Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-11-27

TO be held IN the village OF Edgar on
January 17-1S. 1t will be conducted by
L. E. Scott
Quite a number of the young lady
friends of Miss Grace Book, who is now
in the hospital in Milwaukee, sent her
a Sunshine box for Thanksgiving
day.
The case of the State of Wisconsin VS..
Jacob Wanta, the defendant being
charged with embezzlement, was trans
ferred from municipal court to circuit
court, change of venue having been
taken by his attorneys.
A special train of two coaches was
run to Knowlton Saturday for the pur-
pose of carrying people to the funeral
of Mrs. Chas. Guenther. The funeral
was without doubt the largest ever held
in the county, the city excepted. There
were nearly hundred down from the
city and many more from Stevens
Point, Portage county and surrounding
towns.
The Brooks & Ross Lumber Co. will
furnish turkey and geese dinners for
all its Schofeld employees on Thanks
giving. An order has been placed with
Pfeiffer q Klecker for lis turkeys and
400 pounds of geese which will be dis
tributed among the mill crew Wednes-
day evening. The turkeys will weigh
over half ton and the donation means
quite an expense to the company.
Mr.. aud Mrs. L. p Omar, of Osh-
kosh, former residents of Wausau, lost
their little daughter, Louise, in death
Saturday The child was fifteen months
old and an exceedingly bright little
girl. She mad always been in good
health up to a few days before her
death. The funeral was held this after
noon. The family have the sympathy
of their Wausau friends.
Jas. Wescott, of the town of Eau
Pleine, who has become public charge,
was placed in st. Mary's hospital for
treatment yesterday. He is seventeen
years of age, but has been unable to
earn a living for some time, owing to
intirmities. He is suffering from
necrosis of the bone, one of his feet
being affected. The only relative he
has in this part of the county is an
uncle who lives in the town of Eau
Pleine.
Pursuant to an order passed at the
recent county board meeting, all slot
machines were removed from business
places Saturday morning last, Consid-
cradle complaint is heard regarding the
action of the board and of the order
sent out tC slot machine owners. The
latter claim it is spite work and that
they must sufferer because certain
candidates were defeated at the recent
election. Slot machine owners should
follow the laws and evade trouble.
Walter Jones, tried last week charged
with uttering forged checks, was found
guilty. Jones and partner, Nose
Walsh, both residents of the town of
Elderon, were arrested last August. 1t
was alleged that they had been paid
good, hard money of Uncle Sans man.
ufa cture for some worthless checks
bearing what purported to be the sigma
ture of A. j. Plowman. Walsh pleaded
guilty to the charge shortly after arrest
and was sentenced TO serve one year in
tho Stata panifanfiaru
The weather the past week has been
very erratic. On Wednesday there was
a driving snow storm all day and nearly
all of that night, and in all about foot
of snow fell There was excellent
for several days, then on Sun
day it grew warmer and Sunday and
Monday, rain fell nearly all the time.
While all the snow was not taken off,
still it was reduced to a few inches
Everything froze up again last night
and the sleighing is still very fine. The
American Express sleigh was the first
to be seen on our streets this season.
A hunter of the name of August ALL
born was shot by set gun, near Min
ocqua, last Tuesday. His brother was
with him at the time and assisted in
getting him to town, where his wound
was dressed. The gun, which was
found by the brother, was taken to the
home of a homesteader, who had two
hunters from Kilbourn City as guests.
The gun was stolen by someone and
cannot be used as evidence. The two
Kilbourn City fellows are held, pending
the result of Ahlborn's injuries. Ahl-
born is quite well known in this city.
He married a Wausau girl of the name
of Roemer, a few years ago.