Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-26
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ed from the State public school at Sparta
One was captured before leaving the city
W. H. Springer. a painter. dropped
dead on Water street. Eau Claire Will,
hitching his horse. He left large fam
! lily.
A stock company has been organized
working toward the erection of a new no
tel on College avenue, Appleton. 1t vii
cost 100000.
Among those who will be graduated a:
/ second lieutenants in this years gradual
| ing class at West Point are ]. H. Peolt
and Ernest Peek of Wisconsin.
Robert Smith died from injuries receiv
ed a few days ago while working in ;
sawmill near EmOarrass. a lath boil
/ flew back and struck Smith in the bow
! els
While hunting. Loran Ellis of Plain
! field II years old, accidentally shot of
two fingers and the thumb of his lief
| hand. His face was lacerated and burn
ed by the discharge, and he barely es
| capped with his life.
! II. d. Thomas, proprietor Of thu
! BlanchardviIle bank. and Oscar y. Olsen
who for the past six years has been cash
Ter. have formed Il partnership under thu
! firm name of Thomas & Olsen, bankers
| and will start a bank at Belleyille.
Fire started in the Economy store a
Fond du Lac and the entire stock Of
| goods in the establishment was destroy
! ed. The building is owned by Louis Rue
! ping and was damaged 81 600, covered by
! insurance. The stock was valued at 81,
500 and there was $1,000 insurance on it
The citizens of Cooperstown, who are
| the only opponents of the proposed cleo
trio railroad between Green Bay an(
ManitOwoc, will leave the matter OF
| granting Il right of way through thai
| town at a special election to be held fol
that purpose as soon as practicable.
On account of the unusual mix-up fol
| judicial honOrs in the First district, &
Republican convention may be called tt
make a nomination for county judge
-Four candidates are in the field. They
are Louis Rohr, Otto Ahrens and w. w
Rowlands, Republicans, and Max w
Heck, Democrat.
\ scheme is on foot whereby Il nationa
association of Acknowledgements will sooI
be formed, with Dr. NJ. J. Rodermund OF
Appleton and Frank d. Blue, Terrt
Haute, Ind, as he promoters. 1t is pro
posed to 90 to- work Immediately to gel
| financial backing, and should the effort
prove successful Il fight will be waged al
once throughout the country against vac
cination.
The New Richmond Park Association
has taken the initiatory steps toward or
ganizing the county and local fairs into
Il circuit for the purpose of preventing
clash Of dates and to secure better speed
programs and high grade of special at
fractions. At the annual meeting of the
local society the following officers were
chosen: 0. ]. Williams, president; JOhr
H. Pardon, secretary; l.. y. Baker, treas
urer.
Next summer the PeshtigO Lumber
Company will build a siX-mie logging
road from Twin Greeks into Il large body
of hemIock which it owns. The road will
be spur connecting with the Wisconsin
and Michigan Railway. The ~ Luding
ton company will also build Il logging
road during the next few years. 1t viii
tap a virgin forest of pine and hardwood
timber east of Wausaukee. The road viii
connect with the Wisconsin and Ml,n.
gan Railway.
a frightful accident occurred at the
Grub gristmill at Stanley. \ 1Iyear-olt
youth named Brill. son Of Il farmer liv
ing near Stanley, was the victim, and his
life was forfeited as the result. The I'M
fortunate boy, while oiling Il rapidly re
volving shaft, was caught by the cloth
ing and whirled around with the motion
of the shaft. The body was thrown
against the ceiling at each revolution
with terrific force until the engine was
shut down and the machinery stopped
The body presented Il CHASTITY sight.
Because the lawyers in the cases have
not recorded the judgments more thar
20O-perhapS rs many rs 1OO-perOns in
milwaukee, who supposed they were legal
ly divorced within the past two years are
still in Wedlock in the eyes Of the law
In some cases these people have remar
ricd and in consequence arc liable to pros
ccution for bigamy. The fee for record,
ing is only $6.2O and this sum has, in al
most all these cases, been collected by the
lawyers, who have put the money in then
pockets and allowed their clients to go
supposing that their divorce was an &C.
cOmpliShed fact.
Suffer Brothers of Chicago, the largest
packers and dealers in leaf tobacco in the
West, have closed all their warehouses in
Wisconsin and are repud.lting all con
tracts made for the crop of 800 tobacco
Several crops were put through the fore
ed curing process at their plant at Cam
bridge, and would not stand the reswcat
The crop in all parts of the State is SO
badly damaged by rust, pole rot and smut
that they have refused to accept any
more crops contracted for by them. They
have warehouses at GAINESVILLE, Madison,
Cambridge and Soldiers Grove.
The farme.s residing in the western
part of kenosha County are signing a
petition to the managers of the proposed
Milwaukee. Burlington and Lake Geneva
Electric Railway asking that the road be
extended from SHADES Corners. where the
road will leave Kenosha County, to the
lake regions of the town of Randall. At
present several summer resorts have been
built on the shores of Powers lake and
several OLuctS VIII De DultL uuIiHS Tue
spring AT present there is no passenger
road to the lakes and the owners of prop
erty in the region hope to have the pro-
posed line continued in order to get an
outlet to Milwaukee and Chicago.
Anthrax has been found to exist on
the farm of William Rehfeldt, a farmer
seven miles west Of Neenah. State Vete-
rinatian Roberts has Quarantined the
farm.
Martin Anderson, aged 80 years, was
struck and instantly killed by Il passen-
ger train on the Northwestern road at
Racine He lea yes a wife and three chill
Gren.
The PcrIcy-Low Company Of Chicago
has purchased the II. Witbec& Com
pany's 1901 lumber cut of over $4,000
600 feet in Wisconsin. The consideration
is over 100000.
II the report of the master in chanccry
is confirmed. AMI it probably Will be, Mrs.
Hattie II. Garfield Of Milwaukee will get
about 100000 principal AMI interest for
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