The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-01
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

as the result of a street railway accident.
President Adams of the University,
who has been seriously i'll, is now inn
proving.
Miss Belle Jones of Rock county is to
be married this week. She is only IA
years old.
The village of Wonewoc suffered dis
astrous fire last Friday night. The total
loss was $4,000.
A man was attacked by a pack of
wolves near Baraboo last week. He es-
capped with difficulty.
The Platteville Powder Mills were
wrecked by an explosion last Saturday.
Three men were killed and one seriously
injured.
Peter Flabby of Crystal Falls, Mich,
has been given the maximum sentence
for manslaughter, Is years in the state
prison at Marquette.
The body of Henry S. Schroeder, a
well-to-do resident of Racine, was found
floating in the lake last Friday He dis
appeared on Dec. 81
Oshkosh has made "a liberal offer to
the state fair management to locate the
fair at that city. 1t is unlikely that it
will be moved from Milwaukee.
\ George McCourt Of Lake Mills was
acquitted by jury of the murder of
John Roehl. The killing was admitted
but plea of self -defense was made.
A mill-hand at Hazelhurst met ter,
rible death last week. He fell into the
refuse burner of the Yankey Lumber
Co. S mill and was burned to crisp.
Former state senator Joseph Flesheim
of Menominee Mich, shot himself dead
in IA fit of dependency due to business
reverses. He was connected by marriage
with ex-congressman Sam Stephenson of
Michigan.
Harvey Baxter, an inmate of the Vir-
oqua poor house, died last week He
and his entire family had lived at the
poorhouse for more than forty years.
They were all perfectly incompetent,
though quite strong physically.
Jesse l.. Risen of Forest county was
sentenced to fine of 81 and one days
by the Federal court at
Milwaukee for a technical violation of
the postal laws. He had Inadvertently
opened letter addressed to another.
Plans are on foot to build 5000
opera house at Menominee, Mich. The
idea is to sell $40, 900 worth of tickets to
the people of the city, the promoters tt
furnish the remaining SEQ 600 necessary.
Green Bay has just obtained a first class
theatre building in this way.
The car ferry Muskegon had narrow
escape from destruction in the storm OF
Friday night. She lost a smokestack
had her steering gear disabled and wa
covered with ice, but man.
aged to get into Racine harbor. She was
on her regular run from Muskegon to
Milwaukee.
Two members of the Oshkosh fire-de
partment were injured in a peculiar
manner last week They We're search
ing in dark corner of their engine
house for a leak in a gas main and one
of the men lighted a match to see better
There was so much gas collected that il
ignited and produced violent explosion
A remarkable operation was perform
ed on a Chicago woman on Saturday
She had been blind for years. An X-ray
was thrown on her brain and Il small
tumor discovered which interfered with
the blood-vessels supplying the optic
delicate operation and the woman will
regain her sight.
Another suit in the famous Fox River
water power litigation is now pending
The Green Bay and Mississippi Canal
Co. was declared after years of fighting
in the courts to be the sole owner of the
water power around Kaukauna. The
Company is now suing to recover about
s75 600 rentals paid the Kaukauna Wa
ter Power Co. by millmen on the Fox
River while that Company was supposed
TO be the owner of the power. The de.
PENDANTS in the present case include the
Water Power Co., the Badger
Paper Co., the Kaukauna Fibre Co. and
the G. & N. W. Ry. Co.
The report of the committee appoint
I'd by Governor Scofeld to take charge
If the relief work at New Richmond
has been filed by the chairman. 1t con-
aims much interesting matter, includ-
ng a statement of the contributions
made by surrounding cities and villages.
The total contributions amounted to
1897, 406 ID, of which Wisconsin contri-
,uted 1874, 043. 09 in cash and Minnesota
'49, SJ41S in cash There were also
leavy donations Of food, clothing and