Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-12-29
BADGER NEWS NOTES

TrdlTle du Cnlen.-trlghtfully man.
gled by freight train which ran over
him in the .Lynxville yards, Walter
Mitchell, 80 years old, of Chicago,
caused surgeons to marvel by retain
ing consciousness for four hours. He
discussed his case with hospital au-
thorities up to a few minutes before
his death. Such an exhibition of vi
tally was never before witnessed by
physicians and surgeons here. Nit
chelps right arm was severed close to
the shoulder. His right leg was cut
off close to the knee and his left leg
was crushed and broken in four places
between hip and ankle. The fingers
on his left hand were crushed off. His
skull was fractured and terrible bruis.
es were inflicted about the head.
MISUNDERSTANDING up from a
French '8 o'clock" class he was lead
ing, Prof. R. B. Michel of the depart
ment of romance language of the Uni
Yersity of Wisconsin, let his glance
drift over the snow capped hill to his
home on the heights" A closer
glance revealed the fact that it was
burning. 1t took Prof. Michel two
seconds to leave his class. The fire,
which resulted in loss of $1,000, was
the cause of injury to several firemen.
The assistant fire chief of Madison and
one of the pipemen were overcome by
gas.
Sheboygan.-Julius Pfeil, the town
OF Rhine farmer who was arrested and
tried two years ago for numbering his
wife but who was acquitted after a
sensational trial, has taken out a IL
cense to marry Mrs. Augusta Elmer
mann, the neighbcr who was promi-
nent in the trial as a witness for the
defense. The announcement has Gre
ated a sensation second only to the
arrest of Pfeil two years ago when his
wife was found dead in bed and ex-
perts who examined the stomach de-
clared death had been caused by poi
soning.
Sheboygan.-B. B. Barnes, a farmer
who lives just outside the city, has
just received a large draft as interest
on an inheritance of one-third of the
estate of his sister, Miss Nancy
Barnes of Whitehaven, Cumberland
county, England, and with a request
to name the smallest amount he would
be willing to dispose of his interest in
the estate His daughter also has in.
herited one-sixth of the estate, which
is said to be an unusually large one.
Rhinelander,-Several thousand dol.
lars have been expended by the 500
line this fall in improvements near
this city preparatory for a rushing
business next summer. The improve
ments include five miles of gravel
roadbed, a large concrete and stee,
bridge over the Tomahawk river, two
other bridges on smaller streams and
eight new logging spurs.
La Crosse.-Eli Hopinkah, 2-year-old
Winnebago Indian, was adopted by
CHIEF Charles Winneshiek, head of the
tribe, and his wife. This is the first
record of an Indian adoption here.
The baby was deserted by his mother
when her brave" died and she mar.
ried again.
Eau Claire.-Victor Rust, 80 years
old, of this city, brakeman on the
Omaha road, was killed near Cary
vile when he fell from a moving
freight train on the Chicago, MiIwau-
kee and st. Paul load. He was on his
way here to visit his widowed mother.
His body was brought here.
Neillsville.-This city will begin the
new year as the first small town OF
the state to employ a civic secretary
The appointment was made by the
school board on Dec. T. On Jan. l,
1915, Walter Phillip Schatz, secretary
will assume his new duties.
Observation-Disclosures of the state
have on hand one of the best crops of
chickens they have ever raised. This
is the report of James G. Ralpin, see
rotary of the Wisconsin Poultrymen's
association, who has recently com
pared notes with leading poultry pro
ducers.
Belcit.-The tentative itinerary of
the Beloit College Glee and Mandolin
clubs for the annual tour includes
Sparta, "a Crosse, Rochester Mimi.
Minneapolis, Saltwater (AIinn.), Hud.
son. New Richmond, Eau Claire, Wan.
sau, Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Mil
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