Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-08

90, died suddenly here OF heart dis
ease. He came to this country when
ii and enlisted at 81 in the United
States army under Buffalo Bill" with
whom he fought Indians of the West
ern plains for five years. He had
lived in Chippewa Falls for the past
thlrty-eight years, for seventeen max
ing pop near Irvine Park, and for the
past twelve representing the New
York Life Insurance company. He
was a member of the county board
and city council for II years.
MadisOn-To further Wisconsin's
program of purer water supplies. the
United States public health service
has detailed Assistant Sanitary Engi-
neer Joel l. Connolly, Boston, for serv-
ice with the Wisconsin state board OF
health. He is assisting in investiga-
tons of water SUPPLIES in this state,
particularly in correction with those
used by interstate carriers. Under
this cooperative plan he is associated
with the bureau of sanitary engineer
ing under the direction of c. M. Baker,
state sanitary engineer.
after midnight, for a time threatened
to wipe out the town. 1t was checked
after all the buildings on the main
business block had been destroyed
The fire started in the electric light
ing plant and completely destroyed
the building, leaving the town in
darkness The Hilbert Theater and a
garage in which twelve cars were
stored. were also destroyed. The loss
will total at least $4,000 and little of
it is covered by insurance.
Oshkosh-Achilles Bleck, an Osh-
kosh young man who confessed that
over-indulgence in crap shooting
games" was the cause of his downfall.
was sentenced to one and one-half
years in the state reformatory at
Green Bay. He admitted forging five
payroll checks of the Bergstrom Paper
company of Neenah. Possession of
the blank checks came when a supply
was printed by local printing office,
where he was employed.
Fond du Lac-A wool growers or
ganization to eliminate the middle
man has been formed by farmers in
Fond du Lac county. S. H. Bird,
Byron, is chairman, and R. R. Runke,
secretary. The organization will sell
its wool through the National Wool
Warehouse and Storage Co., Chicago.
1t is expected that a saving of $4,000
annually will be effected for sheep
breeders here.
Madison-O. r. Olson, Blanchard
No. 2, Wisconsin Bankers association,
at the annual meeting here. Charles
O'Neill, Madison, was elected vice
president; A. p Kenney, Waunakee,
secretary-treasurer, and these, with
John Lustlinger, Monroe, and Jerome
Jones, Barneveld, will constitute the
executive committee.
Tomah-From list of so appli-
cants, the board of education selected
Prof. w. E. Bush, principal of schools
at jamestown, N. D., to succeed Prof.
F. NJ. Bray as head of the local school
system. Prof. Bush has taught twelve
years in Wisconsin, having been a
member of the faculty of Eau Claire,
Oshkosh and Berlin high schools.
COlumbus-Herman KetZlOff of the
town of Portland, near here, accident
ally shot himself while out in the field
shooting gophers. KetZlOff was climb
ing through a fence when his %
caliber rifle was discharged. The bull
in critical condition.
La Crosse-Ludwig Scheck, Vernon
county farmer, offered his neighbor,
Charles link, ride. An accident Oc-
Cured and in the overturning of the
wagon link was injured. He then
sued Scheck for damages. A jury in
circuit court here decided he was not
entitled to recover.
La Crosse-Harvey Turner, IS, an
employee of the Vernon county high
when the driver of a big highway
truck on which he was riding lost con-
troll of the machine and it overturned
Turner was caught under the car. His
back was broken.
ShebOygan-E. A Zundel, president
of the Croker Chair company, will
give annually for an indefinite period
a $1,000 scholarship to the high
school, to be awarded at the rate of
$500 a year to one person. The stu
dent is to be selected for scholarship
by the faculty.
Portage-The Rev William Dawson
resigned as rector of the ST. Johns
Episcopal church here to accept the
at Wisconsin uni
versity chapel He was field Secre-
tary in the recent National Episcopal
Church drive with headquarters in
Milwaukee,
Eau Claire-Ephraim Wilcox. one Of
the few surviving members of the ia
nous Eagle company of Eau Claire,
which carried "Old Abe" throughout
the Civil war, is dead at his home near
here after an illness of several
months. He was 80 years old.
Eau Claire-After five successful
years the Eau Claire Girls club has in
corporated and will federate with the
other cities having similar clubs. The
cafeteria increases in popularity daily.
Tennis and Other nl1tdOnr SnOrtS are