Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02
Brief State Hanneninps.

Gov. La Toilette mas issued pfOcldHd-
ton appointing May as ArbOr day.
At New Holstein fire destroyed the sa-
loon and dance hall of August Hanson.
Loss is about $4,000, partly covered by
insurance.
Hattie Neu, daughter of Philip Neu,
residing near Hokah, while playing on a
haymow slipped and fell on pitchfork.
She was fatally injured.
Mrs. A. E. Benedict of Oshkosh tried
to cure corn by using corn plaster and
blood poisoning set in. She was Obliged
to have her foot amputated
Emile NJ, Shape, for many years chief
operator OF the Western Union Teleg-
graph Company in Milwaukee, died sud-
denly from pneumonia, aged 63 years.
The village of Walworth decided to in
corporate at special election held for
that purpose. The vote stood 70 for and
6 against the proposition. The village
has a population of 400.
The body found in the river at Eau
Claire has been identified as that of Pc
ter NJ Granum, land agent, OF Bristow.
He was a soldier in the Seventeenth regu-
lar infantry, in the Civil War.
John Scherer, foreman of the Sawyer
Goodman company at Marinette, and his
wife had a narrow escape from death, due
to eating canned mackerel. They were
both in commissions for several hours and
physicians had hard work to save them.
The poison was ptomaine.
Mrs. Frances Wolfinger, an aged lady
of Kaukauna, fell on the ice while after
a pail of water and broke her hip bone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolfnger live alone, and
as her husband was asleep in the house,
she lay on the icy ground a long time
before her condition was discovered.
President James ]. Hill of the Great
Northern Railroad has presented the en-
ployes of the road in West Superior with
an offer to put up a building for their
use. 1t will be built with reading rooms,
bath rooms, swimming pool, gymnasium
and other cOnveniences. The amount
given for the building is expected to be
about $4,000
Sylvester Siler. IS years of age, was
assaulted and stabbed at Burlington, rob
bed of S47 and left unconscious behind a
GOUItu. L liG ASSAULT " as ulduG " bNO
men.
A telegram was received from Warren,
Ohio. stating that Leo Tecktonius of Ra-
cine and Fred Heyser of Alma, had been
expelled from Dana's Musical Institution
for hazing a fellow student.
Silas Sanville, aged 16 years, plunged
into the East Twin river at Two Rivers
and saved his brother Ralph, aged y,
from drowning. The lad was playing on
the docks and slipped into the water.
Ole Borgrud, 81 years of age. was
struck near the Stoughton depot by a
passenger train and instantly killed.
Ralph W. Voorhees, of New Jersey has
donated $4,000 TO Carroll College, Wis
consin. This is in addition TO $4,000
| donated to that institution some time ago.
Fire destroyed the big piano establish
ment of William Rohlfng & Sons on
Broadway. Milwaukee. The loss is esti-
| mated at S150,000. The trunk line wires
| of the Western Union, the telephone com
pany, and electric lighting wires were
| burned and fell to the street, making it
necessary to cut of the electric lights and
| leave the city in darkness
Machinery 10 cost IN the neighborhood
of $4,000 viii be added 10 the plant Of
the GAINESVILLE cotton mills G. /. Car
| ney. the new superintendent OF the com
pany, is in the East TO purchase the ma
/ chinery.
A motorman OF the Appleton-Neenah
| interurban line was thrown from the
front end OF his car whss3 attempting 10
clean the snow from thS outside OF the
. front window, while the car was midway
I between Appleton and Neenah and going
| at the rate Of twenty miles an hour He
| landed in the middle of the track and the
I car passed over him without infiiefing
| any injury. 1t was stopped by the cen
ductor after running wild for half a mile.