Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-11
A son was born unto Mr.. and Mrs.
E. l. Fitzgerald on Sunday.

A son was born unto Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. /. Fitzgerald on Sunday.
Today is ladies' day at the Country
club house and quite number went
| down this afternoon.
DIR. TgToin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells Honse, Friday, July 18th.
Mrs. G. D. Jones and Mrs. Frank
Kelly chaperoned party of young
people on boat ritie up the Eau
Claire and picnic on the Fourth.
The Hochtritt store on N. Second
Ave. caught fire on the Fourth, pre-
sumably from fire crackers. The fire
was discovered in time to save serious
loss.
Mrs. Z. S. Manson is giving the ex-
terror of her residence at the corner
of Fourth and Grant streets, a new
coat Of paint and is otherwise making
Improvements.
FOR Brentwood cottage on
Plum lake, during the months of July
and August, to small family or party.
Enquire of G. G. Kreuger at First
National bank. If
FL. III. Pagel, formerly of this city,
but for many years a resident of
Stevens Point, has purchased a flour
mill at Ashland and will hereafter
reside in that city.
L. III. Cook, upon his return from
Unity, after spending the Fourth over
there, brought with him several stalks
of corn raised on his brothers farm.
They were exhibited in the court
house and aroused the interest of
everyone agriculturally bent. Each
stalk was six feet in length, an
abnormal growth for this period of
the corn season. The corn was raised
on his brother Georges farm and L.
e.. says that the crop as whole is an
excellent one.
Hereafter, there will be two din
ners served at the Wausau Country
club each week, one on Wednesday
at 6 O'Clock p. m. and the other on
Saturday at O'Clock p. m. Members
desiring dinners on Wednesday even
ing are requested to notify the
steward. The Country club has in
stalled lockers in the ladies' room and
ladies wishing to rent them can
secure the key from steward. Rates
have not been fixed upon, as yet, but
they will be reasonable.
1t is well for travellers to read
thoroughly the new railway rule re-
garding the transportation of bag
gage which went into effect few
weeks ago. Any trunk, box or pack
age measuring 40 inches or over, in
any of its dimensions, becomes ex-
cess, the same as all pieces weighing
over $50 pounds. Each additional
inch or fraction means charge equiv
alent to ten pounds excess rate.
Pieces, except show baggage, measur-
ing over 10 inches will be refused.
The railroads also reserve the right
to forward baggage on an earlier or
later train than the one for which
the traveller holds ticket.
A. Sparly, a resident of the town of
y III EolIc xuoc arractad on Tho ,,oorD
ing of the Fourth, for having ex-
ploded charge of dynamite under a
bridge. The bridge was considerably
damaged as result. He was taken
before a justice in Rib Falls village,
who gave him the alternative of pay
ing fine of $50 or going to jail for
thirty days. He chose the latter.
When brought to this city it was
found that the justice had no juris- |
iiction in such matters and the sheriff |
refused to arceDt the commitment. |
Accordingly auO.Ier warrant was is |
sued and Sparly WaS taken into mum !
cipal court, where the dose was |
doubled. He is serving sixty days |
sentence.
News has reached the city of
which has befallen Roy, a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Binzer,
residents of Baker, Wash. The boy, |
who is about ten years old, found
dynamite cap recently, and, boylike,
began to pick it in pieces to see how
It was made, with the usual result.
The cap exploded and totally de-
stroyed the sight of one eye and there
S small hope of saving the other.
Mr.. and Mrs. Binzer are having more
Than their share of hard luck since |
eaying Wausau about two years ago. |
some months after leaving here they
hey were burned out, losing all their
effects, and now comes a
greater misfortune.
How many pounds of glue does it
lake to make yard-stick Ask
Pier.
stocking banks" were very popu-
ar at one time. In almost every |
the family earnings were
lept in some home made affair, and it
vas not at all unusual to hear of the
oss of the savings of the whole fam
ly through the disappearance of these
home banks.'' The modern bank
las come to take the place of the
stocking bank" much to the benefit
If the communities that are so
ortunate as to have strong and well
egulated banks. Wausau banks