Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-03
STATE NEWS I'M BRIEF.

iron ore mas been discovered IN Mara
thon county five miles east of the Knowl-
ton postoffice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin Sears of Pine
River celebrated their sixtieth wedding
anniversary.
lemon weighing one pound and six
ounces has been grown at Hillsboro by
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller.
Ferdinand Laabs, prominent German
citizen of Oshkosh, died suddenly at his
home on Eighth street, aged 70 years.
The large barn of S. S. Chambers at
Springville was destroyed by fire. Three
head of cattle and three horses persisted.
Sunday, July 10, is the date fixed for
the summer tournament of the Wiscon-
sin Skat Club which will be held in Mani
towoc.
Word has been received that Steve
Walmsley OF Eau Claire had successfully
passed his examinations and would enter
West Point.
A rock sturgeon weighing so pounds
and measuring feet 10 inches was
caught in the hoop net of w. Fl. Keene
at Onalaska.
The roundhouse of the lola and North
ern railway burned at lola with one loco
motive. Loss $4,000 The fire was due
to an overheated stove.
Ole p. Swanby, cashier of the North
ern State bank of Washburn, died sudden
ly and indications point to suicide His
accounts are being investigated.
The Supreme Court denied motion for
writ of mandamus to compel the city
clerk of Milwaukee to call a special cleo
ton for members of the board of school
directors of that city.
The faculty of Oshkosh normal school
has elected the following members of the
graduating class of June George Wehr-
vein of Manitowoc, valedictorian Miss
Amanda Backon of Oshkosh, salutatorian
William III. Appleby, city marshal at
GAINESVILLE, has received word that he will
be offered the position of chief deputy
United States marshal for the western
district, under Rock Flint, the newly APP
pointed marshal
Capt. Frank Fountain, now in charge
of the life-saving station at Charlevoix,
Mich, formerly keeper of the Chicago life
saving station. has been named as keeper
of the Kenosba life-saying station, to sue
coed Capt. B. c. Cameron, who resigned
after serving thirty years.
A message was received at Chippewa
FAILS from Boise. Idaho, stating that Mr.
and Mrs. c. p WINS two children, aged
s and 10 years, have been drowned in
slough. The bodies were found by
Japanese boy. The family moved short
time ago from New Auburn.
John Olson and Peter Maxey arrived
in Chippewa from Billings, Mont, having
come the entire distance on foot in six
teen days. They went to Billings on
promise of getting work, after paying $40
to an employment bureau. The promise
was fulfilled by Twelve days work and
then they were laid of.
r. L. Barney. president of the Western
has received notice from tie interstate
commerce commission tbat George \.
Brown. the special examiner, will be in
Oshkosh March IS to hear cases relative
to alleged excessive freight charges. -Four
cases viii be heard involving fifteen roads.
Coffee supposed to have contained ar
senic made two boarders at II Plymouth
avenue. Milwaukee. seriously i'll and kill
ed a cat which drank some of it. Josef
Bolakowski and Ignac Kaszewski we're
the two men made ill., Detectives are in
yestigating the case. believing enemies Of
the boarders put poison in the coffee pot.
Heated bran applied TO q COW by di-
rection of a veterinarian came near caus-
ing Anton Smith of Appleton TO lose his
$1,000 barn and a large amount of stock
and grain. by fire. When one of the men
went to feed the stock he found the barn
full of smoke. Mr. Smith worked his
way TO the further end of the barn and
there discovered the bag containing the
bran had caught fire and spread to the
hay. The blaze was extinguished.
The Supreme Court has modified the
Judgment secured by Miss Mary Salchert,
a factory girl of Fond du Lac, against
William C.. Reinig, q wealthy maltster
of that city, for brelch of promise, re-
6tcing it fscm $4,000 to $4,000.