Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-31
Brief state happenings


A freight train from the west was de-
were ditched.
Mrs. 6. Rothe Of Duck Greek fell while
carrying kettle Of boiling water, and
perhaps fatally sealded herself.
n B. Castor of y. b. Castor & Sons
scale works, a pioneer Beloit manufac-
Surer, died at the age of 50 years.
Constantine Sukaski. farmer of the
town of Rudolph, was seriously hurt in
a runaway at Grand Rapids. His recov-
cry is doubtful
William Dip of Springfield was struck
by lightning and instantly killed. He
was - years of age and was to have
been married the next day.
Mrs. A. f. Kessler of Eau Claire had
very narrow escape from death She
ate a quantity of canned salmon and a
few hours later was taken With violent
pains The trouble was tracca5le to the
canned fish.
Fire at Perkinstown destroyed the
rollhouse and one of the buildings of the
t. NJ. & f. ID. Shaw Tannery Company.
The estimated loss on leather Is 10000
and on the building and machinery So
Oe0, which is partially insured.
f. f. Bach, dancing teacher and a
member OF the La Crosse baseball club,
dropped dead at the ball grounds just lie.
fore a game between la Crosse and Wi
mona was to have been played Death
resulted instantly FROM heart disease.
John Thill. an old resident of the town
OF Kossu;h, was probably fatally injured
in runaway. He fell under the wheels
and the wagon with a heavy load passed
over him, breaking every rib on his left
side. two of which penetrated his lung,
Two monster rattlesnakes were killed
near the residence of w. L. Neitch in
tSalesville The first was more than four
feet in length. and had twelve rattles.
Its mate, which was killed an hour later,
on the same ground, was Of the same
size
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company viii build a new iron
bridge nc Appleton crossing the Fox river
son The Ashland DIVISION,
Peter Jensen an electrician, while
working on wires running into n Racine
church. was shocked by loo volts lie
is at ST. LuAe'S hospital in a critical con
dltion
Oscar Sherry aud Charles Hammer.
vbo held up the night operator III West
Bead en- July >, pleaded guilty to the
charge before Judge Dick and were sen
fenced 10 serve i've years nj hard labor
at the States prison at Waupun
Mrs. Hattie Pre- Of Milwaukee at.
tempted suicide because her 1T-year-old
daughter went to Racine to visit her
sweetheart. to whom the mother objected
7. ]. HaaSl Of NIilladore has been ap-
pointed by the Canadian Government to
Inspect its farming lands in Northwest
Canada with the view Of getting people
t. settle there.
Aurelia. the 2-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. y. Gregore Of the town OF Rus
sell met a horrible death in Scalding
water The child fell in tub Of hot wat
er standing On the tloor. and before the
ynlld's screams brought a reSeuer she was
50 terribly burned that she died after
twelve hours Of suffering.
The peonle OF Lynn are searching Tor
two bighwaymen who held up Mrs. VII
liam Schroeder. The act was committed
AZ o'clock in the morning in an unfre-
q0ente6 locality. She was chl0rofcrmed
aud. after being searched for large sum
Of money she was thought TO have on her
person. left in the woods. In a dazed
con iition she made her way To the near
es5 house and searching party at once
went in pursuit ~ the culprits. They
had .hree hours start and no clue has
been found to their whereabouts.
out marriage license TO wed Josephine
Van Kampen. lie is 53 years old and
she is just 81.