Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
SHORT ITEMS

Marshfield is arranging to build
100000 school house.
F.. B. Laabs has announced himself
as a candidate for sheriff on the re-
publican ticket.
The NJ E. church base ball nine
defeated the Universalist nine at the
Y grounds on Tuesday evening.
The Epworth League of the First
Methodist church has discontinued its
meetings for the months of July and
August.
Mrs. Geo. A. Jewson of Birnam
wood, recently passed through an
operation at st. Mary's hospital, in
this city.
Figures compiled by the forces now
in the field indicate that the allies
will outnumber the Germans in the
next drive.
Letters received state that C. H.
Ingraham is in New York, and after
week of active training for his
work, he will depart for France.
The Central Wisconsin Loggers' as
ISOLATION will meet Friday at Amigo
at the Butterfeld hotel, at ten o'clock
in the morning, for its regular meet
ing.
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
tons taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. SIG Mcclellan st.
Phone 1871 matt
The Murray-Mylrea Machine COM
pany has increased it's capital from
$4,000 to $4,000 The plant is do
ing large and increasing business.
1t is located at Amigo and employs
% men at present.
A hot air balloon sent up at Kau-
kauna at 3 o'clock p. M, on the
Fourth, descended in a field east of
the city after trip of five hours. A
tag tied to it gave the information
as to time and place where it was
started.
Amigo in it's census shows popu-
lation of so Indians in it's city. They
are most of them single men work
ing in the saw mills. They represent
five different tribes: The Chippewas,
Menomonees, Stockbridges, Winneba-
goes and Pottowotomies.
On Sunday evening the second union
service for the summer was con-
Quoted at the First Methodist church.
A duet was given by Messrs. Williams
and Evans. Rev. D. j. Williams
preached the sermon, taking "The
Dooreof Hope" as his subject.
William Averill, one of the old citi-
zens of Lincoln county, died Sunday,
June 80. He was born in Merrill,
Feb. 9th, 70 years ago. He was
a veteran of the civil war. He leaves
wife and eight children, and one
brother, Chill, of Leroy, Calf.
Two army trucks passed through
Wausau on Wednesday evening. They
were on trial trip from Jersey City
to st. Paul. They were manned by
soldiers and drew heavy loads. The
with our roads. II they waited until
after the rain on the Fourth they
would have been up against the real
thing.
Charged with interrupting public
meeting in the town of Easton on
July %, William Schlie of that town
was arrested and brought to this city
for preliminary examination. Friday
afternoon he was taken before ]. P.
Riley, justice of the peace. Pleading
not guilty the defendants hearing was
postponed until Thursday. 1t is said
that Schlie attempted to break up
the meeting and to discourage per-
sons from subscribing for War Saw
ing Stamps.
The past week the two large straw
berry beds at the Marathon County
Asylum have been filled with pick
ers and large quantity of the lus-
cious fruit, only such as can be raised
in Marathon county, were canned for
next winters use. The asylum has
two of as fine strawberry beds as
there are in the county, but the dry
weather of early spring, prevented
as large a crop as usual. Under the
care of Mr.. Duncan, Supt., these beds
furnish great plenty for the asylum's
use!