Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-05
SHORT NEWS ITEaS.
A SON was born Thursday evening to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Theisen.

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Marie, infant daughter of Mr. anc
Mrs. Gustav Raatz, residing at No. 90
N. Second Ave-, died Tuesday evening
last. The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon, Rev. c. A. Bretcher conduct
ing services.
Frank Kummerow of the town o1
StettiG, was brought into the city Thurs
day for mental examination. He was
Sent TO st. Mary's hospital for medical
treatment and to await further observ.
ance of his actions
The Stewart Lbr Co has drive OF
about 100000 feet of hemlock. spruce
and tamarack coming out of Prairie
river A crew of log drivers under the
supervision of Louis Johns is bringing
the drive out of the river. The logs
were held up four days last week on
account of head winds, but are now
within few miles of Merrill.
Barney Shilbek, resident of the
town of Emmett, was arrested Wednes-
day on complaint of Hill & Vollen-
weider, Edgar horse dealers. The last
named parties some time ago sold a
horse to Shilbek and took a chattel
mortgage on some cattle as security
They allege that Shilbek recently sold
two heifers included in the mortgage.
The case has been postponed
There will be fifteen students who
will graduate from Carroll college in
June and among them will be Walter
Benson and Donald Montgomery, of
this city. Ralph Carrier, who formerly
resided here will also graduate in June.
There are twenty-four students who
will graduate from the academic de-
partment of that institution Com
mencement week opens on June IA,
when DR.. w. o. Carrier, president of
the college, will deliver the baccalaure-
ate address.
Mrs. 4. L. Kreutzer entertained at
whist on Friday afternoon in honor of
visiting guests of Mrs. C. c. Yawkey,
Mesdames S M. Spence, c. Nj. Hill, H
B. Wyeth and c. H. Holland. The
home was handsomely decorated with
carnations. Refreshments were served
previous to the commencement of whist
playing and the tables were very pretty
in their decorations and at each place
was bunch of sweet peas. There
were eight tables of players, and the
prizes were won by Mrs. A. w. Trevitt
and Mrs. G. q. Yawkey The event
was very charming one in every way
VIM. S. Holmes, who claims Merrill
as his home, was placed under arrest
Wednesday while acting in a manner
which indicated that there was some
thing wrong with him mentally. He was
examined next morning and committed
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sane. Holmes had several hallucina-
tions. but one subject in particular
which he liked to talk about was his
wealth. According to his theory he is
bound by the code of man and ethics of
society to pay that fine of S29, ,20O, 900
imposed by the federal court upon John
ID. Rockefeller He feels sorry for
Poor John," he says.
While Tony Fehl was driving an auto
across the slough bridge Thursday a
street car rounded the curve on Clarke's
island, just as he reached the west end
of the bridge. To avoid collision he
steered his machine to the right a
peddler was driving along in the same
direction and also turned out on the
right side of the car. Although not
running at very high rate OF speed,
Tony could not stop his auto in time to
avoid running into the peddler's wagon
and his machine struck it with consider
able force. The reach pole in the
wagon was broken and the peddler's
trip into the country was abandoned.
In response to petition signed by
residents of the towns of Wausau,
Easton, Hewitt and Texas, the post
office department has order the estab-
lishment of a post Office in section /,
town of Wausau, to be known as See
feldt P. o. Aug. Seefeldt will be post
master and the post Office will be To-
Gated in his residence For the present
mail will be carried from this city to
the Seefeldt P. D. by the carrier on K.
F. ID. No 2. but it is hoped that in time
the government will see fit to put on a
mail wagon. The new post Office will
be located in the extreme eastern ter
ritory reached by r. F. ID. No. q
Sarah E. Preuss, through Menasha
attorneys, has started an action for
divorce from her husband, Robt. e..
Preuss. They were married IN this city
Sept. IA, 1901, and one child was born
to them, now six years of age. Shortly
after she came into inheritance OF her
parents property. she alleges, he began
course of inhuman treatment toward
her, striking her with his fist, chairs,
cuspidors, etc, and never accounted
for various sums of money she has
given him. She further alleges that he
abused her on the night of April s.
when she ran away and has been resid-
ing with sister in Menasha ever since,
afraid to return home.
There was bad mix-up of automo-
biles on Grand Ave. Thursday after
noon, resulting in two cars being more
or less damaged. The ID. j. Murray
auto was coming north on Grand Ave.
at time when DR. l.. M. Willard was
| coming out onto the street from the
Frank Kelley residence. The Murray
car crashed into DIR. WiIlard's auto,
resulting in damage to both, but the