Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-07
The new Kenosha citr direetory shows

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Lieut.. ], H. Price Of Milwaukee has
opened United States recruiting Office
in Oshkosh
Mrs. Anna Bader has sued Oshkosh
for $1,000 for injuries received on de-
fectiye sidewalk
John Thompson. aged 20. living near
Esofea. lost his left hand in sawmill,
where he was working
The shoe store of John johnson ut
Westby was entered by burglars and $40
taken from the cash drawer.
Harry Sheldon, a farmer in the town
of Harris, fell from a load of hay and
broke his neck dying almost instantly.
Deputy Sheriff Enhart of Wrightstown
is after two tramps who stabbed and
attempted to rob an unknown man who
! was with them in box car.
BY the burning Of her home in the
| town of Clayton. Mrs. Augusta Wismer,
Il widow, lost all the property she had
accumulated during a lifetime, including
| $1,000 in cash.
An unknown man was killed at Gene
see by the freight train going west. He
was put off an evening train in an in
toxicated condition and slept under the
watertank all night.
Gold has been discovered on the ex-
ploration of F. Maxim, in property To-
Gated three miles north of the village OF
! Rouse. The official assay shows the
precious metal to run $S15 to the ton,
with lesser amounts of copper and silver.
| Walter Terry. Racine teamster, mar
| rowly escaped being crushed to death by
! two heavy curbstones. The team which
| Terry was driving became frightened and
| ran away. He'fell to the ground and the
stones were thrown from the wagon and
! barely missed falling on him.
In the case of the State of Wisconsin
Us. Willie Schuette, Louis Schuette and
! Charles Veins. at Sheboygan, a verdict
! of not guilty was rendered. On June q
! last the three defendants were firing Il
| revolver at a box and a young man by
| the name of Braun was hit with stray
| bullet while riding a bicycle along the
! road side Braun only lived a few hours.
The Milwaukee railway station at
| Sun Prairie was broken into by burglars,
| the safe blown open and about $40 IN
money secured. The depot is situated
| some distance from the village and no
! one heard the explosion. The burglars
! got away with about 800 worth of gold
| nuggets belonging to L. j. Erickson, the
station agent, who recently returned
| from Cape Nome.
Carl Voigt of Freistadt. on a charge Of
murderous assault on his stepson, Robert
KrOening, was sent TO Waupun for two
years. The evidence showed that a
| quarrel arose between the stepfather and
stepson over some whisky. AS Il result
! the father went for the boy with gun
! and the lad defended himself with a
| club, but the latter got charge of shot
| in the arm which afterwards necesstated
| amputation to save his life.
| Richard Jungmann, aged Is years,
| while walking on the track a mile north
of the Appleton station, discovered a
| broken rail. A passenger train was al
most due, and the lad hurried down the
| track and tagged it just in time.
| Though broken, the rail was not greatly
out of place, and the train was able to
crawl over it. Had it been struck at
! the rate of speed the trains usually travel
| at that spot. it might have spread and
| wrecked the train.
| The village of Babcock is very much
! aroused over an attempt TO poison Henry
/ w. Remington, an aged attorney and
old settler. The following facts were
filed with District Attorney Wipperman
for investigation: Mr.. Remington has
! been in poor health for some time. The
! other day some toast was made for him,
| upon which was placed tomato sauce. AS
he did not like the sauce he scraped ii
off and underneath found a layer of
quicksilver. The matter is now being
! investigated.
Clarence Peck, % years old, was ar
rested in La Crosse just as he was leav-
ing for st. Paul, charged with the lar
! ceny of bicycle lamp. He was taken
| to the police station, and a large ugly
40-caliber Colts revolver was found on
his person. Later in the day it was dis
covered that he had entered the room OF
a travelling man in one of the downtown
hotels, and. cutting open the side Of the
| grip extracted all the valuables he could
! find in it, He went before Judge Brind-
ley and entered plea Of guilty to three
| charges, two of larceny and the other
| Of carrying concealed weapons. He was
sentenced to two years and six months
in the States prison. Peck is a victim
! of the cocaine and morphine habit.
William Camps, Marinette mason, is
at the county Jail under bonds TO keep
| the peace. He was arrested on complaint
! of his former sweetheart, Miss Louise
Ruhl. who says that Camps threatened
+ to kill her il she persisted in keeping
| company with another young man. When
| put on the stand in cOJ-.t, Camps admit
! ted all that the young lady said, but
! pleaded in cxtenuation of his threat to
! kill her, that it was to save her from
! young men who were plotting her ruin.
He took with perfect resignation the
sentence visited upon him and is slowly
pining away at the Jail, refusing to eat
anything.
a well-known young man of Janesvilla
has applied to the police for protection
as he fears he will be kidnapped. For
some days past . gypsy named Zyra has
been telling fortunes there and many
people have been to consult hes. among
them the young man in question, After
the gypsy had told his fortune, accord
ing to his story she declared that he
was hers and that she could not live
without him. She cried that she loved
him and begged him 20 run away with
her He had wild time leaving her
as she tried force to keep him She
vowed that members of her band would
bring him back to her She is the queen
of band Of gypsies encamped on the
outskirts Of the city.
The y. r. Aliens Sons Taunery Com
pany at KcnoSha began the erection Of
large addition to their plant. The
new building viii have a floor space of
over two acres AMI will cost about 500
600
The Kenosha Business Mems Associa-
ton received letter from the managers
Of a Chicago furniture factory asking
that proposition be made to the COM
pany TO remove its plant TO kenOsha.
The company is now employing $50 men
and turning out over 100000 worth Of
goods yearly. The company is ready 10
locate in kenOsha if site IS furnished.