Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-22

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Isaac Friedman. who was floating on
Wilson creek at Menomonie, died of heart
failure while preparing TO take bath
and fell in.
JOhn Chenevert, proprietor of the Rus
sell House in Neenah. and one of the
oldest and best known hotel men in that
part OF the State, died at Battle Greek,
Mich, sanitarium.
Fred III. Hartwell, law partner of SEN
ator Thomas Morris. has resigned as
notary public rather than give up his
privilege of free transportation as editor
of the La Crosse Argus.
Frank Behnke of Weyauwega is catch
ing mud turtles and shipping them to
Philadelphia. He has a net profit of
about ST on a barrel. He has shipped
twenty barrels this summer
The 4-year-old son of John Talbot of
Bayfield, placed a lighted giant firecrack
er in his mouth and attempted to smoke
it. The explosion lacerated his face ter
ribly and he may not recover.
Samuel Stenman. miner employed
at the Montreal mine in Hurley. was
shot and killed near his home. The muir
derer escaped. The sheriff and a posse
are in pursuit of Peter Desrolia. another
miner
Two holdup men captured by the town
marshal at New Holsten were let go
| because the town had no Jail. Twenty
watches stolen from farmers on the coun-
try road and seventeen revolvers were
taken from them.
Antonio BallistierSo. resident of tbs
Milwaukee Italian colony, in which To-
masso TarantinO. Siciian, was murder
ed, is being searched for by the police
as the guilty man. 1t is said the suspect
was seen in Racine.
Willard Merrill of Milwaukee. for
years vice president of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company,
died at Pasadena, Cal, at the age of "A
years. He went to California last fall
for the benefit of his health.
At Lake Geneva w. ]. B. Kendall had
to be hauled into court and fined $33.66
for sassing the census enumeration before
he would answer questions. Geneva's
population is 1126. That of Delavan
! is 1900 and of Elkhorn 1925.
Several of the large brick buildings in
Johnson Greek have been found to ex-
tend halfway across the proposed new
sidewalk line. In some instances it has
been found that the old sidewalks are
almost in the center of the road.
An attempt to wreck a passenger train
on the St. Paul road partly succeeded
at East Madison, the switch being thrown
after the engine. baggage car and front
trucks of the smoker had passed. Three
cars were deraied, but there were no
casualties. \ discharged employee is sus-
pected
George Burier. Chippewa Falls farm
er, returning home from church, stopped
at a farm house to water his team, and
seeing what he supposed to be a chick
en- in the trough. pulled it ont. 1t WAS
the 2-year-old daughter of the farmer.
After a few minutes the child was
brought to life.
William Kaerne Of Appleton, II years
old, must remain perfectly quiet for some
time or he may bleed to death. The lad
was playing with a friend and had pulled
his pocket knife out of his pocket, in
tending to whittle, when a friend caught
him by the arms. Both boys were laugh
| ing and began wrestling. In the scuffie
the knife was driven into the breast
| just above the heart.
Since Cupid has robbed Outagamie'
county of many of the rural school teach
ers, he has been combining his work 20
Appleton musicians. Four members Of
| the Appleton band have been married
! during the past two months, while Gu
! pid's arrows have penetrated the hearts
of so many of the members of the St.
Joseph choir that an entirely new organ
| ization is now being made
The governments weekly crop report
reviews conditions in this State as fol-
lows: Considerable damage from wind
and hail storms latter part of week; win
ter wheat and rye satisfactory: corn i'm
proving slowly and tasseling; buckwheat
excellent; potatoes improving; hay crop
secured; pastures good and tobacco salts
factory; apples fair; sugar beets excel
lent; cranberries continue satisfactory.
The steamer Evelyn. en- route from
WincOnne to Neenah with 300 excursion
lists aboard, ran into a storm and the
wind blew the boat into raft of sew
eral hundred logs, where she was held
fast despite the efforts to release her.
The passengers became panic-stricken.
and in the stampede two men were
knocked overheard their rescue being eff
fected with difficulty. The crew finally
restored quiet just as the storm abated.
Enlisting the aid Of a swarm of vicious
ieas to drive fellow-employes from the
office while he worked. George Emmett.
employed by Luther Brothers, hardware
manufacturers. North Milwaukee. took
,f Io ID L l.
ed the firms name to checks on the Wis
consin National Bank aggregatng over
$500 Emmett before night had passed
eleven of the checks on saloonkeepers and
grocery stores and departed for parts
unknown.
Frank Raftner farmer living in
Clark county a few miles northeast of
Marshheld, reports the unprecedented
killing of sheep on his farm by eagles.
The eagles pounce down upon a sheep,
pick its eyes out. and then literally tear
it to pieces In three days time nine
sheep were killed in this manner. In or
der to insure safety to the flock it WIS
found necessary to place it under D.o-
lection. Men with rifles are making an
effort to capture these kings of the air,
but so far have been unsuccessful
The coroner's jury has decided that
the eleven log drivers drowned in the
Chippewa river at Little Falls dam on
July Z. met their death by an accident,
and blames no one. The men loaded the
boat too heavily without instructions
from the cOmpany's foreman.
With the aid Of Instruments slipped to
him by a mysteriou+ woman. claiming to
be his wife. and a girl prisoner whose
affections he had gained Herbert S. Ira
ner. awaiting trial in the federal court
for alleged robbery Of the Stoddard post
office, escaped from the county jail at
La Crosse.
Valentine Bettin. an employe Of the
Milwaukee railway, was found dead in a
pool Of water in the yards at La Crosse.
His hand was outstretched towards an
electric light in a small shanty near
which he was lying. 1t is supposed he
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