Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-01
State Itema of Interess.

State Items of Interest.
Edward Schinnick, aged 10. of Mel
vina, was killed by being thrown out of
his sleigh.
The Peterson family, in the Web Lake
community, are quarantined on account
of smallpox.
Articles of incorporation of the First
State Bank at Elmwood have been APP
proved. The capital is $1,000.
John Tvesme of Blair, who froze both
of his lower limbs a few days ago at that
place, died after several days of great
agony.
Tho farm house of George Jaquish in
the town of Door, burned and nothing
was saved. His wife was sick at the
time, Loss $1,000, partly insured
August Malfroid of the town of Treble
hung himself subsequent to the seizure
of his personal property by the sheriff.
He was % years of age and unmarried.
Anton j. Mailman, one of the leading
Democrats of Sheboygan County and for
upwards of ten years chairman of the
county committee, died of heart trouble.
Hundreds of wild ducks that have
been in the habit of frequenting the open
water of Lake Michigan have been froz-
en- to death and lie strewn along the
beach.
The Stoughton Wagon Company re-
Gently shipped 500 wagons to Russia.
Later the company received notice that
the wagons had been captured and con
fscated by the japanese.
During a binding snow storm, train
men turned the wrong switch in the yards
at Spooner, and train was backed into
the freight depot, smashing i'll the north
end and breaking up two ears.
Justice John T. Lee of Corlss is in
vestigating the circumstances surround
ing the finding of the body of a dead
child in the rear of house that has not
been occupied Tor number OF months.
The Chippewa Valley Electric Rail
way Company has mortgaged its proper
ty for $750,000 to the Security Trust
Company, Camden, \. ]. OF the sum,
S250,000 will be used for building new
lilses
Charles Pride. Kenosha timekeeper
nearly died from the effects of some
toothache medicine which he obtained
from drug store without prescription
The combination contained laudanum
and chloroform.
Mrs John Baird of Superior was
found dead in her sewing room, having
choked to Seath. No one was in the room
at the time Mrs. Baird was 40 years
y age. She was prominent i'll society
affairs aud charitable work.
Mrs Catherine Stanton, full-blooded
Indian princess, % years of age, the first
pioneer settler and oldest inhabitant of
Chiffon. is dead Mrs Stanton once
rode twenty miles on horseback over
rough roads to save the county seat for
Chiffon.
s. f. Josephs. steward at the Hotel
Racine. attempted to turn the steam on
under the coffee urn, not knowing that
the coffee was already boiling The
coffee shot up and covered his face, head
and shoulders, inficting most serious
burns, which may prove fatal.
Dan P Lyden, said to be connected
with the firm OF ". s. Mills & Co.. Mil
waukee. committed suicide by inhaling
chloroform from sponge saturated with
the drug. He left a uote bequeathing his
body to the State OF Wisconsin, to ne
given to some medical college.
DR.. Linley, administrator of the estate
of Minnie Hunter of Chippewa Fails.
who died in November, leaving property
worth $4,000, has located the mother.
sister and brother Of the deceased at
Halsborg. Sweden. A sister from Omaha,
Neb.. claimed to be sole heir, and already
has part of the property
Preparations are being made to estab-
fish rural mail delivery from Iron
Mountain. Mich. TO Homestead. dis
lance OF seven miles.
Horace Langdeli, aged 20, died in Eau
Claire as the result of being thrown from
a sleigh in runaway. He was a Civil
War veteran in the Sixteenth New
Hampshire regiment
William Dekowah and his squaw. who
reside near Kilbourn. viii 60 10 the ST
Louis exposition TO represent the Whine
bago tribe Of Indians. Dekowah is a
grandson OF the famous Chief Dekowah.
and his squaw, who weighs over 100
pounds. il a descendant OF the old Chief
Black Hawk.
Property owners on State street. Ra-
cine. are about 10 bring injunction pro-
ceedings against TIE Common Council
against any effort to let a contract for
the building Of sewer III that streSt. es-
timated to cost about So. 900. The prop
erty owners demand that the street be
repaved instead.
Joe Buffalo. nephew Of the famous
Buffalo. formerly chief Of the Lake Su-
perior Chippewas, died nj Odanah- For
years he had acted as chief Of the aribe,
buffalo. who was the last member Of the
family. w1s instrumental in having the
treaty OF peace signed between the Chip
pewas and Sioux II Ashland i've years
ago