Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-29
AL Over the State.

Mrs. James McSherry of Ashland,
aged n years. committed suicide by tax
ing morphine.
Eleven head of cattle on the farm of
A. II. Hunt, in Eagle Point, were killed
by lightning.
Lightning caused a $1,000 loss to the
buildings on the farm of Ole Simonson
near Stoughton.
Clarence Anderson, IS years old, was
drowned in the Peshtigo river at Pesh-
tigo while in bathing alone. He could
not swim.
r. J. Mcmillan, the under sheriff who
shot James Lily at North Crandon July
2, was acquitted of the charge of assault
with intent to kill.
William II. Klawitter and Albert Ber-
gaus each aged so years, have been
drowned in the Mississippi river at La
Crosse while bathing.
Pattie HENS. aged 30 years, drowned
while bathing in Browns lake, gear Bur-
lngton. He was employed by the Lin
coin Ice Company. His home was at
Pittsburg.
A man whose identity has not been
discovered was drowned in Camp Lake
near Kenosha. The man had gone to
the lake to battle He was seen to leap
into the water and it is thought that he
was seized with a cramp.
L. w. Flanagan. a former Marinette
Iumberman has sold his big farm at
Brunette Junction to Chicago parties for
$4,000 exclusive of machinery and
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about four years ago for $4,000.
Felix Arias, midget connected with
a show company. was found dead in bed
at the Beloit fair grounds. He is said
to have been known in show circles as
Chiquetta American. whose home is ut
Queretaro, Mexico. The authorities gave
him burial
The policy of the State to aid all coun-
ty fairs which are conducted under pro-
visions of the statutes prohibiting the
sale of liquors and gambling on the
grounds will be stronger this year. See
rotary True says fairs will be looked
after carefully.
While the family was on an outing at
Delavan lake, burglars entered the home
of Charles E. Snyder in GAINESVILLE and
carried away merchandise, including Mr.
Snyder's wedding suit, lace curtains. sill
verware, two gold rings, a sofa pillow
and an alarm clock.
Prof r. Hemminway. principal of the
La Crosse high school. who is spending
his vacation in the South, is under quar-
antine in New Orleans.
Paul Morris was drowned at Sturgeon
Bay while swimming, being taken with
cramp when out in the bay He was
about 80 years old and single
The widow and six children of Robert
Jackson of Chippewa Falls, who died
about a year ago, have fallen llejrs to
the entire estate of Il brother of Mr..
Jackson in New York who die1 in Jan
uary. There is So. 900 in cash and Sill
600 in real estate.
The construction of the 800 900 high
school in La Crosse was assured by the
appropriation of $4,000 extra by the
Council The fight over this appropria-
ton threatened to kill the entire project
E. NJ Robbins, one Of the men in
charge of the construction work of the
Chicago and Northwestern road west of
Kenosha, was brutally beaten and rob
bed near Anderson's park at the limits of
kenosha.
George Miller. a Russian, serving
second term of six months in the Dane
county jail for stealing gold watch.
smashed paddock with an ak and made
his escape. He was splitting wood in
the basement of the jail.
Attorneys have been retained to de-
fend Cornelius McKune, under arrest in
Racine for attempting to kill Dorothy
Nelson and then commit suicide. An
attempt to prove insanity may be made.
Mckune confessed to shooting the girl,
saying he was Intoxicated at the time.
Miss Nelson's condition is unchanged.
George Stroebe performed daring
rescue Of Otto Lempke from drowning.
Lempke was fishing at the Neenah dam,
where the water runs swift and deep,
when he fell into the whirlpool. Stroebe
heard his cries or help, plunged in, and
after a desperate struggle. during which
both nearly drowned, succeeded in bring
Ing Lempke safely to shore.