Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-03
sta4e Items OF Interest,

FIRE destroyed the farm buildings OF
Thomas Moyle, one mile north of York
vile, with loss Of $500
Robert Moriarity and Robert Soper,
two boys, broke through the ice while
skating at Eau Claire and were drowned.
A large unused building belonging to
the Rock River Paper Company was
burned at Beloit, endangering the electric
light plant. which it adjoins.
Thomas cambridge, one of the old pio-
neers of that section, died at his homo in
Benton. He was member of the State
Legislature for several years.
Two boys, sons of A. Scheffner of Tom
ahawk, were drowned in the Wisconsin
river The lads were Is and 10 years of
age. They broke through the ice while
skating.
Mrs. John Sewitzke of Lagadow re-
turned home after brief absence and
found the house burned and her three
children, aged from months to ) years,
cremated.
Oscar Israel of Eau Claire, while in
fit of temporary insanity brought on by
dissolute habits. shot his wife through
the shoulder and then committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head.
A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy linn
tied passenger train plunged into a local
freight train at Newport while going fifty
miles an hour. The engines of both trains
were wrecked, but no one was injured.
William George, a leading member of
the Wisconsin branch of the Winnebago
Indian tribe, was killed by another In
dian, who has fed the county. Witnesses
say that the killing was in self-defense.
A marked change for the better is no
ticeable this fall in the character of the
stock offered for sale in the Grand Rap
ids market Heretofore the stock raised
in that locality was almost entirely of
the stocker or feeder class, marketable
only for shipment to Illinois and Iowa
SPECTATORS for stall feeding. But this
fall many farmers are bringing in cattle,
hogs and sheep which are in perfect
shape for the block, and the time when
a necessity of Texas and Kansas City
beef for retail trade existed is past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kunzelman cele-
brated their fifty-eighth wedding anniyer-
sary at Baraboo They have resided
there fifty years and five of the second,
sixteen of the third and seven of the
fourth generations were present.
Judge Bum in the federal court at
Madison refused the motion of Thomas
Bates of Evanston, H.. for the appoint
ment of receiver for the Bayfield, Lum-
Der Company and the Bayfield,, Superior
and Minneapolis Railway Company and
John A. Rice, who, as president of the
Milwaukee Trust Company, held securi-
ties of both companies.
When the census was taken last year it
was found that the largest family in Bar
aboo was that of j. G. Dunn. there being
nine children. There has just arrived in
the family pair of twins, which gives
the father the greatest handicap in the
line of large families in the city.
Patrick Kane, charged with the muir
der of his wife on Sept %, was found
not guilty in the Circuit Court at Prai-
RE du Chen. Judge Clementsen took the
case out of the hands of the jury and de-
cided that the prisoner was not guilty
The judge held that there was no evil
dence to show that the shooting had not
been accidental and nothing TO support
the murder charge.
Joseph Jensen of Brookvilie, aged Co.
was run over by the Northwestern limit
ed while walking on the track one-half
mile east Of Baldwin. and was instantly
killed. His brother, Ole Jensen, met
similar fate two years ago by falling
from a train at Woodyille.
Claire Walker, aged -, living near
Aurorayille, was shot and instantly killed
while playing on an organ in the parlor
Of his fathers house. The hiied man had
cleaned and loaded his rife. A ueighbors
son strolled in. picked it up and II was
accidentally discharged. The bullet OF
twenty-five caliber passed directly
through the head Of young Walker, from
ear 10 ear.