Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31


Sneak thieves entered St Roses
Church in Racine and stole a gold chal-
ice, the property of Rev. Father Thomas
b. johnson.
Jay Melville of Chippewa Falls ac-
cidentally severed two arteries of his left
thigh while whiting a stick of wood
with a sharp jackknife. He may die.
Alley Hoke. while trying to board a
freight train at North La Crosse, slipped
and fell under the wheels Both his legs
were cut off between the ankle and knee.
The stockholders of the Kimberly &
Clark Company met in Neenah and de-
cided to rebuild the paper mill burned at
Kimberly last year at a cost of between
100000 and 100000.
Emma Hopp, daughter of John
Hopp of Franklin, and her sister were
thrown from buggy by a runaway
team. Miss Hopp fell in such way as
to fracture her spine and will die.
The English Lutheran mission has
been organized in Cedarburg, as a con-
gregation under the name of the Church
of the Advent. The sermon was preach
ed by Rev. w. K Frick of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee officials. against whom in
d;ctmeats were returned charging brib-
cry, must stand trial. 4 demurrer in
the case of Alderman William Muir
ply was overruled by Judge Tarrant in
the Circui. Court.
The strike of the lumber showers in
Marinette has been settled The union
accepts the offer of the lumber carriers
association. which is 90 cents an hour
They asked for 1914 cents and had
been out for two weeks
AT meeting of the officers of the
Richland County Agricultural Society
held in Richland Center, it was voted
to expend $1,000 for improvements on
the fair grounds. The fair this year
will be held Sept "a to p.
DR.. X. G. Werner. an Oshkosh real
estate agent, formerly of Rib Lake, has
been made defendant in three acti, MS,
the damages of which aggregate $6,650,
the plaintiff in each case alleging fraud
in real estate transaction.
Two men robbed the grocery store of
Arthur Lamacchia in Kenosha. The
proprietor, who lives in the rear, was
silenced at the points of two revolvers.
till and watch and chain.
The planning mill and lumber sheds of
the George e. Wood Lumber Company
at Woodboro were destroyed by fire. The
loss is several thousands of dollars, fully
covered by insurance. The head of1ces
of the company are in Chicago.
Irglars broke into the saloon of
Peter Nelson at Gordon and secured
$13C N cash, 5000 in bank checks and
about $1,000 in notes. They entered the
building after cutting a panel out of
the back door and blew open the safe
with nitroglycerine.
Frederick Burhop aged 81 years, one
Of the oldest residents Of Sheboygan
County. passed away in the town of
Herman. He was born in Germany,
came to this country in 1876 and settled
at Milwaukee. The following year he 10
Gated where he had lived ever since.
Given poison used to kill chicken
lice, instead of the powder prescribed by
a physician to cure a cold, nearly caused
the death of Edward Taylor, resident
of Corliss. Mr.. Taylor had been i'll for
some days and was taking the powder
piShSllDSu' LhS pOlSOA was SlNSn hihl
by mistake.
While excavating for a new residence
near Manning, a human skeleton was
found encased 10 a heavy oak box. There
were also two knives and two coins
bearing the dates of 1S47 and 1868 One
of the knives had been driven between
the ribs. In early days outlaws infest-
ed the Kickapoo valley and murders
were frequent.
An effort is to be made by the city Of
Racine to purchase the plant of the RAJ
cine Water Company in 1906, or five
years previous to the expiration of the
company's franchise, and the Common
Council will appoint a committee to visit
the next session of the Legislature and
endeavOr to have a bill passed which
will empower the city to create a fund
to purchase the system.
The giant dog of John Maurer of APP
pleton caught a burglar trying TO get
into the store and held on to his over
coat. The man escaped by removing
his coat. The dog was chained to the
barn and nearly pulled it to pieces in
his efforts to get at the man, who did
IOl uOllCS MN III ut was caught. ADHOIb-
ly before this, Rhodes grocery was en-
tered and ransacked. Seven burglaries
have occurred in the city and vicinity
and are all laid to the same man or gang.
John Roeski asked the Kenosha police
to take steps to have his son, John
Roeski Jr., aged IA, sent to some in
stitution for reform. He claimed that
the boy was suffering from mania for
theft The father brought the police a
number of things that, the boy had
stolen. He states that when the Iad is
seized with the mania he acts rs if in a
trance. II his rational moments the hoy
is never able to tell where he got the
property.
Catching suckers and carp in the East
and West Twin rivers at Two Rivers,
is at present proving very profitable in
dustry For years the fish have been
carefully protected by the State and no
nets of any kind have been allowed.
Each spring suckers in large numbers as
cend the stream. This year, however,
permits have been secured from the
State game warden and as q result tons
Of these fish have been caught. SO far
the daily catch has averaged about a
ton. These fish are shipped to Milwau-
kee and Chicago markets, where they are
sold ut an average price of 3 cents per
pound.
Dying of consumption, Joseph Dahm,
aged n years, was found unconscious in
the loft of barn in Racine. He was
carried to hospital. where doctors said
that he had but a few hours to live.
Dahm was recently released from the
Green Bay reformatory.
In Oshkosh Daniel Walsh was sentenc-
ed to seven years in Waupun by Judge
W. Burnell for burglary Of the store Of
John Schreibers at Menasha. The SEN
tence was heavy in view of the fact
that the prisoner admitted previous con-
vic1iors. Motion for new trial was
riade, tut denied.
Ferdinand FER, at one time we'll
TODD farmer near Chippewa FANS has
been located in the State Of Washing
ton. Two years ago he disappeared,
leaving all his DroDertv He was SUD-