Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-01-04
SHORT ITEMS.

1he adjourned term OF the Mara
| thOn county court reconvenes WeGeneS
day, Judge Park of Stevens Pint, pre-
siding in place of Judge Reid of thi
city who is presiding at similar tern
in Stevens Point.
There is to be a farmers institute
at Spencer, on Thursday and FRIDAY
Jan 9th ana 7th, 1916, conducted by
| w. c. Bradley Of Hudson, assisted BY
W. H. Clark of Rice Lake and J. W
| Hicks of Prentice.
As the grip is an epidemic in Wau.
sau, the following advice placardeo
| extensively in the city of New York,
is we'll to heed:
| Cover up each cough and sneaZe
Ii you don't you'll spread disease .
The case of Kostanty Balcer VS.. c.
NJ. q st. POul Railroad Co., pending
/ In circuit court for some time. was
| dismissed Friday by stipulation. The
| matter of the recovery of the value OF
some household goods lost by the COM
pany being amicably settled.
The annual meeting of the Mara
thOn County Agricultural society has
been called to meet at the court
AAOAoO W - . L. SAlI AStICs SCCESLdIN OLl
Thursday evening at 7:30 O'Clock, to
elect a board of directors, listen to
reports and for such other business
as may come before it.
The branding of structural timber
an idea which has been advocated
for several years by the Forest Prod
ucts laboratory of the University of
iscOnsin-has just been put into prac-
tice by one of the largest mills in the
country which has adopted a brand to
be stamped on all its structural ma
terial.
On charge OfaSSault and battery,
Herbert Fischer, of Marathon was
hailed into Justice Larners court in
this city Tuesday evening of last
week and was fined $500 and costs
So 50. Fred Langenhahn being the
the victim and complainant had
the satisfaction of furnishing his as
saiIant.
Do you make New York resolutions?
If so, how long do you keep them?
Most of our readers will find food for
sound Thought in the special illustra-
ted New Years article which appears
elsewhere in this issue of the Pilot
Perhaps you will be strengthened
enough to stick to your vows without
a single slip.
The. weather so far this winter in
this part of Wisconsin has been ideal.
There was only one day in which the
thermometer went below zero. Sleigh
ing has been exceptionally good for
several weeks and the conditions for
logging never better. On New Years S
day rain fell in torrents. but it in no
way affected the sleighing, but helped
it rather.
Ernest Nelson was brought from
Marshtield to this city Wednesday on
a statutory charge. He was taken be-
fore Judge Marchetti Thursday fore
noon for preliminary examination and
was held for trial at the next term Of
the municipal court. A bail bond
in the sum of $500 was exacted of him
I for his appearance when wanted.
The city schools opened Monday
morning after a holiday vacation of
two weeks. Most Of the teachers who
enjoyed the holidays at their homes
out of the city, arrived in Wausau
Saturday and are again hard at work.
Both teachers and students are bene-
flied by the well-earned rest and re-
creation and will start the new year
with renewed interest. Our city
schools are doing good work and are
credit to those in charge.
The warehouse on the premises of
Morris Hoffman, on the corner of
Seventh street and Chicago avenue,
was broken open and entered by a
burglar or burglars on Wednesday
evening, who carried off fifteen skunk
skins, fox peIt and a raccoon pelt,
the theft not being discovered until
Thursday morning. The thieves, in
order TO destroy any evidence which
might incriminate them, then set fire
to the building which was later dis
covered and extinguished. No trace
of the thieves has yet been discovered;
strong suspicious, however, exist.