Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-30
AL Over the State.


The town of Glidden at "A recent town
meeting appropriated $1,000 for a new
school building
The Racine Social turnverein. organic
ed in 1854, and one of the oldest in south
ern Wisconsin, has disbanded.
Fire in the office of DR.. Trask at Ap-
pleton damaged his library and instru-
ments to the extent of $1,000. \ cigar
stub in the wastebasket caused the fire.
A man employed by Robert BlomiIy, a
farmer living near Palmyra. was found
with his neck broken, head downward in
an old well. He had been missing sev-
eral days. He came as a tramp, and
his relatives are unknown.
There was head-end collision in the
Milwaukee yards at Marinette. 4 yard
engine and an incoming freight met on
the main line. The engineers and fire
men jumped and saved their lives. Both
locomotives were badly wrecked.
A long legal battle is impending be-
tween the Wisconsin Telephone Company
and the city of KenoSha. Acting City
Attorney John c. Slater was ordered to
prepare an ordinance compelling the tele-
phone company to place. all wires in the
business district underground. The tele-
phone company has given notice that i
will fight the claims made by the city
and has refused to make any further
concessions. .--..,
The G-year-old daughter Of D. Murphy,
who lives on farm near Lindsey, had a
narrow escape from burning to death.
The little girl was playing around burn
ing log pile, when her clothing caught
fire. HeV mother ran to her assistance.
and tearing off part of her clothing, wrap
ped it around the little one and succeed
ed in extinguishing the flames. The child
was terribly burned about the body and
lower limbs. She will recover:
A gambling house, with roulette. craps
and poker games. recently established
over Il saloon in Appleton, was raided By
the police No arrests were made, but
the place was closed and the proprietor
ordered out of town. ...-.
Fond du Lac County farmers who have
raised peas in large quantities since the
establishment of the canning factory in
Fond du Lac will not raise that product
on anything like the scale Of the past few
y tdAS NY dtE dLAdA4 VI Aut PEA AUu1Ef
which played havoc with the crop last
year, causing an enormous loss to the
farmers.
The Northwestern Wire Grass Com
pany, whose geenral office Is in St. Paul,
MINI, expects to make BaOcOck a central
shipping point of wire grass. which it
gets from the numerous marshes in that
vicinity and ships TO its various factories.
The company viii build a large ware
house.
Two Of the three men who were arrest
cd at La Crescent with a large amount
Of stolen property Oh their persons.
Charles johnson and Ed. Powers. were
bound over 70 Circuit Court. while the
third was discharged, there being no evi-
dence TO hold him. The goods were stol-
en- from a. W. Fields store al Elr0y,
and he has identified them a his.
Fred Schiller Of Glidden, who two
months ago was almost fatally scaIded
by falling into a vat Of boiling water.
IS recovering. but his mother Mrs. JUS
tine Schiller died from the effects OF
blood poisoning contracted while nursing
him.
The honor Of being the youngest pers01
n Winnebago County 20 receive a teach
er's certificate belongs Up Walter q. PUP
fer OF the town 0f Poygan, who i A or
phan. - years OF age. and who has nev-
sF attended anything higher than a com
mon school The youag man has just
been sent a third grade certificate by
County Superintendent " Schools Geo.
OveTtoa.