Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-01-02

Ogden the discussion and supper at
the Baptist church by the club of that
society was postponed from Wednes-
day evening until tomorrow evening.
The Frank Baker VS.. Frank Zell
case was one of the circuit court cases
tried Friday. A verdict of $1,000 was
awarded the plaintiff. The conten-
ton was over an account and the
of COW and a calf
They had three community Christ
mas trees at Merrill on Christmas,
placed as follows: One on the court
house lawn, one at Hotel Badger park
and one in the 9Th ward, all electric
ally lighted by the Wisconsin Valley
Electric Co.
The post Office at Birnamwood was
on Wednesday night. The
burglar only secured a few stamps,
enough probably to pay for Christmas
presents sent out by him. 1t is dan
gerous way, however, to get even with
the government.
The past two weeks of cold weather
has enabled lumber companies in the
Wisconsin pinery to build their ice
roads and get in readiness for big
winters work. The swamps, creeks
and rivers are now as solid as if
paved with granite.
The ice harvesters-the Healy-
Brown Co., and the Wausau Ice &
Fuel Co., are busy these days making
preparations to gather in their sup
plies of ice for the present year and
expect to begin cutting and storing
their crops this week.
Charles Frederickson, lumberman
of Rhinelander, so years old, superin-
tendent for Brown Brothers Lumber
Co., was instantly killed on Wednes
day. He was checking up some lum-
Der and slipped back onto the rail-
road track and was struck by a train
On the grounds of cruel and in
human treatment the case of f. w.
Bunker VS.. Elizabeth Bunker was
heard in municipal court Wednesday,
the plaintiff asking for divorce from
the defendant. The casee in under ad-
visement, and is to be decided at a
later date
The hotels in the city have been de-
void of their usual quota of CONNER.
cial men and country visitors during
the past week, owing to their guests
remaining at home and otherwise to
enjoy the seasons activities and fes-
tivities with their kin and most in
innate friends.
Petitions are being circulated for
signatures asking the legislature to
repeal the "one buck" law. This
should be done and require the bucks
to wear trousers and the does alb
breviated skirts. AS it is a hunter
finds it necessary to taste the blood
of a deer before he can determine it's
sex.
A mass meeting of those interested
in the temperance movement in Wis
consin will be held in Madison the
22d day of jan, which will be adj
dressed by William Jennings Bryan.
1t will be a tremendous gathering,
as representatives Of temperance or
CARNATIONS all over the state will at
tend.
The Marathon County Agricultural
society meets at the court house in
this city Thursday, January 4th, for
the election of officers and the trans
action of such other business as may
come before that body. President B.
F. Wilson and Secretary J. D. Christie
are the present head officers of the
society.
We are to have four eclipses of the
sun and three of the moon this year.
The first takes place Jan. rs and will
be total obscuring visible in North
America as we'll as South America
and western Europe and Africa. No
other eclipses will be visible here I'M
til December %, when there will be
another total eclipse of the moon.
James Meehan, Jr., a native of Por-
tage, Sc years old, died at Minneapo-
lis on Sunday, Dec. "a, of pneumonia.
He is survived by his widow and one
son, his father, James Meehan, ST.,
Milwaukee; one brother, Raymond, of
st. Paul, and four sisters, viz: Mrs
E. ]. Pfffner of Stevens Point; Mrs.
L. NJ. Rounds of Blaine, Wash, and
Mrs. A. H. Scott and Miss Nora Nee
han of Milwaukee.
The committees of the county board
having charge of the settling with
various county officers, were in .ses-
sion the past week For the county
clerk, register of deeds and county
judge-Arden Paronto, Mosinee; ]. T.
Schoenike. town Plover, and Louis
Leak of this city. For county treas
urer, clerk of the court, and district
attorney-Ed. J. Rifieman, city; Al
bert Erney, village of Edgar, and Fred
Borchardt, town Texas.
Louis Champine was arrested a few
days ago on a circuit court bench
warrant, charging him with contempt
of court The court had previously
ordered that Champine pay the sum
of $1,000 month for the support of
his wife, who had previously di-
vorced him. and the warrant charges
that only $4,000 had been paid and
that he is now $4,000 in arrears. Fri
day the defendant had q hearing in