Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-22

Bloomer were burned; loss $1,000.
The general store Of Kimball Bros. at
Briggsville was robbed by safe blowers.
Only about $50 in small change was Sc
cured. No merchandise was taken
The cases against ID. O. Clapp and It.
Fl. Culver the bankrupt brokers of Mari
nette, have been dropped, settlement
with the creditors having been effected.
The contract for the county asylum at
Eau Claire has been awarded to Con-
verse & Laycock and the plumbing to
w. H Hobbs The cost will be $50, 900.
The big street fair and carnival to be
held at West Superior under the direction
of the local Elks will begin on the Fourth
of July The carnival will last for ten
days.
Capt. Fred Watson Of Racine has drop
ped his $4,000 damage suit against the
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Company. A satisfactory settlement was
arranged.
Glen Livengood. formerly of Marinette
and recently Of Superior. has just been
made auditor of the Erie and Wyoming
Railway. with headquarters at Duns-
more, Pa.
Peter Olson. the man captured on the
iron range and brought to West Superior
on a charge of stealing team of horses,
has been sentenced to four years in
States prison
A number of counterfeit silver dollars
have lately put in their appearance in
La Crosse banks. The authorities have
about come to the conclusion that a gang
is working that territory
William Anderson the negro charged
with the murder of John Taggart in Ash
land April is, was discharged at the pre-.
liminary hearing for want of sufficient
evidence TO hold him for trial.
At Oshkosh Charles Nelson, a fisher
man, was fined $40 and costs in the mu-
nicipal court for illegal fishing. 1t is be-
lieved to be the heaviest fine ever impos-
ed for like offense in the State.
Paul Robinson, known throughout the
country for his small stature, died at
Beloit, at the age of 20 years. He was
only about 40 inches high, but was
capable, well-educated business man.
Around Spring Valley all the wild fruit
and most Of the tame has been killed by
continued heavy frosts at night Yegeta-
ton and crops are otherwise very far
advanced. Some farmers are planting
corn.
The 19-year-od son of Jacob Wirtz OF
ST Peters was killed the other evening
He was hauling wood and driving a team
Of colts. The team started to run and
he was thrown out of In ewagon and his
neck broken.
Many property owners in the village OF
Burlington are alarmed over an eject.
ment suit against them by the four sons
of the late f S. Perkins, painter and
poet, who claim title to the property I'm,
der trust deed forty years old.
Rudolph and Adoph Bartosk brothers,
living in Orange. quarreled while intox
icated Rudolph shot his brother below
the heart and then, seeing what he had
DONE turned the weapon on himself and
almost blew the top OF his head off.
The Winnebago Traction Company flee
articles Of incorporation with the regis
ter of deeds at Oshkosh The company
is capitalized for SG50000. This is a re
organization of the old street railway
company by the Emerson Mcmillan com,
pany of New York.
Gen. Edward s. Bragg. commander OF
the famous Iron brigade. was thrown
from his horse at Fond du Lac and seri-
ously injured, his right leg being broken
in two places As Gen. Bragg is n
years old, in spite Of his vigorous consti
tuition his advanced age renders the in.
jury very Serious.
Quite a find was made ut the United
States Government drydock at Kaukau-
ma BY one OF the workmen who were ex.
cavating to enlarge the basin. -Four In.
dian skeletons were exhumed from q
Sravefly knoll They were buried about
two feet apart and were covered with
only about eighteen inches of soil.
A company is being formed al Elkhar;
Lake. consisting of Chicago, Milwaukee,
Sheboygan and Elkhart people. TO operate
lire OF automobiles. running between
Elkhart Lake. Lakeside Park and Glen
beulah.
The village Of Sagole came very nesr
being entirely destroyed by FIRE which
started from the engine in Theodore Nab
befeldt's cheese factory. In addition to
the factory which was destroyed. Mr.
Nabbefeldt's residence and two barns are
total loss The loss is estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000 Mr. Nabbefeldt
carried no insurance.
John Monahan of Oshkosh. an employe
on the work of repairs of the Adams Coal
Company dock at Ashland, fell from
high tramway and fractured his skull
and left thigh 50 seriously that death
resulted.
Otto Mastele Of Clifton. a section hand
working in the yards of the Chicago. Mil
wankee and St Paul road at Star Lake.
while in the act of stepping ON the front
OF an approaching engine was struck By
the pilot thrown upon the rail and push
cd along over the ties a distance Of
twelve feet before the engine could be
brought to a standstill. His right leg
and thigh were terribly bruised His es-
cape from death was miraculous.
The new scale Of wages at 50 cents
Der hour. presented TO La Crosse master
plumbers by the journeymen, was agreed
to. but their demand for an eight-hour
work day with nine hours pay was not
allowed. The new deal seems 10 give
satisfaction 10 al concerned
Charles Henry Richter, a Milwaukee
dentist was found dead near Wind lake.
in Racine County. His brother. Rudolph
q. Richter, with Undertaken Patterson.
took the body 70 Milwaukee. A doctor.
a Justice Of the peace and jury Of six
men made an inquiry into the death OF
Mr.. Richter and found that be was kill
ed accidentally BY the discharge Of his
own gun