Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-29

Six young women in the garb of trained
nurses acted as pallbearers at the funeral
OF Miss Gertrude Clark in the town OF
Nekimi
Nellie Hambly. aged 10 years. daush-
ter of the sexton of Forest Hill ceme-
terry. fell into Eau Claire river and was
drowned
Claude futile, the 14-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Tuttle, was drown
ed while bathing in CornwalIs pond at
Milton Junction.
Emil johnson, aged 9 years. was
drowned while swimming IN Chippewa
river at Eau Claire. This was the third
drowning there in a week.
Frank McPhaH. a Chippewa Falls sa-
loonkeeper, was victimized out OF $7S.35
by a stranger. who presented forged
cheek on the Lumbermen's Bank.
The BURBERRY crop this year viii be one
OF the largest for years. Picking has
already commenced and scarcely an idle
Indian or half breed can be found.
A cyclone struck Pittsvilie. blowing
down part of E. W. Rings barn and
sheds at his mill. 1t scattered the lnm-
Der for quarter of a mile, causing
loss of $1,000.
DuriIg a heavy storm lightning struck
the Watertown grain elevator. The fre
department extinguished the flames be-
fore much damage resulted. Standing
grain suffered from the heavy downpour.
Hugh Manson, a laborer employed at
the Case Threshing Machine Companys
works in Racine, while carrying heavy
piece of timber stumbled and fell and
was kicked by horse He mar not re-
cover.
The Peerless, new launch owned by
Prof. Moritz Langstadt, said 10 be one
Of the best ever built on the upper Mis-
sissippi, was launched at Las Crosse, 1t
will participate in the regatta there in
the fall.
Oliver Flackey, Is years of age, was
sentenced at Chippewa Falls to one year
in the reformatory at Green Bay. tie
pleaded guilty of having stolen check
amounting to $35 from Edward Porter Of
Estella.
Rev. Joseph A. Sternhart, the Milwau-
kee preacher who prepared his grave
and predicted the time of his death, is
dead The grave which he made ready
is larger than that usually prepared and
lined with brick.
The Ross-Sellinger Company Of Chi
eago ii considering a proposition from
Geo. f. NATION of Sheboygan, who Of
fers TO put up four-story building as a
factory for the glove company, now en-
ploying 800 hands in Chicago.
Chippewa Falls capitalists have pur-
chased the Harsheman estate interest
of $25, 900 in the Harsheman Shoe Com
pany at Harsheman, Ohio. The factory
will be removed to Chippewa Fails.
brick building $50 by 40 feet will be
erected Immediately.
AT the regular school meeting an appro-
priation of So, 500 was voted for the con-
struction of a large modern brick school
house at Cumberland. At the same meet
ing the school board was instructed to
repeal the rule which prohibits teachers
attending dances. The ruling was made
some FIVE years ago. but the sentiment Of
the people Of the city has become very
strong against it.
With her mind temporarily deranged
by the shock Of the recent death of her
daughter, Mrs. Theodore Walt. aged GO
years, committed suicide during a very
noticeable state of melancholy. She ac-
eomplished her design by hanging her
self to a rafter in deserted house not
far from her residence at North Prairie.
and she had been dead for over an hour
when found by her daughter who was
searching for her.
The fifty-eighth birthday anniversary
of the famous Windecker triplets was
held at Byron. This trio came to be the
oldest living triplets in the world. The
triplets are Sylvester Windecker of By
ron, Sidney Windecker of Fond du Lac
and Mrs. g. NJ Pier of Wausau. Mrs
/. w. Bostick, one of the sisters of the
triplets, although 80 years of age, trav-
eled all the way from Norwalk, Ohio, to
attend the reunion
Pewaukee was visited by another Sc
we're wind and thunder storm. Cohsid-
cradle damage was sustained and one life
lost. George Vincent, the victim. a re-
| tired jeweler of Waukesha, had taken
refuge in the barn of T.. p. Reford when
the storm broke, and was standing i'll the
barn door talking to Mr.. Reford when
| the barn was struck by lightning. Vim
cent fell over dead, and Reford was stun
ned and partially paralyzed by the shock,
but he heroically dragged the PROSTATE
body of Vincent from the burning barn,
and, crawling on his hands and knees,
went through the barn and liberated
forty cattle, just before the roof fell in.
Very little remains of the business dis
trict of the village of Welcome, which
was visited by a destructive fire. The
village il without fire protection and af-
ter the flames once secured a Roadway,
the entire place was doomed Many fam
lilies are rendered homeless as A majority
OF the stores which were destroyed were
used as dwellings by the owners. The
residence part Of the village escaped, as
it is located short distance from the
center Of the town. The loss is estfmat-
ed at $4,000 with only very small
amount of insurance. The buildings de-
stroyed were: Fred Raisler, general store
and cold storage; Lewis Albright, meat
market; Mrs. Culyerts, millinery: DR.. j.
A. Lyons. drug store and Office; post
office; George Ballhorn, hardware: A. j. 4
Damon, furniture; E. Busher, general
store; Charles Hickman. barn and ice
house; Armstrong & J. Lucia. saloon:
William Dempsey block, unoccupled.
An adopted daughter Of A. NJ. Farm, in
the village Of Peshtigo was accidentally
shot by an uncle, a boy about II years
old. The boy was taking a revolver from
cigar box to put it in his trunk when 1t
was accidentally discharged.
Nicholas Ditch, a boy Of 6, was shot
under mysterious circumstances at Osh-
kosh, receiving a rifle ball in the body
aud dying shortly after. The boy WAS
in an outbailding and could not possibly
have shot himself The rifle from which
the bullet was fred was found later y
the residence. The police are making
an investigation
The north-bound Twilight LIMITED on
the Omaha road was wrecked one ME
south Of Spooper by a broken stitch
point. II. ". yogts Of Cumberland and
a mail clerk were seriously injured. The
train was running thirty miles an hour,