Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-30
SHORT ITEMS

Mrs. Perry WILSON Wednesday, May
"a, 1916.
The second annual tournament Of
the Waupaca Gun club will be held
in that city on Sunday, June 18th.
Supt. S. B. Tobey delivered the. ad-
dress at the commencement exercises
of the schools at Minocqua, on Friday
of the past week.
The Rev. W. o. Carrier, president of
Carroll college, Waukesha, has been
elected president of the Wisconsin
Anti-SalOon league.
Word reached the city that daugh
ter was born unto Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Gillian, at Deer Lodge, Montana, on
Wednesday, May "A.
The Wausau Motor Car Co. sold two
Studebakers last Friday, one to Geo.
Stuhlfauth and the other to L. H.
Wheeler, both seven passenger cars.
The great stunt nowadays is to have
a preparedness parade" Marshfeld
is to have one, also Oshkosh, and
many other towns are talking about it.
The Wisconsin district of the Evan
gelical synod of North America will
convene in Wausau on the 14th of
June and remain in session for one
week.
Frank K. Bissell left Friday with
his father, w. H. Bissell of Wausau,
for a business trip to Laurel, Miss.
He expects to be home this week.
Marshffeld Times.
G. w. Borowitz is remodeling his
store building on Jefferson street,
making almost a new building of it.
A new plate glass front is to be put in
and the front bricked up.
The baseball clubs in the valley are
getting ready for a series of games.
Last Sunday Marshfield played at
Grand Rapids. On Memorial day, Mos
inee will play at Grand Rapids.
Judge A. H. Reid addressed the
Mems club of the M. E. church Sun
day, on work With the Boys" Mrs.
E. L. BOehm sang. This was the last
meeting of the club until next fall.
Thos. H. Ryan, postmaster, has been
appointed one of a number to make
arrangements for state meet of post
masters, which is to be held in Mil
waukee on the 9th and 2Sth days of
September.
Hobart Bancroft, who graduates
from Wayland academy, Beaver DAM
Wis, won a silver medal in a recent
interstate oratorical contest of acad-
emies, held at Culver, Indiana. Mr..
Bancroft is the son OF Rev. and Mrs.
w. D. Bancroft of this city.
Notices have been sent out from
democratic headquarters to the effect
that a special train will leave Mil
waukee at a. m, June 18th, 1916,
for the democratic national cOnven-
ton, and will arrive in st. Louis on
the same evening at p. M. The
round trip is $1568
The clocks throughout Great Britain
have been pushed ahead one hour dur
ing the summer season, in order to
give labor an hour more pleasure
at the end of the day. The matter is
being agitated in the east and it is
thought clocks in this country will
be set one hour ahead until next Sep
TENDER.
Last Tuesday ]. L. Columbo, while
arranging for some work in the build
ing OF G. w. BOrOwitZ, was injured
by brick which had been tossed from
a chimney which was being torn down
The blow rendered him unconscious
and his head was quite severely cut
He was not laid up longer than the
balance of the day.
Adequate lighting in Wisconsin fac
tories would mean a saving of 100000
annually in accident costs. This is
the information contained in a letter
sent to all the factories in the state
today by the industrial commission,
which says it intends to send a letter
regularly to manufacturers of the
state showing how to cut down their
costs.
On the 27th of Dec. 1913, the mer-
chandise store at Gleason, Lincoln
Co. Wis. was burglarized and man
by the name of Paul Schulke disap-
peared from the town at the same
time. A warrant was issued for his
arrest but he could not be located I'M
til the other day. when he was ar
rested in Montana and brought back
to Merrill last Thursday for trial
Miss Mathilda Behnke has made an
application through the circuit court
for a decree of absolute divorce from
her husband, Herman Behnke. on the
grounds OF cruel and inhuman treat
ment. The plaintiff asks for a division
of their property. the care and Gus
tody of their minor child. allowance
for costs of action and all other de-
sirable relief as the court may deem
advisable.
J. X. P. Hubbard and John Egeler
have been appointed by Cutler post
as delegates to the G. \. r. encamp-
ment. which is to be held in Ripon. on
the 18th. 18th and 10th days of June.
Alternates Jos. Susor and Charles
Thielke. The Ladies of the G. A. +.
appointed Mrs. Harriet Hanley and
Mrs. Louis Redetzke as delegates and
Mrs. \. Pittsley and Miss Ida Hubbard
as alternates.