Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28

Mrs. William Nussbaum of New Lon
don, while performing her household du-
ties slipped and fell. striking the corner
Of the stove and breaking one Of her ribs.
Christian Weiner was killed and his
son. George Weiner. fatally injured by
train while driving over railway
crossing of the Chicago and Northwestern
road at Dousman.
Benjamin keig, the man who killed his
wife, died at the city hospital in Madi-
son. keig cut his wife's throat with 4
butcher knife and then cut his own throat
with the same weapon.
The Downing Wagon Company was
organized at Downing with a capital Of
$4,000. The company has purchased
the patent rights of j. Fl. Gresom to a
new and improved fifth wheel for wag-
ons.
j. X. p. Hiles and Frank Hiles of
Dexterville. who own large property in
terests in the western part of Wood
County, will open up a 300-acre cranberry
marsh near City Point the coming sea-
son.
Frank Johnson. Racine farm hand.
was SO badly frozen that he will probably
die. His team ran away Saturday night
and he was thrown to the road. where he
lay unconscious unit, found several hours
later.
William Guttman. an employee of the
Western Telephone Construction Com
pany at Winthrop Harbor, was acct
dentally shot and fatally wounded while
duck hunting. by a companion named
Farmer.
The 500 depot office at Rhinelander
was broken into by robbers. The cash
drawer was emptied of about $40. 4 re-
port was received from Hazelhurst that
the depot of the Milwaukee road there
was robbed of $3.50.
While his mother was busy attending
to her duties the 3-year-old son of A. Pc
toskey of La Crosse fell into a tub of
boiling water. When Il doctor arrived
touch of the hand on the infants arm
brought off the cooked flesh.
The American Tobacco Company of
Sparta has advertised for several hun
dred girls, guaranteeing Sc to $40 per
week. Many girls have been leaving La
Crosse to accept the offer, and there is
famine of domestic servants.
Carelessness in getting the wrong bot
tie viii probably cost Arthur Mcconnell,
prosperous farmer residing one mile
beast of Cylon. his life He had been
taking medicine for sore throat and took
u tablespoon of carbolic acid instead.
In Fond du Lac the Gallant House.
valued at $4,000, was partially destroy
ed by fire, and Assistant Fire Chief
Michael McGrath was almost killed by
fall from the roof. The thirty guests
lost their belongings and some had mar
row escapes.
The Beaver Dam Worsted Company,
which has been doing business in the up
per wooden mill, Beaver Dam, made an
assignment to ID. r. Lamoreux for the
benefit of its creditors. The liabilities
are said to be about $4,000. with assets
about $21 600
Gertie Lomsted, servant at the fash
ionabe boarding house of Frank Red
field and wife in Racine, lies injured and
in a critical condition, with her hands,
| arms, face, neck and head terribly burn
ed The girl, in haste to build fire in
the kitchen range. poured kerosene on the
coal, not knowing there was smolder-
ing fire below. An explosion followed,
and the flames shot up, setting her cloth
ing on fire, burning face and head.
Hartland was thrown into wild eX-
element by Otto Ross, young man, who
is studying telegraphy. He broke iato
the store of c. r. Peabody, while under
the influence of liquor. end was robbing
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gathered in front of the store and COM
manded him to come out Instead of
obeying he began throwing crockery out
of the store at the crowd. He hurled
large plates at the marshal, breaking the
big plate glass window and the glass
door He smashed almost everything
! breal,able in the store and ended by fall
ing into a large show case. The officer
took advantage of this last move and
grabbed Ross before he was able to do
any more damage.
A marriage license was issued to Rob
ert L. Svinton and Mary Il. Swinton,
both Of Appleton. Promptly upon pro-
curing the license the couple proceeded
to the office of the county judge, where
they filed application for a special dispen-
Sdlluu ~ ne UldIIIGu AAbput
two months ago, the prospective bride
was the plaintiff in a divorce case which,
after occupying the time of the court,
was granted. The couple both declare
that each is unable to live happily with
out the other
Frank Wright, a Kenesha policeman.
was the hero of a fire and was forced 10
dodge three bullets for his pains. The
Park City Hall and Garden, a local re-
sort. caught fire from some unknown
source, and crowd of a hundred or more
people soon gathered. The building was
wrapped in flames when it was learned
that Mr. and Mrs r. G.. Stoehr were
asleep in their apartments on the second
floor Wright placed a ladder to the win
dow, mcunted it. and started to crawl
into the room, where the two persons
were supposed to be suffocating. At that
moment Stoehr was aroused from his
slumbers and not understanding the IN
vasion he fired three shots at Wright. All
Of the bullets went wild. and the police
man explained the circumstances in time
to allow Stoehr aud his wife 10 escape
By the ladder The building was de-
stroyed, Loss $1,000
L. O. Brown. agent for the Brellng-
ham-Tixon Lumber Company Of Madison
at Oxfordville. was arrested on the
charge OF embezzling $1,000 of the com
pany's funds. He has been in the em-
ploy of the concern for several years
and enjoyed It's fullest confidence.
Charles Larson. young man Of Mani
towoc only II years Of age. was acct
dentally killed while employed on the
farm Of John Owen Larson was NJ
work with the crew chopping timber,
when q heavy tree fell on him. striking
him sQuarely on the head and fracturing
the skull, causing almost instant death
Frederic Birch. residing near Crystal
Lake. While returning from Dakota VIII
LACE got of the road and his team fell
into the creek. In his efforts to Get
them out he got thoroughly wet and
erawled ont on TO the bank amongst some
bushes, whore he was found frozen 10
death. He was an Industrious farmer.
Lawrence University basket bah en-
thusiasts are greatly exercised over an
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