Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-03
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.


Schiller street, Racine, gave birth to
triplets. three girls. They are all
healthy children.
The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin State Hotel Mems Association will
be held at the Badger Hotel in Mer-
Till on September and 3.
A splendid life size bronze statue
OF the late Pope Leo XIII has been Sc
cured for Holy Name Church Park in
Sheboygan by Father D. F. Thill.
Jacob Dietrich. one of the pioneers
and former leading merchants of Ra-
cine, who had held many offices of
trust, died on Saturday aged SO years.
Medford will get the next Saenger-
fest of the North Wisconsin Saenger
district. The required guarantee fund
has been raised by the people of that
town.
The largest barn in Ashland County,
together with the dwelling house of
George Kern, was burned in Glidden.
The total loss is $4,000, insured for
$4,000.
Ben Lonely, an aged man who died
at his home in New London recently,
was supposed to be more than 100
years old, and had served in the Next
can War.
Malcolm Jeffries, Jr,, manager of the
Brown University football team, ran
down and severely injured 7-year-old
Paul Ambrose with an automobile in
Evansville.
Rev. Richard NJ Vaughan, for seven
years pastor of the First Baptist
Church of GAINESVILLE, has been offered
the chair in Christian theology at
Hamilton College.
Wausau was chosen as the next con-
vention city at the annual meeting of
the Lake Superior District of Swedish
Methodist Epworth Leagues held in
Escanaba, Mich, few days ago.
Sheboygan County farmers are in
urgent need of rain. Crops are al
ready showing effects of the drought
and the present warm weather has
rapidly dried up all available mois-
ture.
Albert Olson, II years old, of Chi
cago, narrowly escaped being drawn
under the wheels of a freight train
which he attempted to board at James
vile, but escaped, getting the toes of
his right foot crushed. Amputation
may be necessary.
Mahitowoc will continue member
of the Lake Shore ball league and fin
ish the season, according to state
men1 of ex-Manager j. F. Herzog,
president of the league, who says he
will be one of a company of fans to
finance the team.
On August q Spooner will hold
special election to vote on the ques-
ton of organizing under a city char
ter A special census is being taken.
1t is believed that Spooner will be able
to show at least 1000. At the last
national census it had $50
The United States government has
conferred an honor upon Prof Henry
G. Taylor, head of the department OF
agricultural economics at the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, by appointing him
special agent of the census bureau for
the summer, to give expert advice as
to plans for the agricultural census
for 1910.
The wholesale liquor dealers and
brewers of Eau Claire have lost out
in their fight against the annual Ii.
cense from 5000 to $500. The George
w. Robertson liquor house and the
Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee
have applied to the council for per-
mits for licenses at $500, which were
granted.
Notices were posted the other day
by the Sheboygan Light, Power and
Railway Company notifying its inter
urban employees that from now on
they will be taken into sort of part
nership with the company and will re-
ceive a monthly share of the increase
of the receipts of the business over the
preceding year.
Carried beyond her corner and
standing on the platform waiting for
the car to stop so she might alight,
Mrs herman Phelps, aged II, wife of
a prominent GAINESVILLE G. A. R. man,
was thrown from the car and her left
foot caught beneath the wheels and so
badly crushed that it had to be am
putated above the ankle.
Death is claiming old residents and
pioneers of .Manitowoc County at
rapid rate, the last quarterly report of
the state health board showing 50 of
ITO deaths to have been of persons
past Go years of age. The latest old
settler to respond to Deaths call is
Mrs. Augusta Flick, who had attained
the age of 81 years. Deceased for
years resided on a farm at Two
Creeks
Five men were seriously injured al
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farm at North Freedom. The 2x6 cak
rafters which they had placed in posi-
ton on the frame of the barn slipped
out of place. and precipitated the
workmen into the basement, twenty
two feet below. The contractor. S. P.
Ellis suffered three broken ribs. Au-
gust Harmon was hurt about the back,
and William Steinbrink. Eugene Bon
nell and Glen Hanger were badly
bruised.
Judge S. W. Lamoreux of Beaver
Dam, who was commissioner of the
general land Office during the admin
istration of President Cleveland. is
seriously i'll of blood poisoning, result
ing from a cut on the finger inflicted
by a fish line a couple of weeks ago.
Paul Garard of Bruce was accident
ally killed and Ben Fast OF Eau Claire
was seriously injured by the discharge