Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-15
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Every time you swat a fy YOU
should be forcibly reminded to en-
deayor to locate and swat a possible
breeding place.
Fred Smith of Merrill, who was re-
Gently operated on for appendicitis
at st. Mary's hospital, will soon be
entirely recovered.
Paul Olson was hauled into Justice
Larner's court Thursday for hear
ing for non-support. His preliminary
examination was postponed until
July "a.
Quite a number of old veterans
went to Mosinee, Wednesday, to be
present at the funeral of Mrs. O. A.
Priest. Mr.. Priest is an old soldier
and member of Cutler Post.
Geo. T. Manney of Waupaca, and
Ana Jerome OF Wausau, appeared be-
lore justice u. l.. Park, last Thursday
afternoon, and were made man and
wife.-Stevens Point Gazette.
| J. 2. Riley, formerly senior men,
Der OF the law firm of Riley & Ford,
has moved his office equipment from
his former location to rooms over the
National German American bank.
j. P. Ford and F. J. Markus, attor-
neys, have formed partnership and
removed to offices i'm the Cawley
Bros. building, at 3l8 Third street.
and are nicely located therein for the
practice of their profession.
| There was heavy fog in Wausau
on Thursday morning and Edmund
Johnson of the Z. O. force saws that
If it had not been for the fog he be-
l1eves there would have been a frost.
He knows because he rises with the
sun.
A. E. Burlingame Co., has moved
its billiard and pool tables and gener-
al stock of smokers goods, etc., to the
Hotel Bells basement on Scott street
temporarily while its new quarters
the McCroSSen corner-is being re-
nodded.
A former convict says that crime is
not disease, but responsible act,
that criminals are treated too lenient-
ly, and that honest men pay for the
mistakes of the laws lax punish
ment. His theories are worth inves-
tigating.
The case of Emma Sternburg on
the charge of assault by Mrs. VIM.
Rick occupied part of two days in
Municipal court during the past week.
She was found guilty Wednesday
afternoon and was fined Sl.00 and
costs. Total, $1,000.
Co. G, of the W. N. G. of this city
gave its farewell dance at the Armory
hall Friday evening and the follow.
ing morning departed for Camp
Douglas, TO go into encampment fol
a week for annual practice The
company is commanded by Captain
E. l. Lucas and numbers about &C
members and is a fine body of wei
drilled young men.
The funeral of the late Allen j
Mccormick was held from St. James
i Catholic church at O'Clock Wednes
day morning, Rev. Father Brennan
officiating at the last sad rites of that
church. The Catholic Order of For
ester, of which society he was a mem
Der, attended the obsequies in body
He was laid to rest in st. Joseph's
cemetery, a large cortege following
his remains 70 their final abode.
A fatal encounter between two men
occurred on July 18th at Junction City
Andrew Gulickson aged 80 and Glen
Phillips aged 10, became involved in
quarrel and came to blows. The
latter knocked Gulickson down and
in falling his head struck the running
board of an automobile, cutting his
head badly and from the wound he
died soon after. Young Phillips is
in Jail charged with the killing.
There seems to have been an In
dian uprising over east of us during
the early part of July, all caused by
the white mans firewater. There
were a series of fights at Elderon in
which several red men were badly
used up. Another melee is reported
near Shawano in which an Indian was
so badly stabbed that he died. Still
another blood-curdling report comes
of an Oneida Indian attacking his
wife with an axe and injuring her so
that it is feared she will not live.
A Waupaca man has invented a
potato bug catcher which is said to
| be a success. 1t is worked by small
gasoline engine drawn by a pair OF
horses and consists of a sort of sue
| tion fan. This is driven through the
| field of potatoes, covering four or six
rows and the machine sucks every
bug off the vines. The fellow may
be able to suck up the baby bugs
with his machine without damaging
the crop, but The old shell-backs will
hang on until they pull up the vines,
potatoes and all.