Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-13

thrown from Duggy and fatally injured.
She i 81 years old.
Jim Hill. a yoodsman. was brought in
from Star Lake. mangted almost beyond
recognition by train.
i The Northwestern Iron Company's
plant in Mayville started and over 100
men now have steady employment.
Fire broke out in the La Crosse Knit
4 ting works and the plant was damaged
to the extent of several thousand dollars.
A new bank to be called the Walwortll
Exchange bank will be opened Dec /,
with +. j. Clarke. president, and FL. S
Bell cashier.
At Racine hose wagon No 4, while or
its way to fire at the Schilling brewery
was overturned and James Bruce, a FIRE
man, was badly hurt.
The body of an unknown man was
| found at Niagara. 1t had been in the
| water for some time and was so badly
decomposed that Identification was inn
possible.
Judge SiebecLer has granted divorce
in the case of Laura Pearl Martin VS..
! Charles E. Martin, both of Baraboo Mrs.
Martin was given the custody of the two
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William Jacobs, a young man of %
years, was accidentally shot and killed
while hunting with party of three 9TH
| ers in the eastern part of Dane County.
near the town line between Deerfeld and
sfelina.
/ The Prairie Du Sac bank at Baraboa
was robbed, the loss being 81. 500 in gold
1 and $500 in other money. Entrance was
from the rear and dynamite was used to
blow open the safe. There is no clew
| the robbers.
Carl Barwick. a Racine molder, 35
years old, committed suicide in the pres
| enee of his wife, by shooting himself in
| the head twice with revolver He was
drinking in a saloon when Mrs. Barwiek
went after him.
Mrs. Catharine Lesselyoung. aged 81
/ years, was found dead in a rocking chair
at the home of her son. Henry Lessel-
young, in the town of Center. Heart dis
ease is supposed to have been the imme-
! date cause of death.
Postmaster John Freeman of New Lon
don has forwarded petition to Washing
| ton through Congressman Il. S. Minor
asking for the establishment of rural
delivery route through the towns of Lib
erty and Maple Creek.
Wisconsin Commandery No /, knights
| Templar, celebrated its semi-centennial
| by banquet at Milwaukee. Judge Hen
ry L. Palmer, the only survivor Of the
ten members of the original commandery,
was the honored guest.
| A terrific rainstorm visited the country
along the Wisconsin Valley division of
| the Milwaukee road, resulting in much
damage Several large washouts occur
red and it was Impossible to run trains
! over that division the next day.
| Frank Techmer fell from a scaffolding
at the new st. James Church, La Crosse,
and it was feared that his neck was brok
| en-. lie recovered consciousness, however,
| in a lew minutes and is apparently none
the worse for his fight through space.
Floyd Brown, an S-year-old boy, was
abducted from the Sixth street school at
Hudson by an unknown woman and I'M
| der peculiar circumstances. The motive
| of the abduction is yet a mystery. The
authorities are making an investigation.
| Another case of the law against Cupid
| has just arisen in La Crosse and nicely
| planned elopement was nipped in the bud
| just in the nick Of time. Paul Phelps of
| Galesyille telephoned La Crosse asking
! the local authorities if they had seen
anything of his sister, pretty miss of -
summers, adding that he supposed she
/ had eloped with a man from Sparta, who
had ridden horses at the Galesyile fair.
The couple were at last found at Sparta,
| where the authorities were notified just
in time to save the young girl from
marriage ceremony Her father went to
| Sparta and took her back home.
| Police and friends are conducting an
eager search to find the whereabouts of
/ \. L. Neiman. welknown business
man of Kenosha, who disappeared re-
| Gently 1t is not thought that Mr.. Nei-
man has met with foul play, but it is
] thought possible that he has committed
suicide. Two months ago Neiman was
married to Miss Minnie Reel of AIilwau-
kee. The other day all the creditors of
Neiman received letters from him stat
| ing that he had given up his business on
account of family troubles. To friends
he wrote that he would never be seen
again. He left no missive for his wife,
who left for her home in Milwaukee as
soon as it was learned that the husband
was missing.
The famous Dellona riot case has at
last been settled at Baraboo. Several
years ago Thomas O'Malley was married
TO Emma Staples at Kilbourn. After
living with the bride for two days he
decided the farm to his sister, Mrs.
Bridget Fricke As soon as this was
done he left for parts unknown and has
not put in his appearance since that time.
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and this was followed by suit for
divorce by Mrs. O'Malley and for posses
sion of the property. In the Circuit
Court she won the case. although it was
hotly contested by the relatives of the
departed O'Malley The matter was tax
en- to the Supreme Court of the State and
there the order was set aside ON the
ground that the publication OF the no
tees was defective. Mrs. Fricke contin-
ued to hold the fort on the big farm and |
the opponents became very restless at the |
snail-ike procedure of the courts and off, |
GERS sworn 10 execute the laws. Some of |
the friends of the 0'Malley faction incit- |
ed the widow of the absent citizen to en-
list the aid of her friends. go to the farm
create a great demonstration and fright
en- the righfful owners away There was |
great RACittlHtiA lltte onc night. UtI Y
luckily no one was seriously injured |
Some of the property was destroyed and |
several people were arrested for being inn |
plieated in riot BY means of the at |
torneys and the court the matter has been |
settled and Mrs Fricke continues to rule |
the farm.
A heavy rainStorm in the vicinity of |
La Crosse resulted III much damage. |
There were heavy wasaouts on the rail |
roads.
Fire broke out in the basement of a
large barn belonging to Joseph Howard |
in Friendship. The loss is estimated at
$3.50. The stock was all saved.
The sawnill known as Riley's MILL at |
Mud Brook. was destroyed by FIRE and |
is a total loss. The FIRE originated in |
the engine room and the entire mill in a |
moment was a seething mass Of flames. |
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