The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-06
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

L. B. MCLEAN was killed at Tonahawk
on Saturday by board which flew from
the saw
The Oshkosh base ball club is about to
disband Want of patronage is given as
the cause,
The Milwaukee street railway handled
nearly one million persons during the
carnival in that city
Mrs. d. B. Peck. mother of Ex-Gov.
Peck, died at her home in Fort Atkinson
on Sunday last aged 80 years.
The story that one of the Racino base
ball club was to he married ON the dia-
mond was hoax. The victim has re
signed from the club
The Appleton Post is putting up
building for its own use and for the use
of the government 1t must pay to pub
lish paper in Appleton.
Emil Hays of Brillion fell from a two
story blacksmith shop at Brillion ON Sat
urday and received serious injuries from
which he may not recover.
The three year-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. August Urban of Menasha was
burned to death on Sunday last. She
was playing with matches and her cloth
es caught fire,
Julius Oepke fell ON circular saw ut
Gillett near Oconto ON Friday last He
was cut from the shoulder to the waist
on the left side, through the ribs 50 that
heart and lungs We're exposed.
There is a sea serpent in the neighbor-
hood of Marinette at lakes Mary and
Julia. 1t is about Is feet long and has
happers on its jaws. 1t has been shot at
several times by farmer named Cav
anaugh
Henry Villas the only son of ex Senator
Villas, died at the home of his father in
Madison ON Saturday night of diabetes.
He had been in poor health for long
time and was in a critical condition for
two weeks
Victor koyala, Finnish trammer in
the East Norrie mine near Ironwood, fell
down shaft, distance of 400 feet on
Thursday night The body was crushed
SO badly that the remains had to be gath
cred up in blanket.
William p Bottolfson of Milwaukee
rode on Saturday last from Milwaukee
to Racine and back, a distance of 80
miles on a bicycle without handle bars,
covering the distance in three hours and
twenty-seven minutes without fall or
a mishap.
Some scoundrel took advantage of the
license permitted at the Carnival in Mil
waukee on Thursday night to throw acid
in the eyes of Arthur Pittelkow. Had
not the services of an oculist been prompt
ly secured the young man would have
lost his sight.
The recent decision in the Kaukauna
water power by the Wisconsin Supreme
Court affects $500, 600 worth of property.
1t is in favor of the Green Bay and Miss
lsslppi Canal company. The costs of
litigation amounted to 5000 and are
taxed against the plaintiffs.
Two cases of suicide occurred at AL
gonna on Thursday. Fred Rautz hanged
himself He had contracted TO carry
mail to Sturgeon Bay at a figure SO low
he was losing money and he cancelled
the contract by taking his own life. Mrs
Sleminger was found dead in bed She
had taken Paris Green
John A. Cush of New Lisbon was seri-
ously injured by the explosion of giant
firecracker. He was standing on y box
under which an ignited frecracker was
placed The explosion shattered the
box and threw him to the ground.
Splinters We're driven into his body and
he is in precarious condition.
Mrs Jonn Steffins of Marshfield Fond
du Lac county, was bound and gagged
in her home on Saturday last and then
the bureau drawers We're ransacked the
robbers securing 5000 The deed was
done in broad daylight between the
hours of and TO- The town board has
offered reward of 81 900 for the arrest
of the perpetrators
Waukesha was the scene OF riot early
ON Saturday morning The Milwaukee
electric line had begun at ) o'clock in
the morning to put in double track
through the streets. This the city had
enjoined the company from dong. When
two blocks We're completed the people
became aware of what was being done
and the fire bells were rung. Soon there
were thousands Of people on the streets
and the workmen were assaulted The
fire department attached hose to the hy-
drants and put the streams on the rail
way workers. At eight o'clock every