The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-02-15
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

Harrison Club of BOYD, Chippewa
county, committed suicide on Friday
morning by hanging himself.
Mrs. Sherwood Chase of Fl. Atkinson
while crossing the railroad track was
struck by locomotive on Saturday last
and killed
A large barn near Lake Geneva this
state was destroyed by fire on Monday
, morning and with it were burned 80
, head of cattle
The Wausau paper mill turned ont its
first finished product on Monday If it
: does not join the trust it should receive
the patronage of every paper in the
state
j. r. Bailey deaf man, was walking
on the railroad track near Spring Valley
this state, on Saturday last, when he was
struck by a switch engine and instantly
killed
Aug. f. Sell dropped dead while work
ing in the woods on Friday last The
body was found by his wife with the dog
of the dead man lying on his masters
breast
Joseph Stringham of Oshkosh died on
Monday at Thea age of 30 He was a man
of great wealth and was at one time the
, nominee of the democratic party for CON
gre.s in his district
) Daniel Frazier of Weyauwega com
mitted suicide ON Sunday by taking
Paris green. Some weeks ago he took a
dose of the same poison, but was pulled
through by physicians.
A 7-year-ol little girl was burned to
death at her home in the town of Lake
Milwaukee county. Two children were
left alone in the house and it is not
known how the fire originated
: a rear end collision occurred near Els
: canada on Friday last whereby 9persons
lost their lives and five are seriously in
: jured. The train in the rear was going
at the rate of 80 miles an houv in a blind
| ing snow storm.
Philip Berulin, an employe in tan
merry at Mellen this state, was caught in
) some machinery on Saturday last and
every bone in his body was broken
When the body was released it was
shapeiess mass.
The Sturgeon Bay stage coach broke
through the ice on Friday morning.
The horses were drowned but the pas
sengers and drivers escaped with "A wet
ting They should use stage coaches
for ice crushers in the bay.
A criminal fool named Frank Wazek,
u resident of Peshtigo shot his sister on
Monday last with revolver that wasn't
loaded, The bullet passed through one
thigh and into the other limb. Unless
blood poisoning sets in the wound will
not prove fatal
l.. Barney of Tomahawk was cleaning
a revolver on Monday last, when it went
off, killing little girl, years old. OF
course, it was unreasonable to expect
1 him to determine whether the weapon
: was loaded The child was to blame
for being in the way
Andrew Peterson was attacked by two
wolves at Gogebic Lake last week His
clothes were torn from his body, but
with hatchet which he was carrying
he succeeded in killing both the animals
u His injury did not debar him from get
ting the bounty for killing wolves.
Henry Nelson had leg broken while
loading logs at Berlin, Marathon coun-
= ty He succeeded in getting out from
under the log tied up his load and
: mounting it drove home distance of
four miles. But the exposure was too
x much and he died. He was - years old.
> Frank Mccain of Wausau had his life
saved by snow drift on Saturday morn
ing last. The binder chain on car of
logs broke and a log striking him knock
ed him into u snow drift Two more
u rolled over him but the snow saved him
u from being crushed and he escaped with
a few bruises
= AT 12 o'clock on Sunday night the
. door bell in the residence of w. S. Young
OF Tomah was rung Mrs. Young on
= going out found IA baby boy in basket
= which was left on the door steps There
- was nothing to Indicate from where the
child came. Mr. and Mrs. Young are
i childless and the little one will no doubt
e be tenderly cared for.
William Wiese of Weyauwega is
bound to maintain parental discipline
in his house even if he must shoot TO do
so. On Sunday night he shot his son, a
young man % years old, because the
latter insisted upon going to dance to
+ which the father objected Both legs
D were seriously injured but the wounds
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