Article Text
A Banker Assigned. Richland Center, Wis., April 1.George Krouskop, private banker, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities, $60,000; assets, $100,000.
George Krouskop (Richland Center, WI)
Episode Information
- Episode UID
5207135091012- Episode Type
- Suspension → Closure
- Bank Type
- trust
- Bank ID
-
520713509hash - Start Date
- April 1, 1884
- Location
- Richland Center, Wisconsin (43.335, -90.387)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
- Short Digest
f2bee9da753c01fc
Response Measures
None
Description
Entry is an assignment for benefit of creditors indicating failure/closure rather than a mere temporary suspension.
Events (1)
1.
April 1, 1884
Suspension
- Cause
- Bank Specific Adverse Info
- Cause Details
- Made assignment for benefit of creditors; suspension attributed to loans on real estate; liabilities ~$60,000.
- Newspaper Excerpt
- George Krouskop, private banker, made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
- Source
- newspapers
Newspaper Articles (2)
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# Wisconsin Items. The following are the Milwaukee grain quotations: Wheat-No. 1, 95%@96½c; No. 2, 84@84½c. Corn-No. 2, 55½@56c. Oats-No. 2, 31%@32c. Rye-No. 2, 61@62c. Barley-No. 2 Spring, 64@64½c. John Thompson was fined one hundred dollars for voting twice at the recent municipal election at La Crosse. Further investigation indicated that he had voted in every ward in the city. The following postmasters have recently been appointed: Eliphate S. Minor, Necedah, Juneau County; F. J. Bartels, Peshtigo, Marinette County. George Krouskop, a banker at Richland Centre, Richland County, made an assignment a few days ago. His suspension was attributed to loans upon real estate, and his liabilities were placed at $60,000. The large double store building at Galesville, Trempealeau County, occupied by Cephal as a harness store and McAdams as a photograph gallery, was burned a few nights ago. It was owned by Mr. McAdams, and was valued at about $1,500. Peter Pecore, the young man who recently accidentally shot himself at Milwaukee while attempting to imitate "Texas Harry's" use of a pistol, has since died. The saw-mill of E. K. Buttrick, at Stetsonville, Taylor County, started up recently for a summer's cut of 4,500,000 feet of logs. The dwelling of Mrs. J. Seeley, near Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, was burned recently. Loss, $600. E. R. Strong's hardware store and Charles Rutzen's tailor shop at Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, were burglarized the other night. About $150 worth of goods were taken from Strong and considerable clothing was taken from the tailor-shop. Joseph Hausmann and John Hess, prominent brewers, were before the Municipal Court at Madison a few mornings ago with others charged with keeping open Sunday and selling to minors and habitual drunkards. Hess and others were found guilty and fined nominal sums, while Hausmann's trial was postponed. Jim Mulligan and Peter McCann, who were out on bail on similar charges, had left the town. Emil Wallber, Republican, was elected Mayor of Milwaukee a few days ago by 3,038 majority. The Democrats elected the other municipal officers. The Republicans have a majority in the Council. The annual meeting of the State Board of Charities and Reform was held in the office of Secretary Wrigt, at Madison, a few days ago. Those present were Hon. Andrew E. Elmore, of Fort Howard; Dr. J. H. Vivian, of Mineral Point; Hon. H. H. Giles, of Madison; Mrs. Fairbanks, of Milwaukee, and Secretary, A. O. Wright; Dr. W. W. Reed, of Jefferson, was the only absent member. Andrew E. Elmore was re-elected President, and Dr. W. W. Reed Vice-President of the Board. The National Furnace at Depere, Brown County, produced 16,226 tons of pig-iron during the blast of fifteen months-an average of thirty-six tons a day. Owing to ill-health Rev. Mrs. Jennie Thompson Jones, for the last year the successful pastor of the Christian Church of Beloit, Rock County, has resigned her pastoral duties, and with her husband would go to Fort Wayne, Ind., to live. She is a successful evangelist, and will after a while engage in that work again. Nicholas Gaspar, aged ten years, was fatally injured at Hartford, Washington County, a few days ago, by a fall from the hay-loft of his father's barn. The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce has elected Robert Elliot President and W. J. Lansen Secretary. In digging a well not far from Palmyra, Jefferson County, recently laborers discovered indications of crude petroleum in the surface water. The discovery has leaked out, notwithstanding great efforts to keep the matter secret. This revives the old petroleum sensation of over twenty years ago, when petroleum was thought to have been discovered in Palmyra, and several fortunes were sunk along with the shafts in boring for oil. One shaft over seven hundred feet deep still remains where it was sunk for oil near the Palmyra Mill, and has since been utilized as an artesian well. There was great excitement in regard to the matter, and people were flocking to the place. J. P. Cooper, of Eau Claire, hardware merchant, who failed some time ago for $50,000 and disappeared, returned the other day and made an assignment, notwithstanding that a dozen attachments had been made on his property. Rev. Daniel Read, of the First Baptist Church of Bloomington, Ill., has accepted the call of the Grand Avenue Baptist Church of Milwaukee. The residence of Mayor Lindsley, a wealthy lumberman of Neillsville, Clark County, was burned a few afternoons ago. Loss, $3,000. A peculiar and fatal cattle disease is said to be prevalent in the town of Carlton, Kewaunee County. Fred Noa, the proprietor of a butcher-shop at Prairie du Chein, Crawford County, died the other night from wounds received at the hands of an employe named Sebenbach. Noa was about to discharge Sebenbach, and a dispute occurred over the settlemant. During the altercation Sebenbach drew a knife and stabbed Noa in the abdomen. A young man about sixteen years old, who had been blind since the age of five years, was operated upon by a La Crosse doctor recently, and has now nearly regained his sight.