The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

Two toughs assaulted Frank Russell,
Pres. Of the Park Falls Paper Co. and
tore off his ear.
A white coon was shot at Grantsburg
by the station agent at that place ON
Thursday last.
A land company has been organized
in Fond du Lac to purchase land for the
Wisconsin Central.
Ripon college is to have new science
hall The committee decided to begin
excavations Monday.
A new court house will be built at
BalsamLake Polk county. The build
ing will cost $50, 900.
Two professors of the State University
started to walk from Madison to Ash
land on Thursday last.
The Two Rivers city council raised the
allowance of the Joseph Mann public
library from $500 to $3.50 last week.
The State Fair returned u surplus Of
only $1,000 The total receipts for four
days were $4,000 and expenses 500, 600.
John Doepke fell from the top of a
quarry near Fountain City this state, u
distance of 1870 feet, and escaped fatal in
jury.
ri "a
tally burned ON Thursday last. Her
clothing caught fire from lighted
match.
Bears are numerous in the vicinity of
Abbottsford this state. A number have
been killed and hunting parties are or
ganizing daily.
Judge Oliver of Cincinnati died sud
denly at summer resort near Eagle
River on Thursday last. He was IS
years old and wealthy
An Oshkosh man has built an automo-
bile 1t is said to be the only one which
can be made to run backward and for
Wdlu Will CluUl iuSihoy
Gen E. S. Bragg was reelected presi
dent of the Iron Brigade last week The
meeting was held in Racine. The next
one will be held in Chicago.
A sanitarium is to be built ON the shores
of Elkhart Lake by Milwaukee and Chi
cago capitalists. 1t will be used rs a
summer resort and place of rest.
The committee of Waukesha citizens
who went to New York to try to prevent
the removal of the Central car shops
from their city were unsuccessful.
A 10-year-old Oconto lad attempted to
pick nitro-glycerine cap with a needle
and was manned for life. He wanted
to use the cap to ornament the end OF
his pencil.
James Bailey, farmer 20 years old,
and living near Chetek, this state, fell
from his binder and the machine passed
over him. His injuries will probably
prove fatal.
A strange accident occurred near Mar
inette last week. A Chicago & North
western train struck horse and carriage
and demolished the latter but no driver
co I'D be found
The city of Watertown has decided to
build new city hall at cost of $12, 900.
The fire department, the public library
and the police department will be loca-
ted in the building.
The woman reonaut who was MAX
ing daily ascensions at the Safe Fair in
Milwaukee was landed by her parachute
in one of her descents directly in front
of an approaching train.
A Marinette hermit has been taken in
to custody and will be examined DIS to
his sanity. He is said to have effected
certain miraculous cures and obtained
considerable celebrity in this way
Kenosha tax payers objected to the re-
port made on the Industrial houses of
the city, maintaining that the figures
are untrue and the matter will be taken
to the State Board of Equalization at
Madison.
The fourth trial Of the case of Mona
han VS.. Grakin was begun i'll Oshkosh
last week The case involves a -, 500
log deal and has been tried in United
States court each of the four times it
was taken up.
The police of Beloit had desperate
fight with 20 tramps on Sunday night
last The tramps We're stationed in a
box car and were terroriziug the neigh
borhood Thepolice made a raid on them
but the tramps showed fight and success
fully resisted arrest.