Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-12

ton. Charles Ullrich of Kaukauna was
robbed of 3d.
The large barn of Frank Linburg.
chairman of the town of Stubs. burned
the other night. Two horses and thirty
five tons of hay were lost
Richard Kolitz, aged 2S years, living
north of Fox Lake, accidentally shot
himself in the head with a shotgun in his
buggy, blowing out his brains.
Reinhold Rochhu of Manawa. car
penter working on building two miles
west of Horizon, fell from a scaffolding
in a fit and was instantly killed.
Amenzo Piper, proprietor of the Lone
Tree Fruit farm of Sheboygan Falls,
was held mp by two highway robbers and
relieved of SO or 81 of small change
The business men of Alma have or
ganized n Business Mems Association
and by united efforts will endeavor to Sc
cure some manufacturing establishments.
Norman Evanson, the Neenah lad who
was accidentally shot through the right
thigh by a shotgun in the hands of Peter
Rasmussen, died in terrible agony, lock-
jaw having set in.
Three black bears appeared near
Ridgeland the other day. After an eX-
citing chase two of them were killed.
One weighed 100 ponds and the other
between 800 and 400
Uhlrich Patthoff, the 12-year-old son
of Prof u. ". Patthoff, a teacher in
the st. Louis schools. swan across Green
lake, a distance of one and half miles
in one hour and thirty minutes.
Peter Berry of Chippewa Falls was
assaulted at the Union depot in Des
Moines and robbed of SO. His left ear
was. severed by the footpads, who left
him unconscious. He will recover.
The Attorney General has rendered
an opinion that national guardsmen and
non-commissiOned officers in the employ
of the State can use railroad passes, but
that commissioned officers cannot
Farmers about Neenah are complain
ing of locust beetles which bore into
maple trees and kill them. Scores of
trees have been destroyed and all at
tempted remedies have failed to get rid
of the pest.
The rafting works at West Newton
have been permanently closed. The
steamers, barges, pile drivers, skiffs and
tools are for sale. This industry gave
employment to many men, who will now
have to seek other fields.
George Kalcheck of Kossuth was COM
mitted to the asylum at Oshkosh. Kali
check, it is said, had attacked several
neighbors with a large butcher knife and
became very violent. so that it required
several men to handle him.
Death defeated the plans of Cupid in
claiming Carl Erickson, whose demise
occurred the other day. Erickson was
to have been married to Miss Ella Ham
mond of Milwaukee two weeks from the
day on which his death occurred.
Word from Crsman, Colo, states that
a six-inch streak of quartz filled with
free gold has been uncovered in the
Grand Republic mine, which is controlled
by Neenah capitalists. The find is
estimated to be worth half million
dollars.
While Mrs. John West and her niece.
Miss Pearl Campbell, were driving near
Evansville, the horse became frightened
and ran away. Mrs. West was killed
son-in-law, Rev. w. w. DiEhl of Ster-
ling, ILL.,
In Superior Sauters meat market was
robbed of at least $25 IL money and
Swanson's saloon was robbed of Il small
amount of whisky and cigars. Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Hall, old timers in the
police court, We're arrested, charged with
the crime.
Five meat dealers pleaded guilty in
Madison to selling adulterated meats.
One man pleaded guilty selling ham
burger steak preserved in sulphites,
while four others were fined for selling
bologna preserved in borax and colored
with coal tar dye.
Edgar Rabe, aged years met in
slant death in runa lay in ShebOygan.
He VS. riding in a bus when the horses
became frightened and in turning Il cor
ner struck the curb and upset the wagon.
Young Rabe struck the curb on his head
and broke his neck.
The governments weekly crop report
reviews conditions in this State as fol-
lows: Heavy rains retarded the thrash
ipg stacking, and fall blowing; corn ad-
7ancing rapidly; will be secure from
frost by Sept. 10; grain damaged from
sprouting in shock but yield satisfac-
tory; potato outlook discouraging; to-
bacco secured; pastures excellent; sugar
beets excellent; buckwheat in bloom;
cranberries rpening; hops fine
Fearing consequences which might fol-
low his second arrest by the police, Fred
Juhre. the 15-year-Old leader of the
"DaredeviIs of the ltockies," boy bandits
tried to commit suicide by striking his
head against the wall of the cell room
Of the North Side police station in Mil
waukee He was taken to the Emer-
gency hospital, where it was found that,
aside from a severe scalp wound and
minor contusions, the lad had not injured
himself
Mrs. Elizabeth Kolb of Fond dU Lac,
after nearly year of blindness and par
alysis, has recovered the use of her eyes
and arms and limbs. The other day Mrs.
Kolb was taken critically i'll and her
death was expected at any time, but she
seemed to rally after refreshing sleep
and with renewed strength almost leaped
from her bed. She could walk she could
see! She picked up a paper and read
with delight, following this with a stroll
about the house and the writing of a few
words with hands that had heretofore
hung limp at her sides Mrs. Kolb is 50
years old, but it is said her eyesight and
penmanship are better than twenty years
ago. Physicians consider the case a re-
markable one. No cause is given for the
change.
George NJ Groh of Sheboygan,
through his attorney, Andrew Gilbertson,
has fled his answer to the suit for S20,-
900 damages begun by Madame Jeanette
Young. palmist. The answer is excep-
tionally brief and to the point. 1t denies
all Of Madame Young's allegations.
Edward George of Sheboygan jumped
from a window upon the back of burg
lar who had escaped from Georges room
at midnight, took away the mans re-
volver pounded him into submission. and
then marched him into the house. where
he gave him food and set him free on