Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-23
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with an iron bar and fracturing his
skull. The robbers then went through
the ticket office and secured some
money and many tickets, and took
Tegan's watch and what money he
had.
Stratford. = Fire destroyed the
cedar single shed of the Conner
Lumber company's plant, with its con-
tents and two carloads OF palp wood.
then spread to the barns, burning two
with several head of horses The mill
proper was saved by hard effort. The
loss is not estimated, but will reach
several thousand dollars, fully covered
by insurance.
Madison. Secretary of State
Frear has so far this year issued
2,76S licenses for automobiles and 479
for motorcycles. making total of 49,
600 automobiles and 1870 motorcycle
licenses issued since the law went into
effect six years ago. The fee for an
automobile license is 81 and for mo-
torcycle 81.
Waukesha. - Reverend Mountain,
aged sixty-two, died at his home in Pc
waukee of tuberculosis. He served as
pastor of the Baptist church of his vii
lage for Is years. He leaves the widow
and two sons, Joseph and Gordon
Mountain
Racine.-State Fire Marshal Will
liam End is Investigating two
attempts to burn the new two
story frame home of Mrs Bertha
Smith at Union park. The f-st fire
was started and burned itself out
without being discovered. In the sec
ond attempt the plaster had been
knocked off and kerosene soaked rags
stuffed in between the partitions.
rtford-Lightning which struck
the water tower of the munich
pal water plant here, damaged it so
badly that when the pumps were
turned on the tower collapsed and
the city was without water until the
mains could be connected with the
tower at the Kissel motor car plant.
Manitowoc.-Blood poisoning from
a silver, so small that it could
not be located, will permanently
deprive Gus Levenhagen, a carpen-
ter contractor, of the use of his
fingers. Physicians say he is FORUM
ate to have escaped loss of the arm or
his life.
Racine.-Charles ]. (Kid) DON
nelly, one time worlds champion
featherweight boxer, and now in the
aviation world, stopped off in Racine
to visit friends. He is to take part
in coast to coast aeroplane race.
Portage.-May Polacheck, alias
May Keller, was brought here
from Marshfeld, where she was ar
rested on a charge of forgery She
has a three-year-old son in Milwau-
kee at the home of her parents on
Third street. She is only twenty
years of age.
Marinette-While fire, which for
a time threatened to do great
damage to the mills and prop
erty of the l. Stephenson company
here, ragged, Senator Stephenson, with
his son-in-law, Ralph Skidmore, sat
on lumber pile and watched the eff
forts of Fire Chief Joshua Hodgins,
another son-in-law of the senator,
to fight the flames. The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000
Enthusiastically Bruette and
found guilty of wife abandonment,
were sentenced to one year each at
the state penitentiary by Judge S. d.
Hastings Bruette is a civil war vet
eran and recently left the Milwaukee
Soldiers Home.
Trempealeau-All trains on the
Northwestern were held up when a
bridge over Single creek, three miles
east Of here, burned.
Racine.-A well dressed stranger en-
tered the Burlington saloon on Main
street, stepped up to the bartender and
said he was tired of life and had taken
poison. He was taken to the hospital
in a dying condition. At the drug store
where he bought the poison he gave
the name of Peter Hanson. On his
shirt was the mark J. B. S. He is 30
years old and had SIS cents
Eau Claire.--Rt. Rev. James Schwe-
back, D. d., bishop of the diocese of
| La Crosse. confirmed 607 here, AIT at
| st. Patrick's church and $50 at the
Sacred Heart church.
Janesville-Two Italian section men
on a handcar were struck by a pass
enger train here Both will die.
Milwaukee.-Th $4,000 personal
| injury suit of Frank Bishop
against former Mayor David S. Rose
/ has been settled The amount of set
/ tlement was not announced. The &C
\ ton was based on an accident on July
4 8. 1909. when, at the corner of Jeffer-
/ son and Oneida streets, Bishop was
knocked down By Roses auto. Settle
ment of the suit came after all the
/ testimony had been taken in Judge j.
/ C. Ludwig's court.
Ashland.-Lake Superior has set a
low water mark this year, according
to lake captains. The lake level is
/ one inch below the former low level
mark. Two exceedingly dry seasons
are responsible for the fall. According
to lake men, the dry seasons run in
cycles and no improvement is looked
| for this year.
Neenah.-That Neenah will make
a strong bid for the 1912 state
convention of the Eagles is the deter
mination of the local aeries, which viii
go to Marshfeld with large delega-
ton to the state convention next
month
Maiden Rock.-This is the spawn
I ing season for carp and thou
sands Of them have gathered in the
shallow bay at the north end Of this
| village. The fish are so numerous
I that a spear cannot be thrown any
/ where in the water without striking
I one of them.
AFanF4ouoc -AItro4lgh suffering in