Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-31

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skating with George Bassinger, aged Is.
| Peter Iyerson, a farmer residing near
| Glidden, has become violently insane.
Iverson is young man and was married
only six months ago.
The house of Peter Schnugg at Coch-
rane was burned, together with its con-
tents. A half-witted daughter of Mr..
| Schnugg was unable to escape and per-
ished in the flames.
B. +. Willard of Chippewa Falls and
L. C. Dillman of Seattle have sold cop
per mine at Valdez. Wash, for 81. 125.00O
TO Chicago and New York capitalists. Mr..
Millard's share is $4,000.
Ed. St. Hellenger of st. Croix Falls
fell from a building. thirty feet high,
landing on a pile of railroad ties. He
sprained one arm, breaking the other
wrist, cut his face and knocked his teeth
| in.
A verdict of S201S9 in favor of the
late George w. Pratt, a well-known lum-
| herman and formerly United States mar
shall was returned in the Circuit Court
at Oshkosh in suit against W. X.
Seribner.
c. C. De Lorinler, engineer at the
Prairie du Chen Button Company's
plant, fell into the open door of fac fur
mace under the boile. The ends of his
baked. He will lose the sight 81 one
eye.
| George Toifson, the morphine fiend,
who made murderous assault upon his
mother with a Ratchet and then attempt
| ed to end his life by cutting the arteries
of his wrists, was adjudged insane by
! physicians at Racine.
Frank C. Shattuck, secretary and
| treasurer of the Kimberly and Clark
! company, president of the National Man
| ufacturers Bank of Neenah and vice
| president of the First National Bank of
| Appleton, is dead. MIR. Shattuck had an
attack of appendicitis.
VERNE Weston, while standing near a
| revolving churn in the cheese factory
/ owned by s. Harrison of Genesee, was
| caught by hook on the churn, carried
over it and dashed upon the cement floor
with such force that he was rendered
[ unconscious for several hours.
| A row of ancient frame buildings on
| Water street, Eau Claire, was destroy
| ed by fire. 4 milling store dressmak
! ing establishment, photograph gallery,
and quarters occupied by families and
) lodges, were wiped out. Damage about
| $4,000.
! Nels Larsen. a farmer living near
| Chat was found nearly frozen to death.
| On his way home he fell out of his
sleigh and lay in the road until o'clock
in the morning with the mercury 80 de-
grees below zero. Medical aid was inn
mediately called and the doctor says that
he will lose one hand and one foot.
Richard Gabel, an engine wiper at the
| Chicago and northwestern roundhouse
| in Appleton, while en- his way to work
about 10 o'clock the other night, was
held up and sandbagged by tramps, who
| secured about $3.50, which sum was all
he had in his clothes. Mr.. Gabel lay
unconscious on the tracks for several
minutes before he was discovered by
| fellow workman. When found he had
the tips of his fingers frozen.
| Albert Cavanaugb of Marinette is in
! Jail on charge of being too handy With
an ak. A few days ago his mother pre-
scented him with several pairs of socks,
| whica he claims were appropriated by his
| wife's relatives without his knowledge.
| When he wanted to wear the new articles
Of footwear he could not find them. Be
coming enraged, it is alleged. he procur-
ed an ak and chopped open everything in
| the house capable of containing socks.
| Not satisfied at this, he continued his
work of destruction and did not stop until
every article of furniture was demolished.
| While at work in one of the paper
mills in Appleton ]. L. TAFT of Aberdeen,
| Scotland, received almost fatal and equal
~ unique injuries on one of the large
paper machines. He was engaged string
ing one of the watts of paper when the
| paddle which he had in his hand came
| in contact with rotary portion of the
machine and after revolving several
times, struck him, piercing his chest
nearly to the back, leaving distinct hole
of nearly an inch. Mr.. TAFT is a wealthy
! Scotchman, who came here several
months ago to learn the paper manufac
! turing business, as is it carried on in this
| country.
| Douglas Kramer was found guilty of
/ shooting Peter Isaacson and was SEN
fenced to Waupun prison for thirteen
years by Judge Parish of Phillips. On
| July Do Peter Isaacson was engaged in
cutting hay on Deer Greek marsh, eight
miles from Phillips, and about 10 o'clock
! in the forenoon he was shot by some
/ one in ambush from a clump of bushes.
| The gun used was a rife, and the bullet
entered his left breast and passed
/ through his body. Mr.. Isaacson fell TO
the ground unconscious. He revived in
about an hour, and succeeded in reaching
| his boat and rowed it down the river
to his home. When he arrived at the
/ landing he was so exhausted that it re-
quired the assistance of a neighbor,
Douglas Kramer, to get him out of the
boat and into the house. Mr.. Isaacson
has recovered and is almost well again.
Douglas Kramer was arrested Aug 20.
NJ. l. Yought. an electrician, will lose
the sight Of both eyes as result of an
accident at La Crosse. He was repair
| ing a dynamo when he accidentally made
a short circuit. He was terribly burned
about The face and eyes.
Huldo Hanson, an aged farmer. resid-
ing in the town of Dekorra, was killed
by a falling tree. He went to the woods
to chop wood, and failing to return his
sons went in search of him and found
him dead under d fallen tree.
An electric car at Oshkosh struck
cutter containing Mrs Fred Newton and
two servants. The driver, Ed Corrigan,
was fatally injured and the others re-
ceiyed severe bruises. Mrs. Newton is
the daughter of former Mayor William
4 Dichmann.
The body of Patrick Patten, an aged
resident of Appleton. was found on the
tracks of the Chicago and Northwestern
| Railway, cut and mangled almost beyond
recognition. Mr.. Patten was employed
as Waterman for the Kaukauna InterHr-
ban Company, near the place where his
lifeless body was found.
\ mad dog created CONSERVATION in the
home of Oscar Koch Of Appleton. Mrs.
Koch and her 3-year-old daughter. who
is suffering with aa attack of measles,
were the only occupants Of the house