Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-01
BADGER STATE NOTES.

Madison.-State Treasurer Henry
in the department, were in Superior
checking up the accounts of the grain
and warehouse commission. The fees
collected by this commission are paid
into the state treasury and the amount
for the year 1914-1915 was $57 1882.
The expenses of the commission dur.
ing the same period we're SOL ,362.52.
Antigo-David Deresch, a United
States citizen and former resident of
this city, is a prisoner in Canadian
Columbia, according to a letter re-
ceived by his brother, Lattis Deresch.
David Deresch was arrested as a Ger
man subject and could produce no
proof that he was an American citi.
zen.
Chippewa FalIs.-The 1S-months-old
daughter of B. H. Laube of this city
accidentally fell into a tub of hot
water here and badly scalded her
arms and shoulders. The youngster
held her head and part of her body out
of the hot water until rescued by her
mother Although badly scalded she
will probably recover.
Neenah-Following the resignation
of John LIE Tourneaux as city engineer
here, city officials state that hereafter
the city will do without the services
of city engineer except in the sum
mer months.
Sheboygan.-George Federer died
from blood poisoning. Three months
ago he injured his right leg while at
work in the stone quarry at Sheboygan
Falls. The wound seemingly healed
but blood poisoning set in resulting in
his death.
Manitowoc.-Mrs. Celina Cops
Green Bay, while walking from the
home of a relative at Two Rivers tc
board a street car, was attacked with
heart failure and died before a physi
clan arrived.
Portage.-Mrs. Joseph Kurtz of this
city drank a quantity Of carbolic acid
left in a glass of water today, think
ing it buttermilk. Prompt administra
ton of an antidote saved her life.
Oconto.-Thomas Goodwin of the
town of Chase has been sentenced tc
thirty days in the county jail of Ocon
to county for failure to send his 9-year
old son, Floyd, to school.
Eau Claire.-Four men charged
with having violated game laws in
shipping partridge and venison to Chi
cago and New York labeled poultry
we're given heavy fines and threatened
with a prison sentence if convicted g
second time.
Manitowoc.-The board Of education
has appointed Miss May Petersen OF
La Crosse as school nurse. The posi-.
ton pays SIS a month.
Manitowoc.-Mrs. Henry Kiel, 81
years old, and her nephew, Henry Kiel,
II years old, died within twenty-four
hours of each other.
Fond du Lac-George Hyar, aged
recluse of Green Lake, was cremated
in his shack. Hyar taught school in
Green Lake before the civil war. He
ran the Catlin general merchandise
store there, was postmaster and
amassed a comfortable competency,
but business reverses set in and he
lost all. His only means of support
was a flock of chickens.
Barron.-A wolf that had been
chased all day by four young men was
finally driven into the city, where it
created panic among pedestrians on
the main street. William Brown, a
farmer, soon dispatched the animal.
Madison.-With 1000 pages of testi.
mony and $50 separate exhibits before
him, Insurance Commissioner NJ. ].
Cleary now awaits written briefs and
final arguments in Neal Browns action
to GUST several big liability insurance
companies from Wisconsin. Formal
proceedings closed after thirteen full
days of sittings.
Madison.-William D. McClelland,
formerly of Milwaukee, a plasterer
was sentenced to two years in the pen
itentiary on a charge of infidelity. He
has a wife and two children in Mil