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aABOUND THE CITY.(TORRENT EVENTS ;DUEIMG 7ES-' -TEEDAT. .Too Muoh Heat and ita effects—Burial ofthe Suicides-Needed Repairs— Railway Gossrip—Tho : BbhoplmaBterb '- -Death.tutu eloclety Milwaukee, Bccond to the aectloji or the North aide turn ere, Milwaukee: vThe individual Juveniles — First prize to Robert Schubert; second toEd-'Ward jjSpftar; third to A. ’Rchcckner; fourth to John Knell. . The latter Is a. member of tbo North side section, and the others belong to the section of tbo turn spclety Milwaukee. .j*Stnaiysr»rQt*er.103d30iei-wr-aetont70toctin3k5horae■yOBOtseS3, A DEAD SCHOOLMASTER.Fredrick Schhater, an old schoolmaster and music teacher, was found dead in: hie room In the rear of 903 .Winnebago street Sunday morning. The last that had been:seen or Schuster was about 4 A. M., o'clock Saturday. The house iu which Soniistef had his jpom being other wiso vacant but little ilottoe was taken of his non-appearance until Sunday forenoon when some of tbe_ neighbors entered and found Sohnster SJ»ijjg: healde his bo dwlth his face down,tt» mouth resting on a blanket In such a way as to Induce those who found him to tWok that death had probably ensued from' suffocation. Schuster appeared to hav$ bcon dead, for some time. , •“ •.The body was taken charge of by constable Mi’ddleton and brotigftO to tbo station house, where It was cooetgnecl to the morgue until Coroner Kuepper wopld be prepared to hold an iaquost. The inquest was held yesterday forenoon and a verdict or death; from lwXural causes returned by the jury.Schuster was a man of very go;od education, being a graduate of one oltbo German univorsiwee, and taught school for along time in thq various ^Gonzam-private schools of the City, I being- at oao time a teacher In the Broadway Germzu-and English Academy.1 He wsu esteems highly for hie ability as a teacher, arwU mndo many friends. The latter circumstance was rather an Injury to him than'a benefit for be being o.f a convivial disposition soon learned to drink to exaesa under the Influence of cheering company. It was the old Btory. His many (Inequalities brought him frlende, the frienda brought him* Into tho way of excessive drinking and of course the excessive drinking brought him low and left him to die alone witbono**frllt;md and without a dollar. For come toe bank he had managed .to keep up a» precarious exlatance by copying. miwto and giving-occasional music lessons, bub whatever ho earned beyond supplying himself, with the merest necessaries oilHc-went to help • the saloon keepers. - Kb was buried yesterday afternoon, some of bis friends furnlthlcg the funeralT1tEr LATE COLONEL FINXLEU. Colonel William Finkton died at his reaWejxco in this city, yesterday alter-noon^ aged fifty-eight, after a lingering Illness. Col. Finkler ' was one §! the . prominent German citizens 6t Milwaukee, and hla death will bo regretted by a large circle of friends.; lie camolto Milwaukee from tho city of Nassau, Germany, tb® place of his nativity. In 18S0. Ho shortly after engaged In tho real ctate business being u member of the fittn of Townsend ,fc Flakier. Shortly arter £bo outbreak o! tho war ho entered the army as quartsrmostcrju one of tho Wtecanain! regiments. After the close of the war ho returned .to Milwaukee, ! residing hero for some timeJ.He returned to: his naiiye city cf Nassau a few years 6iuco and ro-ftlded thtr« as consul, xecoiving the op-pointipeat from PreeMent Grant. Since his return to America, be has lived for the mpst part In Chicago where some of tho membsrs of his family had located themselves. Mr. Flnktcr was prominently conhectedvlth the Milwaukee Musical; Society baring atone time been elected-! .preimt of; that body. He leaves a irrowa up family of