Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24

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Lyman o. Rumery celebrated the fifth
eth anniversary of his wedding at Osh-
kosh.
Burglars wrecked the store of c. S.
Ellis at Windsor and got away with $500
in cash and jewelry.
Company X, Second regiment. w. y.
c., of Beaver Dam will erect $4,000
armory building in the spring.
Otto Bucholtz pleaded guilty to blowing
the safe of #. NJ. Guernseys law office
in Clintonyille Nov. p and was held for
| trial.
| The West Superior Hebraic congrega-
ton, Shared Tsedeck. is making arrange
ments for the erection of a new syna-
gogue.
The school board is considering the adj
visibility of establishing department
of manual training in connection with the
Washburn high school.
Benjamin Castle, while grubbing trees
near Eau Claire with an unmanageable
! team was jerled under falling tree,
which came down upon him, injuring his
head, left arm and leg.
Two men, James Inman of Kentucky,
unmarried, aged % years. and William
| Campbell Of Apolonia, aged %. were kill
ed at logging camps. This makes for
fatalities of like kind this fall.
Henry Rucpingt one of The victims Of
! the De Pere wreck of June "a. 1900, re-
ceiyed a verdict at the hands of a jury
at Fond du Lac of $4,000 against the
Northwestern Railroad Company.
Ten thousand dollars worth of goods
in the factory of the Modern Shirt and
by fire. The damage to the building will
amount to several thousand dGliars.
! Capitalists of Kewaunee have come to
| the conclusion that the business interests
of the town demand a new banking insti
| tuition. \ State bank with a capital Of
$4,000 or $4,000 viii probably be or
ganized.
| The grist mill at Browutown, owned by
| c. w. karn, caught fire from the chin
ney and was soon burned to the ground
! The estimated loss is $1,000. with $4,000
insurance ON the building and machinery,
| flour and feed.
| The restaurant of Edward J. Buehler
in Prairie du Sac was burglarized the
F, other night. The crooks forced an en-
| trance through the rear door, broke open
the safe and secured $500 cash and sew
eral boxes of cigars.
! W. A. Robbers general store at Co
Iona was entered by burglars and about
So in pennies taken. They also entered
! the office of T. II. Cochrane. produce
buyer, and opened the safe, which was
not locked, but did not secure anything.
! John McCabe Of West Superior has
been appointed agency director for the
! New York Life Insurance Company and
will have charge of the company's inter
ests in the upper peninsula of Michigan,
northern Wisconsin ard northern Mime
sofa.
The MaEnette Natural Gas and Oil
Company has formally decided to make
thorough exploration for gas and oil. A.
p. Smith of Washington, Pa, well
dreller, was wired to come on with his
| apparatus. a shaft viii be sunk Zoo
feet if necessary.
The furniture store of Goldsmith s, Co.,
! 260 West Water street, Milwaukee, was
| destroyed by fire. The loss will be about
/ $4,000, of which $4,000 is on the stock
| and $4,000 on the building When the
| fire broke out the store was filled with
customers, but all got out in safety.
Washburns four sawmilIs have finish
ed an exceptionally big seasons work,
| having sawed 132, 100000 feet of logs,
besides many more millions of lath and
shingles The Bigeow mill alone sawed
| 35,000,000 feet, which is about as great
as any mill has done in the coupt~.
II
Chippewa County has abolished the
county poor farm and appropriated So
| coo for the erection of building Of a poor
house on the county asylum farm so that
! both institutions will be run under one
management. The poor farm has not
been paying expenses for five years past.
| Fred c. Miller, resident of Friend
| SKIP. went to Necedah on Dec , and is
known to have taken the Chicago and
| Northwestern train for Camp Douglas
that day. since which time he has com
| pletely disappeared. His relatives have
made and are still making every effort TO
! locate his whereabouts. He was subject
! to fits of mental depression, during which
he was in the habit of wandering away
in the woods. and it is feared he may
| perish unless he is found.
Anton Cook died in 1878, and his wife
and three child IN recently applied to the
| court to determine the disposition of 200
! acres of land near Racine. Mr.. Cock
| was twice married. but by his first wife
| there was no issue. 1t was not known
| that there was an adopted son. but such
| appears to be, the case. He is Charlese
| Anton Cook "a years of age, who has
been living in the South He made claim
in the County Court to one-fourth of the
estate. which in all is valued at $4,000
to $50 1000.
| Because he thought he got the worst of
| a land deal and felt that he had lost con-
| siderable money through a real estate
| transaction, Michael Caspar of Sheboy-
| gan put revolver in his mouth and pull
| ed the trigger 1t caused instant death,
his head being nearly blown off. Caspar
was only u years of age He was mar
| red two years ago and is survived by
| widow and child. short time ago be
| traded his farm near Towards Grove for
| some property in Sheboygan. He opened
| a saloon. Business was not good ard l'e
| soon became discouraged He told his
| friends that he wished he had his farm
| back and that he felt that he had gotten
| the worst of the deal.
Mrs Pier. an aged widow, was found
dead in bed in her house at Altoona City,
where she lived alone 1t is believed she
| had been dead two days.
The home of Bert Sperbeck, agent OF
| the Milwaukee Railway at Wausaukee,
was destroyed by fire with all its con-
tents, causing a loss of about $1,000 UNI
| insured Mr. Sperbeck, his wife and
| baby escaped from the house in their
night clothes.
The meat market owned by j. I'll. Gosa
was entered by burglars at Palmyra. The
| safe was blown open and the cash regis
ter demolished Only 81 was secured in
paper money and coins. The damage to
Gosa's store is estimated at $500 To
escape the men stole rig and team Of
| John Selota, valued ut $3.50.
| Rev. H w Bushnell dief' at Elroy