Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-25
News Notes of Wisconsin.


Craig, daughter of the late jeremiah
Rusk, at one time governor Of Wiscon-
sin and a member of President Harri-
sons cabinet, died a few days ago at
Asheville, N. c.. Death was due to
pneumonia. Mrs Craig was one of
the early department presidents of the
Woman's Relief corps in Wisconsin
and later was elected national presi-
dent of that organization, making
record of rare usefulness and doing as
much probably as any of its presidents
to popularize and extend its influence.
She was present at the last national
encampment of the relief corps and
Grand Army, held at Chattanooga.
Madison.-If a person sets a gun in
his orchard to protect his apples and
a boy goes into the orchard to get APP
PIES, sets off the gun and is killed,
the man who sets the gun may be
prosecuted for manslaughter accord
ing to an opinion by Atty Gen. Owen
to Dist. Atty. German of Marathon
county. The law also provides that
any person who is convicted of set
ting 2 gun for any purpose SHALL be
subject to a fine of $50.
Superior a friend how his
new high powered rifle had worked
when he bagged deer with it few
hours after the season opened, Roy
Haskins, 20 years old, shot and almost
instantly killed his mother, Mrs. Frank
Haskins, at her home on a farm near
Bennett The bullet went through the
woman's hips, shattering the pelvic
bone. Young Haskins is a,Inos. crazed
over the deed.
Madison.-No longer may the far.
mer lawfully dicker with his neighbor
or with the dealer for the sale of any
commodity which he has produced ex-
cept the sale be based upon the stand
ard of measurement, prescribed in the
state law, either by dry measure,
weight or numerical count. These
facts appear in an opinion by Attor-
ney General Owen to District Attor-
ney Omelia Of Oneida county.
Neenah.-Four new steel barges
passed through here on their way to
the Mississippi river where they will
be put in commission at Kansas City.
The barges were constructed at Green
Bay for the United States government
at cost of $4,000 each. They are
100 feet long and % feet wide.
Fond du Lac-While walking on
the 500 line tracks near Hamilton, w.
A. Alderman of Glen Ellyn, ILL.,, was
struck and instantly killed by train.
Marinette. county has an
offer of the Miscauno inn, built by the
late John r. Walsh at a cost of $780,
00G, for a tuberculosis sanitarium, for
$4,000.
Merrill.-Frank Jonessen is forming
a company here which viii build a
turpentine plant in this city.
During the last summer
the city of Marinette spent $23,S59 for
new street payements and $31, 926 for
new sewers.
Two Rivers.-When an accidental
discharge of his shotgun blew off three
fingers, Bictor Treastke drove his au-
tomobile seven miles to a physician.
Appleton.-The campaign for $780,
600 for a T. NJ. G. A. building in this
city closed Monday morning, when the
last subscription raised that amount.
Oshkosh.-Options have been taken
by the Wisconsin Electric Railway for
new route from Oshkosh to Neenah
along the lake shore, moving the line
one mile east of its present location
and passing through Winnebago, Wis.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. head of
live stock dead in a fire on the Frank
Bilgrien farm when the barn was de-
stroyed by fire which did sc, 900 dam.
age
Madison.-Dr. William F. Lorenz OF
the Mendoza state asylum has been
appointed by the United States pub
lichealt hand marine service to make
a special study of pellagra.
Madison.-To preserve proper ball.
room decorum the University of Wis.
consin regimental band adopts math-
ematical formula in announcing regu,
lations for dance to be given at La.
throp hall. Dancers must keep three
inches apart in the tango.
Superior.-Dougias county extend
ed aid to lis persons during the year
/ that closed on Nov. 1. Approximately
$4,000 was spent by the poor com
missioner during the year
SUPERIOR Missing for several days
! Charles Hendrickson is being searched
for by friends who fear he is lost in
the brush near Mascot.
Oshkosh.-George NJ. Paine, the vet