Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-12-06
WISCONSIN
BREVITIES

Mary Louise Gardner, Sycamore, H.,
Mrs. Rocque's sister, to Benjamin Nell
son, Lena Wis, Nelson failed to APP
pear at the appointed time. Karl
Johnson, one of the guests from the
brides home city, stepped forward and
offered to take the place of the missing
groom. He was a former sweetheart
OF the bride His offer was accepted
and the ceremony was performed at,
the scheduled time by Justice Van
Derberg, Menominee
Racine.-Rev. Father Trant, ST.
Patricks church, was seriously in5
jured by falling downstairs at the
church. He is at the St. Mary's hos
pital with a scalp wound and numer,
Gus bruises about the body. George
Straube, who fell down a stairway of
building owned by the Kradwell
Drug company, commenced suit
against the Kradwen Drug company
for $4,000.
Beloit.-John Jones, Racine, SUI
perintendent of the Western I'M
provement company, had a narrow es-
cape from running his automobile in
front of train. Coming down an in
cline he lost control of the machine,
which tore through the railway gates
and was brought to a stop just in time
to prevent its being crushed by the
oncoming train.
Racine.-Alice Caldwell, the SER
want accused of having robbed the
home OF Rev. Walter Gardner BLOSSOM
Of $500 worth of clothing belonging TO
Mrs. Blossom, and also $40, has been
found in Denver, Col. by Chief of Po-
lice Baker It is said that part of the
clothing has been recovered. No eff
fort will be made to bring the girl
back here.
Racine.-David Evans, state fac
tory agent, is after managers of
amusement houses in this city. He
caused the arrest of d. NJ. Nye, Racine
theater; Albert Grover, Palace theater,
and Arthur Baldwin, Orpheum, on the
charge of hiring boys under sixteen
years Of age.
Tony. %. Swoverland killed a
large black fox, mate TO the one
killed by A. A Bish last week. The
two foxes had been sighted by several
sportsmen, and when Bish got the
first one a general hunt was made for
the mate.
Dundas.-A double wedding took
hnr
when Miss Phoebe Beach became the
bride of Dr. Bronhorst, Hortonville,
and Miss Grace Beach of Chester
Prince, Mo. Rev. H. ]. Burton, Racine,
performed the ceremony.
Eau Claire-Marshall Stevens Of
Madison died here at the Sacred
Heart hospital. He was shot
on Sunday while hunting near Win
ter. Mr.. Stevens was a member of
the firm of Small & Stevens, bicycle
and sporting goods dealers.
adysmith.-Walter o. Osterhaut,
aged ten, and John Toepfer aged
eight, of this city, broke through
the ice on the Flambeau river while
skating and drowned
eboygan.-Gustav Heyman, the
confessed diamond thief captured
in Montreal and brought back to
this city, was sentenced to four years
in Waupun.
Beloit.-Rev, E. ]. Hegg, for
several years pastor of Trinity Lu,
theran church, has received call to
a church in Tacoma, Wash.
GAINESVILLE. - Marion p. Dell Of
GAINESVILLE was run over and killed
i'm New Rochelle, H. The body was
brought here for burial.
Marshfeld.--Mr. and Mrs. John
Scheuer of this city are the
proud parents of triplets, two sons
and a daughter
Racine.-One man may die and
two others were seriously injured
as the result of the explosion Of a
500 line freigi locomotive near
Burlington The injured are: Fred
Lang, Burlington, leg broken, head
and body bruised and scalded. In
juries believed fatal: Frank Schui
macher, Ford du Lac. badly scalded;
John Norton, Fond du Lac, badly
scalded. The injured men were in tho
locomotive cab when the steam chest
blew up. Lang was thrown out of
the cab. The others were scalded by
escaping steam.
Neenah.-Announcem has been
made that Neenah will get two
state conventions this winter. On
December IL, 10 and IA farmers from
Bill over the state will gather here at
the annual meeting of the Wisconsin
State Grange On February 8, 8 and
10 the Wisconsin Dairymen's associa-
don will meet here at the S. A. Cook
armory.
Sheboygan. While swimming in
the natatorium at Born's park
Robert Imrie, instructor in mathe,
mates in the Sheboygan high
school, was stricken with paralysis
end died in the water. He was found
soon after by Colonel Born Mr..
Imrie was graduated from Ripon col
Iege last June. His parents live in
Roberts.
Kenosha-A petition was pre-
scented to the county board asking
for the erection of a sanatorium for
advanced tubercular patients. The
petition was presented by the Public
Health league and it is suggested that
the sans torium be a joint institution
for Racine, Kenosha and Walworth
counties. The board directed that es-
Inmates OF the cost of such an in
stitution be presented TO the board for
final action in January.
Milwaukee.-Mrs. Waity Arnold
blanchard, who celebrated her one
hundredth birthday a few months ago,
died after a brief illness.
Portage.-The board of super
visors has elected Byron Tiff
Lowyille, supervisor of assessment. to
succeed Thomas Sanderson. Colum