Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

Place orders now for glass with o. G.
Callies. A big raise in price goes into
effect Oct. lst. Orders placed now will
| receive attention at any time wanted
and at present prices
Walter Trantow, of the town of
Maine, and Miss Bertha Stoeber, of the
town of Wausau, were united in mar
riage Saturday at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Stoeber. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev F. Werhahn, of
| this city. They will make their home
in Wausau.
Veronica Drevek, of Athens, has been
committed to the Home for Feeble
Minded at Chippewa Falls and was con-
veyed to that institution by Mrs. Mary
Dickens. The girl ran away from home
several weeks ago and came to this
city, where she has since been cared
for. Upon her arrival here she said
she ran away to escape the cruelty of
her parents.
There was rainfall last night of 90
inches, according to the government
rain guage on the county square.
From the way the water came down at
at about ten o'clock it seemed as if the
period in the above figures should be
moved one notch to the right to arrive
at nearer the correct amount. The
river rose rapidly today and Stinchfield
creek was a raging torrent, causing
work to be suspended in building the
sewer. Part of the bridge which
crosses the creek on Seventh street
was washed out. The rainfall of the
past forty-eight hours will help the
price of potatoes to some extent by
causing tubers to rot. The farmer who
are trying to thresh their grain and
can't are saying some naughty words
about the weather man.
Contractors are at work near Wausau
Jet, constructing side tracks for the
Northwestern Ry. Co. The company
for some time has owned strip of
an additional seven acres of Terry
Mclaughlin, which gives it plenty of
room for side tracks. The company
has been doing most of its switching in
the vicinity of the city hall heretofore
and we understand will in the future
make up its trains in the south yards
when the tracks are laid If the infor-
nation is true the change will be
appreciated by our people, for the city
hall crossing is very dangerous place
when teams are passing back and forth
A man was killed there this summer
and several serious accidents have re-
suited within the past few weeks.
III. j. Evans gave a lecture and dem
onstration of the working of wire
less telegraphy at the club house yes
terday before the Ladies' Literary club,
and those who attended pronounce it
one of the most entertaining and in
structive lectures they ever listened to.
Mr.. Evans had a number of electrical
appliances and by way of illustration
placed two masts, connected with bat
teries, close together, showing how the
electric current is carried through the
air from one to the other. He then
placed a station at one end of the room,
supposed to be Chicago and another at
the ther end of the same room which
he termed St. Paul. He then conducted
experiments which fully explained the
system of wireless telegraphy and the
ladies were more than pleased with the
The rainy weather inter-
fered somewhat with the attendance.
Reports from all over the state indi-
cate that while there is some rot and
blight in the potato crop, still the yield
will be large in proportion to the
acreage planted and the crop on the
whole will be fully as good as last year
unless drowned out by late rains.
Last year according to town cleaks' re-
ports sent in to the Secretary of state
81 ,499, 622 bushels of tubers. The yield
this year will eqaual that of 1904, it is
thought, for this reason: While there
is afalling off of from to 10 per cent
all over the country in the average
yield to the age, there has been an in
creased acreage planted in Wisconsin
this year which will even up the loss
Prices, it is thought will not be as good
as last fall, when the farmers, who ex-
pected repetition of the patato famine
1903, held their potatoes in the fall,
making them scarce for time and con-
sequently commanding fair price.
Many farmers held their Murphies to
their sorrow. AS the winter advanced
and they began to be unloaded on the
market, prices went down and the
consequence was that thousands of
bushels were fed to stock.