A 16-ycar-old lad named Peter Weide
man, living near Columbus, attempted
to blow up a stvmp with powder. The
explosion occurred while be was stand
ing over the stump, and h s face was
badly burned. He will lose the sight of
one eye.
A. M. Warden, who holds the fort at
the county treasurer’s office at Bayfield,
broke the vault open with a sledge ham
mer, he not being able to obtain the keys
from County Treasurer A. Knight, whom
he shut out recently. A case to decide
which is the legal county treasurer is
pending before the supreme court.
John Maxwell, a prominent farmer of
Palmyra, in jumping from a burning
stack of corn-fodder, broke his leg and
was slightly burned. Only by the arrival
of timely assistance was his barn saved
from destruction. A large amount of hay
and fodder were burned, but the loss is
covered by insuaance.
The boiler of Earning Brothers’ saw
mill, twelve miles from Neillsville, ex
ploded Saturday night. One man. Geo.
McCormick, was killed, and several
others seriously injured by the flying;
pieces and escaping steam.
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railroad company is at work
building a telegraph line from Osseo to
Fairchild. The road has been in use four
years without a line.
Work on the Kickapoo Valley railroad
is still being vigorously pushed. The
workmen are within a couple of miles of
Soldier’s Grove. On reaching this point
the contractors will abandon work for the
winter, and the company will put on a
slow train to run over the road already
completed.
