years Of age, and went TO the stable
to milk the COW. In some way IN
known, the children overturned the
lamp, exploding it, and the clothes OF
the youngest child were set on fire. It
would have been burned to death had
not the elder one carried II out OF
doors and extinguished thefames with
snow. The mother was very badly
burned in trying to rescue the baby,
and would have persisted in the flames
had not the neighbors prevented her
making the second attempt. The
house, with contents, was entirely con
sumed. In the debris the charred
body Of the baby was found.
FIRE on the 11th destroyed kellogg
Il helOgg's saw and -Tist mill at Anti
90. Value, So, 500; insurance, over
$500. The mill had Just been over
hauled and improved, and the seasons
run was to have begun on the 18th.
PATRICK CALLAHAN was fatally hurt
ac the st. Paul -car-shOps, MIwauk g.,
on the 1lth. His head was crushed