Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-12-26
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

A postal savings bank has been au-
thorized for Marathon, Wis, effective
Jan. 10.
Sam McCallum and Miss Wanda
Miller were united in marriage Thurs
day evening.
Mat Kust and Edna Mason were
married by Judge G. L. Warren on
Thursday evening.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Saturday. Jan. ID.
Fred Voss and Miss Hilda Loeffler
were married Friday, after procuring
dispensation from Judge G. L.
Warren.
Fred Kemp, local car repairer for
the st. Paul road, is seriously i'll at
his home, TO Scott St., with case
of typhoid fever.
M. II. Duncan, superintendent of
the county asylum, has arranged for
a musical program and dance for his
patients New Years night.
The PILOT thinks thisa fitting time
for the exchange of sincere courtesies,
and for wishing all its readers and
general patrons prosperous and
happy new year.
The first coyote pelt to be brought
in this season was presented to the
county clerk Friday for the collection
of bounty. 1t was killed by L. Catlin
of the town of KronenWetter.
j. C.. +. Runge, a resident of Merrill,
died few days ago. His case was a
peculiar one. For the past four
months he had been asleep most of
the time, only awaking at intervals
to partake of food.
The social democrats held a meet
ing Thursday night for the purpose
of deciding upon dates for a lecture
course, to be given during the winter.
The dates selected were Jan. %, Feb.
11-l8-25, March 3.
Florella Woodland, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Woodland, corner of
Tenth Ave. and Chellis street, died
Thursday evening. The child was
nearly four years old. The funeral
was held Saturday afternoon from
the home.
A train, every car of which was
loaded with flour, passed through the
city one day recently, as an extra.
The flour was shipped from mills in
Minneapolis and was in transit to the
east. At Manitowoc it was loaded
aboard car ferries.
Miss Blanche Armstrong magazine
representative. Subscriptions take1
for all magazines and magazine clubs
at lowest rates obtainable. Special
representatives for Ladies' Home
Journal, Saturday Evening Post, De-
jneator and Woman's Home Cclnpan-
ion. Your subscriptions respectfully
solicited. 5l6 Mcclellan St. If
The Catholic Knights have selected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, Jos. Ford; vice-presi.
dent, Geo. Gaetzman; recording secre,
tary, Geo. Meyer; financial secretary,
Chas. Dernbach; treasurer, r. M,
Frawley; sentinel, Henry Papkalla.
Sending out notices to parents OF
children who were kept out of school
informing them of the penalty, has
resulted in much better school at
tendance, so reports County Super
intendent Piyernetz. The parent;
have got woke up to the fact that
they must obey the law.
A tramp was arrested in a Wiscon
sin village laSC week for wearing 3
Grand Army button contrary to law
He was asking help land the drinks
from veterans. 1t may not be gener
ally known that any one not in gooC
standing in the Grand Army is liable
to fine or imprisonment for wearing
button.
a damage suit has been started 10y
Otto G. Fehlhaber against VIM. Nc.
Fadden. The plaintiff alleges that
the defendant, while transacting bus
mess with him, made slanderous re.
marks, defaming Mr.. Fehlhaber's
business integrity. The plaintiff asks
$1,000 damages.
Robt. Freeman of the town of En-.
met, recently decided to the WauSau
Lumber Co. large tract of timber
land in the towns of Rietbrock, Hal.
Sey, Hamburg and Rib Falls. This
is one of the largest transfers recorded
in this county this year, and involved
S24, TAO. Much of the land is covered
with growth OF hemlock and hard
wood.
The most important athletic cleo
tion of the year at Lawrence took
place recently at the annual football
banquet when Wylie c. Sampson of
WauSs Z, slar tackle for the last three
years, and picked for that position on
the All State team by all critics, was
elected captain of the football team
for 1912.
The employees of the post Office and
express companies are worn out from
the abundance of work heaped on
them through the holiday rush. Some
of the employees of the express con-
Germs have worked well into the morn
ing, having caught few hours sleep
and reported for duty again at six a.
m. Some of the post office employees
have labored until midnight every
night for a week preceding Christ
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