Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-07
NerUs Notes of Wisconsin

JanesviIle.-That the plans for
making the Rock river a navigable
stream, at least from GAINESVILLE to
the Mississippi river have not been
abandoned by the government is evil
denced by the visit to this section of
the river of Maj. Keller, a member
of the United States engineering
corps, and W. A. Meese, the presi-
dent of the Rock River improvement
association. They are on trip of
inspection of the Rock river and
will go to it's source in the Horizon
marsh country. They will secure
data which will be used in compiling
the government report on the river
and what 1t would cost to make 1t a
navigable stream and the advisable
ity of asking congress to appropriate
sum for a preliminary survey OF
the entire state.
Reedsburg. Thoemen. 10
years of age, died at the Reedsburg
hospital of gunshot wound, due to
the carelesSness of boy named
Frank Brady. The boys were playing
with. a revolver when the Brady boy
pointed the weapon at young Thoe-
men, thinking it was not loaded. The
hammer had been snapped several
times by the boys without discharg-
ing the revolver, but when pointed
at Thoemen it went off, the bullet
taking effect in the left side of the
neck.
Racine.-Physician of this city
are charged by the members of the
local board of health with failing to
report suspicious cases which they
attend and as the result of the death
from diphtheria of Julia Quirk, aged
10, an investigation is being made.
1t is said also that children exposed
to the disease have been permitted
to play with other children, thus
adding to its possible spread.
Neenah.-Close to 5000 acres of
marsh land in the Larson drainage
district, west of Neenah, has been
reclaimed and made into good farm
land by the construction of an eayht-
mile drainage ditch. Many gallons
of water have been run off and the
land will be seeded next spring.
Fcnd du Lac.--In a traction boil
er explosion near Waupun, Otto
Rude's right leg was SO badly man
gled that it had to be amputated.
His left arm was also broken. Rude
hY1rln1 Wv h1ndra1
Neenah. Officer Henry
Burr is looking for a reward of
$4,000, which he has coming. He
captured John Young, who confessed
to robbing a Northern Pacific train
near Fargo, N. D., and who subse-
quently was sent to prison for fifteen
years.
Fort Atkinson.--EX-GoV. Hoard
was at Watertown recently superin
tending the shipment of several head
of Holstein-Friesian cattle to New
Zealand. The cattle were bought
from 8. B. Jones & Son, of Hustis-
ford, breeders of that grade of
cattle.
Rhinelauder.-Thr children of
August Peters were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed the Peters
farmhouse in the town of Newbold.
Peters was in the woods looking
after some traps he had set for game
and his wife had gone to neighbours
house a mile away fer milk for the
morning meal. When the mother re-
turned the home was blazing furious
ly and the children dead.
Grand Rapids.-Over 5000 bar
rels of cranberries have been shipped
from Wood county this fall, which
is an unusually good crop.
Fond du Lac.-The greenhouses
and plant of the Haentze company
sustained a $4,000 loss when a
boiler blew out, partially wrecking
the buildings. The explosion was
caused by the stoppage of an outlet
pipe Prompt work prevented a fire
following the explosion.
Merrill.-Herman Weber was
found guilty of manslaughter and
| sentenced to fifteen months in the
state prison. While in a town of
Scott saloon Weber slapped Otto
Gruenwald on the top of the head
and Gruenwald fell over dead