Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20
CITY ITEMS.
Only one more week of February.

IHdH OfalOW, VINO mas Deen quite Ill OF
late has recovered and is able to be up
again.
Mrs. Geo. F. Bells is entertaining
lady friends at whist this afternoon, in
honor of Mrs. r. p Pratt, of Mime
apolis.
There will be meeting tonight
at the home of w. S. Williams this
evening for the purpose of organizing a
camera club.
Jos. Kutchera died on Tuesday last
at his home, 219 N. Fifth avenue. The
funeral was held on Friday morning
from st. Mary's Catholic church.
A petition has been circulated and
sent to Gov Scofeld from Rhinelander,
asking him to remove the sheriff and
district attorney of Oneida County.
Will Volz and Will Hartkopf rendered
a sleighride to their friends on Satur-
day evening. They drove to Yonker's
hall in Schofield and danced until early
morn.
Remember the Masonic party next
Friday evening. 1t will be one of the
pleasantest of the winter. Music by
the Mandolin orchestra Excellent re-
freshments will be served.
Maud-Is and 80 too old to hope fol
improvement? should say not One
just begins to live. Take Rocky Noun
tain Tea, You'll be blooming fair at
CO. For sale by w. w Albers.
The school board has advertised for
bids for the Fiber and Allen
property, the former being located
south of the Lincoln building and the
latter east of the Irving building.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Buhse, residing at
500 Washington street, celebrated their
silver wedding on Sunday last. Few
intimate friends were present who were
pleasantly entertained during their stay
Ottilian Bohman, the three year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Bohman,
of Fenwood, who was severely burned
about the face and body few weeks
ago, died at the Riverside Hospital Oh
Wednesday.
About forty couple were present at
the informal dancing party given by
the Elks in MERGERS hall on Thursday
evening. Dygert's mandolin orchestra,
consisting of four pieces. furnished the
music for the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Eldridge are
packing up their household goods pre-
paratory to moving to Wauwautosa.
Mr. Eldridge came up and spent Sun
day here They xpect to be settled in
their new home the first part of March.
The ST. Paul church choir gave an en-
tertainment and concert in the school
room last Wednesday evening in the
basement of the church. A small ad-
mission fee was charged, the proceeds
of which are to be ased for the purchase
of an organ.
An attempt is being made to revive
the Great District Fair at Stevens Point.
When the late tom" Simons was at
the helm of that organization he made
great success of it. Every body up
this way hopes that the fair will be run
ming again next fall.
Charles E. DeVoe began duty on
Thursday morning as one of the police
force. He was recently selected by the
board of police and fire commissioners
to fill the positions created by the city
council. ''Todd" will make an excellent
officer, mark our words.
The following program will be rem
dered by the members of the Monday
Evening Study Club at the meeting to
be held at the home of Judge w. e.
Sllverthorn on Feb. Goth.
Charlemagne and his Paladine-Miss
Naglee.
The Kid-Miss Barr.
Current Events-Miss Stolte.
In short time the post Office depart
ment will have on sale, vest pocket
postage stamp books The books will
be issued in three sizes, containing
twelve, twenty-four, and forty-eight
stamps, respectively. One cent extra
will be charged for the book besides the
regular price for the stamps.
During the past year, the records on
| file in the Office of Clerk of Circuit
Court in this city show that foreign
ers have taken the oath of allegiance
and have become naturalized American
citizens. OF this number the different
nationalities are: Germans, Is; Nor
wegian, ?; Canadian, 3; Swiss, 8; Swe-
dish, ,; Russian, 8, and Dane, Z.
On the 18th day of March there will
be special elections in Grand Rapids
and Centralia to see whether the towns
shall be consolidated or not. In all
probability these cities will be under
one organization after the above date.
The consolidation will make the city a
| large one and, with all its citizens pull
ing together, there is every chance for
very rapid growth of our sister cities
down the river, under the new condi-
ton. lis well.
A good many in the lower country,
no doubt, deemed Senator A. l.. Kreutz-
er's proposition to the Wisconsin Board
of Agriculture, (thatthe people of Wau-
sau would indemnity the board against
any loss, provided the state fair would be
held hnre) bluff" but it wasn't If
the board had seen hit to have taken up
the offer, the money would have been
raised in an hour. Wausau's progress
sive methods are unknown to Milwau-
kee promoters, with all due respect to
Mayor Rose and Geo W Peck
J B. Weigand, of Third avenue west
side, is the poSsessor of a patent on a
new and improved voting machine, of
which he expects to have some in use
| for the next coming presidential cleo