Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08


D. L. Means, Joseph O'Leary and Oil
yer Thoreson of Grantsburg were sent to
the county Jail on charges OF Illegal
liquor selling.
A Burlington passenger train struck
freight train at De Soto and fifteen cars
we're thrown into the Mississippi river.
No one was injured.
William james received a telegram an
nouncing the accidental shooting of his
brother. Samuel James of Dexterville,
who was about 80 years old.
The Omaha railway is after a gang of
coal thieves in Superior. For some time
the road has been Systematically robbed
of coal at the rate of about 1000 tons
year.
Mrs. Robert Brannen, who committed
suicide at the Del Prado Hotel in Chi
cago, was formerly Miss Lulu Petit,
one of tn eleading society women of Ke-
nosha.
Every county office in Racine County
is to be salaried, this being demanded by
the members of the County Board after
granting salary to Robert Mutter of
So, T50.
The establishment of a general store
for the union people of Neenah, in which
only union goods will be Sold will come
up at the next meeting of the trades
council
Robert Rudolph, formerly Of the Mil
waukee City Council, has been arrested
on the charge of receiving $1,000 bride
to secure the passage of a switch track
ordinance.
The Jefferson Ice Company has started
work at Powers lake on what will be
the largest icehouse in the State. 1t
will cover six acres and hold 100000
| tons of ice.
Prof, c. 0. Merica, formerly in charge
of the industrial school at Waukesha,
has been engaged by Lawrence Univer-
sity and will begin work in Appleton the
first of the year.
The warehouse owned by John Swim
gle was destroyed by fire at Muscoda.
1t contained $1,000 worth of cheese, own
ed by the Brehm company of Chicago,
and was insured for $1,000.
A prairie fire threatened to destroy
thousands of dollars worth of proper
| ty between Racine and Corliss. 1t is
believed that a spark from a passing To-
connective set fire to the grass.
Henry Bean and Daniel Easticll fell
| from the third story of the new hotel
| building n Beloit to the basement. Bean
received injuries which may prove fatal.
| Eastick escaped with a few bruises.
Mrs William Bryant, aged SO, died at
| the home of her grandson, Frank Ire
i IN, Do bn no wifi of
the late Rev. Mr.. Bryant and resided in
Jefferson County for over half CEN
fury.
In an alteration over the price of
wood which Herman Jewel was deliver
ing 10 Thomas North. colored in La
/ Crosse, the latter knocked Jewels ear off
with club and otherwise pounded him
badly.
Mark Carney, the little son of Henry
Carney, was burned TO death at his home
/ in Kenosha The child was playing near
mother is Frustrated by the shock and
may die.
Joseph Lachet of Racine, who served
on the United States ship Wilmington
during the Spanish American war, re-
ceived communication from the War
Department advising him that he was
entitled to $500 prize money.
Authority has been granted by Bishop
Scllwebach of La Crosse to build Cath
Ollie church in the Russian settlement
twenty miles south of Cumberland. The
Greek Catholic Church at that place is
the only one of its kind in Wisconsin.
After being gagged and strapped to a
bed, Otto Pelikan. former leading drug
| gist of Racine, now in business at Chi
cago, was there robbed Of a gold watch
worth 500 and SS5 the watch having
been presented to him for saving a wcm-
ans life.
Henry Buesing of Glidden committed
suicide by placing the muzzle of a shot
gun in his mouth and pushing the trig-
ger with a stove poker He was SO years
| old and had been sick long time. He
came from Sheboygan two years ago.
He is survived by a widow and six chill
dren.
-Four well-known business men, while
en- route to a fire in Mantowoc. were
overtaken ON the Wisconsin Central lift
bridge by a switch engine, going to haul
|
them hung by their hands from the tres
tie, and the fourth jumped into the river
He was rescued
Joseph Kadof Of Mishicott has report
ed an attempt at hold-up and robbery
on the road between Manitowoc and Two
Rivers. Kadoff bears the marks of a
struggle, having received injury to the
face from a blow with a club welded by
one of the two assailants The highway
men were frightened away by approach
] ing pedestrians.
The death of Daniel Newman of La
| Crosse has revealed to the poor authori-
ties pitifuI case of insanity which has
been kept from the world by him Mrs.
/ Augusta Newman was found to be a
mental wreck. dying from lack Of food
with six children, all under IA years, al
most in the same condition. During the
life of her husband the woman was cared
for like a child by him and none outside
the immediate family was aware of the
misfortune Mrs. Newman was once
| beautiful girl
Suffering from a terrible nightmare
| from which she could not be aroused,
| Mrs. George Root passed away in con
vulsions in La Crosse. The nightmare
caused the construction Of the muscles
| and gradually cut off her breath.
Victor Ostrum had a narrow escape
| from drowning. While skating on the
| lake at Cumberland he broke through the
| ice John l.. Bonett, who was on the
shore, saw him and in making an effort
to save the boy went down himself and
had it not been for the timely arrival Of
others, both would have found a watery
grave.
Charles Madory, aged 64 years. a resi-
dent Of the city Of Racine since 1S43,
died suddenly Of pneumonia. after an
illness Of three days. Mr.. Madory had
been Alderman Of the First Ward for
several terms and was a leading bust
ness man.
James Crowley lies at the hospital in
Sturgeon Bay in n critical condition as