Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-30
Brief state Happeninx..

John Aas Of Portland was killed near
Westby while walking ON the track
At Menomronie the corn and tobacco
crops were damaged to some extent by
hail.
Walter Ulrich of La Crosse has pass
ed his examination for admission to the
naval academy at Annapolis.
The depot on the 500 road at Prentice
burned to the ground. The loss is about
$1,000 The station will be rebuilt.
August Beaudry, retired hotel keep
er of Coleman, lost his pocketbook con-
tanning $175 in cash, good-sized check
and some notes.
Smallpox has been discovered among
the pupils of the Third district school
In La Crosse, and most of the pupils
have been exposed.
One hundred tons of blackjack were
sold to the La Sale Zinc Company at
Benton, by the Hoskins Mining Com
pany at $40 per ton.
Differences between millmen and lath
handlers Mt Marinette have been adjust
ed by granting an increase of Is cents
per day to men who demand 25.
John Conley, ST., for thirty years an
engineer on the Prairie du Chen divis-
ion of the Milwaukee road, died at Prai-
RE du CHEN, at the age of IA years.
Because the bids were all identical and
were subject TO alteration in the case
of strike, the GAINESVILLE school board
rejected all bids to furnish schools with
coal.
Boys and young men, many of them
entirely blind, took part in field day
sports at the State Institute for the Blind
at GAINESVILLE, and made excellent rec
ords in running and jumping.
Frank Moses. 15-year-old lad while
standing by the Rock river at Janesville,
saw a dead fish floating by and trying to
secure it slipped and fell into the water.
BY a great effort he was rescued, black
in the face and more than half drowned.
He was tightly holding the dead fish in
a death grasp.
The English Lutheran synod of the
Northwest at La Crosse adopted meas
ure which provides that students who
intend TO become Lutheran ministers will
receive while at preparatory college 1925
annually and while attending theological
seminary $3.50 year.
Leaving his wife. mother and a 5-days-
old baby. Ray o. Right of GAINESVILLE, 20
years of age. started away from his home
recently and has not been since heard
from. His mother and wife are pros
trated with anxiety for his welfare, think
ing that he has either ended his life or
has met with violence.
The SO. 900 damage suit instituted By
Charles Beers against the Manitowoc
and Northern Traction Company because
of the laying of track in front of the
premises owned by Beers on Eighth
street, Manitowoc. has been withdrawn.
a settlement having been affected out of
court.
An unknown man. wei dressed, giving
his name as Frank Burnett and refus-
ing TO divuIge his family name, died on
the operating table 10 the La Crosse hos
piial. He was picked up by the police
almost dead. and said before his death
thilt be was the brother Of a wealthy
Chicago butcher. He was on his way to
Chicago from Kansas City.
The corner stone Of the Carnegie IL
brary vas laid in Eau Claire with pray
er BIZ Rev. A. Kidder. a Congregational
clergyman. 50 years old An address
was given By President Starr Of the IL
brary board and benediction By Rev.
Father Dunno. pastor Of the Catholse
Church.
TIE 4-year-oid daughter Of Edward Az
ders0n was struck By one Of the big inter-
state cars on Connors point, Superior
Ess-ted to die Two cars cnllided and
w. s. Chambers had his foot crushed,
while Umpire Cusick of Chicago and Mr..
and Mrs ]. d. Marrissey were slightly
injured