Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

/ P0AS VI view 4OIh. WIN las ldNlOI9
in Manitowoc, win enlarge the local plant
and it is reported has Purchased the plant
of the East Wisconsin Canning Com
pany.
The Gavitt Manufacturing Company
will rebuild the casket factory which was
| destroyed by FIRE a few weeks ago in
Shell Lake. Mr. Gavitt has secured
new capital so that the business will be
opened up on a larger scale than hereto
| fore.
II. t. Hansen, tobacco dealer at
StouChton. has gone into Involuntary
bankruptcy. The unsecured claims
amount to $4,000. Giles Dow. assistant
cashier of the State Bank, was appointed
stores and warehouses.
The Dane County Rural Mail Carriers
Association has declared itself opposed
to that provision in the bill now pending
| in Congress prohibiting them from solic-
iting subscriptions for newspapers, car
rying express. and performing special
missions for their patrons.
The rpenter-Cook Wholesale Gro
Gerry Company of Aienominee has pur-
| chased the Marinette branch of the
Smith, Thorndike & Brown Company of
Milwaukee. The deal includes all the
real estate and stock in the house, and
the consideration was over 100000.
John Loose of Hayton, who was bound
over to appear at the March term of the
Circuit Court to answer the charge of
assaulting Joseph Koenigs with intent to
kill, voluntarily made a full confession,
it is said, acknowledging his guilt in ey
cry detail alleged in the complaint.
Dates for the annual fair of the Mani
towoc County Industrial Association
have been set, Sept. IA, Is and Is. At
the meeting of directors G. Muth was
reelected president, E. l.. Kelley secre-
tary, and J. Staudt treasurer. 1t is prob
able that the fair will be opened evenings
this year.
Stephen Turner Of Oshkosh. aged -,
a Civil War veteran, received the use of
one of his eyes, although be has been
blind for three years. A piece of burn
ing wood was held close to his face by
friend, by way of joke. The heat and
intense light seemed to crack the film
over the eye, so that now Mr.. Turner can
see dimly.
Word has been received of the death of
Miss Julia Flint of Fond du Lac, which
occurred III Rome and was due to a Pc
culiar accident on the morning of Dec.
81 While in Naples Miss Flint was as
saulted by a robber on her return from
church. The man succeeded in getting
her purse. but not without a struggle.
The nervous shock from this encounter
resulted in a fatal illness. though Miss
Flint was at once taken to a hospital in
Rome.
Because of the action of the James
vile Common Council in placing a re-
striction on the franchise of the South
ern Wisconsin Interurban road Of $3.50
year for forty years, it is not probable
that the road will be built this year. At
two mass meetings the citizens asked
the Council to pass the franchise asked
for by the company, with freight
clause. The Council agreed to do this,
but added the clause demanding payment
to the city for the privilege of carrying
freight.
1t was reported by a member Of the
Council committee that the Kenosha city
pesthouse had been stolen. The build
ing, which was a frame structure, had
been located just outside the city limits,
and some one had gone to the lot and
placing the building on runners, moved it
away 1t was found on a lot belonging
to an Italian, a long distance from it's
former location. The building had been
painted red, and was being used as a
barn. The city will take immediate steps
- recover its resthouse.
James Dunno and George Gaskill of
Rising Sun are charged with the murder
of Andrew Overberg, and it is said that
Dunno has made a partial confession.
Both were arraigned at Soldiers Grove.
Overberg, who was prosperous farmer
of Towervile, was returning home from
Soldiers Grove when met by his assail-
ants, who, it is said. struck him on the
back of the neck with a heavy drag
tooth, inflicting wounds which proved
fatal. Oyerberg's body was found in
the snow writing in blood and life al
most gone. He was taken TO his home in
Towerville, where he died. This occur
red on Tuesday, but not until Saturday
at the funeral were any suspicious of
foul play advanced. Search was immedi-
ately instituted, when the heavy drag
tooth and spattered blood were found on
the snow half a mile from the spot where
the body was found. Gaskill was until
a few months ago a resident Of La
Crosse. Dunno has been a resident of
Rising Sun.
Mrs. Jeremiah Rumley, the oldest liv-
ing colored woman in the southern part
of Wisconsin. dropped dead Of apoplexy
in Racine Mrs. Rumley was about 81
years old and was a slave for many
years.
Otto Kuehn's 3-year-old son was burn
ed to death The child was left alone in
the kitchen at the house in Egg Harbor,
and it is supposed that his clothing
caught FIRE from the stove in the room.
The frantic actions Of the :S,atchdog
attracted Mrs Kuehn's after ton, and
she hurried TO the house. but it was too
late.
Swapping a whifietree while going
through a snowdrift near Ciintonville.
DIS. Miller and Finey were thrown out
OF the cutter, the team running away.
DR. Miller was rendered unconscious for
an hour The men had 10 walk TO their
homes. one in a precarious condition. The
cutter was smashed TO splinters.
Operations at the plant of the Manito-
voc Dry Dock Company have been sus
pended because OF a walk-out Of the
union employees. who demand an increase
from % cents TO 27ia cents an hour and
nire instead Of ten hours work. The
company has refused 10 make any con
cess.ons. and work on several large con
tracts is stopped.
Twenty men employed in the boiler
room Of the Jeffris mill in Janesville and
on the floor above had a narrow escape
from being scalded when q 75-gallon hot
water tank burst. partially wrecking the
section OF the building where the engine
was located.
Standing before a mirror, Frank ].
Wiese of WATERFOWL. an ex-soldier in
the regular army. blew our his brains
with revolver His wife and four
small children were in an adjoining room
and the wife had but a few moments
before pleaded with@him against self-de-