Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-08-17

occurred. Capt. Frank Fountain of the
life saving station said that the gale
was sufficiently strong to have blown
a grown person from the pier
Monroe-Whilc SOC persons from all
parts of the state, including speakers
from the state dairy school at Madi-
son, were enjoying themselves at the
annual picnic of the Brown Swiss Cat
tie Breeders association on the N S.
Schmidt farm, west Of Monroe, John
F,echte-, IS, an employee of Schmidt,
climbed to the haymow of the large
barn on the place and hanged himself
TO beam. Fiechter was an ex-army
man and married. The motive of the
act is a mystery.
Kenosha-Official circles of Kenosha
were stirred by the announcement by
Judge James E. Tully that he would
ask the county board for the removal
of Miss Laura Hahn, county probation
officer. Lack of cooperation between
the court ana the Office are given as
the cause for the request. Miss Hahn
declares that all the misNnderstand-
ing has arisen because she insists on
the right to employ and discharge the
persons working in her own office.
Eau Claire-Two horses, freed of
their wagon raced into an automobile
driven by Paul Schlieve. One horse
leaped on top'of the car, smashing the
windshield and utterly demolishing the
front of the machine. The flying glass
cut one hand and ear of MIS-. Paine of
Bloomer, whom Mr.. Schlieve was TAX
ing to the Sacred Heart hospital. AS
the horse leaped from the wrecked car
a loop in the harness dragged the
machine across the street.
Merrill = Despite notice given the
Constitutional league at Wausau that
the meeting at which Ole Hanson, for
mer mayor of Seattle, would speak,
would be broken up, the first annual
picnic of the Edward Burns post,
American legion, at Riverside park,
was attended by nearly 5000 persons
The address of Mr. Hanson was di-
rected at both capital and labor, urg-
ing them TO be fair for the best pros
perity of the city.
misunderstanding to the Wis
consin Potato Growers association and
the state agricultural college, the
largest field of certified seed potatoes
in Wisconsin is that on Sunset farm,
near Clearwater Jake in Oneida coun-
ty. The field is the property of Clark
+ G. Kinney of Three Lakes. 1t con
prises 800 acres. According to infor-
nation from Madison this is also the
largest certified potato field in the
world.
Menasha, = The destruction of the
Episcopal church at Oneida at a re-
ported loss of $4,000 had a strange
effect upon the Indians at the reserva-
ton. They danced about the ruins
and performed strange rites, thinking
that the Great Spirit was angry with
them. They held council and raised
| $1,000 toward the building of new
church. The building was destroyed
by lightning.
Eau Claire-On account of the poor
water supply. fire which broke out in
the yards of the John H. Kaiser Lum-
Der Co. for a time threatened the
whole district. The water pressure
was not sufficient to combat the flames
and only a change in the wind saved
the large saw mill of the company and
adjacent buildings The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Darlington-The Georgetown posi-
office, just over the line in Grant coun-
ty, in existence for over half a cen
fury, has been discontinued James
Jeffry, postmaster for thirty years and
now an old man, has gone to Water
loo, Ia, to make his home with a son.
The patrons of the Office will hereafter
get their mail on rural delivery from
Platteville.
Observation-Disclosures long run in
an attempt to catch a train, A Wise,
1 prominent throughout the northwest
as a real estate broker and banker,
died of overexertion. Mr.. Wise was
pioneer of the west, making a trip
from North Dakota to the Pacific ocean
by team before railroads were built
Sheboygan-The keen nose of po-
liceman of Sheboygan resulted in the
arrest of r. H. Belling and H. It. Bel
ling, the confscation of 120 quarts of
! whisky and an automobile. The men
asked the policeman how to find a
certain address. The officer smelled
liquor and made the arrest
Kenosha Five negroes who were
making their way from Chicago to
Milwaukee in a stolen automobile,
were captured here by the local po-
lice. The negroes were desperate,
however, and more than twenty shots
We're exchanged before they were sub
dued. No one was hurt.
Monroe-The George SEEK farm, &C.
counted one of the best farms in the
town of Clarno in Green county, was
4 sold to John Hadimann for $4,000.
Inc farm CONSISTS Oh LOU acres, mdk-
ing the sale price 1912 per acre. Mr..
Haldimann obtains possession next
March.
Brentwood - Francis Clauser, a.,
only son of Mrs v L. C1auser a wild
ow, was drowned in Cedar lake in
sight of many friends The boys cries
attracted attention, but he went I'M
der before help could reach him.
Fond du Lac-A c. McHenry, mayor
of Oshkosh, and candidate for the L.
S. senate on the Democratic ticket,
addressed a crowd from an automobile
in front of the court house here. 1t
hammered that James THOMPSON of La