Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16


dent of schools of Washington County,
succeeding r. NJ. Dure, who resigned to
resume teaching.
| Mrs. Valentine Rouiller committed sui
eide by drowning at Two Rivers, taking
with her her 2-year-old daughter She
worried because her husband wanted to
take up farming.
Gottlieb Fleischmann. a leading farmer
| living two miles north of Marshfield, fell
a distance of twenty feet in his barn,
| striking on his head His neck was brok-
| en- and he died almost Immediately.
Because his 15-year-old son refused to
assist him in preparing supper Theodore
! Wasserman, a Racine shoemaker, stab
| bed him with pocket-knife The blade
| penetrated the left lung, and the wound
may prove fatal.
| The government officials have decided
that the Pintsch light placed on the Ra-
cine reef is not sufficiently elevated to
protect the light from the heavy seas and
work has been started to elevate the iron
work twenty feet
The Richfield Creamery Company,
! Holcomb, Dobiatz & Schilling, proprie-
| tors, has failed The majority of the
| creditors are farmers in that vicinity.
| These number about seventy and the
amounts vary from SIS to $65 each,
making total of about $500.
Charles Sundene, a motorman on the
| street railway, had a narrow escape from
death. A Northwestern freight train
| struck the street car on which he was.
| and took off the entire front. Sundene
/ was hurled with the wreckage some dis
lance, but escaped serious injury.
Sorrow is felt in all parts of Kenosha
| on account of the death of Mrs. Edgar
| Pennoyer, one of the founders of the
| PennOyer sanitarium. The decedent was
| 20 years of age and was one of the best
known and wealthiest women in southern
| Wisconsin. She came to Kenosha in the
early sos.
News confirming the report of the MUIR
/ der by Boxers of Miss Rowena Bird of
| Milwaukee was received by mail from
Tien-tsin. The details come from a ma
| tive Christian missionary. Miss Bird
was at Tai Ku, about twenty miles from
Williams, ID. W. Claep and wife and
Miss Susan Partridge were oyerpowered
and slain by a mob of Cinnamon
William Porter, retail oil dealer at
Beloit, was frightfully burned and dis.
| figured for life by an explosion in great
gasoline oil tank. He had cleaned the
| tank during the day, and in the evening
| before refilling it from the car tank, he
| lowered a lantern into his tank to see
how things looked. While he peered
down the manhole there was an explo-
sion of gases. The building took fire, but
| was saved.
Last July when Adolph NJ Meader, an
| Appleton jeweler. was in Amigo, he
CHANGED to meet an Indian with some
choice venison, portion of which he pur-
chased. A short time after State Game
Warden Bissinger was informed of the
fact. A warrant was served Gin Mr..
Meader and he was taken to Amigo and
taken before Municipal Judge Martin,
who fined him $50 and costs, amounting
to SJ062.
The Northwestern road has made an
other mysterious move in the vicinity of
the 142 acres in the southwestern part
Of Fond du Lac, which was recently
transferred by NJ H. Coleman to Her
man Haas but which is generally cred.
tied with having Northwestern backing.
The company has unloaded fifteen car
loads of block stone in the vicinity The
speculation that the Northwestern pro-
poses to build supplementary railroad
shops is getting stronger
The town Of Casco is worked up over
what gives evidence of being a genuine
sensation. Mrs. Anna Zlab, 30 years old,
died and preparations were made for her
burial after physicians certificate had
been obtained. Later relatives became
suspicious that all was not right and an
other physician was called. A deep cut
back of the head led to a post-mortem
being held. The finding of the physician
was that the woman died from natural
causes The authorities of the town of
Casco held a coroner's inquest which re-
suited in a verdict of death from unnat-
ural causes. The finding of the cash on
the back of the head and the fact that
the neck has turned black has given rise
to all kinds of reports as to the cause of
death.
John F. Davis. for eighteen years sup
| erintendent of the Walworth County asy-
lum and poor farm, is to be succeeded
Jan l by William II. Allen Of Elkhorn.
Mr.. Allen is the present county treasurer,
his term of Office expiring Jan. J.
While cut hunting north of Waterfowl
Ernest kreutziger, Il years old. receiv-
ed charge of shot in his back BY the
accidental discharge of shotgun in the
hands of companion, James 0'Brien. 4.
| portion OF the charge lodged in foot
rule which the victim carried in his peck
ct. and this is thought TO have saved his
life
The body of August Behling was found
floating in the river at Milwaukee. A
deep cash over the left eye and bruises
on the body indicate fonl play. Behling
had been missing for a week.
The Helmer Milling Compauy's mill
and elevator. the latter having a capacity
| Of 10000 bushels. were entirely destroy
ed by IRE 1T Fond dn Lac The loss is
between $4,000 and 100000. with an
insurance Of $4,000 TO S27. 900.
The postoffice in Richland Center was
robbed the other night and over 81 900
in money and stamps taken. The burg
lars effected an entrance to the building
through the rear door By cutting away a
panel and turning key in the lock.
A section boss on the Milwaukee road.
supposed 10 be Patrick Mooney Of Chi
cage. met death beneath the wheels q
4 ST. Paul train AZ Kenosha The man
Was found dead along the tracks, and
was maagled beyond Identification An
insurance policy in his pocket disclosed
his Identity He MAS 81 years old.
Mrs Fred Grover. a yonnS woman Nv
ing near RIdgelsnd. met with shocking
death From appearances she had gone
To the yard 10 catch horse and the ami
maj. becoming frightened. ran away
When Mrs. Grover was found the halter
was around her neck. which was broken.
the indications being that her death was
! thus caused.