Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-10

result Other crops, not harvested, are
also benefited.
Martin Krolski, of Milwaukee. was
! caught under an avalanche of earth in a
sandpit. and while his two sons frantic
/ ally shOveled to rescue him from the liv-
| ing tomb he died.
Messrs. Schmidt & Benson. of Troy,
| Y. Y. have leased the old Palica Trunk
| Company buildings and viii establish
mattress factory in Racine. 1t is eX-
| pected that seyenty-fve men will be EN-
| ploved.
On account of the severe drought last
month. the cucumber crop, which has
| yielded to the farmers in Palmyra from
| $4,000 to $4,000 for the season will. 1t
| is estimated, be less than One-third OF
crop.
While playing among the cinders of the
former Wieckert company site in Apple
| ton, Harry PEBBLES found the gold watch
| of the late Robert Pasch, who was in
| stantly killed in the boiler explosion at
| the plant, just two years ago.
| Ernest Kleiber, IL years old, had
narrow escape from death at Marlnette.
| 4 shotgun he was carrying while cur
| hunting was accidentally discharged AMI
! tore off his left hand completely, with
the exception of the thumb, and part of
! his breast near the heart.
While working in the Rice Lake Manu-
! featuring Company's plant John Shelrude
was dangerously if not mortally injured.
| The governor belt ran OFF so that no con
| troll was had over the engine and pulley
| burst, striking Sheruda in the right side,
| breaking his hip and several ribs.
Secretary r. f. Roberts of the Keno
sha Old Settlers Club has given out his
! annual report of the deaths among the
| old settlers of the county during the past
year. The report shows that during the
| year fifty-two of the early settlers. who
! came to Kenosha before 1880, had died.
William Langdon, a lineman connected
with the telegraph department Of the CHI
| cago. Burlington and Quincy road, living
! at Alma, died at one of the La Crosse
| hospitals after living twelve hours with
! both legs broken, his skull fractured and
| other serious INJURIES the result OF his
handcar being struck by wild engine
! near Stockholm.
Joseph Hill, a Kenosha machinist, who
! has been for years experimenting on an
! engine suitable for automobiles, has at
! last been successful. He has produced
wonderful contrivance and a great i'm
provement over the present style. n
newly designed valve does away with
the link motion, making il possible to re-
verse when running at the highest rate
of speed
A genuine mining craze has broken out
| in New Richmond, following on the heels
of the DEVELOPMENT of the Cakes gold
discovery. S. 2. Hemmingson who lives
on farm two and half miles west OF
town, has found silver, samples of whit II
assay as high as $50 per ton down to
S34 so and SIG. Indications of gold and
copper were found, but the rock was only
tested for silver.
Two freight trains came together on
the Omaha tracks north of Cumberland,
demolishing an engine, cabOose and sew
eral box cars. The north-bound way
freight stopped at Lauresen's spur and
left the caboose and a few box cars
standing on the main line. \ north-bounl
special came along at high rate of speed
and crashed into the way freight, tee
scoping the caboose and box ears and
smashing the engine on the freight. The
trainmen on the special jumped in time
to save their lives.
Four masked men entered the home Of
August Lange near Kilbourn at o'clock
:he other morning and after ransackinS
the house and finding no valuables they
entered the bedroom of the aged couple
and at the point of revolver demanded
their money. Mrs. LANCE escaped through
the window and began to scream for
help. This frightened the wOund-be rob-
beers. and after beating the old man until
he was unconscious they escaped in
carriage, which was in waiting. Although
badly hurt, Mr.. LANCE Viii probably re-
| cover.
William Kip, a steamftter in the en-
poy of the Diamond Match Company,
was found dead in his bed. The aHthori-
ties are not inclined to the belief that it
was a case Of suicide, but an investiga-
| ton was deemed necessary and cOro-
ner's jury was impanelcd by Gust Bag
man. Kip retired at an early hour the
J previous evening, his wife remaining
| downstairs. When the storm came mp
about II p. m. his wife called up the
stairway, asking that her husband close
the windows to keep out the rain Get
ting no reply, she went upstairs a1y
found her husband dead.
Herbert E. Thompson, or as he is bet
ter known, Bert Thompson, the Chi
cago bicycle salesman, who was arrested
in Kenosha some time ago on charge
| of embezzling some 5000 of the funds of
| (rs,,,,
will spend several years in the Green
| Bay reformatOry as a punishment for
/ his crime. The young man appeared be-
! fore Judge r. S. Slosson Of the County
! Court and entered Z plea of guilty to the
! charge against him. He stated that the
money taken had been. lost in gambling.
The judge imposed an .ndeterminate sen
tence of from one to five years.
A Touring mill on Narrow creek, near
| BaraboO, owned by y. jerome, was
struck by lightning and destroyed. The
loss is $4,000, insuraIre $1,000.
Miss Louise Heron, daughter of Maj.
! Z. K. Heron. of Fond du Lac, while
| curling her hair with an iron. stuck the
| hot iron into her eye. 1t is feared that
| she will lose the sight in the injured eye.
I
! seph Mccain, a telegraph operator,
/ Louis II. Rogers. checking clerk for the
| Marshall Wells Hardware Company, at
! West Superior. jumped into the st. Louis
! River and attempted to swim to shore
/ and lost his life. The men were COM
panions on the steamer Blo0mer Girl on
a trip up the river and it was on bet OF
| $40 that Rogers jumped in.
Farmers in the town Of Taycheedah
are considerably exercised over the dis
covery on the farm Of M0thias Sabel Of
a large chunk of pure copper ore. weigh
ing over sixteen pounds and believe that
the find is but q f0rerunner Of possible
great discoveries Of veins Of the metal.
\ violent storm Of wind and rain which
passed over the southern and western
parts Of the State did much damage
Lightning destroyed many buildings,
among them Jones mill at BaraboO, the