Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
SHORT ITEMS.

George A. Ste!tz, city assessor,
commenced the WORK of assessing city
property on May Ist.
Morgan Bros. have sold nine Over
land autos during the past week,
mostly to farmers in the county.
Friday afternoon squad No. | of
fire fighters was called out to attend
a chimney fire at the home of Mrs. F..
H. Norman.
] Mrs. A. H. Grout recovered suffici-
emily from her operation so as to be
able to return home from ST. Mary's
hospital on Thursday.
Nos. l and 2 of the fire department
answered call at eight O'Clock Satur-
day morning to the home j. j. Lob
mar on account of chimney fire.
Frank Blume, school boy, while
attempting to catch on farmers
! wagon Thursday, fell and severely
bruised himself. He is up and around
as usual, awaiting the next opportun-
ity and to be more successful.
The case of the State VS.. j. G. Jor-
dan, who is charged with having
issued a check on bank in which
he lacked having an account, set for
trial in Judge Larner's court Satur-
day, was postponed until June /.
May 1st was anything but an agree
able day. 1t was cold and damp and
there was no disposition to go out
and assist in growing the May queen.
On the other hand if the weather had
beer beautiful many would just as
soon have gone to Tipperary to per-
form that pleasant task.
In accordance with communica-
ton from the national agricultural
bureau at Washington, DR.. o. III.
EliaSon, the state veterinarian, has
announced that all the section of
Wisconsin north of the counties of
Vernon, Sank, Columbia, Dodge,
Washington and OZaukee are to be
freed from shipment restrictions on
account of the hoof and mouth dis
ease after May l.
For assaulting their father, George,
Anderes, Emil and Charles Anderes
were arraigned before Justice Larner
on Saturday forenoon. Anderes, ST.,
who made the complaint, seems to
have gotten the worst of it. The
assailants plead guilty and each were
fined $500 and costs, but owing to
certain circumstances the fines were
rerIitted upon payment of the costs.
A perennial Hooligan, answering the
name of Frank Grauer, blew into
town again Thursday. He was adj
vised by police officer TO vacate these
premises. Instead he boldly threat
ened to do up the officer in which he
failed and was landed in the lookup.
Friday morning he was brought be-
| fore Judge Marchetti, plead guilty
to intoxication and begging and was
fined $1,000 and costs or thirty days
in the county Jail.
Miss Aloisa Seidl of Milwaukee, was
given a verdict in circuit court Fri
day of last week for $500 damages,
against Anton Rebernick of this city,
because of an alleged breach of prom
Use to marry the plaintiff. The COM
pensation asked by Miss Seidl was
$4,000; she and Rebernick being en-
gagged in Germany, that he came TO
this country and sent for her later,
renewing his promise of fidelity. No
defense was made by the defendant,
for the reason that he had married
another fayorite.
Another new organization has been
formed in Wausau and &c is named the
Wausau Fruit & Produce company
and the location will be in the H. E.
McEachron ren.odeled and new build
ings in the southwestern part of the
city Mr. McEachron has done some
wonderful building in that neighbour
hood during the past season and
among his Improvements is a sky
scraper, which presents an imposing
and quite noticeable appearance for
WauSau. A. NJ. Skinner, late of Osh-
kosh, is the manager of the new
company and has moved his family
here from that city, to become per-
manent residents
The huge forest fire which has been
raging southwest of Rib Mountain
during the past week and which has
destroyed a large amount of property,
has ceased TO be alarming from the
fact that it has been subdued by the
late showers. The shifting of the
VIM the weekend also saved num-
Der Of farm houses in the vicinity of
the mountain from destruction and
now everything is all serene in that
direction, excepting of course, the
burnt over district and the ruinous
loss by many property owners. Many
are thankful, however, that they
escaped the fury of the names and
that the losses OF friends and neigh
bors was not greater.