Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

Joseph Bosehert has been elected presI-
dent of the La Cross Board of Trade.
Munson Paddock, former district attor-
ney of Kenosha County. died at Salem.
August It. Hesse was killed by falling
tree at a lumber camp near Long Lake.
Owing TO i'll health Miss katherine
Graham has resigned as instructor of elo-
cution at Lawrence university.
Henry Tarrant, ex-member of the Leg
islature from Rock County, was badly
injured in a runaway at GAINESVILLE.
Dana Leavitt, resident of Mine.al
Point, was found dead in the granary of
his farm, nine miles east of there.
s. II. Brown of Belle PLANE. Iowa, has
been appointed trainmaster of the Madi-
son division of the Northwestern road.
The Grand Rapids Paper Company has
prepared plans for adding to its paper
mill at Grand Rapids a sulphite plant
with a capacity of fifteen tons of sulphite
pulp day. Work on the plant will be-
gin shortly.
> The death of Mrs. A. L. johnson took
place at Beloit. She was the heaviest
woman in the State, weighing nearly 45O
pounds. 1t was necessary to make an
extra-size coffin for her. She was buried
at Racine.
A large barn belonging to John Kohn
of Lake Geneva was destroyed by fire.
There were over fifty head of cattle in
the barn and all persisted. The cause of
the fire is unknown. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Eo.1 Elo;ra h. ,,rr IN ho caSa nf
Mrs. Myrta Wanzer against the Chippe-
verdict of $1,575 damages. The plaintiff
was hurt in jumping from car which
had collided with wagon.
The Northwestern Railway Company
has effected a settlement with Libouri
Roy, father of Miss Olive Roy, who was
instantly willed at the Northwestern
crossing in Fond du Lac last fall. By
the terms of settlement the father gets
$1,000 and 5000 for the expense of the
funeral
About fifty farmers living in the neigh
borhood of Poplar, are planning for CO.
operative creamery association. they
are working to raise $1,000 and will get
the patronage Of farmers having 300
cows. About $3.50 has been raised al
ready. Those already pledged to support
the creamery have 200 cows.
AT Oconomowoc fire broke out in the
McCabe building, destroying the upper
floor. The remainder of the building was
damaged by water. The fire originated
in the rear upper part of the building,
where stovepipe went through the cell
ing. The damage is estimated at $1,000,
partly covered by insurance.
Daniel Herzog of Manitowoc, brake
man in the employ of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company, was Sc
riously injured by having his right arm
and leg crushed. He was switching on
the lake front yards, and while standing
on the rear footboard of the locomotive,
which was covered with ice, he slipped
and fell, thirteen loaded freight cars pass
ing over him.
Mike Grazialny, an employe of the Me-
nasha Woodenware Company, went vio-
lently insane while at work He was tax
en- with fit of insanity and rushed out
of the building where he was employed
and started to yell frantically. 1t was
not long before every one of the thousand
employees of the Menasha Woodenware
Company joined in the chorus with their
yells, not knowing the man was crazy,
and the entire city was awakened by the
din. GraziGlny was finally taken in
charge by an officer. He is man of
family and his insanity is said to be due
to religious troubles.
Phil Beaulin, an employe of the Fay
cite Shaw & Co.'S tannery at Mellen,
was killed in most horrible manner.
While Beaulin was inspecting a 12foot
corrugated wheel enclosed in box he
and companion were suddenly caught
on a swiftly moving wheel. Beaulin was
whired around against sides of the box
with such rapidity that before the wheel
could be stopped nearly every bone in
his body was broken, his body being left
shapeless mass. His companion was
knocked down and escaped with but slight
injuries. Beauln was a native of Can
ada and was about p years old.
The first perjurers ever to be sent to
prison from Douglas County were SEN
fenced at West Superior the other day.
Charles Wilson, Mrs Amelia Johnson
and Mrs. Annie Lesman were given two
and half years each in Waupun, Judge
Ninje of the Circuit Court passing sem
tence. The defendants all pleaded gull
ty to the charge, the case against them
being very strong. They were arrested
some time ago to answer for the murder
Of Abraham Carlson. Before the coro-
ner's jury they testified to one story, but
after being separated several days pend
ing their preliminary hearing, these three
admitted to the district attorney that they
had not told the truth. In court they
pleaded ignorance OF the law as the ex-
cuSe.
LAUNDERING by moonlight is the cxtrem-
ity to which the lumbernen OF the Me-
nominee river valley have been driven by
the latenesS of the arrival of snow sutti-
GENTLY deep to enable them to haul logs
to the river. A. d. Curtis, secretary of
the Menominee and Marinette Box Com
pany, told of the unprecedented efforts
the lumber companies are making to ex-
coed the cut of last year to meet the
great demand for lumber. The lumber
companies have two shifts of men work
ing in the camps; day and q night shift.
This is unique in the history of lumber
ing in the Menominee river valley, but it
is absolutely necessary in order to move
the seasons cut to the river. During
moonlight nights recently gangs of men
have 'skidded' logs over ice roads through
the pine forests all night long, their places
being taken by fresh gangs in the morn
ing. Despite these efforts, however, the
cut this season will not exceed that OF
last year. Ii is now estimated at t00,-
O60,00 feet"
The farm residence OF Frank Mead at
Galesville was destroyed 10y fire. A part
of the contents was saved, but the build
ing was entirely consumed. The. loss is
about $1,000.
Ex-Congressman Clinton Babiitt had a
narrow escape from drowning while
crossing Turtle creek. near Beloit, in an
endeavor to drive some cattle to place
of safety during a storm. The creek had
swollen from the rains. Mr.. Babbitt was
on horseback. but the force of the stream
swept him from the animals back. A
neighbor rescued him in an unconscious
condition.
4 baby boy, about week Old was left