Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-10

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The mine at Meekers Grove is closed
on account Of trouble between the lessee
and owner. About thirty-hve men are
thrown out OF employment.
c. Buchs, of Palmyra. while working
near a wall under which an excavation
had been made, had both legs broken by
the wall falling down on him.
Burglars entered the postoffice at Jew
ett's Mills and blew open the strong box
with nitroglycerin. About $50 in cash
and $25 in stamps were secured. No
clue to the thieves was found.
August Toole of Three Lakes accident
ally shot his son while cleaning a gun
which he supposed was not loaded. The
charge passed through the wall of the
building before striking the boy and did
not xiii him.
The coroner's jury was unable TO agree
on a verdict as to the death of John
Goerke, whose body was found hanging
in the woods near LoganSvilla. 1t Is
claimed by some that there are indica-
tons of foul play.
Louis Tice hanged himself from tim
Der in his barn near Omro. No cause
| is known for the act, as he was a hard
working man and getting along well. He
leaves a wife and two small children. be
was about 80 years of age.
The body of Robert Brightman was
| found hanging from the barn rafters by
his father at the farm, three miles north
of Milton Junction. Young Brightman
was % years old and well known No
cause for the suicide is known.
Bernard Zoesch, an employee of the
| Flambeau paper mill in Park Falls, was
terribly burned by escaping steam, while
he was attempting to clean out the boil
| ers. Although scalded from head TO foot
| it is thought that he may recover.
In Racine Charles Nelson, arrested on
the charge of burglary, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to serve four years
in prison at Waupun. On Oct. IA he
entered the S. & II. departr- ent store and
carried away $500 worth of goods,
Officers returning from Ishpeming
brought back the two men thought to
have been implicated in the postoffice
robbery in Superior Marked money,
which was in the postofice before the
burglary, is said to have been traced to
| these men.
| Michael Brophy, a La Crosse stock
dealer, arose in the middle of the night
preparatory to trip in the coun-
try. He slipped on the stairs and fell
to the bottom, fracturirg several ribs,
Il couple of which penetrated his lungs.
His recovery is doubtful.
In GAINESVILLE Miss Stella Pearl, 10
years old asked permission from her
| parents to attend a dance The request
was refused and now the girl is dead,
the result of having taken an ounce of
silver polish with intent to commit sui
eide because of her disappointment.
Sweethearts may continue their
"spooning" on the school stoop at night
at any of the public schools without inter
ference by the police, says the GAINESVILLE
| City Council. The decision is victory
FOR Alderman Edward Cornell, who has
championed the cause of young lovers,
The brick wall of building immedi-
ately adjoining the La Crosse palm gar
den caved in and the debris crashed
through the roof of the amusement hall
smashing the furniture. Had it been an
hour earlier, when the garden was crowd
ed, many people might haye been injured
News has become public that at Me
nominee, Mich. Oct. %, Mrs. Clara A
Gerry of Appleton widow of George w
Gerry, a wealthy lumberman, was mar
ried to her coachman, Frederick Lappen
Mr.. Gerry died several years ago, leaving
his widow a comfortable fortune. Lap
pen has been in her employ several years
as a coachman and general factotum
| nv 81, in Mi
waukee.
A Wisconsin limited train had a mar
row escape near Stanley and was saved
by the efforts of a farmer living neal
the tracks. who discovered that the
bridge over the North Fork river was il
flames and tagged the train in time. As
the bridge is at the bottom of a steer
grade, the engine and cars might have
gone dosEn the steep embankment anC
into. the river before the engineer coulC
stop had it not been tagged.
A movement has been started amons
Milwaukee city officials to abolish parlol
matches. Chief Memingcr of the fire de
partment said that he would ask the city
attorney to prepare an ordinance pro
hibiting their sale or use and submit the
ordinance at the next council meeting
1t is claimed by the fire chief that al
average of one fire a week is caused by
parlor matches. His measure is favored
blythe fire and police commission.
Samuel Harris and Merritt Stoner
who have been in Jail in Whitehall since
July awaiting trial upon the charge OF
assault with intent to rob and steal
pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court anC
were sentenced to serve a term of one
year each in State prison. The crime
was committed at Galesville July 10, and
their victim. Charles w. Bidwel, 9
young man, was struck down in DARK
alley and relieved of IS and jackknife
A long-standing enmity between Prin
cipal Ellis of the Elroy high school, his
assistant, Mr. Clark, and the students OF
the upper classes, eliminated in a fist
fight in which Mr.. Clark and the Older
boys engaged. Both Principal Ellis and
Mr.. Clark are MUCH disliked by the pu
pills, and when Mr. Clark undertook tc
punish one of the younger boys, whom
he thought had been the cause of a slight
disturbance in the senior room, the older
boys nterfered. believing that the pro
fessor had selected the wrong one. Fist
blows were exchanged and Mr.. CLARK
found that he could not stop the riot
One of the boys was choked almost into
insensibility and Mr. Clark's clothes were
badly torn.
1t is currently reported that Frank K
Bull and other wealthy parties of Ra
cine are organizing a boat manufactur
ing company to take the place of the Ra
cine Boat Company. which is about tC
move its plant to Muskegon, Mich.
Cashier John A. Pratt of the Cit
zens's State Bank in Menominee Falls
frustrated burglars who attempted to
steal the funds After failing to break
into THE bank the burglars went to the
home of Mr. Pratt and tried to induce
him to come out OF doors. Mr.. Pratt
opened fire on the men and they fed. II
Is believed the thieves were local men.
Evelyn Sherwood, who is under ar
rest in Racine on a charge of forgery is
said TO have made an attempt to commit
suicide and is under close guard. A bot