Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-15
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

county, ~ OF Lnem DeioS from his nome
town and 56 from the city.
/ Thos Fitzgerald, a laborer working
/ for the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co
on new bridge in the south part of town
was seriously injured this morning by a
timber falling on him. His head was
/ badly cut and the thumb of his right
| hand nearly severed besides sustaining
other bruises. DIR. Dickens was called
and dressed the wounds.
| Grease spots can easily be removed
from carpets, upholstered works, etc.,
| by the use of Calles' Klenzer. For
| further particulars enquire at store, 3l3
| Bio jackson street.
John Spinger, Pike & Mitchell and
| Chas. Guenther are preparing to con-
| duct logging operations in the vicinity
OF KnowltOn the coming winter Last
/ winter there was more timber cut in
| that section than there had been for
| years. This winter the cut will not be
| so large even if the winter is favorable
| The John Weeks Lumber Co. of Stevens
Point, which logged near Knowlton last
season, has transferred its operations
this fall to Big Rib.
Mrs. w. G. Dickens, humane officer,
is arranging for public meeting to
| awaken a greater interest in the object
and purposes of that society She
| hopes to have present on that occasion
| M. L. Park superintendent of the State
/ School for Dependent Children at
| Sparta, who will recite the work being
done by his school in providing homes
and education for homeless children.
| The local branch is in a more fiourishing
condition than is the parent society at
Milwaukee. Supt. Whitehead, of the lat
ter, announced some time ago that I'M
| less that society received more encour-
| agement it must go under.
Drs. Jones, Humid and LaCount on
| Wednesday last amputated the arm of
| Gustave Luedtke, the operation being
performed at the Emergency hospital.
| The arm was amputated above the
elbow and the operation was performed
| in anticipation of a general improve
ment of the young mans health.
| Luedtke, who is nineteen years old,
was injured last spring while at work
| in the plant of the Wausau Paper Mills
Co. He was working over two large
rollers which compress the pulp, re-
moving the liquid, when he was pulled
into the rollers and suffered severe in
juries about the head and arm. Since
then he has been unable to perform any
labor and his arm has been paralized.
The members of Co. G have decided
to make the coming winter one of
interest in sporting way, at their
armory. They are already in posses
sion of considerable gymnasium para
phernalia, which will be made use of by
those inclined to athletics. A basket
ball court will be arranged and teams
organized After these teams have h.
sufficient practice to give them some
conceit they will engage a number of
outside teams to come here, and will
make an effort to get the celebrated
military team of Fond du Lac. The
first game of whist between members
and ex-members has not been decided
upon as to time, but will probably be
played at an early date.
The Ninth Counsellor district meet
ing of physicians was held in this city
Thursday last and was attended by the
following outside physicians in addition
to the local members of the profession:
DR.. G. Doege, Marshfield; DR.. G. F.
Bachmann, Athens; DR.. II. G. Oils,
Chicago; DIR. o. r. Hougan, Grand
Rapids; Dr. w. H. Boyer, Gleason; Dr.
Viola French, Neillsvile; DIR. N. B.
Wood, Pittsville; DR.. l. ID. Steffen,
Amigo; DR.. j. F Doyle, Amigo; Dir. w.
N. Daniels, Mosinee; DR. Edmonds,
Brokaw; DR. f. G. Fish, Mosinee. The
principal address was made by Dr. j.
N Mccormack, of Bowling Green, KY,
who is the national organizer for the
American Medical association, COM
prising all county organizations.
o. C. Callies makes the announce
ment that he will under no circum-
stances sell gasoline after the hour of
400 p. m.
THE PRICE OF HONOR" which will
be the attraction at the Grand opera
house for one night only, Saturday,
Nov. 10Th is not sermon against a
young girl seeking employment. it only
shows the perils and pitfalls that may
ensnare young woman forced to seek
her own livelihood. 1.-THE Price of
Honor" is a melodrama whose moral
rings true, whose characters are real
and whose settings is modern and up
to-Gate. The producers have caught
the authors spirit of realism and scent
cally "The Price of Honor" discloses
several vivid reproductions of familiar
scenes in the great metropolis, among
which may be mentioned the inside of
great store, the outside and interior of
Trinity Church, an East side tenement
house and the operating room of Belle
vue Hospital Prices Sl.00 70, 90. 50,
and 25c.
Henrietta, widow of Anton Winkens,
died Wednesday evening at her home
on Henrietta street of old age, she be-
ing past seventy-eight at the time of
death. She with her husband moved
to that section of the city forty years
ago aud she has resided continuously
since on the same property. When that
part of town was plated the street run
ming by her house was given her Chris
tian name After the Longfellow
school was built she started a little
candy store in her house which was
literally patronized by the school chill
dren. She is survived by one son, An
ton, who resides. iu Milwaukee, and
Que brother, Carl Woesner, of Menomi
nee, Mich. Funeral was held Saturday
and was in charge of the ladies' society
of st Paurs church, of which she was
member.
The states lease of the land reserved
for an experimental orchard on the
farm of Jacob Gensman, will expire
next spring The state, however, has
the right 10 renew the lease for any
term of years up to ten, after which it
passes into the use of the owner There
was very large crop of apples this
year notwithstanding the fact that
many of the trees were winter killed
BY the rigorous weather of last winter.
Mr.. Gensmau is allowed to sell as many
apples as be : shes but must keep an
account of all so disposed. The bal
ance is distributed among friends of
members of the state horticulture
society living in this section, and those
of the La Toilette faith are favored al
most entirely. This year one solitary
democrat received apples and it is said
he is one of the fair minded" On
account of apples being cheap this fall
only zoe per bushel--none were sold
in town but over half were allowed to