Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
State News in Brief.

The Grantsburg bowling alley and
Charles Saunders residence were de-
stroyed by fire, with a loss of $4,000.
Harvey Thomas of Indian Ford crawl
ed under a GAINESVILLE lumber pile to sleep
and narrowly escaped freezing to death
He will recover.
The strike of linemen and electricians
of the telephone companies in La Crosse
is over and the strikers have returned to
work without any concessions They
demanded recognition of the union.
Michael Gleason, pioneer farmer of
the town of CylOn, fell from a load of
hay and was instantly killed. He was
born in Ireland sixty-fve years ago and
came to st. Croix county in its early
days.
The explosion of Stag on the lake shore
near the plant of the Simmons Manu-
featuring Company at Kenosha caused
a fire which resulted in the destruction
of the oil house, causing loss of several
hundred dollars.
Fire caused by an overheated stack
damaged the building and stock of the
Western Tobacco works. established this
year in La Crosse. $4,000. The damage
to the building amounted to only 50 600
the rest of the loss being caused by
water.
Lying in the road with his neck
broken, his body bruised, and dead, John
Langley, a prominent middle-aged farm
er of Lafayette was found between his
home and Springfield, where he had
spent the evening. He left the town at
midnight, and his team of horses stray
ed home without driver soon after.
IT is thought he was thrown from the
wagon.
Andrew Christensen, who was arrest
ed at Des Moines Iowa. on charge
of embezzlement, has been discharged.
All claims against him were settled and
the costs paid Christensen will 90 into
business in Kanosha.
John H. Parker Of Beloit has been
awarded $13,500 damages from the Fair
banksMOrse Company in Circuit Court.
He sustained a fracture of one leg.
which would not knit, in the fall of ?
scaffolding, and the knee of the other leg
was badly injured, one arm broken in
two places, the other sprained and his
nose was broken.
Frank Mates was killed at Shawano
by tree in a peculiar manner. While
saving logs with his brother, a tree
lodged in the branches of another and
in trying to release it, the tree came
down en- the men, breaking Frank Mat,
tes' skull, and he died soon after The
brother was also stunned.
Fred Pabst, the former president of
the PabSt Brewing ComDany and one
of the best-known milliOnaires in Wis
consin, is studying agriculture at the
University of Wisconsin. Mr. Pabst re-
Gently acquired a fine stock farm and
has decided to go into the business of
stock raising on an elaborate and scien-
tifc plan.
1t has been found necessary to ampu-
tate the foot of Napoleon La Londe.
Jr., who met with a peculiar accident
at the Eau Claire paper mill some weeks
ago. La Londe tried to kick a swiftly
moving belt from a wheel. He had on
rubbeg shoe and the friction of the
belt burned the shoe and part Of the flesh
of the foot into the bone. It was found
that the bone was disintegrating and
amputation was the only course.
c. f. KimbaI, proprietor Of a hotel
and restaurant at Corliss, was found
guilty on a charge of assault and bat
terry. The complaining witness. wait
ress charged that Kimball had Rugged
her. He has appealed.