Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-01

solved as good many Wisconsin firms
refused to JON.
Lightning destroyed the barn of VIII
liam Scheffier near Cambridge One span
of horses persisted in the building The
loss was quite heavy.
Edward Bauer. boy 10 Yeas OF age.
who had run away from his home III Osh-
kosh. was found at Manitowoc and re-
turned to his parents.
The Linderman Box and Veneer Com
pany's conyeyor, containing 2,000.oe0
feet of lumber and the company'S office,
was burned at Eau Claire.
Around Barron eleven sheep have been
killed by wolves in ten days. The farm
ers have procured hounds and have start
ed war of determination.
Two horses belonging TO l.. Glazer. a
resident in the town of Harrison, were
killed by lightning. The two animals
were lying near barb wire fence.
The students of Beloit College present
ed The Frogs" TO large and appre-
ciative audience. including persons of
prominence from various parts of tie
State.
Natural gas has been discovered on the
farm Of Charles Weaver in the town of
Chester. The gas was struck while
Weaver was engaged digging a we'll on
his farm.
At East Pennington horse thief stole
Rev. c. Kleinlein's horse, harness. robes
and fur coat. At the same place he
stole Rev. Father Klop's buggy, harness
and robes.
Mike Falasky. a Marsh6eld farmer,
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the head while temporarily insane. lie
was 40 years old and leaves wife and
FIVE children
La Crosse City Council granted the
La Crosse and Eastern Electric Railway
Company, which is constructing a road
to Viroqua, a perpetual franchise to OPP
crate within the city limits.
The Forest Park Hotel at Nashota was
burned to the ground and the historic
Red Circle and the Wagner House were
scorched. An explosion of a gasoline
stove caused the accident.
The indications for a large yield of
apples, which were very favorable earlier
in the season, have disappeared with the
appearance of a peculiar kind of blight
which has affected the trees.
Mrs. Theresa Lucas and Engelbert
Schoenberger eloped. The former is the
wife of Joseph Lucas, farmer residing
near Glidden, and the latter a farm
hand employed on Mr.. Lucas farm.
The election to have been held on the
proposition of Waunakee joining with
Westport in the establishment of n town
ship high school has been withdrawn by
the board on account of Westport vot-
ing against it.
Owing tc the rapid spread of typhoid
fever the schools of Monroe have been
closed by order of the board of health.
Churches. Sunday schools and the public
library have been closed and public gath
erngs of all kinds prohibited.
Middleton was visited by a terrific cleo
trio storm. Lightning struck six times
in or near the village during the storm.
The most damage was done to the Ger
man Lutheran Church, the steeple being
destroyed and large hole torn in the
roof.
William. the 10-year-old son of Fred
erick Smith of Caledonia. was severely
cut by scythe All the .esStensor Ten
dons of the left hand were severed, the
wrist joint opened up and the bony con-
nection of the little fingers with the
hand severed.
f. ]. Blake, manager of the Rice foun-
dry in Stevens Point, is said to have Sc
cured an option on 600 acres of land on
the Wisconsin at Bancroft. where he will
erect big plant, which will employ over
100 men. He proposes to build a new
town at the place.
Ferdinand Vothe, Prairie du CHEN
clam digger, found a round white pearl,
which he sold to Z. o. Heide, known as
the pearl king" for 800. also boz
rogue pearl for $3.50. Vothe has worked
at this industry for three weeks and has
made 5000 in that time.
Chief Of Police Bowling of Oshkosh
has been notified that Charles Woodruff,
who it is alleged took three watches and
some other jewelry belonging to L. Ep-
stein and some money belonging to Com
pany B. before leaving the city on March
8, has been arrested at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Four large mounds near Ellis Junction
on the property formerly owned by the
Wisconsin Club on the west shore OF
Lake Noqueby are causing considerable
comment. The property is now owned by
Gus Bean. Excavations have brought
to view hundreds of skeletons of human
beings.
The 4-year-old child of A. w. Nelson,
who lives on a farm four miles south
of West Superior, was found at a house
seven miles from home. after hundreds
of searchers had secured the woods in
search Of him. The boy spent day and
night alone in the woods. He says he
ate grass when hungry.
United States Deputy Marshal john
son arrested Otto Jaehkei at Trevor. The
prisoner is wanted for securing $3S,7O0
from Englebert, Hardt q Co. of New
York, Berlin and Buenos Ayres. 1t is
alleged his plan was concocted in Buenos
Ayres. where he was employed by the
firm, and was carried into effect in Ham
burg and Paris. Since securing the
money he has eluded his pursuers by
travelling in the United States and Mex
leo.
Considerable excitement was caused at
Manitowoc by the burning of the tents
OF the Norris & Rewe's show. The cause
Of the fire was the careless use OF a
burning torch. one Of the employees Of the
circus falling asleep and allowing the
torch to burn.
There have been no further develop
ments in the investigation Of the hazing
bee which resulted in the wounaing OF
Philip Kopplin ar Madison. Hermann
has been exonerated and as the names Of
his assailants have not been learned it Is
probable that nothing more viii be done
in the matter.
Leslie Lindsey, aged II. Of Marinette,
while playing with a revolver in the
absence Of his parents. pointed the weap-
on at his face saying: Here goes moth
ing The bulies passed through his
cheek, coming out near the ear The
boy ran to a hospital calling for aid. He
will recover.
Mrs. George W. Parker Of Lima town.
ship. while her grandmother and her g
year-Old daughter were asleep. went into
chicken coop. poured quart OF Sero-