Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-07
Editor L. A. Brown of the Edgar

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The Northern Pacific road is trying
to Introduce new coarse cereal, emmer.
a Russian grain. into the northern eoun-
ties Of Wisconsin.
r. W Cheever. the senior proprietor
OF the Clinton Herald. has secured a POI
sItion at Madison and will take UP his
duties next week
| While coasting. Alice Bergin. the 10
year-old daughter of John Bergin, the
Shell Lake city marshal. broke her leg
just above the ankle
Prof. G. Z. Lamb, who has been prin-
cipal OF the Clinton high school during
the faI term, has resigned and secured
position at Delavan.
AIRS. Ellen ]. Hixon and sor, Frank
r Hixon, have presented the La Crosse
hospital with $1,000. the amount remain
ing due on its Indebtedness.
Ted Alberts, wanted at Appelton
for breaking Jail. where he was held on
a charge of burglary, was recaptured at
Neenah and taken back to Jail
John Worrell. who left home in Me-
mennonite month ago without notifying
| his family as 10 where he was going.
has returned, having been to San Fran
| cisco.
| Fish are being taken from the AIanito-
woe river at Hayton in large numbers,
| because OF break in the dam which
carried them out into the shallow, open
water of the river.
| Anton Aigner, farmer residing near
| Glidden, was struck by tree which he
| had fellcd and Instantly killed. He was
IL years old and is survived By a widow
and eight children.
The 5-year-old daughter of Hans A.
Strand of Rice Lake was instantly killed
by a 500 logging train. She was on her
way home from kindergarten, and slipped
on the icy crossing.
| Henry Cpiner lost $4,000 in a fire at
| his general store il North Freedom. He
had only $500 insurance on his big
stock of goods, losing with the rest car
load of flour just received.
Edward Mcclure, recently clerk at the
| Schltz Hotel, Milwaukee, and at the
| Hotel Marinette in Marinette, has been
married to a rich and beautiful Mexican
woman in the City of Mexico.
Frank Lense, who was charged with
| the murder of Paul Demonkas at All
meek last summer, was acquitted by the
| jury in Keweenaw Circuit Court. No
case of recent years caused excitement
| in that section that this particular one
| did.
| Cora NJ Clark of 5eiot is suing her
husband, George L. Clark, for an abso-
| lutte divorce ON the grounds of cruel and
| inhuman treatment. She alleges that her
| husband nearly froZe her to death and
threatened dire punishment if she touch
! ed the stoves during his absence. She
states in her complaint that in the morn
ing when he went to work he would fix
| the fires and forbid her to touch them.
| Mr.. Clark is acting as his own attorney.
| District Attorney A. e. Buckmaster of
| Kenosha county has begun searching
| investigation into the murder Of John
| Wren, the Manitowoc man who was
murdered near the village of Trevor on
| Christmas day. M. ]. Schumacher. Pc
ter Schumacher, his son, Dug Barthyte,
John George and John Bolton are now
| held by the sheriff pending further in
| vestigation. Schumacher owned the sa-
| loon in which Wren was seen few
minutes before his death.
| Walter Brandt, the 13-year-old son
of A. w. Brandt of Faithorn Junction,
| had battle with a large wolf near his
home. The animal had been killing chick
| ems and the boy undertook to trap him.
| One morning the trap gone, but the
| tracks of the wolf were visible i'll the
snow The boy followed them and came
upon the wolf crouched in a hollow, and
without warning it sprang upon the boy,
who fought the animal off with the butt
of his gun and finally shot it.
Word has reached Manitowoc of the
death of George Ferris. a youth sent to
the Green Bay reformatory i'll 1901 from
AIanitowoc for hold-up and robbery. Fer
ris, whose home was in Ohio, came &C
| Manitowoc early in the year and was
convicted in June During the time he
was in Jail he was married to Grace
| Huffner of Manitowoc. the ceremony tax
| ing place the night before Ferris was
taken to Green Bay. He was released
| in November, 1908, and very shortly af
forwards was taken ill., his death result
| ing recently.
| Brookfield Junction was practically
wiped off the map by fire that started
in Kehl Brothers butcher shop from
| a defective stove. The flames were
rapidly communicated to the Bro0kield
| House, hotel built about eight years
ago. and owned by ex-Sherif William
| A. SchoH of Waukesha. From the hotel
the flames were spread to Mr.. Scholl's
livery barn and from there to Wirth's
| general store and postofice, which was
| al no Ha in cd
rapid Roadway and caught the warehouse
| of II. w. Wirth, and went from there to
the general store of Fred Bolter, which
was also entirely destroyed. The only
| buildings remaining at Brook6ed juno
ton are the Milwaukee road depot, Au-
| gust Eichstaedt's hotel and potato
warehouse owned by Riley Blodgett. The
| loss is variously estimated at from $780,
| 600 to $4,000. The individual losses
are estimated as follows Kehl Brothers
meat market. 1.500; Brookfield Hotel,
| 81. 900: Brookfeld Hotel livery barn. ST.
| 800: H. W. Wirth, general store, $1,000;
postoffice fixtures and contents, $1,000;
| III. Wirth. warehouse, contents. $1,000:
Boiler. general store, $4,000; Wisconsin
| Telephone Company, $500
| Deputy Game Warden Waite reports
that at least fifty fishing shanties have
been erected Oh the ice ut Little Lake
Butte DIES Mortes. and that the law is
continually being violated by men spear
| ing pickerel and black bass. Several ar
rests have been made.
William Nettle,3n, founder of Duluth
and Superior. and n pioneer of St. Paul,
died recently Mt Spokane Wash. He
was SO years of age. While walking
across the Great Northern bridge he
suffered an epileptic attack. falling from
the bridge into the river. His body was
| recovered.
Rev. Father Herman, pastor Of st.
Bridgets Catholic church in Stanton,
died in a hospital in St. Paul. Mimi,
where he was taken to be treated for
| Bright's disease. He had just been ap-
pointed to the pastorate Of st. Patrick's