Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-06-11

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a cost of $4,000
John Hardcastle was returned to the
pastorship of the Primitive Methodist
Church of Mineral Point
The ]. 1. Case Plow Company plant
will not leave Racine and it will not be
removed from its present location.
Gov. La Toilette has appointed DR.. Al
ma ]. Frisbie the first woman member of
the Wisconsin board of university re-
gents.
NJ. Peterson, at work in a paper mill
at Eau Claire, had his left arm and the
fingers of his right hand torn off in ma
chinery.
DR.. R. A. Gottsleben of Mayvilie died
of injuries received by his horse running
| away when coming home from fire at
Theresa.
Prof. Bergen, for the past eleven years
principal of the Prairie du Sac schools,
has accepted the superintendent of the
Mineral Point schools.
In the absence. of Tom Wiley of Lake
Mills his wife went to the stables to feed
the horses when one of them bit and
tore off entirely one of her ears.
A party of Wisconsin homeseekers left
Mayville on a special car for Oklahoma
territory, where land has been offered
| them. About twenty were in the party.
Eugene Fosha boy of Hayward, has
been sentenced to the Industrial School
until Il years of age. He pleaded guilty
of having robbed the till of Rivkin Bros.
D. r, Sampson will be appointed re-
| ceiver of the United States land office at
| Ashland, to succeed Nels Auley, who has
sent in his resignation to take effect June
| 80.
The Supreme Court has refused to
| transfer the custody of Lille Stittgen,
a minor child, from her guardian, Mrs.
Harry Ernst, to her mother. The case
came from Milwaukee.
The Barring Gould boys, who were kid
mapped from heir mother in Oshkosh
| some weeks ago by their father. are in
England. Detectives hired to trace the
| boys have so reported.
When court convened at Chippewa
| Falls Judge Vinje announced he had de-
MED the motion for new trial for Ira
| Steward and Immediately sentenced him
| to States prison for life.
William Bowen, a stonemason, commit
ted suicide by hanging at his home in
Whitewater. He had little work and was
| thought to be Respondent over money
matters. He was 43 years old.
A fire in the Marinette Christian Sci
ence Church caused a loss of about ST.
coo. Its origin is unknown. The large
pipe organ was ruined and the interior
decorations were badly scorched.
John YOungworth, the 7-year-old son
! of Peter Youngworth of Oshkosh. had
his right foot crushed so that it will have
| to be amputated. while stealing q ride
on Wisconsin Central freight train.
While boating on the Rock river at
HustisfOrd village two sons of Frederick
Koch, aged y and is years, fell into the
| river, while changing seats in the boat.
| The younger boy was rescued. The eld-
er was drowned. Both were unable to
swim.
Frank Charles of Eau Claire, bridge
| builder working ON the Great NOrthern's
| steel bridge across the Spokane river at
| Spokane, Wash, slipped from a trestle
and plunged headlong sixty-fve feet to
| tAAC 9AOuAAu' IIG W olo uCdI W hGA LID SOAAA
| panions reached him.
Clarence Babcock of GAINESVILLE met a
| horrible death by being almost cut in two
| by an electric street car. The dead boy
was playing on the street with some
| companions and ran in front of the car.
| He was knocked down and the car wheels
| passed over him. Death was instantane-
! Gus.
George Schneider, aged 60, who has
| been employed for some time past on
section work for the Milwaukee road,
was found dead in bed at La Crosse. An
| inquest was called. 1t was found that
| the mans heart was nearly as large as
! that of an OK and this was no doubt the
caues of his death.
| The 10-year-old daughter of Peter Kla-
yer, Marinette farmer, was so badly
burned that she will probably die She
was playing in the yard around stump
| that was ablaze. when her clothes became
| ignited. The father ran out and seeing
her all a1ame picked her up and threw
her into an old we'll The water eXtin-
guished the flames, but the little girl
had narrow escape from drowning.
Her entire body is a mass of burns.
Hans Hermanson, an aged farmer was
robbed just outside the city limits of Mar
inette by two highwaymen who stopped
him with a shot from a revolver. The
bullet cut off his ear. He was relieved
of S1S. After robbing him the highway
men beat him nearly insensible. The
men missed So which the old man had in
his shoe.
The wife of Browne Peterson, one of
Waupa"a County's best-known and veal
thiest farmers, committed suicide by eat
ing paris green. A few months ago Mr..
Peterson sold his homestead farm for
$4,000, possession to be given April l
next year. Recently Mrs. Peterson want
ed the sale declared off, but the purchas-
er would not consent, although $500 boz
nus was offered him. Mrs. Peterson had
brooded much over the affair. Three
children survive.
\ man representing himself to be a
sewing machine agent attempted to chic
reform Mrs. James Fay in Baraboo. At
ter some time Mrs. Fay suddenly became
dizzy and at the same time detected the
odor of chloroform. She had presence of
mind enough to order the fellow out of
the house and as soon as she had strength
enough to venture out she gave the alarm,
but in the meantime the fellow made
good his escape. He tried the same
scheme at several places. but without sue
cess. Robbery was evidently his motive
The local committee appointed by the
Elkhorn fire department are making pre-
parations for the State Firemen's tourna-
ment to be held there June 10, 20 and 81.
Chris Miller, farmer living about nine
miles from Menasha, was dragged by his
horse, which became frightened. and sus-
tanned as a consequence a broken col
lar bone.
DR.. Joseph Johnson, one Of St. Croix
County's Oldest practitioners. and Mrs.
c. Folsom. enc of the first settlers of
Polk County, were married in Star Prai-
rie. The groom is Al years old; his bride
is 80