Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-16

branch house in Tony caught fire. de
stroying two carloads of beer. The loss
is about $500.
West Allis stores have experienced nu-
merous visits from burglars the past tive
months. OF late the town has averaged
one burglary week.
Z. Siocum, wood chopper. is living
in a common tent pitched in the woods
near Mazomanie Mr.. Sloculn says he
finds it very comfortable.
at the sale of State lands in Superior
but thirteen pieces We're sold 'n' OF
about $50 descriptions offered In no
case did the bid exceed the appraised
valuation.
The granting of divorce 70 Emma
Reed from her husband, Curtis Reed. on
the grounds of cruelty and drunkenness,
has occasioned a sensation in Menasha
society circles.
The school board at Racine voted on
a resolution TO employ two extra teach
ers to whom dull pupils should be as
signed for special training. The resolu-
ton was referred.
Fire broke ont in Carlstrom & Bakkes'
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total destruction of the whole town. The
building and stock were destroyed, fully
covered by Insurance
Hans Louis Jensen. aged 81. died from
inhaling the fumes Used in what is
known as the dry cleaning process for
fine fabrics He was employed AT the
f. p Gillen laundry in Oshkosh.
The mill dam at Whithall went ont
and as result the village will be with
ont lights until spring. The -four mill of
James Larson will also have to stand
idle until the dam can be repaired.
Miss Laura Mosher of La Crosse was
severely burned on the hands and head
and will be partially bald as result Of
the igniting of two celluloid side combs
which she was wearing in her hair
Kaukauna people have just received
copy of the 1900 United States map
aud are much wrought mp to find that
their city is not ON the map, although
many smaller towns near by are marked.
Charles Pilger of sheboygan was ar
raigned in the Circuit Court in Manito-
woe and sentenced to three years at Nau-
pun on a charge of breaking into sa-
loon at Sheboygan. The prisoner is 90
years of age.
Delafield trustees. it is said, are being
urged to order the killing of every dog
| in the village, owing to an epidemic or
| hydrophobia. 1t is said twenty-five dogs
are affected, and every dog in the vii
lage is chained up.
A sale of 100000 feet OF white pine
has just been made by the Hines Lumber
Company at Duluth to a Toronto firm to
go to England and The Hague. 1t is
| to be cut at Hayward next summer from
logs near Superior.
After his wife had been in a drunken
stupor from Thursday until Monday af-
ternoon Valentine Duszynski. at Milwau-
kee, took handkerchief, looped it
around bis neck and hanged himself to
the post of the bed on which she was
| lying.
Mrs. Edith ]. Raft of Denver was
| given a verdict of $1,000 in the United
States Court of Appeals at Milwaukee
against the Northern Pacific Railroad for
! injuries received in collision, although
Mrs Raft obtained her ticket from a
scalper.
Julius Severson. aged II. trapper,
brought in to La Crosse fox hide from
Coon valle%s and received the bounty of
50. The fox has been feasting on the
farmers hen coops for years, but no eff
fort to capture him has ever before been
worked to success.
1t seems likely that the question of in
corpora ting Washburn will be holly con
tested at special election March 10.
The present township form of govern
ment includes more than seven govern
ment townships with a population of over
1000 people, considerably more than
5000 being in the village proper.
John Krofslli. Howard Kellman Gus
Hoff and Joseph Sketski were arraigned
in Kenosha on charge of burglarizing
the home of Anton Depske. The gang, il
is alleged, has robbed a store in Racine,
burglarized private house in Kenosha,
and stolen a quantity of liquor from a
saloon. Kellman stated that they plan
ned to hold up a large number of the
girls employed at the Chicago Rockford
Hosiery works, but lost courage at the
critical moment
Several of the officers of the town of
| Pike Lake have been arrested on the
complaint of the president of the Bank
of Wittenberg, Il. w Roberts, on
charges of forgery For several years, 1t
is alleged. these officers have carried On
a system of collecting money from differ
ent parties on illegally drawn town or
ders. Recently about $1,000 Of these or
ders fell into the hands of the Witten-
berg bank for collection, when an inves-
tigation showed them to be worthless.
The bank brought suit against the town
for recovery, but Judge Silverthorn held
that as the orders were forgeries the
town was not liable and upon that de-
cision the arrests were made
Charles Brandon and John Fletcher,
who are supposed to have robbed jew
elry store at Neosho and secured a large
amount Of jewelry. were arrested on the
! blind" end of the Watertown passen-
ger train when it pulled into the Allis
station. They were armed and each car
ried lot of the jewelry supposed to have
been stolen. The Chicago police have
more, which was found by the train crew
in two packages where the men had been
riding. The men are supposed to be
from Chicago. Conductor Sweeney no
4 tlfe0 the DttHiihI dtAipil0 VI lllt bitA
and telegraphed the Milwaukee police. In
the two packages were twenty-one
watches. six watch cases, four sets Of
watch works and two dozen stick pins.
Seven students have been suspended
from the University Of Wisconsin law
school One has been punished because
of immoral conduct and the others have
fallen victim TO the vigilance Of the new
dean Of the college Of law in seeking
out those who cheat in examinations.
State Senator Barney Eaton was in
dicted at Milwaukee on the charge of
having accepted a bride for aiding a
State BARRIERS bill Supervisors Botten-
berg. Strauss and Pulls were arrested
again. charged with grating. and Bert
Meixner. a coal dealer. shared their fate.
All were released on bonds
The Wisconsin Land and Timber Com
pany's logging line in Shawano County,