Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-17
CITY NOTES.

dlspatch was received this ling
from Phoenix, Arizona, saying that
Mrs. E NJ James was not as well.
A party Of young people were ont
riding Sunday evening, and when COM
ing up the lower end of Grand Ave the
h rise ran away and dumped them out
of the sleigh. and they had to walk
home John Simonson was the hero
of The day and stopped the flight of tn.
animal, and placed him in the Adams
House barn where the owner called for
him.
On Saturday evensng last, Merritt
Jones. Denahi G .,ding. Edgar Wilson,
Walter Kiefer aud Ralph Eunson gave
= masquerade party at Fraternity hall,
which was very successful event in
every way There were about 65 young
| D. ople present and the party was from
until II O'Clock Ice cream and cake
were served. Four prizes were given
the winners being selected by vote of
those present
! Arthur Hannekrat and Emma RiStau,
be- h Of the town of Rib Falls, were
married yesterday in Judge Millers
court as a settlement of their difficult
ties, the mother of the boy finally
acquiescing in the ceremony. There
were great many tears shed over the
/ affair by the mothers Of the young peo-
! pie. hut through the efforts of the dis
Srit-t attorney the match was made and
the ceremony was performed and all
went away smiling.
| The interior of the Universalist
church is being lit rally torn to pieces.
The vestibule and gallery in the south
end have been taken ont; staging has
been erected and the church will be re-
painted and repapered throughout
! The basement has heen rearranged aud
the old freqnenters of that church will
not recognize it a. their former place
of worship, when all is completed
The new pipe organ will be in place by
the middle of March.
Yesterday was the anniversary of
Mrs Henry Riders birth and the me m
bers of the Deutscher Bowling club.
abont twenty-four in number, surprised
her by calling at the home on Third
avenue and spending the evening
] Progressive cinch was played and there
was vocal and instrumental music,
d ncing and a bouniifnl supply of re-
freshments. When it came time "a
depart a bus was summoned which
conveyed the visitors to their homes
The main street of Norway. Mich
! igan, is fast sinking from sight For
me time the huSiness center Of that
city has been gradually going down
ward, until now it has became so
dangerous that tenants in some of the
buildings are moving The Nelson
block. one of the largest buildings
there, is rapidly falling down by the
ground sinking Other buildings are
also cracking This havoc is caused by
the sinking of the Aragan mine which
is under the town site
Mr. and Mrs. W L EImonds gave a
reception and card party at their home
on Grant street last Tuesday, evening
| in honor Of Hon and Mrs Z Ed
monds. of Oc"nto Falls The home
was handsomely decorated for the oc-
cassion and during the reception, an
orchestra diScnured sweet music The
| prizes were won BY Mrs c. F Dunbar
| and D VanVrchten and the second
nv Mrs. l. Hudson and DR.. Spencer.
Rrfreshnse lis wee StlNtd ~ q a most
delighted time was had By the large
numb in attendance.
/ Last FRIDAY the home of Mrs. Mary
Day. of the town of Kronenwetrer, was
! destroyed by fire, as WAS also her fur
niture and household effects, causing a
| loss of several hundred dollars. Mrs.
| Day was absent at the time, numb Der
of small children being left at home.
There was no chimney in the house
and " hen the fire was first discovered
the roof was ablaze near an opening
through which the stovepipe passed
1 Mrs. Day is the wife of Henry Day,
sentenced a year ago to serve a long
| term in the penitentiary for the com
| nlission of an unnatural crime. and she
is in very poor circumstances and the
loss is heavy blow to her.
a practical woman remarked the
other day, says an exchange. that the
most interesting things in the news
papers To her are the advertising col
ums Long ago" said she, Il quit
| buying of those who did not advertise
| 1t always seems to me that the m r.
chant who advertises invites me to
| trade with him; while the one who does
NOT advertise impresses me with the
| idea that he doesn't care enough for
my trade TO ask for it Then, too.
have found that the merchant who
advertises has fresher goods, for the
reason, suppose, he sells more -Ex.