Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-16
SHORT ITEMS.

covery.
All cast off clothing will be gladly
received by the Salvation Army at
3O7 Washington. street. They have
calls for children's clothing. tt
The first below zero weather has
been reported. In Billings, Mont,
and Yellowstone Park, Wyo., two be-
low was registered on Saturday.
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscfip-
tions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. $40 Mcclellan st.
Phone 1871 n24-tf
Big Bull Falls was at so low stage
the forepart of last week that per-
son could cross the river at that point
without getting his feet wet. Later
in the week the rains raised the river
10 high stage.
A suit has been commenced in cir
cult court by Edward Burgoyne for a
divorce from his wife, Rose Burgoyne,
the defendant charging the plaintiff
with misconduct on different occa-
sions. Both are residents of the town
of Texas.
Tuesday afternoon Ben and Leo
Whelbele of the town of Stettin, ap-
peared in municipal court on charges
of assault and battery. They plead
guilty and each were fined $40 and
costs, amounting to $l5 each. R. II.
Juedes of Marathon was the COM
plainant.
R. S. Wilson of Merrill, who has
been pastor of the West Presbyterian
church, Merrill, for many years and
who recently resigned, will have
charge of the Presbyterian church at
Neenah for the next six months, or
during the absence of its minister,
in Honolulu.
John Splaine, an old time pilot on
the Wisconsin river between Wausau
and Prairie du Chen, passed away at
his homein Portage, Tuesday, Novem'
Der 2nd. Mr.. Splaine had been q
resident of Portage since l849, anC
was sixty-seven years of age. Mr.
Splaine will be remembered by some
people in this city.
A wind storm hit Marshfield about
four o'clock Thursday morning anC
lasted only a few minutes, blew dowr
several farm houses, destroyed plate
glass windows and took the roof of
of other buildings. The gale also
struck Black River Falls and Neills
Vile. 1t came from the west,
J. w. DUNCAN, cashier of the First
National Bank of Stevens Point
speaking at bankers meeting helC
at Westfield recently, said that after
81 years of experience he found the
only kind of advertising that pays il
the banking business are well set ad'
in the home paper. He condemned
calendar advertising aud all sucf
methods.
Fire Chief Zielsdorf is in receipt O.
a request from M. j. Cleary, state fire
commissioner at Madison, and to bt
accompanied by the uperintenden'
of schools and the city electrician, tt
inspect all school buildings in thi'
city, in order to discover their condi
ton, to avoid catastrOphes similar t
the late occurrences in other distant
cities, which is an excellent sugges
ton and should be needed at once, il
order to protect life and prOpert!
from death and destruction.
Last Tuesday G. G. Parlin of Phila-
delphia, who is with the Curtis Pub
fishing Co. Of N. Y. City, delivered
several lectures before the students
of commerce in the State University
He was entertained at the Madison
club at luncheon by number of hi
students when principal of the schools
of Wausau, among them were Guy
and Glen Ramsdell, Earl Lake, Well
Turner, Norton Kelly, Geo. SLIDER
nagel Geo. Ruder, Carl Schmidt
VIM. Martin and James Dean.
Considering the disadvantages un
der which the HOlstein cattle sale wa
held last Wednesday, it proved per
| feet success. The sale was well at
tended locally but their was a scar
city of outside buyers, perhaps &C
counted for by the fact that the hoo
and mouth disease is still looked up
on as dangerous for the sale ant
transportation of cattle. Nearly a.
of the 50 head offered were sold, tn
owners realizing a fair price. B. +
Mcmillan of Wausau, was among tn
largest purchaserS.-Ma rshfield HeI
| aid.
District Attorney German, Attol
neys Regner and Ford, Sheriff Schroe
and Alfred Wehrley, all Of Wausau
came up to this city yesterday after
noon to take up a matter befor
Judge Wickham in circuit court, rels
tive to the trial of Wehrley, whic
will take place at Wausau next week
Wehrley will be tried for the mul
der of his father, which he is allege
to have committed about four month
ago.-Merrill Daily Herald-Thurs
day.
This trial has been postponed unit
the LIST of December.