Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-29
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The boy scouts met with Judge
Reid on Thursday evening.
Mrs. L. A. Pradt has been con-
fined to her home with tonsilitis the
past week.
Mrs. Chas. Wegner entertained a
number of friends Wednesday in
honor of Mrs. w. G. Norton.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Friday, Sept. p.
The Marathon City Times is clam
oring for the removal of the Wausau
Canning Co.'s plant to that village.
: Nay, nay, Pauline, you cawn't have
it.
The Merrill Herald issued a twelve
page Lincoln county fair edition on
Friday last, which was very credit
able number. The Herald is one of
the best papers in the valley.
Do you want shingles? If you do
call and look over our large assort-
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
If. BARKER 8 STEWART LUMBER Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelly, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. FL. Pardoe, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. KreutZer, Mesdames Norton and
Winton and Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Yaw-
key all of Wausau, were members of
an auto party, which spent yesterday
at the Hotel Badger. Merrill Herald.
V. NJ Gorwitz was arrested Thurs
day, charged with the theft of a lot
of paper rags from the L. Krieder
warehouse on Washington street.
The rags were found stored in barn
on Sixth street. Gorwitz acknow-
lodged the theft, restored the rags,
effected cash settlement and the
complaint was withdrawn.
Mrs. Mary Herman resident of
the town of Spencer, was committed
to the state hospital on Thursday
morning. She was examined on the
Monday previous, and at that time
was sent down to the county hospital.
The woman has been of unsound mind
since last spring. She leaves two
small children on her husbands
hands to take care Of.
II. H. Ober of this cityspent Thurs
day evening in Merrill. The Chamber
of Commerce held a meeting that
evening in the Badger hotel, and
Mr.. Ober was one of those who made
addresses. Mr.. Ob2r being superin-
tendent of the Wisconsin Valley
division of the st. Paul road, his talk
naturally was upon railroad matters
as they affected the industrial life of
the valley towns.
The modern business man never
thinks of going back to the old way
of Misunderstanding his money by
him and dealing it out in currency.
He sends it to The National German
American bank, where it is safe, and
checks it out in payment of bills as
they become due. His financial in
terests are carefully looked after, and
his credit safely guarded. Open an
account with that bank.
In turning the road roller around
on Washington street near the city
hall on Thursday afternoon the front
rollers left the engine and wandered
away, allowing the front end of the
boiler to drop to the ground. The
injury to the machine was nil, but
the harm to the chauffeur's feelings
were something awful. The whole
trouble resulted from the king bolt
getting excited on the approach of a
train and suddenly leaving it's posi-
ton.
While four of Stevens Points men
were returning from trip TO Grand
Rapids the other day, the driver of
the machine saw what seemed to be
a package of clothes in the road and
instead of running over it he turned
out. What was their CONSERVATION
when arriving opposite to find that
it was little baby asleep in the road.
They stopped and picked up the
little one and carried it to the house
near by from which it had toddled
Mrs. Albert Martini, residing at
SIG Jefferson street, went into her
cellar recently and found that all of
her preserves had disappeared. Some
one had opened cellar window and
made the mistake of thinking that
the canned goods belonged to them,
and had removed them. The spoils,
as every housewife knows, represented
a money outlay and toll over hot
fire, and the theft was to the lady,
exasperating to say the least. There
is well grounded suspicion as to the
identity of the guilty parties, and
there will probably be search war
rant issued shortly.
Henry Machten of the town of Nc
MILAN was Rugged by a wench one
night recently, but didn't relish the
experience, for it was costly. He at
tended the evening performance of
the 101 Ranch in Marshield, and in
buying his ticket exhibited role of
bills. When returning to the city
from the grounds he was approached
by big wench who threw her arms
around him and extracted his wallet,
containing STl Marbtap iS old opd