Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-01-31

Friends of Jacob Gensmann will be
panied to learn that he is confined to
his bed with an attack of liver COM
plant.
Miss Blanche Armstrong would be
pleased to receive subscriptions to
the Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday
Evening Post, Delineator, Woman's
Home Companion and all other maya
azines and magazine clubs. SIG
Mcclellan st. S12-tf
The police and fire commission has
certified the following names as
eligibles to appointment: To fire de-
partment, Aug. Hoertsch. To police
department, Robt. II. Juedes, VIM
Backus, Harry Lawrence, Leo Roloff,
VIM. Pagan. These took the civil
service examination last week.
Andrew Christianson, a well known
resident of Norrie, became violently
insane last week at Elcho and was
taken to Amigo, where he was com
mitted to the Northern state hospital
Mr.. Christensen is proprietor of the
South Shore park and has line of
boats at Norrie. He is well known in
this city.
Russell ID. Merriam, a resident Of
the town of Easton, passed away
Thursday morning at the home of
one of his sons. He was sixty-one
years of age and had been resident
of this county for five years. He is
survived by four children. The fun
eral was held Friday afternoon, Rev.
j. NJ. Duer of this city officiating.
Vernon Guy, son of DIR. and Mrs.
G. A. Mills, died Wednesday morning
as result of diphtheria. The boy
was taken i'll several weeks ago, and
it was thought was on the road to re-
coveIy, when sinking spell came on,
due TO heart failure. He was nearly
eight years of age, and was his par
ents' only child. The funeral was
held Thursday afternoon.
Albert Schuster of the town of Ber-
lin, was examined mentally in
county court last Friday and was pro-
nounced sane and sent home. Schuster,
Ii appears, has been in the habit of
buying aichohol and taking it home.
Diluting this with water he was en-
abled to acquire some powerful jags,
and, though not dangerous, his rela-
tives and neighbors took him in hand.
He promised the court that he would
change his diet to one of more sub
stantial food.
State maps are being distributed
by the state railway commission.
The maps have some value as wall
ornament but are not accurate. In
just casual glance over it we find
that the town and village of Minocqua
have been placed in the county of
Villas instead of Oneida. Klinke post
office in the town of Hewitt has been
changed to ''Kalinke" by the COM
mission and important cities like
Poniatowski, Staadt and Moon have
been left off the map entirely, while
the village of Merrill is given prom
inence. Twas always thus.
How many Wausau people con-
tributed to the John Dietz defense
fund? How many were duped? These
are two questions which have arisen
since recent disclosures have been
made. 1t is asserted that most of
the money has been pure graft and
has never been turned over to Dietz
or his family. The expense of collect
ing the fund has been equal to the
amounts collected, so the grafters
assert. Some have waxed fat on pub
lie sympathy. A farorite game has
been to place the boxes in public
places, for the collection of funds
These boxes had slot in them and
were labeled collection for John
Dietz."
There is a movement on foot to
give the village of Hurley a good
cleaning up which it is proposed to
make permanent. This is due to a
proposition to wipe the county of
Iron off the map. Heretofore when
ever there has been an effort made to
reform the village there has been a
clash between village and county
authorities, resulting in nothing be-
ing done. There is now PROPOSE
tion to add that part of Iron county,
in which Hurley is located, to Ash
land county, so that Ashland county
authorities can enforce the law This
has resulted in a reform movement
which promises to be permanent.
Orders have been issued which will
give the town cleaning.
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