The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-16
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

The sheriff of Waukesha county pre-
sented bill to the county board for ser
vices and expenses for ten months
amounting to Sl4,528.
A fellow named Schank shot and kill
ed his mistress 10 Milwaukee resort on
Monday evening. He then put an end
to his own worthless life.
Fred Pabst wins the contest IN the
Worlds Fair award for beer. notwith-
standing that first reports gave it to An
heuser-Busch of St. Louis.
Phelps Perrin, the Hurley bank robber
is dying of consumption. His sentence
will soon expire but it is said to be
doubtful whether he survives until that
time.
Two boys were playing with an old
shotgun IN Milwaukee on Sunday last.
AS usual the gun was mot loaded" but it
went off and one OF the boys was shot in
the hip.
Carl Hoffman who lives near Plymouth
shot off one of his hands on Sunday last.
He had his hand over the muzzle of the
gun when both barrels went off, both
charges passing through his hand.
Lizzie Wendorf, resident OF Kewau-
nee county, died at Depere as a result of
a brutal assault on her by man named
Henry Norton. Before she died she made
a deposition and warrant was issued
| for Norton, but he had fed.
A man named Patek took carbolic acid
| by mistake in dentists Office in MIlwau-
kee on Saturday last and died in ten
minutes. He had a tooth pulled and
thought the liquid in the bottle would
relieve pain. There was but teaspoon
full of the acid in the vial
| Frank Falk was arrested in Milwaukee
on Saturday for having started two OF
the conhagrations which visited Mllwa,
kee during the year. He has confessed
the crime. Starting fires was a mania
with him. He was teamster employed
by one of the men whose property he de.
stroyed.
Mrs. Victoria Keeling of Milwaukee
was sentenced to IA days in the house OF
correction on Monday last for keeping q
dog on which she had not paid the tax
She Is widow and very poor. When
Gov. Peck was made acquainted with the
circumstances he at once pardoned the
woman.
| Andrew johnson who was in Jail al
Grantsburg charged with having killed
William Sullivan, committed suicide or
Sunday by hanging himself. He placed
a broom stick across the vent1lator of his
room, attached pillow case to it and or
the other end was tied a bucket bal
which he had placed about his neck
He then jumped from his bunk and the
job was done
A murder which occurred in Waupaca
county four weeks ago has just come tc
light. William Habeck was killed in the
woods by his son Herman, a youth of IS
and tie body was buried by him ano
Otto, a younger brother. The boys had
started out to work with their father who
began abusing them in the woods. Her
man became incensed and struck his
father with an axe, afterward cutting his
throat with the same instrument. He
and his brother then dug grave in
which the body was inferred. On return
ing home they reported that they hac
been sent home by their father The
neighbors became suspicious and instit
ted a search, the boys assisting. When
the body was found Herman confessed
The father, it appears, was hard drink
er and very abusive toward the family
who are in destitute circumstances owing
largely to his dissipation.