Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-06
State News in Brief.

The 17-year-old son Of Martin Ander-
son of Milton shot himself in the ankle
while hunting
William Rasmussen Of Ncenah fell
out of tree and broke both arms and
fractured his skull.
The coal sheds of the Chicago, Bar
ington and Quincy road at Nelson burn
ed. delaying traffic.
BY the fall of a ladder with which he
was playing. Lawrence. the 2-year-old
son of Peter Jackson of Colfax, was III
stantly killed.
The body Of George Reirrick. an old
Beloit man. was found in Rock river
near the Central bridge. He is suppos-
ed to have fallen into the water.
J. Reutemann won the prize for catch
ing the largest black bass at Pewaukee
He will be awarded medal. The bass
weighed six and three-quarter pounds.
The wife of the Rev. Charles Went
worth. a Methodist preacher Of Sheboy-
gan Falls, gave birth to twins. and the
church board will meet to raise his sal
airy.
Ethan Allen. while hunting secured
six wolves within three miles Of Elroy.
He shot an old female wolf and secured
her five pups alive. He got Il bounty for
The lot.
Amos Carter, Il farmer at Rutland.
while operating disc harrow. was
caught in runaway of three-horse
team and so badly cut by the machine
that he died.
John Knithe aged 20 years. a pioneer.
dropped dead at Whitewater while sit
ting i'll chair in which he had been
placed to relieve him Of sudden illness
He was poundmaster for twenty years.
In an effort to secure clean srrcsts
and alleys. the Kenosha Outd or Art
Association has organized Il band com
posed of over 1000 school children. who
will serve as an auxiliary to the parent
association.
Former County Judge s. Curt Sim
onds died in New Richmond. He was
born seventy-three years ago in Vermont
and came to Hudson in the early days
He has since resided in St Croix coun
ty. He was well known as writer.
\ street car of the Winnebago Trac-
ton Company was struck by a Wiscon-
sin Central freight train at the High
street crossing in Oshkosh and one side
of the car was demolished. Seven pas
sengers were in the car, but all escaped
before the collision.
\ United States deputy marshal has
been in Sturgeon Bay. securing evidence
for the prosecution of individuals who
are charged with removing timber from
al. - ~,
of the bay 1t is understood that d0z-
Ell or more persons are implicated in
the affair.
Joseph BaUdhuin. owner of Pardee.
trotting stallion. was killed near Algoma.
by falling off his seat and being crushed
ny the front wheels of his buggy while
driving on the highway.
1t is believed that Edward Patzke.
aged 80 years. a well-knowu resident of
the town of Caledonia. drowned in Root
river His cane and hat were found
floating in the river. and boat which
he had rented was found overturned.
\ small child Of Lewis Grinnell OF
Washington township and a girl con-
pani0n found strychnine tablets. which
they ate. The former died as result.
while the latter was not much affected.
having eaten only a part of one t6let.
The Northwestern railway is negotiat-
ing for the purchase of eighty acres at
Ranney for a transfer yard. 1t is claim
ed that the company VIII build a yard
with a capacity of 5000 cars within
three years, to cost $2J0,00O. The yard
viii be used for the transfer of all freight
for Chicago and Milwaukee.
4 wire clothes line was responsible for
two accidents exactly similar TO the sons
of William Sehmid of Neenah. Satur-
day the oldest boy was running through
the yard when he encountered the wire
line and was thrown violently to the
ground, fraeturing his collar bone. A
few days afterward another son was in
jured in exactly the same way.