Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-30
o. Sis.
Mostly in the Valley Of the Wisconsin
River.

Mostly in the Valley Of the Wisconsin
River.
why should the spirit of mortal
be proud' when the fishing is good
and old clothes are in demand?
Animal husbandry in Marathon
county is sure to be profitable, in
years to come, on account CT the high
price of meat.
Ben. Johnson of Chicago, was fined
$500 and costs in municipal court in
Rhinelander for catching an under
weight muscallonge.
E. E. Payne's connection with the
Rhinelander News as editor and man.
ager has been severed and he leaves
for another field more to his liking.
Starting on July 1st the saloons of
Amigo will be governed by the new
city ordinance, which means that
they will be closed all day Sundays
and on week days from Hoo y. m. to
800 a. m. No gambling or music
will be allowed.
| Stratford is to be the home of a
new cheese factory. 1t is being put
up by the Green Valley Cooperative
Dairy company. The foundation has
already been completed. The factory
is to be ready for business in short
while.
Friday, June II, 1914, at Berlin,
Green Lake county, Mrs. John Rior-
dan, mother of ID. E. Riordan of this
city, passed away, aged SO years.
She is survived by her husband, three
sons and three daughters who were
all present when the end came.
The police officers of Chippewa
Falls are having great deal OF
trouble with Washers lately, and
have decided to put a stop to it by
arresting every man who is caught
talking 10 a lady against her wishes.
In Wausau the ladies smash the
Washers in the ''mug" and pass on.
| At the commencement exercises
of the Wood county training school
all the young women graduates re.
ceived their diplomas dressed in
gowns made by themselves at a cost
of 1928 each. The material was
| purchased by the bolt and the cost
divided among the members of the
class.
At the republican state convention
held in Madison Wednesday the Mil
waukee News notes 1.-THE most
notable absenties from this conyen
ton are the old line conservative re-
publican leaders from Marathon
county. None of them are here and
it is said they are not in sympathy
with the movement" The primary
election in September will tell.
The big bankers excursion through
the upper Wisconsin counties travers.
ed tbs said was magnificent success
Our old friend, Gene Shepard OF
Rhinelander and the Advancement
association of that city made it ex.
ceedingly pleasant for the gentlemen
being served with a grand breakfast
at his famous and well kept summer
| resort.
| The report of the county clerk OF
Langlade county for the month OF
May shows that the marriage licenses
have fallen off two-thirds from the
record for the corresponding month
a year ago, six being granted this
! year, and eighteen last year. There
seems to be no abatement of interest
in that line in Marathon county
Cupid being buster than ever, it
| seems.
| Representative K. E. Brown of this
congressional district has introduced
bill providing for the payment OF
pensions monthly instead of quarter
ly as at present. MANY old soldiers
are anxious to get their money every
| month";" said Mr.. Brown. "They
ind it necessary now to do business
on credit and say it you'd cost con-
siderable less if they could pay as
they 60"
| According to the Merrill Herald
complaints are being made in Lin
coin county regarding the practice OF
some towns in allowing sod and other
objectional matter to be scraped in
the middle of the road and not roll
ing it down. There is a state law
strictly forbidding that practice.
Pathmasters building roads had bet
ter examine the statutes and govern
| themselves accordingly.
The Marshfield Times is out for a
new congressional candidate for con-
gress for this district, which was
gerrymandered into existence four
years ago and now embraces the
counties of Wood, Clark, Portage,
Marathon, Shawano, Waushara and
Waupaca counties, represented by
/ Hon. Z. +. Browne of Waupaca.
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