Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-11-30
SHORT ITEMS.

position with the WauSau SulpIlate
Fibre company at Mosinee. She was
formerly employed at Port Edwards.
County Clerk L. H. Cook returned
to his duties at Wausau Tuesday
after weeks vacation with his par
ents and friends.-Mar. Co. Register,
Unity.
Fire Squad No. 3 responded to a
call Tuesday evening to the home OF
Henry Hack on Humboldt avenue,
to care for chimney fire. No dam
age caused.
Della Mcdonald has commenced an
action in circuit court for an absolute
divorce from her husband, John 7.
Mcdonald and she also asks the
custody of their three children.
Otto Eggebrecht of this city has
been elected captain Of the 1916 foot
ball team of the River Falls normal
school. Mr.. Eggebrecht played left
halfback on the 1915 champion team.
Rev. John Lloyd of St. Johns
church, took for his subject last Sun
day evening 1.-THE Birth of Nation"
which was very timely as the drama
is being produced in the city this
week.
All pound daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs P. P. Du Bose of Taco
ma, Wash, last Tuesday, Nov. 28th.
Mrs. DuBose was formerly Myrtle
Haskin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Haskin.
Mrs. Nellia King appeared in cir
cult court Friday and was granted a
decree of absolute divorce from her
husband, Fred King, on alleged
grounds of cruel and inhuman treat
ment and desertiOn.
VIM. Dessert and family moved into
| their new residence at TIA Prospect
Ave. the past week from 305 9th
| street. Mr.. Dessert is a contractor in
concrete work and those wanting his
services will please take notice of this
change.
Wednesday telegram from Chica-
go reached this city informing friends
of the death of G. G. Livingston, a
brother of Samuel Livingston, a
former resident of this city. The de-
cedent often visited Wausau, had a
number of friends here and was well
thought of by all.
A. E. Sole has announced that ex-
celsior can be shipped from here,
Merrill and northern points in Wis
consin generally at a much lower
rate than heretofore; brought about
by the Wisconsin conference on rail
roads which gave shippers the advan-
tage of local rates. The rates will be
several cents lower than before.
NJ. L. Smith of Elderon, has bought
the Baken farm, known as the Acker-
man homestead This farm has one
of the best stock barns in this part
of the country. 1t has tilesilos, than
which there are none better. He eX-
poets to use these in connection with
another farm that he has near by.
With his new acquisition Mr.. Smith
has a fine stock farm. -Wittenberg
Enterprise.
A. J. Plowman looked after bust
ness matters at Oshkosh Monday
afternoon. We learned from Mr..
PlOwman that he is putting in a
small crew of men on an eighty in
the town of Germania to cut pulp
wood, ties and sawlogs. Later he ex-
poets to get the Foth portable saw
mill to cut the logs into lumber, for
he figures that he will find the mar
ket better for lumber than for logs.
-Wittenberg Enterprise.
The PILOT Office is extremely
busy this week, getting out and
mailing a twelve-page merchants
Trade Extension" paper, advertis-
ing their wares and sending it broad
cast throughout the county and
hopes to secure additional trade there
| by. The publication will be con-
tinued every month as before during
the ensuing year. Some good stories
and other interesting matter will be
found in its pages for Sunday and
evening reading.
The one buck hunting season ends
this year on Nov. 30, and the number
of deer. slain is far short of the general
| average, owing to the stringent law
of the busy law makers. The death
toll Of hunters has been up to the
present time exceedingly light in COM
parison to former years. The present
law may be good law in a great
measure, by preventing the extermin-
alton of the animals and the better
preservation of human life. The
game wardens report but few does
and fawns slaughtered and left in the
woods for food for wolves and wild
cats.
On Saturday, December IL, a teach
ers' institute will be held at the
Stratford high school. NJ. Mortenson,
principal of the StraUford school, will
give an address on THE Bankers
Sixty Day Method and Other Meth
ods;" Randall Johnson, principal of
the Marathon County Training school,
will. speak on Methods in Grammar"
a. &. Burg, principal of the Marathon
County Agricultural school, on "Agri-