The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-02-22
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.


Michael Welch fell off an ice house
hight of 80 feet at Lake Mills on Tuesday
and was killed.
Many of the people of Racine ale dis
inclined to yield obedience to the order
for vaccination.
Simon Hitler of Sheboygan has been
appointed a University regent in place of
Judge Seaman, resigned.
| Two young men, Fred Meyers and An.
ton Sklnhoi were asphyxiated by gas at
kenosha on Saturday night. They had
taken room ID hotel and failed to
turn off the gas.
There is quite a bitter warfare being
waged in Methodist church in Fond du
Lac. Elihn Coleman, late district attor-
ney of the United States is one of the
leaders in the row.
Lena Craus, fifteen year old girl. was
fatally burned at Hortonville on Tues
day while lighting a lamp. Her clothes
accldently caught fire and she was soon
enveloped in flames.
1t Is announced that Brauer of Shaw
ono will be made deputy L. ). Marshal.
He vas one of Pratt's competitors. is a
member of the legislature and was hell
BENT In favor of Mitchell.
The two boys, Smyth and FehIing, who
have been plying the trade of highway
men near Lancaster, were sentenced to
states prison this week, the former for
four years, the latter for three.
The summer house of P. D. Armour at
Oconomowoc has been in litigation for SO
years, the strife being between two cola.
teral lines of the family. The case has
just been decided in Armour's favor.
There are now four cases of small pox
at Fort Howard, all due to the tramp
who introduced the disease and who died
there on the 31st ult. The disease has
also broken out at Depere, imported
rags being the cause
u rule was recently adopted in Besse.
mer cutting off from public aid those
persons Who were known to have means
This caused riot and a crowd made an
attack on the supply store, helping them.
selves literally to pork and -four. Others
made raid on saloons, drove the pro-
prletors out and held high carnival.
A Milwaukee man lately made a bet
that he could kill two eagles confined IN
a shed, he to use no weapons. He sue
ceeded in killing one, but the second
one would have killed him if he had not
been rescued. He may lose one of his
arms as result of the contest.
The tramps confined in the iail at
GAINESVILLE and kept beyond their time on
account OF quarantine regulations were
discharged on Saturday last. There were
a of them and each was furnished with
a new suit of clothes, their old clothes
having been burned so as to avoid the
possibility of spreading the small pox by
means of infected clothing.
Ashton, the Rock county man who was
lately sentenced to Waupun for life for
the murder of Mrs. Stone died of small
pox IN the county jail at Madison on Mon
day morning. He protested his innocence
to the last. He was buried in the night
1t Is thought Ashton contracted the dis
ease in the Jefferson jail where he spent
one night. The disease has since broken
out in the Jail there.
The Lutherans of Oshkosh are fighting
the vaccination order of the state board
of health. A boy five years old, recently
died IN that city as result of vaccina-
ton, and this has caused some alarm
among the people. The boys sickness
was due largely toexposure, which would
not have been followed by bad effects
were 1t not for the vaccination. And yet
parents cannot be blamed for being re-.
luctant to run the chances of introduce
ing poison lnto the system.
Mrs. Julia Desplke of New London had
a narrow escape from death at Appleton
on Monday last. She and her brother
were in a cutter; the horse took fright at
an electric car and the woman was thrown
on the track. She was dragged and roll
ed over 50 feet by the car, but miracu-
lousy escaped serious injury.
The democratic city convention for
Milwaukee will be held March 20. Con-
siderable interest attaches to the cleo
ton in Milwaukee this spring as the con-
test there will be on party lines and the
results will indicate the relative strength
of the parties in the state.
| Eugene Hughes was shot and fatally
wounded by the marshal of Fox Lake on
Monday last. Hughes was robbing the
depot building and on being told to
throw up his hands started to run.
| When some shots were fired in the air he
| turned and leveled his pistol at the mar
| shall, who then shot him down. HE'S the
son of farmer living near Fox Lake.
The tramp continues to distribute the
small poy. Two tramps WHO were lodged
in the Jail at Waukesha we're taken with
the small pox this week shortly after
their commitment. This new specially
OF the tramp will considera bly, affect his
standing as deserving citizen.
hFRzoG Bros. have sold their hack line
to 10. Wexel and have re-entered the Iiv-
cry business.
SCHMIDT II BoRCHERDT will begin on
Monday to run hack line from the de-
pot TO any part of the city. Orders may
be left at Hampton Bros. grocery store.