The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-08-02
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

DlpHtHtTld Las DScOule epluenllc IN lie
town of Freedom, Outagamie county.
Two young men at Madison last week,
swan a distance of two miles IN two
hours
The mau who was burned to death at
Phillips was an Oshkosh man named
Revland.
The burned city of Phillips is to be re-
built. Work amid the ruins has already
commenced.
Reports from the interior of Wisconsin
are to the effect that there is 20 imme IL
ate danger from fires.
Small poy has died ont in the state and
now exists in only FIVE localities and even
| there 1t is being kept very closely con-
fined.
Walter E. Gardner, who has been con-
| nected with the Evening Wisconsin for
| years. took possession OF the Green Bay
Gazette A1g. 1st.
| On Tuesday last the fund raised for the
Phillips sufferers and received in Mlwau-
kee, amounted S2.127 in cash. This does
noJ include supplies sent nor local aid
forwarded directly by other places.
The man who started the fire which
| did so much damage in the neighborhood
of Medford, barely escaped lynching on
Saturday last. Thirty of his neighbors
with ropes, surrounded his house, but
the man had fled.
| James Glynn shot a saloonkeeper on
the streets of Beaver Dam on Monday
| last The men had a quarrel previously
in saloon and when they met later on the
street, Glynn began shooting. The wounds
are said to be serious.
The strike at Ironwood has been de-
clared off and the troops have been or
dered away. The cost of the strike to the
/ county has been $4,000 and the laborers
have lost in wages 100000. They have
not gained single point contended for.
An Oconomowoc young man named
Longbacker, was fooling with revolver
which as usual was not loaded. 1t was
discharged and the bullet struck him on
the forehead, but fortunately glanced up
ward following the skull and came out at
the top of his head.
The main building of the Nerthwas tern
Lutheran University at Watertown was
struck by lightning on Monday night.
II caught fire and was totally destroyed.
The loss is about $4,000 If it was not
for the heavy ram falling at The time the
fire would have spread to the other build
ings.
A girl at Brodhead, this state who had
; been i'll for some time, on Tuesday night
poured kerosene over herself and set il
on fire. Her clothing was all burned of
and the SIX lin in every part of her body
would come off with a touch of the fin
ger. She did not seem to realizs what
she had done. She lived only an houl
after the accident.
Last week was terrible one for inter
ior Wisconsin. Tue city of Phillips
county seat of Price county, was literally
wiped out by fire. 1t was place O.
1900 inhabitants. The loss of property
is estimated at Sl,500000. Seventeen
lives were lost, 16 of them IN an attempt
to cross a lake The lake was covered sc
heavy with smoke and the currents Of all
caused by the conhagrations were so diff
cult to combat, that the boats upset and
16 people were drowned. The only build
] ings saved were church and a few small
buildings on the outskirts ID the direc.
. ton from which the fire came. The city
, was destroyed by four gales from the for
! est each of which cut a swath through
! the city.
Neighboring cities at once organized
relief societies and necessaries were sent
the destitute Gov. Peck proceeded to
the devastated city and took charge of
affairs.
Fire broke out on Saturday at Oshkosh
aud for a time it seemed that the city was
doomed. Before the fire had been brought
under subsection $4,000 worth of prop
erty, mainly lumber, was destroyed.
Mason, another Wisconsin town, has
likewise been wiped out by fire. Almost
every town in Northern Wisconsin is
theatened and people are fleeing to places
of safety. The lightest wind is sufficient
to start the fires anew as the whole coun
try is parched by the drouth.