Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1898 — A SAD FATE. [ARTICLE]

A SAD FATE.

Well-Known Nebraska Journalist Falls Into a Cistern at Lincoln and Is frowned. Lincoln, Neb., July 11. —A. 11. Mendenhall, vice president of the State Journal compflny, fell into a cistern at his residence Sunday morning at four o’clock and was drowned. He left his bed to examine the condition of the cistern and was too weak to maintain his balance. During the past year Mr. Mendenhall has been receiving treatment for general scldrosis, which physicians considered incurable. Mental and physical suffering had been great. A verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the coroner’s jury. Mr. Mendenhall had lived in Lincoln 25 years. He was born at Liberty, O. He began his newspaper career as a carrier on the Peoria Transcript and later secured an interest in the Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal. In 1871 he became one of the owners of the State Journal of this city.