Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-21

Swift's Pride Soap, made from the
very best grade of tallow, cleans and
preserves your clothes. Try it.
Gus Naffz and A. L. Dodge each had
the good luck, on their recent hunting
trip, to get deer.
Den Finney, the painter, has accepted
a position in the G. NJ q st Paul car
shops in Milwaukee. His family will
go to Milwaukee to reside.
The ladies' society of the Presbyterian
church will hold its annual sale of use
full and fancy articles, canned fruits and
lellies and chicken pie supper, Tuesday
Nov. 2Sth. All are invited.
H. E. McEachron last week purchased
the VIM. Hoppe farm of four acres in
the northwestern part of the city and
the same will be devoted to the raising
of poultry. The Koppes will leave
shortly for the state of Iowa, where
they will make their future home.
Atty Fred Genrich, while in Justice
Jones Office Saturday evening, was
suddenly taken sick aud fell to the
floor. Several physicians were sum-
moned and succeeded in reviving him
so that it was possible later to take him
Il.
considerably improved.
The general store of G. G.. Knoler, at
Dancy, was entered by thieves one night
last week and quantity of goods taken
The thieves also opened the cash regis
ter and safe, but overlooked a small
amount of money. This is the third
time the store has been robbed and
from the fact that articles have been
taken each time of no value to pro-
fessional burglar, it is believed that the
thieves are people living in that vicin-
ity. The robbery of the Guenther store
in KnowlSon some time ago was proba
bly, committed by the same parties.
The goods taken from the Knoller store
were later found buried in sawdust in
an ice house in junction City.
Ed Meyer, who conducts saloon in
the Seventh ward near the tannery,
was arrested Friday on charge of
having violated the state laws by sell
ing liquor to minors He entered a
plea of guilty to the charge and was
fined 500 and costs by the court, which
was paid. Meyers arrest followed the
prosecution of six boys for the burglary
of John Huck body's store When the
boys were questioned as to what they
did with the money taken from the
store, they stated that part of it was
spent in buying beer at the saloon of
Meyer. They had long necked bottle
which Meyer filled for them repeatedly
during the evening. In the city of
Ashland the police force and mayor
have been making war on saloon
keepers for such infractions of the law
with the result that quite few licenses
have been revoked.
At the meeting of the county board,
held last week, petition was presented
asking that Illuminated dialS be placed
on the faces of the court house clock.
To the home-loving citizen, who spends
his evenings midst his family circle, the
improvement might be of little use.
There is another element, however,
which would greatly appreciate the
change. Those who roam the streets
nights might know when it is time to
go home. To the all night rounder it
would be of little use. 1t might be of
value to the night policeman in inform
ing him when the time had arrived for
eating his midnight lunch The farm
ers, living on the hills surrounding the
city might, by the change, be able to
peer out of their windows on the dark
mornings of winter and by the bright
5eacon-like light tell when it is time to
arise and extract the tactical fluid from
the bovines To the blind man it does
not matter whether lantern is hung
out on the face of the clock nights or
not. The suggestion has its merits,
which will be considered by the public
property committee.
At the last meeting of the county
board a committee was appointed to
ascertain the cost of land near the
county insane asylum with a view of
purchasing tract and building a poor
house on the same, conducting the two
institutions under one management.
This plan was favored by the press and,
we believe, majority of the people at
the time the new poor house was built
sCme years ago, but the county board
voted to build Gu the old farm. I'm
fortunately the poor house in the past
has at times been under very poor
management and the result is that
things about the institution are not
what they should be and conditions are
discoUraging to one who tries to con-
duct the place as it should be conducted.
The bed bugs alone would nearly drive
any self respecting man to despair. |
The present superintendent has used
barrels of poison and kerosene in try !
ing to rid the place of bugs, but his |
efforts, while partially fruitful, are not |
wholly successful and there is no man
living who can clean up the place. |
The institution is always short on water |
and there are other drawbacks to its |
present location. Many of those who |
objected to the plan of building near
the asylum, now see the error that was
made.