Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-03-27
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John Fredenckson. resident of Boyd.
had his back broken while loading logs
at a mill.
George Nelson Yucker committed sui
eide at Burlington by shooting himself
in the right temple.
The Michigan MilIer's Mutual Fire In
surance Company has been licensed to do
business in Wisconsin.
Gunder Gunderson of Chimney Rock
fell in his water tank. and was drowned.
He was about 60 years obi.
William McQuadc, switchman, was
killed by logging train at Spooner. He
leaves wife, who lives at East st. Paul.
Plans and specifications for the new
gas plant to be built at Racine by the
Racine Gaslight Company are complet,
ed.
Considerable dissatisfaction is express
ed by the land owners whose land is to,
be condemned and appraised for mill
tary purposes.
Nels ;Ellingston was burned to death in
the Rio lookup. He had been confined
for drunkenness the night before. The
calaboose was destroyed by ire, the orr
igin of which is unknown.
Mrs. William Wilson, wife Of the prin-
cipal of the Fond du Lac high school,
and Mrs. o. A. Piggott were overcome
by coal gas at the residence OF Mrs.
Piggott and nearly suffocated.
The consolidation of the cities of emit
tralia and Grand Rapids carried by
large vote. The new municipality has
population of 5000, to be called Grand
Rapids. The wedding of the towns was
celebrated by a jubilee and with ire
works.
Frank j. Pishion, formerly bookkeeper
and assistant steward at the Northern
State hospital for the insane, pleaded
guilty to embezzlement in the municipal
court at Oshkosh and was fined 500 and
costs. Pishion's defalcation was in the
neighborhood of $4,000 and extended
over several years. 1t has all been made
up.
Rural free delivery will be established
April , at Oconomowoc. The length of
the route is twenty-seven miles; area
covered, 46 square miles; population serv-
ed, SIS; the carrier, A. G. Lyman. Also
at Prairie du Sac, length of route, 70
miles; area covered, 30 square miles;
population served, 675; carrier, N. o..
Keller.
Lewis Wandell of Kaukauna is soon to
become rich man through the death of
an uncle, who died intestate some time
ago in New York, leaving a fortune of
from $10,000,000 to $12.000,000. One ac-
count places it as high as $20,OO0,OOO.
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the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Company.
4 reunion Of both the old soldiers Of
the civil war and the veterans of the
Spanish-American war is the scheme now
proposed by the committees in charge Of
the arrangements for the State g. A. X.
encampment to be held in West Superior
next June. Steps have already been
taken toward that end and it seems that
the plan viii be a success.
Beloit has frebug, whom the POLICE
would like to apprehend. Four times a
barn on Fourth street has been set on
| fire. The last attempt to burn the barn
was made while the fire department was
looking after a small fire in the other end
of the town. As in all the previous cases,
the fire was put out before any damage
was done. No motive eau be assigned
for the incendiary act.
The body of Buel Davis. son of the
/ former superintendent of schools of Osh-
kosh, Winona and Topeka, was found
| in the Fox river. The young man left
home and the next day his parents re-
ceived letter telling them that he fear
ed that his mind was breaking down UNI
| der study and that he chose sHicide in
preference TO insanity. Young Davis was
II years old and exceedingly sensitive.
He attended the normal school at Osh-
kosh and had been ordered to appear be-
fore the president to explain why he had
dropped two studies.
Paul Szukalski, wealthy and promi-
nent farmer of Newton, was killed while
returning from church. Mr.. Szukaiskl
and his wife had attended church in Man
itowoc and were driving home in cut
| ter when the accident occurred. As the
! horse was part way up the approach to
| the bridge near Newton his breath fail
| ed and he fell over the 12-fo0t embank-
ment into the valley below, pulling the
cutter with him. Mr.. and Mrs. Szukal-
ski were thrown to the ground and Mr..
Szukalskis neck was broken. Mrs. Szu-
kalski sustained serious internal injuries.
The establishment of the Manitowoc
public library, so long a cherished desire
/ and for which the people of that city
| have been working so earnestly for sew
eral years, is at last an accomplished
fact. The reading rooms have been open
ed to the public. Miss l.. Il. Stearns, or
/ ganizer for the Wisconsin Free Library
! Commission, with appropriate remarks,
| introduced the new but welcome iLhabit-
ant to the people, Of whom there was
a large number in and about the build
ing. The library starts out with 1900
volumes, which number will be constantly
increased as the funds allow.
John Anderson, woodsmau confined
| in the county Jail at Marinette for drunk
| enness. made three attempts TO hang him
self. They all proved unsuccessful owing
to his fellow prisoners, who cut him
/ down each time. The first attempt was
made with handkerchief He tied it 70
the bars of his cage and then pulled his
legs up under himself. He was cut down
in time by a fellow prisoner. The second
attempt was made with half of his sus-
pender; he tied this in a similar manner
and for the same reason it proved fail
ure. He was then moved TO the hospital
ward and there made the third attempt
| with the other half Of his suspender. lie
| was unconscious when cut down and he
was also injured in the falf lie is
thought to be insane owing to alcoholic
excess.
James IL. Andrews Of Akron, Ohio,
has sold the Fond du Lac gas works to
q stock company composed Of X. =.
Dawes Of Evanston, H.; Il. ID. Dawes Of
Little Rock, Ark; S. w. Little and ).
r. Clan, Peoria, H., and w. Mills OF
| Newark, Ohio.
James Ballard, d l4year-old lad, who
was taken from the State school at
Sparta by Tim O'Neill Of Big Spring,
skipped away from the farm with one
of O'Nein's best teams. He reached
/ Portage and was attempting to sell the
team when Marshal Dempsey arrested
him. He was returned to Sparta.
The Leland Hotel at Ashland, owned
by William II. Irish Of Neeedah, was
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