Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-04-05

Siuicil pdIiOIS oI thursday, FRIDAY
and Saturday afternoons next from
1:3o to 6. Light refreshments will be
served.
A fire broke out one day last week
near the village of Mcmillan and
threatened the lumber yards of the
B. f. Mcmillan Co. The blowing of
the mill whistle brought together
large number CT people, and they sue
ceeded in checking the fire.
Mrs. Mary Boyd, who has lived in
Stevens Point for sixty years, says
that never in that time, until this
spring has she seen robins or heard
frogs croaking in March. She claims
she saw a pine snake three feet long
basking in the sun on March %.
Special values in India
.Linons at Sc, 10c, 121c and
15c per yard. Compare our
prices and save money.
Z. L. HUDSON.
A travelling salesman now at the
Bells hotel says he attended funeral
services of former customer, at one
of the churches in Marshfield one
day last week. At the close of the
services the divine said: ."The friends
and mourners will now pass around
the bier" The silence was broken
by the snickering of the choir.
Down in Stevens Point there are
five candidates for the Office of ''con-
troller,' whatever that may be. May
hap the Journals spelling is like GER
tain Oshkosh mans pronunciation of
that machine which made Dr. Bell
famous. He always calls it "a
''telefoam." Wausau and all other
up-to-date cities have comptroller,
but nary controller"
The mutilated body of f. j. Prideau
was found in a box car in Grand
Rapids last Friday. The man was
brakeman on the st. Paul road and
well known among railroad men in
this city. His home was in Toma-
hawk. He was last Seen alive two
weeks ago. 1t is supposed he was
murdered by tramps and his body
thrown into the car.
A farmer living near Amigo hid
$50 in an onion bin, unbeknown to
his wife. Last week his wife sold the
onions to stranger while he was
absent and now he is trying to locate
the purchaser. This incident reminds
us of the woman who placed her
baby in the stove oven to keep it
warm, while she called on a neighbor.
Pa came home and finding the house
cold, built rousing fire. Question::
What became of the baby?
Sam Springberg buyer of old iron,
rubbers, hides, etc, was arrested last
Friday on charge of having violated
state law which prohibits second
hand dealers from making purchases
of minors. He was brought into
court, pleaded guilty and was fined S.
and costs. The specific charge was
purchasing some old rubbers of some
boys. Leopold Kreider, who at the
time we went to press last week was
on trial for the same offense, was
fined $40 and costs.
At the auction on the Chas Nor
genroth farm in the town of Texas
last week the owner succeeded in dis
posing of about all his belongings.
Some of his dairy cows sold for as
high as $107. Mr.. Morgenroth's
family will visit for time in the
southern part of the state, while he
and one of his sons go up into the
Alberta district of Canada and look
for new location. He intends to
settle near Calgary, if he can find a
suitable location.
Deputy Game Warden John Foster
did little gum shoe work around
Pike lake last Friday morning, and as
result he came upon party fishing
in the lake with net. He succeeded
in arresting two of the fishermen,
Frank WoitaSzik and Joe Cherek,
and brought them to Wausau. The
The former pleaded guilty and was
fined S25 and costs, while the latter
was discharged. A warrant was issued
for another party who had hand in
the affair. Mr.. Foster seized their
net and quantity of fish they had
caught.
A timely publication has just been
issued by the State horticultural
society. 1t gives all necessary in
structions for planting trees, how to
trim roots and tops, how far apart to
set different kinds of fruits, care of
trees after planting and many other
points of interest and value. Every
thing is set down in plain language
and further explained by several ex-
cellent illustrations. A copy may be
mad free on application TO Frederic
Cranetield, Sec, State horticultural
society, Madison. Ask fo~ bulletin
No. Is.
REhPINc RENEET