Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-06

mask ball, Feb. 18th at Columbia hall.
Last Friday was grounding day and
the sun shone all day, so we are in for
long winter, of course.
The fire department was called to the
residence of M. H. Bedell to extinguish
a chimney blaze on Friday.
The annual meeting of the Wausau
Telephone Company will be held in the
supervisors room in the Court House,
at s o'clock this evening.
Gust Scharmer, of 62S Kickbush street
had the point of his forefnger of his
left hand cut off this morning while at
work in Curtis & Yale factory.
Although everything in the line of
shoes has advanced in price, the public
will be able to get some great bargains
at the closing out sale of the Schield
stock, to commence, Monday, Feb. 18th.
Paul Preuss and Ernert Borchardt,
the former clerk in Graebeps store, the
latter bartender in Aug. F. Kroening's
saloon, have purchased the bottling
works of M. A. Boehm and as is under
stood they will start a bottling house
on larger scale in the old Tivoli
property.
A. Bendzulla, who has been for years
conducting a tailoring establishment,
left today for Edgar at which place he
will open up business. We are sorry to
lose Mr. Bendzulla as he is first class
tailor and splendid citizen. The people
of Edgar will make no mistake in giving
him their patronage.
Albert Pagenkopf, of 436 Frenzel
street, brewer in Mathie's brewery, had
the misfortune to break his right shout
der blade on Thursday afternoon last.
He was working in one of the large
watts and was on scaffold several feet
in height. In some way one of the
boards on which he was standing,
slipped, throwing him to the floor with
the above result.
| 1t may seem to our citizens that plays
at the Opera House are all coming in a
bunch and that it is unwise in the own
er of the house to allow this condition
of things. Mr.. Cone informs us that
until he has run the house long enough
to have troupes regularly booked, there
will be occasional weeks when it will
be necessary to play two or three at
| trao+;onS but HE DIN, ;S 70 havo ryood
entertainments come regularly and not
oftener than once a week.
Messrs. Young Bros revised pro-
duction of Uncle Toms Cabin will be
at Alexander Hall next Saturday after
noon and evening. 1t is the best
Uncle Toms Cabin Co. on the road
There is full company of first class
actors, band Of Is musicians and a
number of speciality artists. They also
carry magnificent scenery representing
the ''Ohio river in winter" the 'Moun-
tain pass by moonlight" and the race
between the two steamers, ''R. E. Lee
land Natchez" The tableaux intro
duced during the play are magnificent
beyond description, and full pack of
ferocious Siberian bloodhounds lends a
thrilling realism to the production.
The fire department was called to
William Reinicke's residence, at 70S
Chicago avenue, last Friday night, near
the midnight hour, to extinguish a fire
which had started therein and had got
ten under good Roadway before the de-
lpartmeut could get there. Mr.. and
Mrs. Reinicke and four children were
all in bed asleep. Mrs. Reinieke awoke
and detected smoke and at once called
up her husband who started out to in
vestigate. Upon opening the kitchen
door he was greeted by large volume
of smoke which drove him back, and hs
was unable to close the door again, and
I'm moment the whole house was filled
almost to suffocation, and Mr. Reinicks
barely had time to carry out his chill
ldren. The building and household
goods were total loss. The loss is
estimated at $500, on which there wa:
: an insurance of $500 on the building
and 500 on the furniture. The FIRE j.
thought to have originated from de
fective chimney. The walls and under
the floors were stuffed with excelsior
and sawdust, and when the fire reached
this infiammable material it spread very
rapidly. The flames could be seer
lplainly from the center of the city and
lat first it was thought much NOR,
extensive.