Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-31
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Matthew Raglan, father of William H.
Raglan of Pine Grove, was found dead. A
rifle had been discharged and the bullet
penetrated the head.
If the Racine board of education has
its way the curfew law will again be
revived in the city and children will be
forced to HE for home at night before
The hour of 0 o'clock.
John Shuber, county pioneer who
came to 4nanitowoc seventeen years ago,
died suddenly, aged 10. Shuber came to
the county % years ago and resided on a
farm in the town of Kossuth.
Smallpox has broken out in Chadbourne
Hall, g dormitory for women students at
the University of Wisconsin, and 100
young women have been ordered vaccinat-
ed and to leave for their homes.
Bananas will hereafter he sold in La
Crosse by the pound. This is the ruling
that has been made by the Retail Grocers'
Association. The grocers buy by weight
and they are now going to sell by weight
The State Supreme Court has held that
the Wisconsin sleeping car law is uncon-
ground that the law is not valid exer-
else of the police powers; that it leaves
to the occupant of the lower berth to de-
eide whether or not the upper shall be
closed or open, instead of absolutely re-
quiring an unoccupied berth to be closed.
Skin grating had to be resorted to to
save the eyesight of Emil Wach, the
f,xtrac fotsw he uc
burned by acid at Manitowoc a few weeks
ago. Wach was operated on at Chicago
and skin was grated from his leg to the
face and for the forehead and it is now
said that he has a good chance of recev-
cry and will be able to see without de-
feet.
William MacMiller of Ashland had an
exciting encounter with bear. He shot
two cubs and their mother attacked him.
He put shot through her, whereupon
she seized his arm and lacerated it badly
before he could fire the finishing shot A
fourth bear appeared and he shot it dead
in its tracks 1t weighed PIG pounds.
MacMiller brought the carcasses of the
four bears home.
That life insurance companies which
are authorized to dc business in this State
and which cease TO write policies under
the new insurance laws after Dec. 81,
may legally collect premiums through
their present offices or agents in this State
until their licenses expire on Marin 1. is
the gist of an opiniof. rendered by the
Attorney General in answer to query
from the State insurance commissioner.
Two piekerel were caught on lines
through the ice at Pewaukee. One meas
lired 3 feet 10 inches, the other feet
inches. The two together weighed over
forty pounds They are the largest pick
erel caught in the Waukesha county lakes
this year.
Theodore Dunke of Marinette, 16 years
old. escaped death because he wore six
shirts. The youth was hunting rabbits
with his uncle. John Dunke. when the
latter accidentally discharged his gun.
The charge of shot struck young Dunke,
but his heavy clothing so broke it's force
that his injuries are not serious.
The biggest deer shot in WISCONSIN,
during the recent season weighed 1871
pounds. and was laid low in the Flam-
beau country north of Chippewa Falls
The deer was known in that locality as
Jumbo" and for years had defed the
bullets of the most craft; hn2ter.
After being pinioned under =yreck for
two hours. Edward McCar hy's life Sss
saved by his wooden leg being cut of.
Mccarthy is a fireman on the Wisconsin
Central road. and his engine toppled over
on him near Waukesha. lie finally was
released with the exception of his wooden
leg. which was held fast under the mass
of iron
1t is learned in Racine that q large
number of cabbage growers would retire
and begin the raising Of sugar beets T.
Movers. agricultural agent of the James
vile Sugar Beet Company. has been in
the city the last few days and has con-
traefed for the raising of 100 acres in
1865. There is some talk of organizing
a company for the establishment Of a
large factory with a capital stock of
10000.
Theodore Albon of bayfield,. aged 90
drowned while bound for the Anderson
camp on Bass island When q mile from
shore the rowboat capsized- A companion
hung to the boat and was finally rescued
by the crew Of g sail boaS-