Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-06-04


ing the old Indian mounds in Villas
PARK, nearing completion, Madison
can boast of having one of the largest
number OF permanently preserved
mounds of any city in the country
Besides those at Villas park there are
some in Burroughs park, on the uni
verslty campus, one eighty-two feet
long.
Two Rivers-This city will retain
the Lake Shore ball park for ball
games this summer Although the park
had been leased to the Wisconsin Pea
Gamers company for growing peas
and blowing had already been started,
the protest made by fans was needed
and the park will be restore to it's
former use.
Racine-Hurled violently against the
wall by an unknown man whom he
found ransacking his downtown Off
ces, DR.. Simon H. Sauter received
painful injuries about the head and had
an arm wrenched. After battle that
shifted from the office, into the hall
and down a stairway, the burglar es-
capped.
acknowledging conditions there to
be extremely unhealthful for the forty
inmates, deputies of the state board of
health served motive on the Racine
county board of supervisors to install
of in he
Union Grove complete new system
of plumbing and gas sewers.
La Valle-The five and one-half
miles of railroad extending from La
Vale through Ironton to Cazenovia
has been sold by Joseph Duren and
Joseph Leimkuehler to E. A. Lee,
George Fisher, J. c. Anderson and
Jackson Walsh, of Cazenovia, the price
paid being $22,5OO.
Ripon-The silver trophy for high
est average standing went to Ripon,
and first and second individual places
to Paul Rodewald and Mathilda Mathi-
son, respectively, of Ripon, in the in
A cash prize of $3.50 goes with first
place.
Beloit-Hart H. Colby, Civil war
veteran, died here from injuries sus-
tanned by falling from an automobile.
| Official war records credit him with
being the first Wisconsin soldier to fire
at the Confederates in the war.
Appleton-Four members of the
Mormon church, who have been hold
ing meetings at Appleton, were ar
rested for insulting women. The men
were ordered to leave the city and
not to return.
Menasha-The Rev. R. G. Ruegg of
the Congregational church here has
been appointed an instructor at one of
the cantonments at Camp Lewis, on
American lake, near Tacoma, Wash.
Wausau - Automobile owners of
Wausau have contributed fifty old tires
to a collection now being made and
which is to be sold for the benefit of
the Red Cross.
Wausau = Informed from Washing
ton that no legal barrier exists, city
authorities will proceed with the sale
of bonds for construction of the first
unit for a central school.
Oshkosh-Local cafs on the Eastern
Wisconsin ElE ctric companys lines
will be operated by one man beginning
May &c. The charge is explained by
the company as necessary economy.
Marinette - Four hundred German
text books will be publicly burned on
June in Menominee, the school board
having determined to suspend teach
ing of that language.
Pennington -. Twenty-seven pounds
of butter in seven days, is the perform
ance of young Holstefn COW on Elm
wood Stock farm, owned by William
H. Gruhle of Pennington.
Richland Center-The last piece of
plank sidewalk in this city disappear
ed the other day when concrete walk
was laid in front of the Toms furniture
store.
Birchwood-The clipping of three
long wooded sheep at Brentwood, pur-
chased last fall, showed an average of
$3.50 a head.
Waterford-Henry Kempkin, ga, was
gored and tramped to death by bull
at his brothers farm west of this viii
lage.
Portage-Old Fort Winnebago, near
this city, historic fur trading post, flies
an honor flag for the third Liberty |
loan.
Oshkosh-Norman Richmond, resi- |
dent of Wisconsin for seventy years |
and builder of the first paper mill in |
the Fox river valley, passed away at |
the home of his daughter Mrs. George
A Young.
Neenah-Charged with having in his
possession the spawn of sturgeon, |
commonly called caviar, Paul Sielaff |
of Hortonville was arraigned in munic-
ipal court Upon pleading guilty he
was given the alternative of six
months in the workhouse or paying a
fine and costs of $3.50.
Phelps-John Price, the Indian, who
deserted from Oneida county's first
contingent of drafted men just before
departing for Camp Grant on the night
of April 25, was captured few days
ago by ]. G. Holland, postmaster of
Phelps.
Racine - An award of $4,000 and |