Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-25

A mission for the young people of
St. James congregation will begin
Sunday, Oct. 80.
The Wausau Telephone company is
asking for bids on the construction of
its new building. See notice in
another column.
The 500 railway has surveyed a line
from Rosholt to Stevens Point, dis
lance of about twenty miles. If the
line is built it will give the Point
connection with the Northwestern.
E. D. Underwood, who suffered the
amputation of finger few weeks
ago, is able to do little light work
in the office of the Sun. The stub is
pretty well healed, but it is still
tender.
Henry Marquardt, died at the home of
his parents, 709 S. Third Ave. on Fri
day last. The child was four days
old. Funeral was held Monday morn
ing.
The wall paper stock in Callies'
store is as complete now as it is in the
spring, and prices are way below what
you pay at any other season of the
year. There are 500 designs to select
from.
Albert Rain of the town of Frank
fort was declared insane in county
court yesterday. Rain was in court
last summer for severely beating his
son. He used fiat iron as weapon
and nearly killed the boy.
Geo. Reidenbach, a postal inspector,
was in the city Friday, investigating
conditions with reference to the APP
pointment of another mail carrier.
His report will not be made known
until it has reached the postal author
tiles in Washington.
Preferring a charge of assault
against her husband, Mrs. Herman
EleiSchman of Brokaw, caused her
| spouse to be brought into court last
Saturday. He pleaded guilty, was
fined $50 and costs, but drew a jail
| sentence of six months.
Local dealers OF Saturday had on
sale quantity of strawberries, which
were grown near Sparta. About eight
years ago, under similar weather con-
| ditions as we had this season a second
| crop was raised in that same district.
That year the second crop was larger
than the first.
O. G. Callies' little daughter has
been quite i'll for over week as re-
suit of being frightened by a dog.
The little one was frightened one
day while up in the northern portion
of the city with her mother. Her
fright was followed by nervous
shock.
The Marathon Paper Mills Co. has
closed up most of the gates in its dam
today, while the Schotield dam is
open. The result is that the water
above the big dam is higher than at
any time since it was completed.
There is head of about sixteen feet
we are told, and much of the flowage
land is covered.
Charles Albert Bender, the "Big
Chief Indian who took such prom
inant part in winning the worlds
base ball series for the Philadelphia
Athletics, is Wisconsin product. He
is Chippewa and his ancestors used
to roam these parts. Bender at one
time attended school down in Wit
tenberg, just across the Marathon
county line.
The Frank Maybee home up in
Parcherville was totally destroyed by
fire Thursday evening. The house
was situated so far from a fire plug
that it could not be reached with
line of hose. Firemen, by carrying
water in pals, succeeded in saving the
barn. The family was not home at
the time, and the superstition is that
someone purposely set fire to the
property.
Money saved and laid away, bringing
interest, is the way to become indie
pendent. Make your money help to
support you. Start an account now
in the savings department of the
National German American bank.
One dollar is all that is needed to open
an account. Get into the habit of
saving; it cultivates thrift, foresight
prudence and all good saving qualities.
The conduit system is nearly COM
pleted, so far as the work goes of lay
ing the tiling and piping. The work
men will probably finish the work to-
day on Third street. Conduits will
also be laid on Washington and Scott
streets one block west of Third, for
the lamps which will be set along
undertaken will be the Stringing of
wires through the tiling and the TAX
ing down of overhead wires and poles.
Frank Cutler, resident of Portage
county, was brought into Justice
Larner's court yesterday morning by
Game WardenS John Foster of this
city and VIM. Cole of VeSper. The
charge against him was trapping ami
mails along the Eau Pleine river, out
of season. For this offenSe he paid
$3.50. The wardens confiscated 100
muskrat hides, mink skins and 3
skunk and 3 racoon pelts, all nice furs
and worth considerable money.
Beginning about the first of next
month the Busweli Lumber Co. will
begin the shipment of logs to the
| Schubring Lumber Co.'s mill in this
city, and the mill will begin saving.
The latter company's contract calls
| for the saving of 100000 feet of
mixed hardwood, hemlock and pine.
The Schubring Lumber Co.'S yards
are still filled up with the lumber
sawed during the summer for the
| Heinemann Lumber Co. of Heine
| mann.
Four boys residing in the northern
part of the city were in court yester-
day, the complaint against them be-
ing that of discharging fire arms
within the city limits. The boys a
few days ago shot dog and the
| owner caused their arrest. They set
up the plea that the dog came out
| into the street and threatened to bite
them. Believing that dead dog is
| better than chewed shins they put
few leaden pellets into his hide. The
court discharged the boys.
| In view of the fact that so many
| children in the county failed TO attend
| school last year, the county Superin-
| tendent says he means TO enforce the
compulsory educational law this year.
| He has asked each school teacher to
report to him all cases of non-attend-
| aIce and if the parents fail TO show