children, gome of whora .reeido lit Chicago and other lu Mll-xraukGO. • 'former ----- ^ _ ... . .. ... . ,outfit out of their own pocket*. H;o j having been up before simnly adds one more to tho long iln* ot* pourt several limes on! •cbSoI masters who have goqe down •*penniless and alone unwept, unhonored, and regretted but by few. xtyit:k,ekr-erk,or:alITt)ajttyits55.nglun-bebvin.r*.b.an.rk.COURT HOUSE NOTES.City Treasurer Trutnpfl has mado his weekly report. It la as follow s: Cash on handiat beginning of week S5.6S2.03, cash receipts $16,465.71: checke issued $50,318.02; ewh ..disbursement $500,33; .city orders paid $22,416.60; eehoot or-dera paid $13,219.36; certificates of board of public works $4,34; coupons paid $1,6433.05; library orders paid $152,35; dopoEitedtn bant $14,040.47; cash on hand at closo of week. $5,609-33.Chief of Police Kennedy has appointed-John Shauaa member of thu police force, and Mayor Black hae conflrmcU the appointment.' '. The committee on prjnGng will meet la the city decks -office at 7:30 tkla evening.Tho county treasurer reports Cc6b re-iceJpts for lkst week aggregated $4,802.-;93; tho dlsbursemooia, $2,265.16; ^tho • p resout caeh balance In hand, $ 10S.U57.85.The Cream City street railway company has received ordora from the board ioT public works to repair the Btrest be-.tween Its track and keep It in be*!er -condition hereafter.' ’ ji .The water department reports thrr iwalcr consumption of tho city for tho ipast week at 76,727,920 gallons. This is ia daily average of 10,061.130 .and an in-creaao over the daily average of Inst year of 1,371,280.The city treasurer reports tho receipts of $122 for licenses, $62u advanced taxed.The county treasurer yeterday rp-l.ceivcd $241 from lleory Inase inspector !of tho house of correction.ji A FIRST WAUD ROW.John. Odia and Peter Ternes .were brought la last night, about 11 o'clock, by oflleers Paiowski and Hanlfln on ft charge of trying to put heads on ouch other qn Frankiln street, j Tho row! be-;monce'tl last Friday night-. In u ealoon kept by ono Klatt on Frankitn street, anii; was conlinued into Odift’a houso. Odla usserti that Ternes rushed Into his house bn Frouklin Btroot about -mid-Blght^ jbwidishing tw:u revolvers and threatening hJa llfd. Ho went,, to the police fttatlon ye^Uirday to Swear outa warrant against Tcmes on a charge of burglary, butwus in soiuo manner d»slay-od. T^rncs, on the other hand, claims that Oliia Btoio hlu' hat from tnc saloon of- Petor Klatt on Franklin street, and that he was simpIy_fiearehlQg for Mr. Hlckoxjin order to havo n warrant sworn ;outi against Odia when he camu into his house.i. Their stories were, to say the doast, eontradJctorv, but Judge Mallory will pTOhably fitralchten matte re out this moralug. Odla worka in Falk's brewery and Teroes would keep a aaioou, only •tho police won't lei iihia He h;is the reputation of Uelr»g rather a hard cJti/.eu,the tuuQielpnl the Charge of peeping.u dlsordotly house and other 'misdemeanors.. • •; OLD SOI/S WORK.Afbaday Came hot and scorching,- and everyone out. doors had to suffer froiu tho extVCmo heat, cnudo more intolerable by the abfeence of a brec/.o ilt; stir the air. The Sherman etc r registered ninety-one in the shade on the east bide, and ninety-four o*x tin? west bide. Being tlio 'ficEt roasting, day, there were many who suffered. In numbers of places wotk was not pushed and men sought thofihadv.* Several victims of tne heatwere BovcreJv affected. Fram eleven t«»four tho Rcat oppress! Ayoung girl was siiastrusk on Toctli street, and had to be eeirled Jjomo. The phyeiclan learcd she might .not recorer.WiiUiuu Koglt;Tr. .fcwitchmnsj at th‘*Northweetorn depot was visibly afrepteuEbout 3 b'elock, und ho-J U) be taken t«»Is housb.