Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
AMONG OUR NE1aHRoRs

Two men arrested for illegal fishing
with nets in the Wisconsin River near
kilbourn pleaded guilty and were
lined s25 and costs each.
Percy Bell, a Beloit teamster, had
his backbone dislocated by falling
tree which blew down during storm
de is in critical condition.
James Martenson, an employee of the
Milwaukee road for thirty-three years,
ard for twenty-five years an inspector
at SWatertown, is dead, aged 60 years.
An invitation has been forwarded
to President William Howard Taft to
pay visit to La Crosse during the
coming summer on his way to ST.
Paul.
The home rule bill providing that
Milwaukee voters may determine the
manner in which their city affairs
shall be handled was killed in the
legislature Wednesday night.
Meeting for the frst time less than
a year ago as bridesmaid and grooms-
man at another wedding, Miss Mar
garet Newhouse and Adolph H. Glenz,
a druggist from Madison, have be-
come engaged, and the wedding is to
take place soon.
Neenah ard Menasha will be asked
to join Manitowoc in protest to the
500 line on the service of it's Neenah-
Manitowoc branch. This action will be
taken upon suggestion of S. A. Cook, /
who told the city officials that the
other cities were interested.
Standing on the main track of the
Northwestern Railroad watching a
of a swiftly approaching train on the
Northwestern, an unknown man about
90 or 60 years of age was ground to
pieces two miles from La Crosse.
The difference between the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Company
and the government has been adjust
ed and work will start Immediately
on the construction of concrete and
steel bridges over the Fox River and
Little Lake Butte des Monts, in Nee
nah, to cost nearly $2,000,000
Judge Belden issued temporary in
junction restraining the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light Company
from building bridge adjoining the
property of F. J. Ayers in Burlington.
Mr. Ayers alleges that the building of
such structure would prevent his
getting water to operate his mill.
An accident which resulted in the
drowning of one man and the serious
injury of three others, all negroes en-
ployed on the boat, occurred at the
foot of Pearl street, La Crosse, when
the crane on the Diamond 10 packet
St Paul broke off at the base just as
stunning the men and throwing them
into the river.
Fifteen minutes after registering at
the Hotel Racine, John Rice, a civil
engineer from New Orleans, who came
to do some work, received a telegram
bringing the terrible news that his
wife and two daughters had been in
stantly killed in an automobile acct
dent and his mother fatally injured.
Mr. Rice left Immediately for New Or
leans,
Notice of appeal has been filed by
the Manit0woc Northern Traction
Company to the decision of Judge Kir-
wan in circuit court upholding an in
junction restraining the company
from increasing fares on its interurb-
an lines from 10 cents to - cents.
The court held that the city in grant
ing a franchise for use of its streets
also had power to regulate fares on
the interurban lines
The will of Leonard j. Potter of
Oakland, in which he bequeathed $685.
900 for the erection of a Baptist
church in the town OF Oakland and
$4,000 for the building of town hall,
was admitted to probate by County
Judge Charles Rogers after a contest
was made by his brothers Inasmuch
as no Baptist congregation exists in
Oakland, the $4,000 becomes a lapsed
legacy and the money will revert to
his brothers.
Papers were served on New Rich
mond city officials as a preliminary to
a contest of the recent election of the
license question when the city went
dry by three majority. 1t is an &C
ton in equity and the plaintiffs ex-
pect to get it before Judge Helms in
circuit court at an early day The
municipal election in so far as it af-
fects the license question is contested
on the grounds that the polls were
closed at o'clock when notices were
published and posted naming
o'clock
State Banking Commissioner NJ. C.
Bergh approved an amendment to the
articles of incorporation of the Citi-
zens' State Bank of Sheboygan, in
creasing its capital from $4,000 to
100000.
" iAAA1Ii HIM. AOA gEdAS hcli-
known resident of New London and
vicinity, committed suicide at his
home south of the city. by eating
Paris green. He was respondent over
the fact this his wife left him two
weeks ago.
Authoritative information that Man
itowoc's new government building, for
which Congress mas given $1,000. will
be two-stoTy structure has been re-
ceived and ii is expected that plans
viii be completed and submitted for
bids OF contractors within thirty days.
AS q result Of an automobile acci-
dent, DR.. Clarence Fox, physician
of Chaseburg, viii probably be a Grip
pie for life AT a steep embsnkment
he turned the wrong lever and placed
the machine in reverse action. throw
ing ii down into the rsvine below. He