Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-17
Brief State happenlngs.


The Spanish cannon obtained by Rep
resentative Esch for La Crosse has ar
rived.
A large farm house and several other
buildings We're burned at Egg Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Noll of Chiffon
have left for Germany and Paris, to stay
about three months.
The postoffice at Dewey was burned
and the postmaster injured. A temporary
office will be provided at once.
w. NJ Cowell of Kenosha has bought
the Sylvan Beach Hotel at Channel lake,
paying $4,000 for it. He will run it as
a summer resort.
Frederick Steich, son of 2Supervisor
Steich of Racine rode up from Kenosha
on a freight train. The train did not
sep there so he jumped and fell on his
head, sustaining fatal injuries.
There was a bad wreck on the Wiscon-
sin Central near Duplainyille. No one
was seriously injured, but ten loaded
freight cars were piled up and traffic on
the division was held up for several
hours.
Mrs. Mary Holmes. housekeeper for the
Y. w. c. A.. was seriously injured as she
was walking on Main street, Racine. A
large iron bar, from fire escape being
built by force of men, fell and struck
her on the head.
Mrs. A. j. Brewer. living few miles
north of Raymond, died from the effects
of an injury sustained by fall on the
ice She was - years of age. Her es-
tate is valued at from 100000 to $500
600. One son survives her.
An east-bound Milwaukee stock train
struck a buggy at Bangor, killing Annie
Arenz and breaking the legs, arms and
collar bone of James Merle. 1t is feared
he cannot live. \ third OCCUPANT of the
vehicle jumped and escaped death.
Bernard Leaf, workman at the Saw
yer-Goodman mill iii Marinette, made a
daring rescue. Arthur Lundenberger. a
12-year-old boy, fell into the river, which
was filed with floating ice. Leaf jump
ed in after him and brought him TO the
dock. He was revived with great diff
Guilty.
Mrs. Martin Joyce of Windfield shot
herself through the heart with revolv-
er. The deceased had been married about
four years and leaves a husband and two
small children.
This spring closes one Of the most sue
eessful logging seasons at Athens. 1t is
reported that the Rietbrock 4 Halsey
company have from 6.000.000 to 5000
600 feet of logs The Athens Manufac-
turing Company and the Brown Il Co.
mills have from 100000 TO 4.0o0,OOO
each. This viii be made into lumber the
coming season. Besides this. immense
piles of pulpwood lie ready for shipping.
The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Anger of Manitowoc was accidentally
killed Mr.. Anger was hauling load
of sand and the child was riding on the
wagon with his father The child fell of
and the wheel passed over his head,
crushing his skull Death was instan-
taneous.
The pressure of water in the kaukauna
Water Power Company's canal broke
through the wall Of the flume OF the old
Badger mill at Kaukauna and flooded the
yards aud grounds around the wall house
offices and other buildings. The break
was discovered in time to avert a serious
disaster and probable destruction of the
property of the Badger Paper Company.
The 2-year-old son Of L. c. Porter of
Fontana was scalded by falling head first
into. pail Of boiling water while his
mothers hack was turaed for q moment.
The little enc suffered great agony until
death came to his relief
DR. Samuel =. S-<h diFl ~ his home in
Sparta. A baby girl was BORN 70 bis wife
just fifteen minutes before he died He
lived Just long enough 10 see the child.
DIR. Esch was formerly a Sparta boy, his
parents still living there. HE had been
practicins medicine in NeilisTille fer the
past few years. He was 2 brother Of
Congressman John J. Esrh Of la Crosse.
He leaves a wife and three young chill
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