Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-22
SHORT ITEMS.

| crops.
The hay crop in this county is fal
from being up to the standard thi:
season owing to the cold weather ant
unfayorable conditions generally.
A Wausau boy has been honored a.
Ripon college Benjamin Hudtloff
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hudtloff, who
won first prize for excellence in
English composition.
Mrs. P. HI. Gunderman, sister o.
John Fehl of this city, died at hel
home in Mansion the past week. He
maiden name was Miss Elizabeth
Fehl and she was married in 1881
Mr.. Fehl attended the funeral.
J. r. Condor of Stevens Point, ha:
built a house boat for himself anC
family to ply on the Wisconsin river
The family will make their home or
the boat during the summer anC
have clear sailing from Stevens Point
up to Mosinee.
$1,000 motormen and street car con
ductors who had been on a strike in
Chicago went back to work OF
Wednesday. 1t was trying times fol
Chicago, as its people had to 60 back
to the ways of fifty years ago in theil
travels about the city.
The automobile of Edward Kohl Of
Athens, one day last week, contain
ing four passengers, crashed through
the railing of the bridge crossing the
river, plunged distance of twenty
feet, turned turtle and was demol-
ished. No one was hurt.
]. P. Ford of this city has estab
| lished himself in this county as being
quite speaker. On the coming 4tf
of July he will crate at Marathon
City for the benefit of the denizens Of
that burg, who are preparing for al
eventful time on that date.
Among the graduates of the Univer
sity Of Chicago, were two of Wausau':
well known young people, Miss Gene
We've Edmonds and Mr.. Samuel Wells
Both completed their course witt
honors. Wisconsin had a good repre-
sentation in the number from thi:
state graduating at this University.
One of our leading citizens, while
in the county looking over the gooC
roads proposition, and was talking tx
one of the prosperous German farm
ers, observed what terrible thing
the European war is, and was par
alyzed by the following reply: ga
aber for me, es is NIGHTS so bad wit
the frost we had last night"
The case of the State VS.. Adam
Nieminski, of the town of Norrie
the defendant being charged will
non-support of his family, comprising
wife and eight children, which wa
booked for trial before Judge Mar
chetti on Friday, was postponed unit
July 9, Adam having consented Il
care for his family and was therefor
placed on probation.
The crew working on the state roat
Tuesday afternoon had little diver
sion with big pine snake. Kimbal
siad it measured seven and a hal
feet, but probably his optics were no
properly adjusted. At the very low
est estimate the reptile was at leas
five and one-half feet in length, ant
there isn't one in the gang who will
admit that it was an inch shorter
BirnamwOod News.
The relay trip from Chicago t.
Seattle was made last week over wha
is known as the Yellowstone trail
which passes through Stevens Poin
and Marshtied. The run from Stew
ems Point to Chippewa Falls wa
made in four hours. To the latte
city, five changes had been made an
the car reached the latter city on
hour and half ahead of time. 1t i
expected to make the run in 10
hours.
Keep your eye on the man who or
poses his fellow citizen on account O
his nationality, his politics or his re
ligion. He is hostile to the plain pre-
vision of our Constitution and is no
a good citizen. True Americans can
not sanction his methods, no matte
how Jealous, religious or patriotic h
may be in his professions. The worl,
generally judges man by his deed
rather than by his declarations. Ley
ang's Weekly.
| Probably one of the largest Ian,
deals that has ever been closed up il
this part of the country was recent
handled by the Pratt & Matthias com
pany. The deal comprises trifle oy
er three thousand acres of marsh LAM
located on the Buena Vista marsh il
Portage county, and is some that ha
been drained within the past few
seasons and at the present time i
practically wild land. The purchas
ers of the property are NJ. n. Piersol
and Frank Fisher, both residents o
Peoria, -Ill.-Grand Rapids Tribune.
HON. CHRIS FRANZEN