Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-07
SHORT ITEMS

A fre-proof vault is being put into
the Wausau high school.
The tuberculosis sanatorium at Will
lowbrook, Wis, was opened the past
week.
F. A. Lonsdorf, of Amigo, was COM
missioned postmaster of Athens on
March 2.
The Marathon County Asylum trus-
tees met in regular monthly session
on Thursday.
The business men of Amigo are pre-
pairing to organize Merchants and
Manufacturers association.
F. J. Smith of Merrill has announced
that he will be a candidate for reelec-
ton to the Office OF mayor of that city.
Last Tuesday D. ]. Murray, ST., had
a serious fall on a slippery walk which
has laid him up with sprained an
kle.
Bank examiners have been visiting
the National German American and
First National banks in this city the
past week.
Nestor Humblett, of the town of
PloYer, charged with a statutory Of
fence, whose examination was to have
taken place last Thursday, was put
over until next Thursday.
The laws make it necessary that
all nomination papers be filed with the
city clerk on or before the 18th of
March, and each candidate must file
a statement of his disbursements.
There was a great rush on Tues
day to get income blanks into the
hands of the assessor of incomes, Aug.
Rapraeger, March 1st 1t meant a
fine after that date not to have them
in.
The next monthly meeting of the
Wausau Merchants and Manufacturers
association will be held Monday, Mar.
18th, at the city hall. H. G. FIieth will
deliver an address on Credit" at this
time.
r. c. WEIGH who has long been run
ming hack and later taxy line in
Wausau, has disposed of his business.
1t doesn't seem just natural not to
have WEIGH operating bus line of
some sort.
John Hutchinson of Wausau was in
the city on Monday coming down to
pay his taxes and visit with friends
Mr.. Hutchinson is engineer at the new
packing plant at Wausau.-GrandRa Rap
ids Tribune.
Abe Krider was arrested and
brought into municipal court Thurs
dax on Of
thirty pounds of brass from two mi
nors, stolen by them from the premises
of the Mathie Brewing Co. Mr.. Krider
plead guilty and was fined $4,000 and
costs.
Six boys were arrested at Merrill
Wednesday for stealing copper wire
from the Wisconsin Valley Electric
company. This should be a warning
to all boys who have an eye on copper
wire, brass or any like articles, be-
longing to other parties. 1t is just
the same as stealing money.
The Pilot gave the wrong date last
week as to the meeting of the Mems
club of the First Universalist church
We will give it right this week, in
black type: Thursday evening, March
18th. On that occasion Peter Hoffman
of Chicago, coroner of Cook county,
will deliver an address on Safety"
d. S. Burnett and Bogue Burnett of
Wausau are in the city doing some
engineering work for the jackson
Milling company. The engineers are
taking levels up and down the river
for the information of the company
which owns the local water power
Stevens Point Daily Journal CWednes-
day.
Some cold weather has been with
us the past week. On Friday NOR
ming it seemed the coolest of the win
ter. There was some humidity in the
atmosphere and ten degrees below
zero, and everybody who had the
courage to go out of doors were shiv-
ering. Saturday morning was not
quite so cold but it was plenty cold
enough.
Louis a. Pradt of Wausau, a senior
in the College of Letters and Science
and first year student in law, Uni
VerSlty of Wisconsin, has been chosen
as chairman of the Clowns committee
for the University circus. which is to
be given soon. Mr.. Pradt is also edi-
tor of the Skyrocket column of the
Daily Cardinal.
Nladimer Krejcie a resident of the
town of Emmett, being held on a charge
of selling intoxicating liquor, appear
ed before Judge Marchetti Friday NOR
ming and entered a plea of guilty. The
court eased him down gently by as
sessing him $4,000 and costs, which
were promptly handed over to his
Honor by the lawless wet goods dealer.
a man down in Portage county by
the name of Walosek, met with a
| queer accident last Wednesday. He
was walking across a log pond on the
ice, when the ice broke and let one
| foot through in front of a pine
| through which steam was being forced
| to warm up the pond. His leg was
scalded up to the knee and he had 10
| be taken TO the hospital.
w. W. Thompson of Ravenna, Mich.
! closed deal Saturday whereby he be-
| comes owner of the WauSau News Co..
| possession to be taken March Is, when
Mr.. Thompson and family move from
| their present home to this city The
new proprietor promises some new
| feature improvements in the business
| from time to time, and hopes event
ually to meet the approval of his
| patrons.
Petitions asking for the repeal of
the "one buck" law have been sent in
to the governor. 1t is claimed that
the law does not protect the game
that female deer are killed in great
numbers; it is impossible to distin-
| guish between the male and female
when they are running and that the
law causes a decrease in the number
of deer and an increase in the num-
! Der of wolves.
Edward J. Neuenschwander of Ath-
| ems, second year student in the Law