St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-07
WINONA WINNOWiNGS.

Special to the GLOBE.
WINoNA. Aug. GA case of parental
brutality, that hardly seems credable,
occurred at Minnesota City late yester-
day, and raised intense excitement and
indignation. The eleven-year-old son
of August Hoppe, section hand, was
accused of letting some sheep out of
George Troost'S pasture, and early Mon
day morning his father punished
him, and then took chain and
fastening it with paddock and
putting the key in his pocket. The boy
was found three hours and g half later
by G. Chapman, nearly strangled to
death. The chain was filed off. and
when Mr.. Hoppe returned in the even
ing crowd of indignant citizens took
the chain and padlocked it to his neck,
but he was relieved shortly after OF his
new-style collar by friends. 1t is said
that he told the boy in the morning to
stay where he was, and if he was
dead at night so much the better he
would drink keg of beer on him.
An unusually sad story is that of Mrs.
Jacob Gamroth, poor woman who was
found at the depot sitting upon a box
containing her husbands dead body,
crying piteously. Inquiry divulged her
sad story. She arrived yesterday on
the Burlington with the dead body, and
left this morning on the Green Fay for
Independence, Wis. Mr.. Gamroth
formally lived there, but of
late years had been in the
employ of the Northern Pacific.
railroad at Jamestown, OAK. About
two weeks ago he was struck in the
or hxvo fol tha
effects Of which he died week later,
although the attending physician gave
the cause as bronchial pneumonia. He
left his wife in poor circumstances, but
she resolved to take the body back
to Independence, his old home,
where he had friends and relatives,
The railroad company furnished her q
pass for short distance, but the eX-
pense the rest of the way were paid
from her scanty store. In addition a
mistake in roads was made, which
obliged her to wait at the Northwestern
depot from noon yesterday until this
morning, and, but for the kindness of a
fried VINO found her sitting on the box
weeping, would have suffered cOnsId-
erably. as she did not have sufficient
funds to pay hotel bills. Mr.. Gamroth
was ffty-one years of age. In addition
to this calamity which has overtaken
her, she has lost her five children in the
past five years. She will make her
home in independence.
Four funerals of men all well known
occurred to-day. Rev. August Busch
officiated at the funeral services of
Thomas Lichtensteiger, at the late resi-
denee. The pall-bearers were j..
Kuehnbacki, Alex Chititz, j. Win
kels, E. W. RebstOck and John Schultz,
all selected from the Sharpshooters at
Mr.. Liehtensteiger's request. The fu-
neral of Herman Thode occurred
at the German Lutheran church,
Rev. Philip Won Pohr officiating.
The pall-bearers were Ell. SomeS.
John Hass, Chris Stark, John Rohnel-
der, Aug Schumacher and Charles
Sewers. John Panzer was buried from
the same church. The funeral of John
Degnan was held at St. Thomas church.
The pall-bearers were James Morgan,
Thomas Allen. James Whalen, Andrew
Egan, James Quinn and Henry Whalen.
Sheriff Bradley took Annie Anderson,
a girl of fourteen, to the Rochester
asylum to-day. She has gradually be-
come insane, without evident cause. 1t
is believed it is hereditary. her father
being insane.
The crusade against the bicycles
came to an abrupt termination last
night at the council meeting, when the
proposed ordinance keeping them off
Sidewalks was killed and the present Or
dinance left unchanged.