The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-05-17
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

Gel. Watrous seems to be stirring mat
tiers up quite lively in Grand Army cir
Giles.
There has been seven deaths from
small pox in Menasha The disease III
that city is said to be of virulent type
Charles Williams of Madison who has
been robbing barns and granaries for
some time, was sentenced to one year IT
state prison this week.
1t is rumored that Z. S. District Attor.
ney Wigman is about to resign his posi-.
ton, as the fees are not as large as ne ex.
pncted they would be.
Edward Brandes and Nick Terens Of
kewaunee came near dying from poison
which was in seller water which they
drank on Tuesday last
Elihu Coleman of Fond du Lac has
brought suit against the United States
| for S6,0O0 which he claims is due him il
| fees and stationery as district attorney.
A number ofLaplanders passed through
the state this week on their way to Alas
ka where they are gong into the bust
ness of raising reindeer for the govern
| ment.
Two Pna;~o ln3r Aldo. Ill -
| Frank Thomas went out in small boat
| from Racine on Monday. The boat cap
sized, but the boys chung to 1t until res
cued.
Mark Barnum of Wausau, was lately
found guilty of libel. He had charged
EX-Postmaster Durkee through his paper
with stealing postage stamps. Barnun
will appeal.
4 The sash, door ana blind factory of the
Central Manufacturing Co. of Merrill
was stuck by lightning on Tuesday morn,
ing and was burned to tie ground. The
loss is $4,000.
The Milwaukee Il st. Paul road has
made heavy cut in freight rates between
Denver and Milwaukee. Northumberland.
ing the low rates there is but little freight
going westward.
The city of Watertown lost its bond
suit which was before the Z. S. supreme
court on appeal. The amount involved
is over $4,000. The costs will about
double the amount.
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Mark Barnum who is charged with
traducing the memory of Ella Maly, for
whose murder Rose Zodolsk1 is serving
a life sentence IN Waupun.
Mrs. Stlllson of Columbus, Wis, COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself on
Monday last. She had been an inmate
of the Mendoza Asylum and her husband
had secured her release the week proceed
ing.
Five tramps camped around a keg Of
beer at Fond du Lac on Tuesday evening
and became SO noisy that an officer went
to arrest them. They opened fire on him
and he was shot through the hand. Two
of the tramps were arrested, but three
escaped.
The identity of Minnie Braddock. who
wrote the lettea explaining that Ella
Maly had committed suicide, has been
established. Richland Center people saw
the child which was born to the woman
at Rhinelander and fixed the identity of
the woman through the child's resem-
blance.
Four tramps made an..attempt to rob a
passenger train on the Milwaukee & st
Paul road on Tuesday night, near
Winona, Their purpose was to derail
the train and they had a desperate fight
with the engineer and fireman who sue
ceeded in capturing them.
The floods on Tuesday did an immense
of damage in western Wisconsin.
The loss of property will reach millions
OF dollars. The town of Bloomer was al
most wholly sweep away. The loss of
the railroads is very heavy. Fortunately
there were no lives lost though there
were many narrow escapes.