Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
STATEMENTS

fed as that of Sammy" Justus by
his father. who came from Omaha
in response to a letter from Mrs.
John Drake, who recognized a picture
sent out by the elder Justus as that
of the youth killed by the train The
undertaken who buried the body has
been fined for not securing a burial
permit
Trempealeau. - Five residences,
whose owners have been spending
the winter in the south. have been
entered and stripped of furnishings
valued at nearly $1,000. 1t is be-
lieyed that the same gang that robbed
the Pierson drug store here last
month also raided the summer resi-
dences.
Portage Lincoln, accused
OF placing poison in the drinking wa
ter at boarding house in Columbus,
was acquitted by the jury here The
case was on trial here before Judge
Fowler and was bitterly fought. In
the first trial the jury failed to agree
Fond du Lac.-A public demonstra-
ton to prove the value of the tuber-
cuiin test will be conducted here.
Two animals which have reacted
from the tuberculin will be slaugh.
tered and dissected in the presence
Of physicians, veterinarians and the
public. by DR.. D. b. Clark, state vet.
erinarian.
Oconto.-A mare belonging to Ed.
ward Classon was kicked few DAYS
ago and the case developed into
tetanus. Dr. w. j. Classon of this
city injected 10000 units of the anti
toxin and the animal has recovered
from the lockjaw.
Ripon-The strike of the Ripon
college students died natural
death, all but very few of the stu.
dents returning to their classes The
faculty from the first regarded the
whole affair as tempest In teapot,
and paid no attention to the matter
further than to insist that 1t would
not alter its decision on the expulsion
of the four members OF the football
team and other popular athletes.
Madison.-The farmer members
of the assembly are aroused
over bill introduced by Assembly
man Youmans which provides for
more sanitary barns for the dairy COW.
They say that If 1t passes they might
as we'll go out of dairying There can
| be no inhabited room or workshop in
the stable, nor can any animal other
than dairy COW be kept there.
Madison.-The Engineering So
ciety of Wisconsin elected these
officers: President. Fred G. Simmons
of Milwaukee,; vice-president, p. II.
Commonway of Racine; trustees, H. G.
Kendall of Oshkosh and F. A. Vaughn
of Milwaukee. w. G. Kirchoffer of Mad
ison declined to serve longer as secre.
tary and the trustees were empowered
to fill the vacancy.
Washburn.-The hearing on the
petition asking that new town,
Sioux River, be created out of
territory now in the towns Of Wash
burn and Bayfield,, will be heard be-
fore Circuit Judge Parish at Ashland
March 25. Counter petitions are now
being circulated and the opposition
expects to put up big fight.
Green Bay.-The girls In the
graduating classes of the high
schools have agreed to wear simple
white dresses at commencement, to
dispense with gloves and to carry and
receive no flowers on the stage.
Sheboygan-The body of WI
liam Clarisse, aged twenty-eight.
who left home here three months ago
to look for work in another city, was
found in the Sheboygan river.
Fond du Lac.-Beginning March
10, the post Office here and at
North Fond du Lac will be closed
Sundays, in response to a petition by
the local carriers.
Portage -Lucius G. Lincoln charged
with an attempt to poison Mrs. Sarah
Grout at Columbus, was acquitted.
Portage. Mystery surrounds the
discovery of the bruised and uncon-
scious body of Miss E. p Massey, said
to be a well known society girl OF
Milwaukee, in the doorway of the
Fifth district school Miss Massys
ribs were broken, and her purse, con-
tanning about $50, was gone. She is
now at hospital here, and physicians
say that there Is a doubt of her re-
covery. Miss Massey registered at the
Hotel Ender. She was we'll dressed in
a tan suit, good looking and with a
cultured appearance. She is thought
to have been on her way to Minneap-
oils, and to have stopped here to avoid
travelling at night She left the hotel,
apparently for a stroll about town,
and was last seen on Wisconsin ave
nue. Two hours later her body was
| found In the schoolhouse doorway.
La Crosse.--The body of Ernest Kin
ney has been recovered about seventy
FIVE rods from the place where he fell
into the river three months ago.
Washburn.-In fire here tae void
and Mertz business blocks were de-
stroyed. entailing a loss Of several
thousand dollars.
Racine John Jones, Jr., who Is as
ISOLATED with his father in the con
tracing business, was married to his
Cider brothers widow, Mrs. leila
Hugh Jones. at Rialto, Cal. The brides
first husband was Hugh Jones' a lyric
tenor Of more than local fame. who
died two years ago.
Wautoma.- Fred Abrahams and
Frank Seibert Of the town Of Bloom
field have been arrested on warrant
charging them with killing two deer.
Cedar Groye.--ReY A. Klerk. pastor
Of the Reformed church, has accepted
a call from the Second Reformed
church OF Englewood. Chicago.
Waukesha.-Upon being reprimand-
ed for overdriying a tired horse by
Turnkey Willis Dent, William Farley,
better known as XIX" Morgan, as
| saulted Dent with a club lesped
Though a window and made good his
escape. Morgan has beea serving time
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