Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-07
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At the time of his disappearance Il
was thought that he had run away
and the police searched for him in
other cities. He leaves a family.
Sheboygan.-Every desk in the
high school building was rihed
So far as known no more than $50 in
money was secured. but the damage
done to property will smoant TO sew,
| eral hundred dollars.
Fond du Lac-While the drift ice
on which he was standing slowly be-
| gan to sink, an Italian laborer EN-.
| ployed by the ice company which is
engaged in filing the 500 line ice
houses, dropped to his knees and be
gan to pray earnestly for his deliver
ance from death AS the Ice went be
laborer felt the icy fluid striking his
neck, he suddenly sprang To his feet
aud jumped to safety
! Madison.-Wisconsi brotherhood
Of Threshermen, in annual convention
here elected the following officers fol
Patterson, Lodi; vice-president, ]. w
Meixner, De Forest; secretary and
treasurer, Peter Heiser, Thorpe
chairman Of committee on member
ship. William Prisk, Monticello. The
convention adopted resolution op'
posing the establishment of a binder
twine factory at the state prison. II
adopted a resolution favorlng state
aid for highways.
! Janesville.-The common council OF
his city has appropriated $1,000 to be
| used in equipping the upper floor OF
the Jefferson school here for the pur
| pose Of offering IT to the county board
for county training school for teach
srs. Beloit, Evansville and GAINESVILLE
are after the school. The county board
It's April session.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS had the big
gest social event Of the year when the
annual charity ball of the Kenosha
lodge of Elks was held at Germania
hall. More than eight hundred of the
leading society people Of Kenosha
were in attendance and large dele
cations came from Chicago, Racine,
Waukegan and Milwaukee.
| Marinette.-Thefts which have both.
! cred the police of the Twin cities for
| several weeks were explained by the
capture of Fred st. Peter and Maurice
Mallow of Menominee The young
men were caught red-handed in Mari
nette and confessed. Stealing from de
livery wagons and farmers sleighs
was their specially.
New Richmond.-In a row or
Main street, Rockford Clark wa,
shot by his half brother, TIP Clark
Four shots were fired from a 80 cali
Der revolver at close range, all taking
| effect, one shot in the lungs, one In
hand and another In the left thigh
The shots were fred In rapid success
sion. Both men were In a bob sled,
Rocky holding the horses, being un-
able to get away. Rocky was trying
| to induce Tip to go home to his
fathers farm, FIVE miles west of town.
Rocky was not armed.
La Crosse - While the lifeless
body of Engineer Charles F. Ro-
dell of La Crosse balanced on a rail
road bridge three miles back, an ex-
ira Burlington freight train tore in
to Galena, H., before Fireman Frank
| Mcintyre discovered that the train
was without pilot. He hastily APP
piled the brakes and brought the fly
! ing train to a standstill and search
was made for Rodell.
La Crosse.-Evidently affected by
the unloading of vast quantities of
cold storage products in the eastern
centers and Chicago, fresh eggs drop
ped to % cents, storage to 25 cents,
seconds to % cents, creamery butter
to 26 cents and dairy proportionately
here
| Spring Green. - While measuring
! the water in a cistern, Edward
Smith. superintendent of large farm
in Alabama, fell in and was drowned.
! He was a former resident of this city.
Hayward.-Henry Vincent conduc.
tor of the Edward Hines Lum-
Der company's logging train, was
! killed near the headquarters camp
| four miles north of Hayward. While
| the train was in motion, he tried to
| Jump, but slipped under the wheels.
Madison.-One of the nine men
killed in last weeks boiler dis.
aster on the U. S. S. Delaware was
/ Louis Addison White, a coal passer.
| whose home was in Poynette, and
word Yves received at the adjutant
generals Office that the body will be
shipped to Poynette for burial The
young seaman is survived by an
adopted mother. Mrs Sarah Ward.
Plymouth.-The board Of control
of the Sheboygan county fair
in session here decided to hold the
next annual fair on September 5-s
The 1910 fair cleared S1,311.14 The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent. P. K. Wheeler; vice-president,
n. Laernan; treasurer, A. E. Dow );
secretary, Otto Gaffron.
Kenosha. Ethel Frances, aged
three, daughter Of William Raj
man, died as a result of burns re-
ceived. The child had been left alone
at home and found box Of safety"
matches In some manner she set
fire to her clothes and they were
burned of before her mother, who
risked her own life, managed to res
cue her. The child died after hours
of agony.
Fond du Lac.-Dr. julia Riddle OF
Oshkosh has been awarded $3.50
against the estate of the late Ellen
]. Stowe of this city for medical serv-
| Ices rendered.
Stoughton-F1rew which started from
live Goals dropped from cupolas IN
the foundry Of the Stoughton Wagon