Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-15

William T. Pugh of Menominee is to
be the chief deputy marshal of the west
er ndistrict
The town of Hamilton has been OIL
| cially declared free of smallpox. and has
been given a clean bill of health by the
authorities
Mrs. Edward Williams attempted sui
eide at Marinette by taking morphine
Her deed was due to dependency over
domestic troubles.
Captain G.. E. Rogers of Hayward a
prominent lumberman and member
during the rebellion of the famous Iron
brigade, died in Eau Claire, aged 81
years.
The fling Of petition for adniinistra-
ton on the estate OF George .himbaI
Of kenosha, who died in 1863, blocks sale
of gas works, much of the stock belonging
to the deceased
Black diphtheria has made its happear
ance in one home in Fond du Lac. where
four cases have been reported to the
health officer. Proper quarantine meas
ures have been taken.
@. K. Dennis, an elderly widower of
Eau Claire. who eloped recently with
Maria Dickinson, aged is years, was
| found by the girls father at Durand and
arrested on a charge of abduction.
Fred Goehruny. Glidden butcher, took
trip TO the southwest part OF the State
TO buy stock for his market Between
Stanley and Chippewa Falls he was re-
lieved of $500 by some one on the train.
A report from the town of Neenah says
that an elderly man named Godfried
Kirchberg was found drowned in
slough. 1t was apparently case of sui
eide. He had quarreled with his family.
He was as years of age.
Mrs. Gottfried, the oldest inhabitant of
Jefferson, died at the age of 80. She
came from Germany nearly fifty years
ago. DR.. j. l.. Kearney, secretary of
the jefferson County Agricultural Soci-
ETY., is also dead of Bright's disease.
Thousands of bass, pickerel, pike and
suckers have been killed in the Menomi-
nee river by the blasting which is going
on. The crews of vessels at the mouth
of the river have scooped up the fish in
baskets full
Forest fires are raging in the eastern
part of Jackson County. and thousands
of acres of BURBERRY lands are being
burned over. Considerable damage to
young timber has already occurred. The
area burned already is over $4,000 acres.
Miss Myra Griffith, CLOAK model in
one of the Milwaukee department stores,
fell in front of car on Grand avenue
in faint. The next instant an unknown
man seized her by the feet and pulled her
off the rails. The veil the girl wore was
caught by the flange of the wheel and
torn from her face.
Mrs. j. Johnson, residing three miles
from Arkdale, was burned to death. She
was addicted to smoking and was blind
and it is supposed her clothing caught
fire from her pipe When found by one
of the neighbors she was lying out doors
dead with her clothing entirely burned
off and the house in flames.
At Junction City Mrs. Marie Hook and
Sadie Hill, her granddaughter, were
burned to a crisp. 1t is supposed Sadie
was burning brush in the yard and her
clothing caught fire, and in attempting to
extinguish the flames Mrs. Hooks cloth
ing also caught. Both were found dead
by Mrs. John Hook when she came home.
A jury in Judge Balls court in Chicago
rendered verdict giving $4,000 dam
ages to Mrs. Fanny Story of Brooklyn,
for injuries received by her May Z, 1891,
in wreck at Tuscarawas station on the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis Railroad. at the former trial
verdict of $4,000 was rendered. Mo-
ton was made for a new trial.
Walter Y. Lessleyoung, aged 81 years,
was thrown from a carriage at Fond du
Lac. He was thrown head first against
an electric car pole and his head crushed.
He was taken to st. Agnes hospital,
where he died in few minutes. His
companion, Fred Perrine, was thrown
from the carriage at the same time, but
escaped uninjured
Brimley was the scene of a shocking
tragedy. Deputy Sheriff John Mclean
and James Thompson, both of Brimley,
got into an alteration and Mclean was
shot by Thompson and instantly killed.
The trouble arose over the attempt of Nc
Lean to obtain possession of house that
Thompson occupied under lease from
Eli Neyersorry and that Mclean had
recently purchased.
A crew of fifty log drivers left Toma-
hawk for Plum Greek and ST. German
river to drive 25,000,00 feet of logs
through to Rhinelander The logs are
owned by DAILY q O'Day and the United
States Lumber Company. The drive will
last forty-five days. The drive on the
main Spirit river is just hung UP. on ac-
count of the low water. The log and tie
company owns some 100000 feet of
logs.
A somewhat peculiar case came up in
the municipal court at Manitowoc Thos
Ryan, who halls from Michigan. was ar
rested on a warrant charging him with
stealing a ton of scrap iron from the
Bradley steamship line and concealng it
in his house. He pleaded not guilty. The
evidence showed that Ryan stole the iron
secretly during the night time and con-
cealed it in his house, piling the whole
ton of iron in his parlor. He kept it
there until the other day he sold it to
junk dealer. Ryan was found guilty and
sentenced to sixty days in the county jail.
John Bohnan, an employee of the Allen
tannery at Kenosha, had remarkable
escape from being killed. While he was
attempting to put belt on a large fly
wheel in the boiler room he was caught
in the belt and before the engine could
be stopped he was carried round the shaft
twenty times. As soon as the engine hs
been stopped the engineer peered into
the door expecting to find the man dead,
but Bohnan was standing perfectly naked
by the wheel and shouted to the engi-
n.er: Its all right, now; go ahead" He
is not thought to be dangerously injured
but an examination showed that all the
cuticlc had been stripped from his body.
State Claim Agent L. q. Mullen is
back from Washington. There has been
a delay in paying ne First regiment ow-
ing to difficulty in obtaining the subsist-
ence report but they are now being paid,
checks being sent direct from Washing
ton.
Mrs. William Treleycn, residing two
miles east Of Fond du Lac. had a narrow
escape from a horrible death. While en-
gagged in burning some rubbish her cloth
Ing caught fire. burning h1r. severely. But