Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-10-06
BADGER NEWS NOTES

iNo0lAe'-Ine Central association. a
charitable institution, finding its cam.
palgn Tor funds tagging under the lead
ershlp OF the male section OF the non.
ulation, has made an appeal To WON
en- citizens to join the ranks and take
over tne duty of soliciting from people
VINO may be more favorably disposed
toward the fair sex.
Superlor.-Driven to the use of tbe
superior High school class rooms and
auditorium pending the completion of
the new building now under construc.
tion, the Superior Normal has made a
new combination to obtain a library
space for which could not be found
IN the High school, A portion of q
nearby candy store has been leased
Tor the time and equipped as a library
haclne.-Fred Loui, a stranger who
came mere to work, was fatally burn
ed when he upset lamp in his room
and the flames ignited his bed and
clothlng. An examination by phvsi.
clans revealed his arms, neck and hack
In literally baked condition.
Madison.-The state treasury was
enriched by $4,000 as the result If
a persistent investigation which has
been carried on for some time mast
by John Harrington, inheritance tax
counsel for the state. The money was
paid by the administrators of the es-
tate of James Henry ("Silent'1 Smith
estate.
Washburn.-Upon complaint of To-
bias A. Chew, superintendent of
schools of this city, three Washburn
merchants We're arrested here charged
with having violated the laws in re-
gard to the sale of tobacco and cigar.
sites to children under Is wears of
age, and all paid fines amounting tn
S11.20 each.
Madison.--The following graduates
OF the University of Wiscosin have
won distinction in military affairs dur
Ing the past year and have been given
the rank of brevet second lieutenant:
Charles A. Noren, Bryand; Charles
Cfbilins, Racine; Winfred c. Dettmer.
Seymour; Harry A. Cobaugh, Wash
ington, and Myron T. Ray, Madison.
Madison. W. Page of Elkhorn
democratic nominee for congressman
in the First district, filed a statement
of his campaign expenses in the office
of the secretary of state. in which he
declared he spent $12S.50 for cam
paign expenses.
Elm Grove.-That the cost of living
is high was proved here when Miss
Lena Mass, who runs a small chicken
farm, sold five dozen eggs at 40 cents
dozen. This is the highest price ever
paid here at this time OF the year.
Superior. = Timothy Toomey was
drowned and three others rescued
with difficulty when a rowboat in
which the four men were coming from
west Duluth to Superior was swamped
in sudden windstorm on ST Louis
bay
Madison. = The electric lighting
rates of the municipal plant, conducted
at Sun Prairie, were adjusted bv the
railroad commission The order in
cludes reduction or equalization of
many of the rates
Superior.-Products worth $4,000
have been raised by pupils of the Su-
perfor public schools in the school
garden contests.
La Crosse.-Jealousy caused bv riv-
airy over the love Of a girl resulted in
the serious wounding of John Welsh
and the imprisonment of Christ Site
kel of Genoa. The young men engag-
ed in a fight in which Stickel used
knife.
Fond du Lac.-Sheriff Flick has two
black eyes and badly cut nose as
the result of being thrown against
the top Of an automobile when it
struck a rut in the road while on the
way to Oshkosh.
Madison.-Mrs. Harry Jacquish died
here at her home. Death was due to
the bursting of an artery.
La Crosse.-A number of hunting
fans will be hailed before the grand
jury on a charge OF violating the mi
gratory bird law The violations of TIE
law here were infactions of the sun
set rule and the wood duck prohibi.
ton.
Frederick first COM
munity institute viii open Nov. 4.
continuing three days. An elaborate
program is in preparation by local
committees. assisted by state univer-
sity extension men.
Green Bay.-yernon Cochran. q
years old, a restaurant waiter. ended
his life by drinking chloroform.