Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

Fred Billings superintendent of Mound
cemetery, in place of Samuel Gates, re-
signed.
Racine police are looking for the per
son who left a 4-weeks-old baby boy on
the steps of Olanzs Burgess, prominent
resident.
w. R. Boies of Elm Grove has receiv-
4 ed news of the death of his 13-year-old
son by drowning while in the State of
| Washington.
The roof of the old Heileman icehouse
caved in at La Crosse, and injured two
workmen. one of them. Andrew Suquest,
probably fatally.
Unknown persons broke into the Volun-
teers of America hall in Racine, broke
open number of trunks and stole So
which the members had saved TO pay the
rent.
Hog cholera is taking off the swine in
two or three sections of Dane County.
In Cross Plains about 100 animals have
died, but the progress of the disease is
now somewhat checked.
William Jacobs was instantly killed at
Marshall by the premature discharge of
gun in the hands of Eddie Diedrich, 10
years old. The coroner's jury returned Il
verdict of accidental death.
The report of the postal department
shows considerable increase for the Ke-
nosha office during the last four years.
In 1896 the revenue from this city was
Sl4,S6I %; this year shows $1S,295.14.
There are two cases of smallpox in one
| of the Wilkinson camps, few miles out
| ~ IL ~ -
acting promptly in quarantining the in
fected camp and isolating the sick mon.
| After a long-fought case, extending
| over more than week, the jury in the
case of Ashland Lumber Company VS..
Detroit Salt Company rendered verdict
| of 2,Io0 in favor of the Detroit salt
| works
| j. ID. Witter of Grand Rapids, who
has established a number of travelling
| Libraries in the State, will donate Ii
| brary of eightytwo books to the town
! of Hammond La, where Mrs. Witter
spends the winters.
The clerk of the Circuit Court at Ke-
nosha reports that more than one hun
dred FIRST papers" have been issued from
his office during the last few days. Among
these would-be citizens Poles and Bo-
hemians have majority.
Authority has been granted for the or
| ganization of the Peshtigo National
Bank. capital $4,000 William Ellis,
Jr., w. A. Ellis, f. e. McGraw, Thomas
| Barrett, j. Brown and Warren j. Davis
are named as incorporators.
William Glenzer, employed on the farm
of William Mueller, near Sheboygan, was
nearly killed while blasting rock with
! dynamite. He sustained a compound
| fracture of the skull, and his left hand
was badly burned and acerated.
! The large tobacco shed Of William
! Oates, in the outskirts of Milton, togeth-
er with its contents. seven acres of to-
bacco. was burned. Loss 81 600. The
| fire was ne work of an incendiary. his
tracks being found leading to and from
| the building
| Tillie Kaunzer, who disappeared sud
| denly from the Hotel Kenosha, where
| she was employed and who was suppos-
| ed to have committed suicide by drown
| ing at Highwood, has been traced to Mil
waukee where she is reported to be alive
and well.
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| poStofice at Footeville, securing guam
| tity of stamps and registered letter con-
| tanning $53. They were captured at Ev-
ansville by Officer Broughton and his as
! sistants. The money and stamps were
found and also revolvers and full kit of
| burglars tools.
BY fleeing to Europe to avoid a $1,000
| Judgment, Charles Mayer of Milwaukee
has lost a $4,000 estate. His equity in
| his homestead, valued at that figure, has
been declared forfeited by Judge Seaman
because of Mayors flight. 1t now goes
to his creditors, and the $1,000 judgment
will have to be paid if he returns.
Mrs. William Bradford and her two
! children, one an infant in arms, were
driving in a top buggy at Durand, when
they met Elijah Brown driving a thresh-
ing machine through the streets The
| team of bronchos driven by farmer took
| fright and dashed into Mrs. Bradfords
vehicle. The occupants were thrown out,
| Mrs. Bradford striking on her head, be-
ing killed instantly. Her young child was
seriously injured, and the other quite
badly hurt.
| Edwin III. Abbott who made several
millions out of the reorganization of the
| Wisconsin Central Railroad, and then
went to Boston to live, still has faith in
Milwaukee business chances. He is about
to spend nearly a million dollars on dock
| property which he owns there. which ex-
tends several hundred feet east of the
| Northwestern railroad bridge. The new
docks will be Of stone and concrete, with
a depth of water greater than that at
any other docks on the lakes. so that the
largest draft vessels may be accommo-
dated for all time.
Miss Lottie Eagle. beautiful quarter
blood Winnebago Indian, about IS years
| of age. living at MinocGua, received a let
ter from the London law firm of Tutroch,
Pedsen & Strolle to the effect that she
is heir to 100000 BY the death of her
mothers only brother, Rudolph Grafton
of Irving Tree Place England. The be-
quest is conditioned that Miss Eagle shall
receive only the income of the entire
amount, based on 8 per cent investment,
! until she graduates from college She is
then to come into possession of the entire
sum. That which serves TO complicate
the matter is that Miss Eagle was to be
married Thanksgiving evening to prom
inent young merchant of Arbor Vitae. If
the engagement is carried out it viii pre-
vent her entering either of the colleges
mentioned.
A Manitowoc undertaken. failing to col
lect a bill owed by Monroe Laurence for
burying Mrs. Laurence, attached several
rings belonging 10 the husband. The mat
Ter was carried into court and it was de-
cidad that as rings We're Injuries they
were not exempt from attachment
The cornerstone of the new $4,000
city hall building at Marshfield was laid
in an Informal manner. Mayor Fred
yallmer. in the presence of the aldermen,
city officials and large crowd Of specta-
tors. deposited the hisHTical and other
data which had been prepared for the re-
eeption