Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-03-06

of Fluekiger Bros. The building is own
ed by Mrs. c. S. Gray.
A canning company with capital stock
of $4,000 has been formed at Sun Prai-
RE. A factory will be built.
At Lake Mills Lesley Cobb was badly
hurt while coasting down hill. lie ran
into a tree and broke two ribs
Frank Seaver of Weyauwega has sued
the town of Union for $4,000 for an az
cident alleged to have been caused by a
defective highway.
In the Kehr murder trial at La Crosse
the jury returned a verdict finding John
c. Miller guilty OF manslaughter and ac-
quitting the otnet defendants.
The destruction by fire of the prairie
du Sac electric light plant left that place
in darkness. The plant was owned by
John AIiser. The loss is $4,000.
In the spring 100000 trout fry will be
sent to Eland Junction from the State
fishery at Madison to stock the two
branches of the Embarrass river.
The Racine Boat Manufacturing Com
pany has just received an order to build
twenty yachts for the Lakeside Yacht
and Boat Club of Syracuse, n. Y.
Irving Smith, brakeman on the Wis
consin Central, while coupling cars at
Prentice, fell, the cars passing over him.
His left leg was cut off and he died.
Patrick O'Rourk was brought down
from Nebagamon in a critical condition.
He was injured in a logging camp by be-
ing struck by a log. His injuries may
prove fatal.
The butcher shop and residence OF ia
cob Storzbach at Algoma burned to the
ground. There was a loss of about $3,
500 and insurance of $3.50 ON shop and
$500 on stock.
Mr. and Mrs John L. Schelling have
brought suit against the city of Racine
their 9-year-old son. 1t is alleged the
child fell ON defective sidewalk.
A large and handsome oil portrait OF
Walter Duncan McIndoe, one of the po'
litical leaders of, Wisconsin in its early
| history, has been hung upon the walls of
the State Historical Society art gallery
at Madison.
Christ. 0urst, who was badly injured
in the runaway at the Harmon Cheese
factory in the town of Lyndon, died as
the result of his injuries, at the Harmon
House, where he was taken after he was
| injured. He was 26 years old,
Mrs. ID. Guthrie of Racine stepped on q
match and it ignited and set fire TO her
clothing and before the blaze could be
put out she was seriously burned. The
match also set fire to carpet and an
other member of the household was
| burned on the arm while attempting tc
extinguish it.
| The family of Len Werst of Neenah
had very narrow escape from death by
| asphyxiation. Mrs. Werst, her daughter
Mabel and an infant child occupied bed
room near the sitting room, where Goa
| fire was burning. In some manner the
gas escaped from the stove and filled the
rooms after the family had retired for the
night. Mrs Werst awoke and was al
most suffocated, She managed to craw
| to the outside door, which she opened tt
admit the fresh air and to allow the gas
| to escape.
| DR.. Paul Malmstrom, who was arrest
ed a short time ago in Kenosha at the
! instance of the board of medical examin
! ers, won a complete victory when he was
acquitted by a jury in the justice court
DR.. Malmstrom was graduate of GER
| tain medical college of Chicago, against
which the State board recently started q
fight. The attorneys interested say that
the decision in the Malmstrom case will
practically do away with all the power Of
the State board to discriminate against
certain colleges.
The Chicago passenger train on the
Northwestern road leaving Milwaukee at
1:15 a. m. had a narrow escape from
being badly wrecked near County Line
While the train was running at the rate
OF sixty miles an hour the axle in the
journal on the engine broke, One OF the
larger drive wheels was thrown, going
about 375 feet in a field, knocking down
several fences in its path. The tram ran
considerable distance before the engl'
neer was able to bring it to a stop. No
one on the train, excepting the engineer
and fireman, knew that an accident had
occurred until the stop was made.
Following Immediately on the heels of
the Kehr murder trial comes another
stabbing ARRAY in the lower part OF La
Crosse. Joseph Ausfelder, Il German no
telkeeper, aged II, is alleged to nave
been attacked and probably fatally stab
bed by Joseph Praus, cripple with a
wooden leg. Ausfelder had befriended
the cripple, boarding him for three
months past without pay of any sort.
Praus, when already drunk. demanded
another glass of beer, which Ausfelder
refused. Ausfelder was then attacked
with large knife, and two stab wounds
in the chest and shoulder were lnnlcted,
William ellis of Oshkosh, while work
ing in S. w. HOLSTERS logging camp
near Shawano, was seriously injured
about the head and back by falling tree.
Gen. Il. S. Bragg, commander of the
Iron brigade, kept open house at Fond du
Lac in honor of his 73d birthday, and
flags aoated from all public buildings
there in honor of the event. At o'clock
delegation of Iron brigade members,
headed by Gen Wheeler of Milwaukee
and Col. C. II. Mcconnell, the former
of the Second Wisconsin regiment and
the lstter of the Twenty -fourth Michigan
made the formal pilgrimage to Gen.
Bragg's house. where congratulations
were extended, speeches made and toasts
drank. Scores of kilograms Of congrat-
ulation were received.
c. C. Rice's potato car caught fire near
Pembine, and young man from Pound
who was inside had narrow escape
from death. The fire was put out by the
train crew.
Woodman hall at Dale was totally de-
stroyed by fire. II caught fire from de-
fective chimney during the progress Of an
entertainment given by school children
The loss is $500.
AT La Crosse John Kelley and Fred
Rogers pleaded guilty and Judge Brind-
ley sentenced them to Waupun for nine
months. Kelley is a professional sneak
thief with long criminal record.
Grand Rapids and Centralia are to vote
on consolidation on March -. The two
towns have 5000 population. The bust
ness portions are separated only by
50O-foot wagon bridge over the Niseon-
sin river.
Subscription for stock to the amount Of
$50. 600 Is now being raised in GAINESVILLE
for the purpose Of locating there one OF
the largest cigar factories in the West.
Pittsburg men are behind the enterprise.
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