Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-27

Postmaster Frantz received notifica-
ton from the Postotfice Department thar
the salaries of all the clerks in the Ke-
nosha Office had been increased 500 a
year.
The public and parochial schools Of Me
nasha. which had been closed for two
weeks owing to the smallpox epidemic,
have been reopened, as the disease has
been stamped out.
In Tomahawk three business buildings
on the main street were destroyed By ire.
The loss is only partially covered by in
suranee. There are indications that the
FIRE was Of ncendiary origin.
Robbers entered the general store Of
Charles Evan at Hersey and secured sew
eral hundred dollars worth of clothing
S15 from the postofice. There is no clue.
Prof. j. NJ. Phillips of the University
of Illinois, who had charge of descrip-
tive geometry and elementary drawing IN
that institution, has accepted an assist
ant professorship in the University OF
Wisconsin,
Former Senator C. X. Edwin has re-
signed as steward at the Home for Fee
ble-Minded in Chippewa Falls, which po-
sition he has held since the home was
opened. Mr.. Erwin will move TO Spo-
kane, Wash.
Soma gas ignited in the vat of the
Cassville brewery and Louis Unterharn-
scheit. who was at work in the vat, was
enveloped in mass of flames. He man
aged 10 make his escape by crawling
through a manhole which led from the
vat.
The Waterfowl chief of police arrested
two desperate men, supposed to be the
ones who held up a machinist at Fond
du Lac. One of the men attempted TO
shoot the chief. but the officer knocked
the revolver out of his hand just as it
was discharged.
While force of men were engaged
making excavations for the new addition
to Racine County insane asylum, four
miles west of the city, they unearthed a
number of petrified frogs and toads. Ey-
cry part of the toads is perfect, even TO
re claws and mouth.
DR.. Grin Grant Libby, who has, since
1895, beea instructor of history at the
University of Wisconsin. has accepted
an offer made to him by President Web
ster Merrifeld of the University of North
Dakota to become assistant professor OF
history at that institution.
E. C. Wiswall for the past eight years
principal Of the Kenosha high school and
for twenty-five years well-known teach
er in Wisconsin schools, sent his reSig-
nation to the board of education and will
retire from educational work at the close
of the present school year.
The new Common Council Of Neenah
has refused to give the Northwestern
Railway the franchise which was grant
ed to it by the old Council. The fran
chise granted the company TO lay double
tracks on Walnut street The railway
company will fight the repeal of the fran
chise.
Ferdinand Sehlesinger was perma-
nently freed from his debt to the Plan
kinton bank, the Supreme Court affirm
ing the decision of the Milwaukee, Circuit
Court approving the settlement made and
declaring that there was no fraud in Mr.,
Schlesinger's statement of his financial
condition.
The cause for the reduction Of the sal
airy of the Racine postmaster is said to
be due to the falling off in the sales of
the Office. 1t is claimed that a number
of local business firms have been buying
their stamps from Chicago department
stores, from which they are able to Sc
cure a slight re late.
A freight wreck occurred on the Mil
waukee road al south Germantown. The
draft iron came cut from under box
car, throwing Il off the rails, and nine
others piled up on it. The cars were
completely demolished and their con
tents were badly damaged. Three tramps
were stealing ride in one of the cars
and were badly injured in the smashup
The village of Cottage Grove was sI
excited the other night over a crazy man
who put up at the Hotel Jpphof and
who was discovered later by the land
lord piling up the furniture in his room
with the supposed intention of making a
bonfire. On being discovered he ran out
on the street entirely naked, in a driving
storm, and led a posse of citizens a lively
chase, but was finally captured. 4 card
in his pocket shows membership in cooper
Union No. 1877, st. Paul,
The residents Of West Superior were
greatly shocked by the decision rendered
by Judge jenkins in the city bond case
1t is feared that the decision given out
win injure the city's credit to such an
extent that it will be a difficult matter
to secure money in the future. The mat
ter will undoubtedly be taken to the
United States Supreme Court in order TO
secure a reversal of the decision. When
the court decides which bonds are legal
they will be paid by the city.
While she was engaged in a playful
scuffle with her brother at Oregon, Miss
Pearl Netherwoods neck was broken.
The two had been playing for some time
when the young man caught his sister
around the neck and tipped her head
back. She made an cutlery for him to
step, but he supposed il was all in pay
and paid no attention for the moment.
When young Netherwood did let go his
hold his sisters head dropped to one
side and he found that she was uncon-
scious. A physician found that Miss
Nctherwood had sustained partial frac-
Lure VI Iue ueCA II Is AedIeu size " III
not recover.
Douglas Park. said TO be from Aitken,
Mimi, was picked up in North La Crosse
by the police in perhaps a dying condi-
ton as the result of bullet wound in
his back. There is some mystery attach
ed to the case.
The wife OF Perry Hill, living near
Maiden Rock, was heating a mixture Of
lard and kerosene when an explosion oc-
Cured. Sthe and one of her children
were frightfully burned. both dying from
their injuries. Mr. Hill was also seri-
ously injured.
Mrs. Clara Wilbert Of She5oygan has
advanced a novel ground for divorce from
her husband, Adam Wilbert. She de-
scribed him a. unfit to live with because
he failed TO strike the cuspidOr when he
expectorated and because he Is an invet-
crate tobacco chewer. She was denied
a decree.
Ted CASTOR and jim Powers, young
boys. were arrested in 8elOit cs@sgc6i
with burglariziug the jewelrV store of