Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
CITY NOTES.

l.. h. Spencer, Nj. d., office in the
Mckinley block, corner Third and
Mcclellan streets.
The M. f. church pulpit was occu-
pied Sunday last by the Rev M j +.
Trenery, of Green Bay.
The Brooks & Ross mill at Schofield
is closed for repairs. Since December
last this mill has sawed 2S, 0o0, 900 feet
of mixed lumber
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, ieweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
The Continentals full page advertise
ment in this issue of the Pilot should
be looked over carefully By all who
want to buy good goods at low rates.
Henry Boyer, deputy revenue collec-
tor for this district, came down from
his homo in Merrill Thursday to attend
to some matters regarding the sale of
corn juice.
Justice j. A. Jones, of Wausau has
been appointed on the staff of the Wis
consin Department Commander of G..
A. r. by j. P. Rumble, of Milwaukee,
who holds that office
The old market square barn will be
moved by Albert Anthem to the lot
across the street east of the Northern
hot and will be leased to G. S. Sawyer
for livery stable purposes.
The people of Amigo are agitating
the question of building a new court
house for Langlade county and the
matter will be brought to the attention
of the county board, soon to convene.
Peter Rasmussen's large flour mill at
Marshfield, burned to the ground last
week 1t was valued at $4,000 and
was partially insured. The origin of
the fire is thought TO be spontaneous
combustion.
Lumbermen who have been contem-
plating early operations in the woods
have been deferred in the work
by the excessive rains of late. At pres
ent it is almost impossible to do any
WORK in the woods because of low lands
being flooded.
The fool hunter who shoots at every
thing he sees moving in the bushes. has
begun his work. Last week a valuable
COW belonging to a party in Minocqua
was shot by one of these laundering
idiots who undoubtedly mistook it FOR
a deer.
Tomah is evidently an Improbable
field for the Salvation Army to work in
That body sometime ago placed collec-
ton boxes in number of business
places and last week, when collection
was made, it was found that quite a few
of the boxes had been stolen and the
largest collection taken from any was
20 cents
We wish to buy hemlock aud hard
wood timber lands; any farmer or set
tier wishing to sell timber and keep the
land should come and see us. We
want, more especially, hemlock timber
and logs that will come to Wausau by
rail or water.
BARKER & STEWART LBR Co
sS-d9. Wausau, Wis.
Postmaster General Payne has APP
proved new design for a two cent
postage stamp, which will succeed the
flag stamp, which has been in use
for about six months and which has
been greatly criticised The plates are
now being made from which 1000, 900,
900 2 cent stamps needed during the
next twelve months will be printed.
Clarence Goodwillie, who is attend
ing school at Williams College, Will
Jamestown, Mass, was quite severely
injured the other day while playing
football. The team was practicing for
a contest game with Yale college and
in one of the mixups, Clearance had one
of his arms badly wrenched, which
necessitated it being placed in plaster
10 will or ha hlo RI Nlav
with his club for some time.
Miss Mary Gaetzman, mention OF
whose critical illness was made in this
paper last Tuesday, died Wednesday
evening. She was eighteen years OF
age and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Gaetzman, living on Kickbusch
street. She was a former student OF
the Wausau Business college and at the
funeral, which was held Friday morn
ing, Prof Boyles and about one hun
dred students marched in the process
sion to the cemetery.
Wilson McGeachy and W. l.. Mer.
chant, the two young fellows arrested
at Mcmillan Jet. for obtaining money
from Marathon county school boards
under misrepresentation, were to have
had a hearing Friday but on account of
the district attorney being busily en-
gagged with the bin of exceptions in the
Schwantes murder case, an adjourn
ment was taken to Thursday. The
Young men are confident of being ac-
quilted of the charge.
To RENT-A furnished flat to rent
Steam heat and has all modern con
veniences. Apply at 3OS Scott street,
north of court house. tt
A farmers wife living near Marathon
City recently lost fur boa. The far.
nner on three successive highs dreamed
that the missing fur garment was hidden
under the northeast corner OF his gran
aery. The dreams made such an inn
preston on his mind that the fourth
day he decided to make an investfga-
ton. He went to the granery and
thn,usting his hand into an opening be-
meath the corner, was surprised when
he touched something soft and furry,
which he removed. He has since buried
has clothes, but the pole cat escaped.
Willie Langsdorf, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Langsdorf, living at 5l2
SBeub street was committed to the
i Industrial school on Friday last. The
/ oy ~ghile not exactly an ineorrigible
c oEsass under that head according TO
Il ta construction of a new educational
Law PASSED at the last session of the
lie gislature and which took effect July
LIST. The boy is nearly thirteen years
of ACE and instead of attending school
has been running away, and has been
spending his evenings hanging about
the opera house and livery stables.
When the parents attempted to force
him to 90 to school they could not con-
trol him and the father made affidavit
to that effect.
WANTED-iirSt class foreman for
stock blinds. State experience. Steady
work year around. No winter lay OTIS.
Address y, Pilot office.
About fifteen clerks of the retail
stores met Thursday evening in rooms
above the Continental store, with a
representative of the American Fedora.
ton of Labor and organized q clerks
union. Application was made To- q
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