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The News Condensed
John Desmond, under arrest at Milwaukee, confessed that he was a member of a gang of thieves who had plundered Northwestern and St. Paul cars in Wisconsin for some time. Judge Bunn, of Madison, dismissed the case of the Hooe heirs, who claim valuable Wisconsin lands, on the ground of lack of jurisdiction, the claimants, who reside at Washington, not being citizens of any state. Mrs. Emma Schubert while boiling soap near West Granville was overcome by the heat, and, falling into the fire, was burned todeath. John Arthur, of Superior, a young man employed as a packer in the Anchor flour mill, was accidentally drowned while bathing in the bay. According to the figures of County Clerk Zentner, the seven towns and four villages in Milwaukee county last year manufactured $8,653,394 worth of goods. Frank Herms, a workman in the Berlin machine works at Beloit, fell through a hole in the floor into the race under the factory and was drowned. James T. Crangin, an lsettler, was found in the woods at Wolf Creek, dead, with his throat cut. He had been missing for three days and is supposed to have committed suicide. Jack Turner, who was under arrest and being conveyed to Madison by Marshal Oakley, made a daring escape by jumping from the train while his hands were tied behind him. The strike of coal handlers at Superior which had been on since August 5 was declared off by the union and the men went back to work at the old scale. It was estimated that the strike cost $30,000 to the county. County Physician John H. Otto was arrested in Milwaukee on a warrant sworn out by Richard V. Fischer, who charges him with having performed a criminal operation on his daughter, Paulina Fischer, which resulted in her death. Walter S. Maxwell, aged 55, manager of the Aminicon Brown Stone company, was found dead in his bed at the camp near Aminicon station. The fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Swiss colony at New Glarus was celebrated. The comptroller of the currency appointed Gilbert G. Thorne temporary receiver of the Keystone national bank, of Superior. One hundred and thirteen of the striking miners at the Badger mine in Florence held a meeting and by a vote of 69 to 44 decided to go to work. Martin Joyce, of Bear Creek, was fatally kicked by a horse. A farmer named Wolf, living near Clinton, has lost nine children by diphtheria within two weeks. Patrick Carr, of Maple Grove, fell from a wagon and was fatally injured. Fire destroyed the business portion of St. Kilian, an isolated village 16 miles north of West Bend. The loss was $25,000 and insurance $8,500. There is talk of building a railroad between Lancaster and Bloomington. The preliminary survey for the Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River railroad was started. It is expected that grading will be commenced by October 1 and the road completed to Iron River this fall. Martin Joyce, of Sandusky, was killed by being thrown from a wagon. John Dazkowski. charged with the murder of his wife last January, was held to the circuit court in Green Bay in the sum of $1,000. Henry Heileman, son of Mrs. G. Heileman, and heir to a large estate, committed suicide in La Crosse. The census of Trempealeau county shows a population of 21,827, a gain of 15 per cent. The state game warden says he has burned 20 miles of fish nets during the last six weeks. John Lauch. a mill hand at Marinette, shot his wife and then killed himself. His wife will recover. Miss C. H. Sylvester, who held the position of first assistant principal of the high school in Boscobel for seventeen years, resigned on account of ill health. During the month of July Rev. W.A. Hunsberger performed eighty marriages in Milwaukee, most of the contracting parties being from Chicago. Justice Hayden is second, with a record of fifty-two marriages during the month. Suit was commenced by the city of Eau Claire against ex-Treasurer Charles Greene and his bondsmen, O. H. Ingram and William A. Rust, to recover Greene's alleged shortage of $50,000.
