Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-02-10
SHORT NEWS ITEMS

Thursday is the anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln.
Helen Everett was i'll the past week
with the humps. She is now re-
covered.
The w. C. T. U. Is conducting a
drive for membership and for funds
this week.
Ed Nicolls who had been confined to
his home by illness is able to be up
and around again.
1t has been very warm since cand-
1emas day, almost warm enough to
sit out on the poTches.
Miss Mollie Rood who has been
confined to her home by illness the
past week is improving.
LsN. Larson was on the sick list
last week. He was able, to be at the
Novelty Company on Monday.
The two little daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph w. Collie, who have been
i'll the past week, are improving.
Stanley BlOomski, husband of Mrs.
BlOOmski, at Rhinelander, held on
charges of beating her son Albin, aged
six, to death, is also under arrest on
chargs of having been an accomplice
4 large crew of men are at work
clearing ground and getting ready to
build the new concrete dam for the
Wisconsin Valley Electric Company,
at the foot of the falls: side tracks
are being laid, etc.
Boy Scout week is being celebrated
this week. Services were held at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday evening,
the scouts attending in a body. The
annual Scout banquet will be given
Friday evening.
J. d. Christie has been offered the
position of Superintendent of the
County Asylum and County Home
and Hospital. to succeed M. H. Dun
can, resigned, by the board of trus-
tees. MIR. Christie is considering the
offer.
Father and son week will be OBJ
served next week from February IS
to p. \ banquet will be given at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Wednesday, February Is,
at the gymnasium at $50 o'clock.
Judge A. H.Reid will be one OF the
speakers of the evening.
At the meeting of the Democrats in
Wisconsin held at Milwaukee, d. d.
Conway. Grand Rapids; Thomas J.
, Kearney, Racine, were endorsed for
delegates at large for the national
convention and Karl Mathie of Wau-
sau and j. w. Brown of Stevens Point
chosen district delegates
On account of the prevalence of
Influenza in that locality, the Carni-
val and basket sociable for the bene-
fit of the new st. Frances parsonage
that was to have been given at A
Feits hall KnOwltOn, Wednesday even
ing the eleventh, has been postponed
until after Easter. This was thought
the safest thing to do under the cir
cumstances.
Stanley Stapleton of Milwaukee,
convicted on two charges involving
young woman. has been sentenced to
ten years in states prison. Steps are
being taken by attorneys TO appeal
from the verdict and sentence to the
supreme court. The court denied ad-
mission of bail pending the appeal
The case was tried before Judge a. H.
Reid of this city
OF several deaths from bullets of
deer hunters, one under unusual con-
ditiOns has been reported to the con-
servation commission 1t is that of
Earl Darling, Medford, killed north
of Merrill by a bullet which passed
through the body of a deer. Mr..
Darling was hunting with COM
panion. Spying a doe. he shot. The
animal untouched. started toward
him, and he cried to his partner to
shoot as it passed The bullet went
entirely through the body of the deer
and the body of the man. killing both
instantly.
Rub Partisan Sage on your head
and you will not have to scratch the
dandruff off: cures all scalp irrita-
ton; gives a luXuriant head of hair.
W. w. Albers sells it on money-back
plan.