Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
State News in Brief.

ton, Mimi, has accepted a call of the
Fi1et Baptist church of Superior.
A special freight train on the 500
Road, in charge Of Conductor Sperry,
broke through a bridge west of Barron.
Two brakemen and Il fireman were in
jured.
The first fatal accident on the La
Crosse and Southeastern was the death
of Carl Baglein of Westby who fell I'M
der the WHEELS, rendered unconscious first
by the intense heat.
The injury damage suit of the estate
of the late State Senator Christian Sarau
of Neenah versus the Winnebago Trac-
ton Company for $1,000 has been set
tied out of court. 1t is understood that
a compromise price of $4,000 was agreed
upon.
The body of Fred Meyers of Chicago
was found in ditch by workmen at
GAINESVILLE. He came from Chicago to
work on a railroad, and had cards show
ing he was sent by an employment
agency. 1t is thought he died of heart
disease.
The Bell Telephone Company has sold
Farmers and Merchants Telephone Com
pany of Lena. The latter intended to
extend their line to Pound and the Bell
company would find their lines useless
to this point.
While a little son of Mrs. G. p. Gosso
of Delavan was playing with a pistol,
it was accidentally discharged and the
bullet struck Mrs. Gosso on the forehead
near the temple, and ploughed a couple
of inches under the skin. She is not Sc
riously harmed.
The mammoth ice house owned by the
Lincoln Ice Company of Chicago was
struck by lightning in Burlington and
destroyed by fire. Five hundred thousand
tons of ice were stored in the building.
which cost about $4,000, and was the
chief supply house of the company
Preparations are already on foot which
aim at the erection of a 100000 struc-
ture on the site occupied by the burned
exposition building in Milwaukee 4
call will be issued at once by the Mil
waukee Musical Association and the
scheme outlined SEINE time ago by them
in conjunction with the Merchants and
less be put through The main audito-
probably will authorize Milwaukee to
bear part of the burden.
Humane Agent Nilkie of Oshkosh has
been in Appleton investiga ting the case
of students who secretly Gained entrance
to the chemical laboratory at Lawrence
university, filled several balloons with
hydrogen, tied them 10 the tails of kit
tens and sent them up.
A damage suit for $1,000 against his
wifeS parents for alternating her affec-
lions has be on instituted by H. G. Zerbel
in the courts at Appleton. Zerbel left
for Milwaukee recently and returned 10
Appleton a few days ago for his wife.
He claims that her parents will not allow
her to accompany him.
\ severe rainstorm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, visited Oconomo-
voc and as a result two barns were de-
stroyed by fire and others were struck
by lightning.
Rev. NJ. j. Ward, for twenty years
pastor of the Beloit Catholic church. is
on his way TO Rome on an order from
the Pope to present himself with testi-
mony bearing upon case of long stand
ing involving some American priests.
The other night robbers broke into
three stores at Clinton Junction and at
tempted to get in four more. Griswold's
pharmacy safe was broken into. Over
500 in cash and watches and jewelry
valued at nearly $1,000 were taken.
Aage Seionik, Z years of age. who re-
Gently emigrated from Sweden, fell
from a per into the Yahara River at
Stoughton, while fishing and drowned be-
fore he could be rescued.
Herman Sauerman. aged years. and
residing near Brighton Beach. was
brought back to life after three hours
work by the father of the lad after the
boy had bnen recovered from the lake.
Fred Rankie, the wild man. who es-
capped from the Rock county asylum. was
captured at Rockford and Superintend-
ent Killam brought him back TO James
vile. When discovered he was preach
ing at the edge of some woods about
four miles north of the Forest City.