Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-09-15

BirchWOOd-Wna Is DeHeVeu TO De
he tallest corn raised in Wisconsin
was grown near Brentwood on the
farm Of III. p. Nelson, owner of Eden
Hall Deer park. The corn measured
Is feet in height and was otherwise
normal. The entire field averages IL
feet. The northern Wisconsin corn
crop this season will be one of the
largest ever harvested, according to
farmers, and unless frost arrives may
surpass that of any past season. The
potato outlook is encouraging and the
harvest will commence within two
weeks. The second hay crop will be
extremely light and in some cases too
light to cut The grain crop was a
failure this year in that part of Wis
consin.
Ashland-Mrs John Koscielny, who
! confessed burning her daughter and
! two stepchildren in barn at Lublin
! Taylor county, was sentenced to TWEEN.
ty years by Judge Risjord in circuit
court at Ashland. After an inYesti-
cation made by Dist. Atty. Andersen,
Taylor county, and Charles Good,
state fire marshal, Mrs. Koscielny was
arrested for firing the barn, in which
Eleanor Marszielek, 10, daughter Oh
Mrs. Koscielny, and Katherine, IL, and
John, s, children of Mr. Koscielny by
a former marriage, were burned to
death The woman was taken to Med
ford before the justice court, where
she confessed firing the barn with the
intention of burning the children to
get revenge on her husband; who she
said mistreated her.
Manitowoc-Judgment has been en-
tered in circuit court at Manitowoc
by Judge Kirwan, in the case of the
J. +. Rappel Co. against that city,
awarding the company 81, 498.95 with
interest from July l. The decision is
based on the special verdict returned
by a jury two months ago. The case
came as a result of damage suffered
by the Rappel company to stock and
the basement of its warehouse caused
by flooding in the spring of 1920. 1t
was held that the city was negligent
in permitting a sewer which passes
through the Rappel property to be-
come blocked with refuse, causing tn"
water to back up and break through
the cement floor in the company's
basement.
MISUNDERSTANDING, for the fifth
time within two weeks, caused fire
that destroyed farm property in Mani
towoc county. The barns on the Mich
ael Gallagher farm in the town of
Maple Grove were burned to the
ground. The seasons crops and farm
machinery, together with the build
ings. valued at $500, were burned.
Horses and other stock were saved.
Never in the history of the county
have there been so many fires and
heavy losses. Nearly $4,000 has been
lost by the owners of the FIVE barns,
crops, machinery and cattle destroyed
by fires caused by lightning.
Ashland-John Frank, a farmer liv-
ing in Marengo county near Ashland,
recently shot a large wildcat on the
shore of Mineral Lake. The cat stood
two feet high. Frank presented the
hide to County Sheriff Quirstorff and
collected a bounty of IS, the first paid
in long time. Wildcats are uncom
mon in that part OF the country. They
are very destructive of small game,
such as partridge and grouse.
Madison-lndustria conditions are
reflected in an increasing number of
applications for positions with the
state, the civil service commission an
nounces. 1t reports that where last
year there were five applicants for
each position, there are now %. Near
ly 5000 persons are employed by the
state in its various departments and
institutions. including the university
and normal schools
Madison-Persons who sell crane
juice, pop. root beer and similar
drinks without license from their
local council do so at their own risk
of being arrested for vending non.in-
toXicating liquor without permit. the
attorney general held in an opinion
to Launcelot A. Gordon, assistant sec.
rotary of state.
Stevens Raffaele Roppa, an
Italian section laborer employed by
the 500 line at Stockton station, died
Mt hospital in Stevens Points from
eating toadstools. which he mistook
for mushrooms. Several other Ital-
ians ate from the same dish and all
were taken sick. Roppa ate more
than the others.
Stevens Point--Three commission.
ers appointed by The circuit court To
appraise the damages resulting to
farming lands through the raising OF