Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-27
SHORT ITEMS

Preliminary steps are being taken
to organize militia company at An
tigo.
C. G. Kruger addressed the Mems
club at the NJ E. church on Sunday
noon.
/ The Curtis-Taege Ginseng garden
shipped out 500 pounds of ginseng on
Friday. It's value was $1,000.
The Wausau Sun is to be moved into
the building at SO71a WASHINGTON
street, from the west side, on April
1st
Last Wednesday, C. G. Kruger told
the students of the Marathon County
Agricultural school of his recent trip
in the south.
Passion Week will be observed in
the First Methodist church this week
with meetings every evening begin
ming tonight until Friday, incldsive.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Dana have
moved their household goods into
their new home Oh 1911 East Fulton
street and are now being settled there.
April 1 is Palm Sunday and the
Sunday following is Easter, the end
of Lent, and the re-opening of the So
cial season, to the delight of the re-
stricted.
Bananas were sold out by weight for
the first time in Wausau last week.
Large bananas, which were before
sold for 20 to 25 cents per dozen,
brought 35 cents.
The steam tractor and crew were
still very busily engaged in thawing
out the frozen catch basins through
out the city during the past week, and
expect to be busy for some time to
come before they complete said occu-
patton.
Mrs. Florence Curran Estes, daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Curran, of Stevens Point, and for
mer teacher in our city schools, died
on March 18th, at Hanover hospital,
Milwaukee, from acute dilatation of
the heart.
Those who contemplate planting
patches of ground this season should
remember that always after a deep
snow, such as covered all northern
Wisconsin the past winter, the best
crops are raised. So select your piece
of ground and go to it.
Fred Marth, charged with indecent
exposure of his person, was arraigned
in municipal court Tuesday evening.
Entering a plea of guilty, he was
fined $4,000 and costs, amounting to
| $500; a lesson he will undoubtedly
retain in his mind for some time to
come.
A man by the name of Frank Lucai,
newcomer to this city, tried to mail
letter in a fire alarm station last
| Thursday The result was a fire
alarm was turned in and the man ar
rested and afterwards released when
it was found that he did not know
any better.
Three of Wausau's young people
who are students in the River Falls
Normal school have been honored as
| follows: Norman Johnson has been
chosen treasurer of the Junior class !;
Archie Anderson is sergeant-at-arms
of the Normal Catholic association,
and Ernest Pearson vice president.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. Goerling, who
| lately sold their home to August Kick
busch, are packing up their house
hold goods preparatory to removal to
the Hotel Bells and from there will
remove later to the Lyon cottage on
the west bank of the Wisconsin river,
which they have rented for the sea-
son.
The River Falls Normal school bas-
hGlDdlt lSdlu NOu lilS SldlC
ship this year. Otto Eggebrecht of
this city, played center for this team,
and was the star player during the
past season. Mr.. -Eggebrecht was
captain of the River Falls football
team last fall, which also secured the
state hohors.
Mitchell Forebare, charged with
non-support of his wife and two mi
nor children, was arraigned in munich
pal court Wednesday evening. His
preliminary examination was adj
journed to Wednesday and he was re-
quired to furnish a bail bond in the
sum of $500 for his appearance in
court on the prescribed day and date
for trial