Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-14
WITHIN OUR BORDERS.

known the State over as the "one-man"
band, dropped dead in Burlington.
Owen Thornton is in Jail in Racine
on a charge of attempting to kill his
wife by forcing her to take carbolic
acid
While engaged in lacing her shoes
recently, Stevens Point woman frac-
tured two of her ribs and was laid up
for several days.
Reinhardt Andreason, aged 65, res
ident of the town of Primrose, Dane
County, was killed by a train on the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
Miss Emma Stevenson, aged %, and
Miss Clara Stevenson, aged 16, sisters,
residents of Merrill, were drowned at
Ballard lake by the upsetting of sail
boat
The Paramount Knitting Company
will remove its plant from Waupun to
the factory building in Hartford for
merly occupied by the Bellack Cloth
ing Company.
A sample of water taken from well
in the Waupun prison grounds has
been found by the State University
chemists at Madison to be polluted
and unfit to drink.
Mabel Schurman, recently commit
ted to the Home for Feeble Minded at
Chippewa Falls, was run over by
Central train in that city and is lying
at the point of death
While preparing to thresh, Ferdi-
nand Bunke, living two miles north of
Lake Mills, lost eight and one-half
stacks of grain, the fire being caused
by sparks from the engine.
John Kundert. the 1O-year-old son of
Monticello farmer, struck his eye
with knife while carving a melon
for some boy friends and will probably
lose the sight of it entirely.
Lightning destroyed the large barn
of Sebright Bros. in Askeaton together
with the seasons crop of grain of 5000
bushels and all the farm machinery.
Loss $4,000, with small insurance.
The victim of the first hunting acct
dent died at Ashland Tuesday. A
week ago Arctebo Diana of Iron Belt
was accidentally shot in the leg while
hunting. Lockjaw set in and he died
Lightning struck st. Mary's Catho-
lie Church in GAINESVILLE, doing $4,000
worth of damage A bolt also struck
the call mems room at the Northwest
ern yards and stunned two men Sc
verely.
The 800" line has raised the wages
of the section men on its Wisconsin
Central branch to $3.50 day and has
promised an increase to $1.70. The
Wisconsin Central Management paid
only S1.15.
The Pioneer Graphite Company's
plant, located in the town of Eau
Pleine, near Junction City, was totally
destroyed by fire. The loss is approx
imately $4,000. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Packet service on the Mississippi be-
tween st. Paul and ST. Louis will be
discontinued by the Diamond JIG line
Sept 4. Low water on the upper river
makes further continuation of the serv-
ice hazardous.
Capt. F. Wilke died at his home in
Osceola at the age of 70 years. He
had resided in the village for twenty
years and in the county about thirty
years. He was prominent citizen and
held many offices of trust.
While cutting down a tree for
neighbor, Jerry Sullivan, aged rs
years, and a well-known resident of La
Crosse stepped into the street to view
the result of his handiwork and was
struck by a street car, receiving fatal
injuries.
A plan is on foot to develop the
Prairie du Sac water power. Magnus
Swensen, the Madison capitalist and
promoter, who has carried to success
full completion the great Kilbourn wa
ter power plant. is said to be ready to
construct another at Prairie du Sac.
Mr.. and Mrs. William von Baum
bach of Milwaukee narrowly escaped
death near Oconomowoc Sunday when
the automobile in which they had
started for Fox Lake tipped over,
throwing the occupants out, and then
turned completely over, landing upon
its wheels.
That the investigation conducted by
the board of trustees into charges of
cruelty toward an inmate of the Dodge
County insane asylum was irregular
Superintendent Derse, whose removal
the board has recommended to the
State Board of Control. A long legal
battle is liable to result
Contracts are being let, material is
being assembled and the first work is
being done to build an iron mining
plant at North Freedom which will
cost about $3.50, 900. The improvement
is being made by the Oliver Mining
Company, subsidiary to the United
States Steel Corporation. For years
prospecting has been going on, hold
inss have been secured and other pre-
liminary steps have been taken to
mine the ore which lies below the
surface in the Baraboo valley.
William Schuette. pioneer hotel man
and old resident of Manitowoc County,
died after three weeks of suffering
from paralysis. aged g.. He was ma
tive of Germany and came to Manito-
VOC after the Chicago fire. in which he
lost everything he had. Mr.. Schuette
became we'll known by reason of liti-
CATION which he instituted against the
Chicago & Northwestern when the COM
pany laid its track in front Of his
premises. and al his death he had a
$4,000 damage suit pending against
the company. He leaves a widow and
ten children