Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-01
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF


Kenosha women held a Tag day" and
raised about $1,000 for the children's play
ground fund.-
In Racine transient merchants hereaf-
ter will be compelled to pay daily Ii
cense fee of So
Carl Goodman. former resident Of
Waukesha. has disappeared from Racine,
and it is feared is drowned
BY gnawing cable squirrels put twen-
ty-six telephones of the Rock County
Telephone Company out of commission.
Henry Brinker, postmaster of Nesno-
tab for the last ten years, and one OF the
best known men in the vicinity, is dead.
Two children of Thomas Flanagan of
Beloit. bitten recently by a mad dog, were
| sent to the. Pasteur institute at Chicago
| for treatment
A. w. Bryant of Appleton, formerly
director of the Wood county telephone
system, became violently insane while on
his return from Quebec.
After an existence of fifty years under
one postmaster, George H. Chamberlain,
the Rock Falls postofice has been aban-
uVhSu oy TIE sOScFHuiSul
Frank Grass has established a station
ia Crivitz for the purchase of pine cones,
to be shipped to Germany, where the de
mand for seed is enormous.
| Harry Kyle was killed near the Mil
| ler's dam. He was one of a party of
hunters with Henry Liberty, mill owner
| from the town of Holway.
| Bernard Fetzer of Branch may lose
one eye as a result of an accident, a
| splinter striking the eye where he was
splitting wood at his home.
John DAVIS, pioneer resident of Pitts
vile, died as a result of being shot
while hunting deer. He was 81 years
old and leaves wife and two children.
Robert Ladwig was awarded SIC, 200
| damages against the Jefferson Ice Com
pany for injuries sustained while labor
ing for the company in Kenosha county.
d. L. Naumann Of Wausau has been
permanently appointed head FIRE warden
in the department of the State forestry
commission under Supt. f. NJ. Griffith.
In Oconomowoc fire destroyed cottage
owned by William n Pelouse and occu-
pied by John Bollein and family. 1t
was built in 1885, then being used as a
tavern.
| George Scatter, a Racine carpenter had
five ribs fractured. his head cut open and
sustained internal injuries, by a scat
folding's falling upon which be was
standing.
Rev. Alfred Johansson, for three years
a missionary of the Swedish Lutheran
church in India and Japan, will be in
stalled as pastor of the Swedish Luther
an church in Kenosna.
Harry E. Fitch of Nekoosa. defeated
candidate for district attorney. will con-
/ test the election of r. Il. Andrews of
Marsh6eld, Republican candidate, who
won the election by % majority.
The 15-year-old son of Mrs. John
Steiner, living ten miles northwest of
AIedford. while hunting deer carelessly
sdropped his gun. 1t was discharged and
he received the contents in his side and
shouldes'.
Oscar Sprague of Mcmillan, aged %
| years. was snot in the hip while deer
hunting. He was descending Bruce
Mound and was handing a gun down to
a companion with the muzzle toward him
when the hammer struck a rock.
movement for the erection of mod
ern eight-story hotel building for which
Madison has been craving for years has
been started by two Chicago business
men, E. A. Wickline and R. v Graves,
at contemplated cost of $250,000.
Wisconsin's State fair may be held a
week later than usual next year on the
second instead of the first week in Sep
| TENDER. The matter viii not be determined
| finally until the annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION of fairs and expositioas in Chi
cago next month.
Barron county will build its own coun-
ty asylum. An appropriation of $4,000
| to be secured by an issue of bonds, has
been made by the county board, which,
| by a vote of % to 49, decided on the cree
ton of a building for the treatment of
i insane patients of this county.
Former State Senator A. NJ. Stondall
has offered to give the city of Madison
beautiful strip of lake shore land in
the Sixth ward for park purposes if the
city will agree TO name it for him and
| comply with other minor conditions. The
value of the proposed gift is $1,000.
Returning from hunt, Michael Scov-
ronski of Menasha was accused by his
/ companions. Jacob Schalock and yalen-
tine Gatza. with being a poor hunter.
| He flew int, a rage and had proceeded
| less than 100 feet when the gun in his
] hands was discharged and Schalock and
Gaia fell seriously injured. Scoyronski
maintains that the shooting was purely
accidental.
The disbarment proceedings against At
torney Frank B. Lamoreux of Ashland
ended in his acquittal. There were thir-
| teen charges of unprofessionaI conduct
| against him. covering a range of sixteen
years practice at Stevens Point and Ash
| land. District Attorney Foley of Supe-
rior prosecuted the case and Mr. Ia
moreux was defended by l.. X. Luse of
Superior and Senator Sanborn.
George McHafie while in the woods
| near keystone, was fired upon four times
| BY unknown hunters, who undoubtedly
| nistook him for deer When two shots
| had been fred upon him he thr,w him
self upon the ground. but when ne arose
| two more shots were hred, one passing
through his cap. McEafie then decided
to remain three hours stretched upon the
ground. until dark when he made his way
| home c. F. Bronson also reports being
| fred upon by hunters near RiveFyiew.
While out hunting Herman Moth Of
Ridseville was shot through the right
shoulder by the accidental discharge Of
his rife The ball. which was Of large
| caliber, entered the heshy part Of tn.
shoulder and came out just alongside OF
the shoulder blade. No bones were
broken.
At lola. Thomas Hess. the 9-year-old
son of Charles Hess. was shot through
tie heart BY his f:-year-old brother. Mil
ION Hess. who had been shooting at tar
| ge.s. wher the gun failed to 20 Of be
| struck IL with fatsl result The family
reside IN the towE of Harrison. eight
I; miles from lola.