Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-08
Brief state happenings.

Charles Wendt, aged IL, was run down
and seriously injured by an ice boat al
Pewaukee.
William Fobin of McAllister, wood
man, was run down by train and killed
His body was horribly mangled,
Andrew Lund, an aged widower and
old settler, was burned in fire that de
stroyed his dwelling at Webster. Only a
few charred bones were found.
Miss Lucille B. Hamilton, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Hamilton of Ma
rinette, was secretly married to William
Richardson Bonds, son Of a wealthy mer-
chant of Windsor, Ont, at Chicago.
Influenza is epidemic in Milwaukee. II
IS probable that there are 300 or 400 eases
of the grip and DIR. j. w Coon of the
health department says there have been
a number of deaths directly due to it.
John f. Farley, wealthy farmer Of
Caledonia was found dead on The tracks
of the Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha
Railway. The police think it case Of
murder as what appears to be bullet
hole was discovered on Farley's chin.
A young woman, whose name could not
be ascertained. jumped from a Wisconsin
Central train on the south side of the
river at Oshkosh, and was seriously in
jured She wanted TO get off at South
Oshkosh, but was carried by her station
and 50 jumped.
Thomas Mccoy, it is alleged. shot his
father-in-law, William Dearman, in the
town of Readstown. The bullet entered
beneath the shoulder aud lodged in the
lung and it is feared Dearman viii not
recover. 1t is reported that there has
been much i'll feeling between the men
for some time.
John Dahl, stone masoi, was found
deadin corn field at Grantsburg. He
got drunk, laid down to sleep and froze
to death.
Mrs. John jacobson. son and daughter
were thrown from d wagon in a runaway
near Albertville The mother is dead
with fractured skull and the others arr
seriously injured.
At Beaver Dam an alarm of fire was
turned in which proved to be in the
Charles Hotel. formerly the Milwaukee
House. All the guests escaped uninjur
ed. The loss viii be between $1,000 and
$4,000, fully covered by insurance
The body Of Charles j. Jonas Of Stod
dard. who disappeared from that place
while attending the funeral Of his second
wife. was found in the woods. He haG
evidently lost his way and persisted. Mr.
Jonas was nearly 20 years old and was
not in the best OF physical condition, al
though he did not complain of being i'll.
Peter johnson, a single man about p
years old, was brought 10 Racine from
Western Union Junction and taken Il
ST. Luke's hospital unconscious. He was
badly injured in fight in saloon. The
back of his head was cut and crushed
and he was otherwise injured. johnson
was struck By some unknown person Wit
club.
Charles Luther, the 1O-year-old boz
who was injured by a feed cutter on hi.
fathers farm near Marshheld, died Al
the hospital The cutter literally scalpes
the boy. who had put his head too clos.
TO the machine.
The mystery surrounding the unac
counfable disappearance of brass cast
ings from the railroad shops and paper
mills in Ksukauna for the past two years
was partly cleared up when detectives
Of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way Company caused the arrest Of A
shapiro, junk dealer. and unearthed :
treat quantity of castings that are claim
I'd 10 be worth upwards OF 5000. Sha
piro claims that he purchased the stuff.