Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18


Hollis Lane of Kenosha died very sui
denly in the saloon of John f. Heating.
Death was due to heart disease.
In Eau Claire Thomas Brennan was
held for trial on charge of stealing $40
from julius Jacobs, farmer, in a sa-
loon.
NJ. f. Foleys new residence at Bara-
boo was badly damaged by fire. The loss
is $1,000 The fire was caused by Il de
fectiye furnace
1t is reported that the Grant House.
the oldest hotel in Kenosha, will be clos
ed by the owner of the building, b. j..
Eichelman.
]. +. Utke has been awarded the con-
tract for the construction of the new
German Lutheran Church at Marinette,
to cost $4,000.
The infant son of NJ. Abraham of La
Crosse fell in tub of boiling water and
was scalded to death. The mother was
washing windows when the accident hap
pened.
John Anderson. a Marinette boot and
shoe dealer. says that in drilling a well
some three years ago in the ncighborhood
of August Gustafson's gas well. the drill
struck. at a depth of thirty feet. a
strata which it could not penetrate. and
that upon hosting the apparatus. two
nuggets of hard coal. about the size of a
hickorynut. were brought to the surface.
Mike Godfrey. Familiarity known as
Indian Mike" was found dead in his
howell near La Crosse, with his dogs
sleeping on the corpse. A strange coin
cidence lies in the fact that last fall on
the same night in the week Lew Lane
was found dead in the same bunk in that
same hovcl. Ii is supposed that heart
trouble was the cause of Godfrey's de-
mise.
Rather than pay fine of 81 Mrs.
Meyers of Kenosha. supposed to be worth
$50. zoo. went to jail for ten days. She
is 40 years of age. Mrs. Meyers and
a tenant
At meeting of the Ia Crosse and
Eastern Railway Company the following
officers were elected: President. Joseph
Boschert. Mayor Of la Crosse: vice
president Dave Palmer: secretary. J. l..
Reeve; treasurer. ]. b. Taylor; board OF
directors. Joseph Bosehert. ID. Palmer.
]. T. Reeve, J. 3. Taylor and +. G.
Higbee.
Randall McMariin of Baraboo bad his
arm torn away with corn shredder. A
brother. Marion. suffered a like accident
a short time ago. Just after Randall was
hurt another brother. A. McMarlin. fell
down a hay chute and is in critical con
iitiOn
August Schmidt, aged 80 years, who re-
sides north of Centuria. committed sur
eide by hanging himself in a granary.
He leaves a family No cause is attTib-
uted for this rash act. un'ess he was
hrooains over the trouble Of his brother
az Rurkhardt. who two months ago at
tempted to murder his wife and Kill HIM
self. Mr.. schmidt was a wels-tc-do
farmer.
Judge Haily II the West Superior nv
nicipal coart has recently instituted the
whipping post in modified form rs a
method u juvenile punishment One boy
has already been logged and il i expect
ed thar similar puniShHents viii follow.
There are now ever dozen boys 10 he
brought before the court Oh varieuS
charges. mostly petty larceny. and some
OF them wiH probably be tio=-ed by or
der II the judge.
Judge E w. keyes has lseen re2psreinT-
ed postmaster of the Madison lsozsosIicc
by President Roosevelt. He was appoint
ed for the FIRST time by President Lin
c,sln and since then has been reapno.uted
by I've other Presidents.