Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-10-08
SHORT ITEMS

~ Milwaukee in November.
A. Hooper is confined to his home
Nv illness, but getting along very
nicely.
The bowling clubs of this city are
arranging for their fall and winter
games.
Miss Ida Wheeler has been confined
n her home for the last two weeks
by illness.
The Marathon County Council of De-
tense will meet in regular session at
the court House at 1880 o'clock this
evening.
warner Bump came home from
Madison Saturday, being i'll with
gD3nish influenza. He is getting
aJons very nicely.
Miss Anna KoIlath, 623 Park ave-
nue.. and Thomas l.. Berries, 314 Wash
jngton street, have just about re-
covered from influenza attacks.
A. |. Lathrop was taken ill with
Spanish influenza the past week.
which later developed into pneumonia,
and he is reported seriously i'll.
The necessity of digging potatoes
is so urgent to get them out of the
ground before freezing time, that
many put in Sunday on the fields.
John Field of st. Louis, passed away
Sunday morning. He was formerly a
teacher in st. Paul's parochial school,
and married a Wausau girl, Miss Lena
Miller.
Lena Roether was granted a divorce
in circuit court Friday from her hus-
band, Charles Roether, upon complaint
Of alleged and cruel and inhuman
treatment.
The Drost brothers, Jesse and AL
bert, of this city, have been indicted
into ehe army and are now awaiting
transportation to Camp Grant by
sheriff Goerling.
The Christian Scientist Sunday
chOol hour has been changed from
$3.50 o'clock to II o'clock. The sub
iect tor next Sunday will be "Are Sin,
Disease and Death Real?"
The county Jail is at present oc-
cupied by four male subjects from
the country on charges of seditious
utterance and comprise a German,
Swede, a Norwegian and a Frenchman,
awaiting court examination in opposi-
ton to federal authority.
An island in Tug lake, Sec. 35, town
ship 80, north, and others, range 6
east containing 0.23 acres, has been
surveyed and a plat thereof will be
filed in the U. S. Land office on Nov.
18th, 1918. Applications for the entry
Of said land will be received after that
date.
Frank Okoneski, who recently en-
listed and has been in military train
ing at Marquette College, Milwaukee,
is reported very i'll with pneumonia
at st. Mary's hospital in that city.
John OkonesH departed Sunday even
ing for Milwaukee to be with his
brother.
Saturday afternoon in circuit court
katherine Tetzlaff was granted a di-
yorce from her husband, Michael Tetz-
lalI, the children of the plaintiff being
awarded to the plaintiff by Judge
Reid. The Judge also ordered the
defendant to pay $4,000 per month ali
mony to the plaintiff.
Last Saturday the Wausau High
school foot ball team played with the
Stevens Point High School team and
met defeat which was rather de-
cisiye The score standing at the
close of the game 81 to nothing. The
game was played at Stevens Point and
quite a number went down from here
to be in attendance.
Joseph Conklin of Brokaw, died at
st. Mary's hospital Sunday morning,
after weeks illness with pneumonia.
The deceased was Dorn in Michigan,
April "A, 1882, and was thirty-six
years, five months and twelve days.
The remains will be taken to Rapid
River, Michigan, for burial. Surviv-
ing are the widow and one child.
Hugh l.. Drown, grandson of Mrs.
s. s. Armstrong of this city, is danger
ouSly i'll at the Great Lakes Naval
Training station with pneumonia. He
was taken i'll about three weeks ago
with Spanish influenza, and for the
last two weeks has been in a serious
condition. Mrs. Drown is at Wau-
kegan, H., awaiting the outcome.
John Sloan was arraigned in NUM-
cipal court Saturday forenoon on
charge of driving an auto in violation
OF a city law, passing a street car,
which was discharging passengers.
The court found the defendant guilty
and fined him $1,000 and costs. The
fine, however, was suspended for GER
tain reasons and costs were paid by
Mr.. Sloan.
Miss Brady, the county food demon
stration agent, gave a canning dem
unstration at the Industrial school to-
day. On Wednesday she will be at
the home of Mrs. J. w. Foster at
GIandon and give a demonstration on
sugarless recipes. Thursday, Miss
Brady will give another demonstra-
ton, which will be at st. Mary's hos
pital. on sugarless deserts and uses
OF cottage cheese.