Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
j. A. Frazer is confined to his home
with rheumatism

T. A. Frazer is confined to his home
with rheumatism.
| 1t will be but few DAYS before the
street sprinkler will be in evidence.
About 1OO, 900 trout fry were planted
last week in Prairie river, a stream
greatly frequented by Wausau parties.
For spring and summer wear for the
boys there is no clothing so serviceable
as that made by Mrs. Jane Hopkins,
and for sale by Seim Bros
DR.. P. J. Taugher, of Marathon City,
has sold his drug business to H. P.
Stemm, of Oshkosh The doctor will
continue his practice there, however.
EGGs FOR sALE-Throughbretl Ply
mouth Rock and Black Langshaa eggs
for sale Enquire at 623 Franklin
street. [m17tfJ GEO. A. BROWN.
A curious condition of affairs is said
to prevail at Benson, Ill Benson is a
town of 200 Inhabitants and it is said
that every one of these is suffering
with the measles.
Philip Plantz received word Saturday
announcing the death of his father-in-
law, A. K Snyder, at Hartford The
funeral, which was held today, was at
tended by Mr.. Plantz.
One of the never failing signs of APP
preaching spring is the appearance of
the hobo. At present he is coming in
numbers and each night sees several of
him quartered in the city Jail.
Our new wall stock is now in and is
larnar and finar than avar No arp
offering some great bargains.
MUMNfs, Book & Wall Paper Store
The Wausau Fish Market which for
the past few months has tried to do
business without advertising has yielded
up the ghost and its proprietors de-
parted for the state of Maine.
Street cleaning was inaugurated on
Monday and the brigade has since
been at work gathering up the win
ter's accumulation of filth and deposit
ing it on the city's dumping grounds.
The Liederkranz is arranging for a
dancing party TO be given at Columbia
hall on the evening of Easter Monday
April 13. Committees have been APP
pointed to make the necessary arrange
ments.
The Wisconsin Fish Commissions
car, Badger" made a tour of the Wis
consin river valley last week and dis
tributed 800 600 trout fry at different
points along the route of the Milwau-
kee road.
Carl Paff is receiving the congratula-
tions of friends on one of the most
momenteous events of his life. His
wife on Sunday evening presented him
with twins-a boy and girl-and Carl
is correspondingly in a happy mood.
Lumbermen are already sending
crews of log drivers up on the head
waters of the Wisconsin river to start
the drives The ice has broken up in
most streams and everything looks
favorable for successful driving sea-
son. Some difficulty is experienced,
however, in getting men In this vicin-
ity men are scarce and in the northern
towns the 'lumber jack has not got
all of his winters wages spent yet, and
consequently does not care to go to
work until he is broke"
The Sentinel company has arranged
with j Il. Bryson, the celebrated Chi
cago artist, to furnish series of three
color art supplements, which are exact
reproductions of pastels by the famous
artist, Bryson Yum YUM" the best
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What might have proved disastrous
fire Friday night was averted by its dis
covery before it had gained sufficient 4
headway. Someone, in passing the
Butler cigar store at about II 80 that
night, saw flames inside the building
and promptly notified the fire depart
ment. The firemen broke in a pane of
glass and entered, and we're able to
extngush the flames with the use of
chemicals before much damage result
ed 1t was discovered that the fire had
nearly eaten through the wall into the
Fair store, in which case the destruction
would undoubtedly have been great.
The origin of the fire is attributed to
the fact that during the afternoon an
employe had been cleaning the fixtures,
using waste soaked in oil After com
pleting his work he placed the waste in
a narrow space near the wall, and it is
presumed that spontaneous combustion
resulted.
On Thursday, an ice jam formed in
the Wisconsin river above Brokaw at
the same place where the one of several
years ago was formed, which caused so
much trouble to the st. Paul R'y. Co.
The trains of that day were unable to
get through and the mail had to be
transferred. On Friday however, the
water had so receded that trains could
be- again run with little difficulty
Thursday morning Postmaster, Chris.
johnson of Merrill not knowing that
the gorge had been cleared, started out
by team for Wausau, carrying the mail,
and arrived here before the north
bound passenger 1t was a thoughtful,
though unnecessary stroke on the part
of Chris, the train being able to go
through that morning Ice and logs
had jammed up around the islands of
the river and backed up the water, GOV
ering the railroad tracks to 4 depth of
several feet, littering the tracks with
ice and logs.