Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-07
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The old j. H. Keil building at the
foot of Washington street, just west of
the city hail, is being torn down, much
to the satisfaction of everybody. The
building was one of the oldest in the
city and was never an ornament to that
part of town. 1t contains some very
good material. The property is owned
by the Stewart Lumber Co. and will be
left vacant.
The undersheritf went out into the
town of Maine Thursday and accom-
panied Mrs. VIM. Ristow and six chill
dren to this city. The woman could no
longer live with her husband but feared
to leave him, without protection from
the law. Ristow is her second husband
and the father of five of her children.
They were married in 1897 and within a
few months after their marriage, she
alleges, he began course of inhuman
treatment and acquired the liquor
habit. AS an act OF his brutality she
cites that he forced her to go out on the
farm and pick up stones when she was
very ill. She has started an action for
divorce and asks for the custody of her
children and alimony for their support.
She claims that he is worth $4,000.
Two weeks ago we mentioned the
fact that r. B. Montgomery, colored,
had been arrested in Eau Claire for
soliciting funds for the Colored Indus
trial and Orphans Home of Macon, Ga,
an institution which exists only in the
mind of Montgomery. The prosecut-
ing attorney has learned that Mont
gomery has served two years term in
the penitentiary for the same offense,
and has been in the Milwaukee house OF
correction on criminal libel charge
He was editor of the Milwaukee Weekly
Advocate, the only paper published in
the state in the interests of the negro
race, and while going about the state
swindling people, has been writing arti-
cles for his paper warning people
against just such swindlers as himself.
He visited Wausau every few months
and Il is estimated collected $75 or $10O
each time
Frank Jaeger sells and delivers build
ing stone and sand. Address Z. f. ID.
No. A. Telephone No. 1861. MIG If.
Henry Curran, postmaster of Stevens
Point and well known in this city, died
suddenly at his home on Wednesday
morning last, aged 66. He retired as
usual the evening before, apparently in
the best of health. At an early hour in
the morning his wife was attracted by
a fit of coughing and found him black
in the face. A physician was sum-
moned, but before his arrival Mr.
Curran passed away. Deceased en-
listed in the army at the age of 20 years
and had an eventful army record, par
ticipating in all the hard battles of the
army of the Potomac and helped sup
press the draft riots. He was blevetted
a major for gallant and lneritorious
service With his brother, John, he
conducted the Cdrran House since the
close of the war End in 1897 was APP
pointed by President Mckinley as post
master of Stevens Point and had been
in Office ten years. He belonged to the
Stevens Point bodies of Masonry and
to the Milwaukee consistory
The work of flushing the water mains
has been discontinued since Thursday
evening. The water is at present very
clear and Superintendent Jackson is of
the opinion that most of the growth is
cleared from the pipes. The work of
taking up some service pipes this week
will demonstrate the truth of this.
Should these pipes show the presence
of any more growth, flushing will be
continued at intervals during the sum-
mer months until the pipes are entirely
cleared. The water commission hopes
to get an early start on the double SER
vice extension and East hill reservoir,
and perhaps nearly all the summer will
be consumed in making these improve
ments. When this is finished, the four
teen unconnected drive wells will be
After all this work is COM
pleted it is thought Wausau will have a
water system second to none in the
state.