Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-18
Brief state happenings.

Edward Mccall, a farmer at Clear
Lake, was run over by loaded wagon.
His back was broken and he will not re-
cover.
Tie 1-year-old daughter of William
Wotjekowsky fell into a tub Of boiling
water at Kewaunee and died from her
injuries.
During a free.for-all fight among some
coal beavers near Racine saloon John
McGeehan, one of the party. was severe
~ injured.
August Erdman of Ladysmith suffered
the amputation of his left arm MS re-
suit of a gunshot wound accidentally re-
eeived while hunting rabbits.
Paul Dietrickson, son of Rev. p. Diet
rickson, was drowned at Necedah by
walking into hole in the ice on the mill
pond. He was 20 years old.
Mrs. Charles S.eight met with very So
rious, if not fatal, injuries by falling
down the cellar stairs at her home in
Kenosha. She is so years Of age.
A freight train on the ST. Paul road
collided with a horse and buggy at Pine
River station. The engineer IS unable
TO state whether the buggy was occupied
by any person. The horse was killed and
the buggy demolished.
Unable to raise the money to lift the
debt upon the new T. NJ G. a. building
in Kenosha, the management has post
poned the dedieatory services. The struc-
tnre will not be dedicated until it Is freed
Of financial incumbrance.
An attempt Of prisoners to escape from
the county Jail at Marnette was foilel
by the turnkey. Three men awaiting
trial for burglary had Struggled several
table knives and converted them into
saws. They were working away on the
bars when discovered and would soon
have secured their liberty
There has been quite stir created IN
West Superior mining circles on account
of reports circulated concerning the
finding Of gold in the Chippewa Copper
Company's mine
A block Of eighteen furnaces Gayed n
at the Mineral Point Zinc Company's
plant in Mineral Point. The furnaces are
almost totally wrecked and ii viii take
month to repair them.
Fire which started IN the Arson Eldred
C0mpany's lSrge stock burner at Stiles
destroyed a number u buildings connect-
ed with the pant. Loss from $4,000 to
$4,000. Insurance $1,000
A man named Hooper was terribly in
jured while al work IN portable saw
mill hear Clear Lake The circular saw
few into a dozen pieces He was injiu
Cd so that his left arm had to Be ampu
fated. and his right knee was injured
50 that the knee cap had 10 be removed.
Mrs Pauline George. wife Of well-
known resident " Abrams. died ID Mari
neftp at the home 81 the Dowie follow
or. Elder Bryant Six weeks ago she
was given up By physicians as hopelessly
I'll. She was taken 10 Marinetfe to test
the powers of divine healing For a time
she seemed 70 improve ii health and was
able to attend church Later she suffer
ed a relapse and died a few hours later.
III the Circuit Court at Stevens Point
Melvin Howard was found guilty ~ as
SAINT with intent to Kill. after the jury
had deliberafed on the case for over six
hours. Howard is the negro who NJ
tempted 70 XIII Deputy Sheriff II. y.
Warner
The FIRST class rush " the year az Law
renee University in Appleton occurred
when the Juniors appeared FOR the first
time ia their class caps and Immediately
after chapel we're Attacked BY all the 9TH
er college men President PIanfz heard
the noise and took hand in the fray,
endeavoring 70 stop IL He was not
recognized Immediately and as a result
was father roughly handled.