•‘Auguet Schirtz, who zcsidcs at ),p05 Tilet Etteet. wo?. eTMiPtrv»ke ycstcni.-iy about 1 P. M.f while ftftlkiug..on Detroit street bctweeo £aet Water street and Broadway- Schittz was brought to the Contral jinllco station1 w1kt« bo rej-ulvod medical .^treatment. Dr. Nimmann attending Schirtz will colinj thro.ii hail right,i-aittjyugh It luoked for a whib* al though bin day3 were numhrn-d. ji»*RAILWAY GOSSIP.pe.•Id,er.zt: Tbo earnings of the Chicago and Northwestern railway fol tbo first week in July Bhowsan increase of $37,700.Tho Milwaukee, Luke Shore and Western railway graders are now nearly all cagaged on the line' nbovo Perry’s Mill.1 The company are experiencing some trouble with a mud ’ hoio at the Biady crossing. There appears to be no bot-od,w.i toi ofjhuereof-jnknediol-8-:ko the iv-, Rtnvau-arksintom to it, judging from the amount gravel thrown in every day.The auditing ddpartmcut ol tbo Wes era Union railroad will be moved frotb laraRacine In a few days and Jooated in city. •.■ According to the StDven6 Point Journal, the cars and englntB of the Milwaukee and Northern road are being painted and re-lettered at the Centra^ shops in that city. When tho Central took control of the Northern, two or throe years ago, the cars were uil re-iettnred with its own initials.Articles of association have b£«m lUed iu tbo office of the secretary of 5tto by Jesse Hoyt and George J. Seney, of New York city, and Angus Smith, Guido PflBter, James 0. Spencer, and Ephraim Mariner, of tho Cltr of. Milwaukee, as “The Meuaflha and Appleton Railroad Company, object: the construction,operation and maintenance of a railroad from the cl*y of Menaeha to tho city ofwas probtratfed by sunttToKC hiyajo.AXSLEV GRAYi »•No i tidings of Ansley Grey hive been refcHvcd Bincy hr irft MiJwj'.urUM*. but iu ore of his rAo'culiti^fi liav»? b«;osi beard ofi lie reported v have nad oliccked .lia many checks cui tho Bismarck bank aa was jjos^i.biP..which was ojit* in every city where ho tank»d. lii.s downward cqreer could not bo quicker. Whiskey,;iulencs, and (opium afw given as tho caiieefl.Now ItilB rejtorted {hat when he became tho guardian of hip wife's bouil, he gave M fiham ball, which was accepted In thlt;i probate court of this city. The sult||fordiyorco by his wife Will uuduubt-edly ehnvrieomo of tho honorable Ar.hlvy's villainy, :'He.r property was valued at $25,000. and Is all squandered.-V•‘•jAppleton, alx miles In length etock, $150,000.! The pay cars on the different railroad left the city yesterday, employees will bo happy for a tf’eek while the cash lasts. |The excursion trains on Sunday'capitalInes of ind tho-ora are.oraiones-es*ivo110iOlrorLbeariaarerc-ro;rs.thoIDtiB,cr*toled7-fast proving pwfltablt, every coat filled with pleasure aeekera.HOUSELESS AND'HOMELI SS.h beingBASE BALL.The bakers and carpenters. cf tl»«s Fourth ward held a match game of friw» ball Sunday, for three boxes of.uigary and the championship of tho ward. The match came off near Grand avenue, between Thirteenth and Fqm toe nth *Lrpet«. In the afternoon, and j wan well Attended by a highly hppreciative crowd of :.guimn*, who -expr'esijed'their amusement in unrcdtrtinel * burs Is merriment. , Tho carpenters found but littla difilCiiUy In l*?avjjg their * unwioUly CODipetltbrB in for- thw. cigars, as they made twenty-two rune to tne butchers el-eveo.For o lilllo while it loukod as though tho umpire would Ijnd Imusolt reduced Co .6ausage rocnt by tllo defeated knights lt;;| the cleaver; but the latter bedog rut Iter exhausted from following tho bail, finally cooled down hod took the. defeat with the beat grace t)*©/ could assume.KTitertsof•bedltIroiOt^63it-:he90,:orne:esu-ontd.Its*!5rkFrank Fogornl, a poor Bohemlin who isunablo to speak; EngU6b, ranted a houeq on Clybourn near Fourlai etreet,from a.man