Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-01
An Over the STATE.

The State Lumber Company VIII move
its mill from Athens to Epson.
The Tyler Mercantile Company's
building at Chetek was destroyed by fire,
causing a loss of $1,000.
During the absence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben s. Smith their house in Ashland
was ransacked and $500 worth of jewelry
taken.
The Wisconsin river has overfowed
its banks throughout the entire valley
and an immense amount of damage has
been done.
Five boys, from II to 10 years of age,
have been arrested charged with robbing
freight cars in the Milwaukee yards at
La Crosse.
Edith Hubbard was awarded $500
in the Circuit Court in Sparta for in
juries sustained by falling on a sidewalk
in that city.
Timothy Rockford, for thirty years
section foreman at Milton, died from
injuries received in a runaway. He
was so years of age.
Gollmar Brothers' circus is now in
stalled in Baraboo, after a successful
season. The Ringing Brothers will not
.rrive until November
Vincent Rogers OF Centuria, 16 years
old. in a mischievous effort to brighten a
horse driven by Miss Rose Schnur. acct
dentally shot the animal 1t will die.
Iron county is to have two more saw
mills. I<imball & Clark have commene-
ed the erection of ore at Kimball, on the
site of their mill burned last summer.
Herman Schmidt, the 14-year-old son
of a farmer living near Hayton, has left
home because, it is said, he did not want
to 20 to school. No trace of him can be
found.
Elizabeth LEM. employed at the Osh-
kosh Troy laundry. had her hand caught
between the rollers of an ironing machine
and so badly crushed that amputation
will be necessary.
The bodies of Fred Troot and Walter
Simonson, harvest hands returning from
the west, We're found on the tracks of the
st. Paul road at Wabasha. There is evil
dence that they were robbed and muir
dered.
Judge L. Ray Stevens Of Baraboo has
granted a divorce in the case of Emma
Gendrich against Emil Gendrich. They
were married at Mauston and three
weeks after the wedding day he vent TO
Lyndon, stating that he had employment
there. She never saw him afterwards.
The stalwart Republicans have fled
their nominations with the Secretary OF
State. They have chosen the name Of
National Republicans. Former Gov. Scs-
field heads the ticket. The rest of the
nominations are the same as were made
by the convention at the Fuller opera
house in Madison.
In Nekoosa NJ BreslSchr liner tried to
commit suicide by hanging. He was dis
covered in tha S=et. ss=.sl was cut down
and placed in jail. Family troubles sup
posed to have caused the attempt.
Five residents of Pacific We're poison
ed by drinking cider. George Holcon1be.
one of the victims. nearly died. The
others are Giles Turner, Edward Hol-
comb. A. Teeter and Mrs. George Hol-
comb.
The steamer Everett, which has been
waging battle on the log there's Of the
Mississippi. is busy near La Crosse pick
Ing up logs stolen by the river pirates
The officers announce that the thieves
organization has been broken.
The nelavan public school building
burned to the ground the other day. A
high gale sprang up just after the FIRE
was discovered and al efforts to save
the beautiful building were anavaiiRE.
The sSSool was one Of the finest in
southern Wisconsin and was huils in
sive equipment, manual training de-
parrrac>t. and i hne library ha1 been
addes. II was insured for $4,000 The
origin OK the FIRE is matter OF coajec-
ture. though many believe il 10 De the
work OF an incendiary.
Zera Palmer, aged 80. one ~ the best
known and most prominent pioneers in
Spa-sa. died OF tuberculosis