Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-08
MINOR STATE ITEMS

" Gems ago.
E. R. Hicks of Oshkosh, ex-attorney
general, is quarantined at his home
with well-defined but not serious case
of smallpox.
Rev. Father E. A Larrabee, rector
OF the Church of the Ascension in Chi
cago, was installed as chaplain of the
sisters of st Mary in Kenosha, Sun
day.
The wife of Fay Irish of Thorp has
given birth to five babies, three daugh-
tiers andetwo sons. All are alive and
well. There are now ten children in
the family.
In the declamatory and spelling con-
test held at Scandinavia under the di-
rection of the Waupaca County Inter
school League, Donzella Fletcher of
Royalton won first in defamation and
Hilda Stewart of Northport first in
spelling.
Mrs. Fred Reischel and young
woman friend from Milwaukee were
thrown from a carriage near the resi-
dence of A. A. Billings on the Concord
road near Oconomowoc, the horse be-
ing scared at a road scraper. Both
were quite badly injured
Fire of unknown origin starting in
the lumber yard of the Smith Manu-
featuring plant in La Crosse, destroyed
large amount of high grade lumber
besides threatening the La Crosse Plow
Companys plant. The entire fire de-
partment was called out.
A wreck on the southwestern divis-
ion of the Milwaukee road tied up all
traffic between Racine and Corliss. At
Gatliffe two freight cars left the track,
the switch having been opened. 1t is
said patients at the county insane asy-
lum turned the switches and caused
the wreck
William Bentz was injured, an in
terurban car of the Milwaukee-Racine
and Kenosha lines almost severing
both legs from his body. 1t is claimed
Bentz fell asleep on the tracks of the
interurban line and that the motorman
was unable to see the body until with
in 100 feet from it,
John Sommerfield, a carpenter en-
ployed by Contractor Rosenbaum on a
house being built for Mrs. Frost at
Forest avenue and Hickory street
Fond du Lac, fell from scaffold and
was seriously injured. Both arms, his
lower jaw and nose we're broken and
he was otherwise bruised and cut.
Thieves who entered the saloon of
Louis Olson in the downtown district
of Manitowoc, stopped long enough in
their operations to set themselves a
lunch, the plates and glasses being
found on the tables. Plumber consist
ing of cigars, wet goods and money
amounting in value to $50 was secured.
The Wisconsin State Eclectic Medi-
cal Society will meet at Devils Lake
in annual convention on June 1, 2 and
8. prominent physicians from all over
the State will attend and many ad-
dresses will be given. A trip will be
made to the Wisconsin Dells during
the convention by the visiting dele
gates.
The Grand Rapids Street Railway
Company, which was granted its fran
chise by the Council recently, is max
ing preliminary arrangements for the
construction of the proposed interur-
ban line between Grand Rapids and
Nekoosa. Actual construction will not
begin on this line until the middle of
the summer.
Three girls employed in a GAINESVILLE
factory, Gertie and Alta Maine and
Mary Whalen. were swept out in the
current of the river in a rowboat and
were in danger of being drowned at
the Milwaukee street bridge when one
of the girls seized the piling. A hurry
up call was sent to the fire department
which rescued them.
George Rock of Kenosha, an Ameri-
can citizen, was shot and killed by
Turkish solciers at the home of his
mother in the outskirts of Adana
Asia Minor, April II. Letters telling
of his murder have caused great in
dignation among the Armenians OF
Kenosha, among whom Rock had been
widely known as leader
Fred Thurow and family had mar
row escape from death when their
hcme at Reedsville ives destroyed by
fire after being struck by lightning.
The FIRE occurred at night and Thurow
ard his family found the house filled
with smoke and the fire under big
Roadway when awakened. The loss OF
the home and contents was total
Edward Balch Barr of Oshkosh, son
of Rev Thomas E. Barr of the Peoples
Pulpit. Milwaukee, left for New York
City. and will sail from Boston for
Newfoundland, where he will have
charge of an expedition of about fif-
teen men who will go into the wild in
terror of that country in an effort to
capture calf caribou for interpreting
with reindeer.
An appropriation of $500 was made
by the county board for the Manitowoc
County Industrial Association for the
promotion of the county fair. The ap-
precipitation is given in response to a
petition flied by the company citing the
new law passed by the present Legis-
lature which permits county boards to
appropriate an amount not to exceed
50, GOO for county fairs.
Frank Blackbird was instantly kill
ed at the landing Of North Wisconsin
Lumber ard Manufacturing Company
at the min near Hayward, while IN
leading a carload OF logs. He was
knocked OF the top chain. five logs
giving way and rolling down over him.
Robert 3. Lang of Racine. who be
came department commander OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic in Wis
sin on the death OF E. D. Coe Of White
water. viii prcea5ly be a candidate
for the position he now holds al the