Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-08
The village of Wausaukee IS to have


sin will be held at Algoma June ., q
and {.
Mrs. Anna Strand Of Waffens was
run over by a freight train 1t MilIstop
and killed.
James Winters, an ex-engineer on the
Northwestern read was adjudged insane
at GAINESVILLE.
Spring Valley business men are makiuG
40 effort to locate an iron foundry TO
small castings.
Wayne E. Doolittle. the T-year-old so
of Claude E. Dooli,tlc, was accidental.
drowned in the race at Brodhead.
The Beloit militia company. reorganiz
ed, will be readmitted to the Wisconsin
National Guard by order of Cox Falk.
The Beaver Dam Guards have obtain
ed an option on suitable site for al.
armory and are now busy soliciting ali
for erection Of the new building.
The barn of T. Denzer of the town O.
Rhine was struck by lightning and burn
ed to the ground, together with Loo
bushels OF grain, two horses, two cow
ana a lot of chickens. The loss is 81,
500
The sawmill near West Superior, own
ed by E. Horner & Sons. has been de
stroyed by fire. The loss is upwards OF
$4,000. The lumber piles and the plan
ing mill were saved and the mill is in
sured.
1t is CIV probable that the interurban
line from Appleton TO Kaukauna will no
be built for another year The company
is said to be not satisfied with the fran
chise recently granted them at kau
kauna.
Charles Wright of Emmett was acct
dentaHy killed By his wife. Mrs. Wrigh
shot at large hawk just as her husband
was passing out of the barn, and tn,
charge tore through his body, killing hin
almost instantly.
John Taggart was murdered at Ash
land, his body carried to high bridge
and thrown into a ravinc. Officers chas
ed an unknown negro tramp into the for
ests north of Ashland. Robbery was the
motive for the murder
Mrs. Christina Templar of Oshkosh
hung herself, using clothesline TO &C,
complish her purpose. She was "A years
Of age and lived alone. She was told by
some Of her neighbors that she was to be
taken to the insane asylum, and rather
than go She decided to hang herself.
Octavius S. Newell, ex-Mayor Of Keno
sha and one of the wealthiest citizens OF
southern Wisconsin, died very suddenly
at The Pennoyer sanitarium in that city
Mr. Newell had been at the sanitariun
since his family went abroad last fall ant
his health had been in Il very delicate
condition for some time.
The case Of Che town of Flambeau VS.
the Chippewa River Improvement ano
Log Driving Company, of which treder
lex Weyerhauser is the head. has Deer
settled The plaintiff alleged that Tho
defendants logs damaged the bridge II
the town to the extent of S15,oOO. Sun
was begun for that amount The settle
ment was adjusted for $4,000.
Gov. Scofeld has pardoned JOIN
Fritsch and John Dwyer, conditioned up
on their total abstinence from all liz
uors for a period Of five years. The
two young men both live in Manitowo'
County and were sentenced to States
prison for term of two years Jan. "a
1899 Their terms would therefore have
expired the 24th OF next January.
Sawdust and mill rubbish dumped int
the Chippewa at Chippewa Falls, it is al
legged, and brought down 10y high water
has clogged the racks at the Dells dam il
| Fan Claire, causing much damage to vari
| Gus concerns. The Dells Pulp and Pape
Company's mills had to shut down, tn
water works station had no power 70
pumping from the wells and the light ant
power company could not operate tn
street railway.
Samuel Tngley, a lineman in the en-
| ploy Of the Peoples Telephone Compan.
at West Superior, is lying in the hospita
with a broken neck, with no chance 70
recovery Tingley was hanging TO eros
arm ON q pole trying to locate wires whicl
| had become crossed with heavily charg
| ed wire He struck the right ones ant
| the current was stronger than anticipated
1t burned his fingers, caused his grip L
loosen and he ftl TO the ground thirty
1 FIVE feet below.
The remains of Andrew Mattson. VIII
was drowned in Yellow lake, near Grants
burg, Oct. % last, have just been found
He went out on the lake the morning h
| was drowned to shoot ducks. A litti
later his boat was found bottom side III
| Every effort was made at the time to flint
the body, but without success, and h
! friends came TO the conclusion that h
| had left the country and turned his boa
over to give them the idea that he hat
been accidentally drowned.
A ''scoot" running on the Wisconsin
! Central road between Neenah and Mani
/ towoc was wrecked near the freight depo
AZ Neenah. The rear truck Of the expires
car in some manner left the rail, tarnin
upon a sidetrack and drawing the for
1 ward truck Of the following car with il
4 After jumping along a few feet the Hea
/ truck of the mail car broke through tn
/ bridge and the car stood nearly on en-
and was held on the track only by th
engine. No one was injured.
Anton o. Black, defaulring ex-postmas
| ter, village, town and church treasurer
etc. of the village of Holmen, was ar
raigned before Judge Brindley at Il
! Crosse on a charge Of embezzlement pre-
ferred by District Attorney Thoma
| Morris. The States case against Blacl
was nolled and he was immediately re
arrested by United States Marsha
Charles Lewiston on a charge Of embez
element preferred BY the postofiice author
tiles. The defendant will be allowed {
plead guilty and receive sentence unde
the State law.
While saving wood with a buzz saw
| Rudolph Humpf, one Of the Supervisor
/ Of the town Of Sullivan. fell into the saw
and received injuries from which he died
He leaves q wife and two small children
Mrs. John r Reeve, wife Of the gen
eral agent Of the Piano Manufacturing
| company Of la Crosse, attempted to com
1 nit suicide in a room at the Hotel Esper
sen, by taking laudanun The woman