named Fox, who Is kaid to live on Sixteenth Btrflet, paying Fox’a wife $1 of tbo rent In advance. Yoster-day, an out noon, Fogornl who lived In the northern part of tho city ,hlred an ex pressman to move his family and furniture to the new place of residence. This waa done, but when they arrived at tho place, Fox refused to admit them, ckarg-fug that they had more Children iban they told him of. ,AII ..the afternoon ■ Fogornl and hie family lingered about the place uncertain what to do. After nightfall the expressman and Fogornl vent over to the police staj-tloft to seek relief and also .o have tho bill for the transportation of the family and furniture adjusted. The police .declined to Interfere la the matter- as they claimed that it did not come withfn their Jurisdiction and Pogornl had to go back to his furniture on Olybourn; street. It doesn't appear quite. clean what difference. Itwould possibly make to Fox how many children Pogorfil had,, and the fact that Fogornl had rented the house and paid part of the rent, wiU probably leave hlm-fiablo- in V civil • ault '; for . damages; Pogorni says that he had stated at the time of renting the house that he bad Intended, to have three of his children live in it* and that he had only ' brought that number with him. • • .. POLICE CHANGES.• Policeman Carl. Witt has been remover] from the police force for sleeping while ,on duty. -!llo Sb succeeded’, by Veter Schaos. 1. ;StatlonkeeperBflgDlJer, nt his roqueet, has been tnbsrerred trom tho.position of stjxtlonkcep^r. to that of pairolmnn. Officer Jansen takes, his place as tation-keeper. -J *Ol^cer Klllelca? has boon transferred fcom , Us bcat lojtho First ward to tho Lake Shore eepol, officerBagoller taking hlB placo aa nlgat patrol lu tho First ward.- - 5 '8ECTJUITV IN ^TOCK 6PEC dbATION.'lTURNER PRIZES.. The Milwaukee turner* came homefrom the annual etate session held, at Mayvllle Sunday,. laden with prizes as follows;'.1 Third section prize to tho North side turners, Firat prize to Indlvldna] turner, wrestling prize, ; putting heavy ; stone prize and long Jump prize,; to Fritz Holz, oltheNortix^ side:'turners. ~To’ juvenile sectionfl-^nret prize to toe^eotlpn of theExtremely .icautlous peoplowhohoEliatoto deal in BtockB,.-because of a vagdp dread of great hazard in traosactlona, 'often lose favorable opportunities for large profits. Tho unprecedented fiucccss ana safety Of tho new Mutual Capltallza-taon System Is attracting universal at-jtanfloh. Ahybody can fcuccoerully. op-oratd by this now method, wiUj amounts from $25 to $25,000 and receive a pro rata division of tho aggrogat-o profits so-6ured bv great concentration of capital. A N^wEngland mill owner made $388.16 in a fcapltalibatlon of $50. A Stj-Louis lady netted $863.16 from an Investment of $150 during the moDiU of May. Tho stock market juet now Is In a c^ditlon to realize large profits by s;de utii Judi-cloue investments. Now circular, “Rules for Buccops with Inyaluablo Information to all Investors, mailed free. * Ail kinds J)f stocks and bonds bought and eold Uv Adaub,, BlSowk Co., bankers and brokers, 2C and 28 Broad street. New York City. r ;• .. /ijiJiPORTAmr, ■; ,When' you visit, or leave New York City save Baggage Expressagc and Carriage Hire, And stop at Grand fjnton Hotel* nearly opposite Grcnd Central Depot; 350-elegant rooms reduced, to $1 and;npwardB per day, European plan. Elevator. * Restaurant supplied wltli tho beet - Hor«fe cars, SUges and • Elevated Railroad to fdl depots. ;; v \A man muied/F. Schmidt, who keeps a galboh oh jvinnlcklnnlc avenne, was enn-
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Milwaukee Daily News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jul 15, 1879
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