Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03

Ed. Ringle.
For sALE-Very cheap, pony. young
and well broken to harness. Enquire
of o. c. Callies. 1t
The Fraternal Reserve association
will give dance at Gensman's hall
next Friday evening.
The Tuesday Musical club held its
monthly meeting at the club house
this afternoon at which time a IOhen-
grin program was rendered.
On the last day of our city schools
there will be field meet for the 9TH,
9th, 9TH and 9Th grades. The boys are
practicing daily now for the events.
! The decIamatory contest at Grand
Rapids last Friday evening, in which
! Stevens Point and WaHsau participated
resulted in the victory of Grand Rap
ids
| We would ask as a favor that ladies
desiring to make purchases of wall
paper at our store should do so few
| days before expecting the paper hanger.
! We are so busy now it is difficult to fill
orders on time.-O. G. Callies.
Rev. j H Mason, who represents the
| Lake Superior mission OF Superior,
Wis, is spending few days in the city
and Sunday he spoke in the different
churches, giving five minutes talk at
each, in regard TO the work of the mis-
sion. He is soliciting subscriptions TO
help along in the work, and has been
fairly successful.
The house boat built for party of
Wausau people, who will go to the
Worlds Fair this summer, has been
completed. 1t viii be captained by Joe
Pope, and the party will leave here
some time in August. There will be
contracted with the Kickbusch Grocery
Co. for three years provisions.
Mrs. j. M. Smith had narrow es-
cape last evening from being severely
burned She threw some medicine, in
the shape of powders. into the stove,
and there was an explosion which
burned her hands quite severely, and
only for the fact that she was greatly
startled, which caused her to suddenly
move backward, Iher clothing might
have been set on fire. A doctor was
called who dressed the burns and she
will be all right again in few days.
We note that the st. Paul r. r. Co,
last week put one hundred men at Star
Lake to work at that end of its line.
The work will consist mostly of re-sur-
facing. The logging firms of Northern
Wisconsin are also trying to engage
men in different parts of the state to go
up north and commence the work of
summer logging, There will be quite
a good deal of work in Northern Wis
consin this year, extending roads and in
logging operations
Goods are moving fast at f. v Speer' S
auction sale. Call early while there
remains a choice of articles to select
from.
The Winninger Bros Own Co. will
appear in this city for q week engage
ment, beginning Monday evening, May
9th. The company comprises sixteen
people, and has one of the strongest
repertoires and some of the highest class
specialties on the road The opening
play will be the pastoral drama, "Clover
Dale to which one lady will be adj
mitted free when accompanied by an
escort holding paid 30 cent ticket.
Change of play and specialties each
evening.
At the Ladies' Literary society yes
terday, held at the club house, they
voted to enter upon the work OF
identifying our city. A committee has
been appointed to draw up a line OF
work and this will be published very
soon. There has been a committee
already at work trying to get the diff
! ferent companies to have all their poles
about the city painted, according to
resolutions passed by the city council
some time last year, and from the way
that the ladies are going at 1t, it is
almost certain that the work will have
to be done before they let up.
Sam Lee, a Chinaman who has
been conducting a laundry at Marsh
field for several weeks past, though not
able to talk /" velly much Mclean, has
learned few tricks from his white bro
theirs. He took French leave one night
last week, removing everything of val
ne from his laundry, including his Gus
| toners wearing apparel and some Dam
| ask table spreads belonging to a store
and left with him to be Numbered
| He also beat his landlord out of the rent.
A few bundles resembling packages OF
| laundry, left in the building, was, when
opened, found to contain nothing but
old newspapers.
The Columbia orchestra can be had
for dances, entertainments, receptions,
etc. Leave all orders with Otto Schoe-
how. Telephone No. PCS, or at j. +.
| Coles music store. IT,
Ernestine, wife of Henry Grob, died
Tuesday evening at her nome, 3Ol
! Grand Ave. She had been i'll for a
great many weeks with cancer of the
4 6 lnNA hn,s 10 do.
| SPARED of at several times. Her maid
en- name was Ernestine Marth and she
was born in Germany sixty years ago,
emigrating to this country when twenty
three years of age. IN the fall of the
same year she came she was married
| to Henry Grob at Cedarburg, Wis, and
a few weeks later they removed to
Wausau and here they have lived ever
| since. Besides her husband deceased
| is survived by five children, Mrs. Ella
| Tauffner, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Lizzie
| Giese, John, Alexander and Paul @:
Wausau. The funeral was held Sunday
from st. Paups church the Rev. +
Schaer officiating.
Great bargains Il wall paper for tht
nexttw weeks, Soc values at 24c, 20 anC
zoe values at 20 and 15c per roll GOOD
| paper at 5, s. & lOc per roll. Call anC
| look over our line before you buy. X
! II Hoffman, 112 Scott St. Phone 426
Martin Reinhardt, an old resident o.
the town of Wausau, died "Wednesday
at the advanced age of eighty-thret
years. The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon, the Rev. Burger officiating
Mr.. Reinhardt was one of the bes
known farmers in the county. tie wa
born in the province of Hesse Darn
stadt, Ger, June 1st, 1922 He came t'
this country when a young man anC
foF time worked around New Yorl
City. Later he came west to Wiscon
sin, settling in the southern part of thu
state where he WAS married TO Mis-
Mollie Stole in 1854. and had he LIVED
would have celebrated his golden wed
ding next fall They came to WausaI
about the year 1853 settling on a farm
east of the city, where they have resides