Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-28

A provision is made in the election
laws whereby registration toardS may
display the American flag upon the
places of meeting on DAYS of registra-
ton. The Fourth ward board was the
only one in the city to observe this
provision
A farmer with an empty hay rack on
his wagon last Wednesday struck the
buggy Of Philip Stadler while the latter
had stopped to talk with a man on
Third street, and the result was that
one of the rear wheels was torn from
the vehicle.
The members of the local lodge of
ROYAL Arcanum were agreeably sur
prised after the meeting Wednesday
evening by the appearance OF their
ladies', who came laden with baskets OF
eatabes After the supper was served
musical program followed.
There is a movement on foot to start
a large canning factory in Wansau. 1t
will be one of the largest of It's kind in
Wisconsin Negotiations are now
pending. but they are not far enough
along to enable the Pilot to give pub
licity to them. All arrangements will
be completed by the end of the present
week.
Mrs. H. F. McEachron and Mrs w.
G. John gave "kensington party on
Tuesday afternoon, to their lady
friends, and on Thursday. afternoon,
entertained at whist Mrs. A. y.
Kreutzer and Mrs. A. v. Gearhart car
ried off the head prizes at the latter.
Both parties We're held at the McEach-
ron residence and were very enjoyable
affairs.
People are hereby warned that next
Friday evening is Halloween, and they
will therefore see that their gates and
all movable property is safely secreted
before shutdown, or they may not be
possessors of same next morning. The
practice of allowing the kids" to raise
Cain that evening, while accepted by
some older heads as innocent fun, is
generally a nuisance TO be condemned
1t is not tolerated in the larger cities,
and should not be in the smaller.
That Marathon county is to have an
other free rural delivery route is evil
denced by the following from the Colby
Phonogfaph: POSTMASTER Blanchard
has ItttlNCu MOlo llOii SOhSi
Brown that the petition for free rural
delivery mail route has been honored.
1t will begin December 1st, and he is
advised to notify all persons expecting
to receive mail to set their posts for the
mail boxes before the ground freezes.
1t will do away with the star routes to
Cherokee and Swan"
Fred Berndt, farmer living in the
town of Hewitt, was victim of the uG-
loaded gun on Wednesday. Coming
home from hunting trip he started to
clean his shot gun and thinking the
barrels contained no cartridges was a
little careless in handling it. The re-
suit was that the piece was exploded,
the charge of shot striking him in the
left arm, tearing the flesh and muscles
from tie bone and injuring the latte, to
some extent. Dr. Dickens was called
and dressed the wound
The following is the program for the
w G.. L U meeting which will he held
in the Presbyterian church on Friday,
Oct 81, at O'Clock p. IN.
OCT 81, 1902.
Devotionals. ...,... Mrs. &. G. Parlin
Business. ...... .......
hOil Sdtl. s...-.
Paper-The Necessary Tools for Sue
cess. .,.,,..-.., ...-.,,,.-. ,.s,:'.-..,:,
Solo,, Miss Alice Smith
Recitation, ................ Miss Mower
A pleasant surprise party was given
Mrs Anton Sehuetz on Friday after
noon ia honor of her birthday. The
party was arranged through the mail
by her sister Mrs VIM Nichols, who
lives at Merrill and on the day men
toned the parties to the affair met at
the home of Julius Weinkauf and from
there visited the Sehuetz home on For
est street The surprise of their hostess
was complete, but she soon recovered
and then began the work of making
things enjoyable for her guests, which
she did with a great success.