Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-13

xor hGt chocolate G. 20 John lUungs
Largest and most complete line OF
furniture in the city at Littlejohn- Esch.
i Holiday purchasers are reminded OF
the faet that the finest line of lies ever
shown In the city can be found at Seim
Bros. They ara not ont of date styles
but all ara OF the 1904 crop
John W. Miller, register of the u. s.
land efzises has been notified by the
powers that be, at Washington, that he
will retain Lfs position for another
term. 1t Is quite likely that Henry
McCrossen, receiver, will retain his
Office also.
The fine line of tecks, bow, string,
four-iE-hand, ascot and many other
designs of ties that can now be seen at
Seim Bros store is positively the choicest
dispfSy ever seen in the city. Look it
over and yoa will be convinced that
Our stafenB sHt is true.
| BranH Enos-, of Athens, who have
operated skmil and conducted lumber
ing operations for some years, have
incorp0rafef RraRn Bros. Co. The
inearporatgrz are Joseph, Matthias and
John Brauns the capital stock s24,000
They win continue operations along
the same lines as in the past.
Do you know G. w. Wilson sells
plain china for decorating, artists ma
teriais of all kinds, photography outfits,
burnt and Rnbunt wood, games, row
elites, bFic-arbrae In great variety.
Largest line OF books and stationery in
the city. Leave orders early for picture
framing. Before buying call ON G.. w.
Wilson,
The annual sale of fancy work and
supper, given by the ladies of Universal
list church, on Tuesday evening, was a
great success financially and otherwise.
The decorations snd booths in the
auditorium of the church were the
source of much favorable comment.
The sale was continued on Wednesday
afternoon.
The old st. Paul passenger depot,
now used as division headquarters, was
discovered to be on fire Saturday night.
An old pair of overalls, thrown on the
floor by workman who had been
making repairs in the upper story,
| caught fire from some unaccountable
cause and soon the woodwork was
ablaze. 1t was discovered in time and
the damage resulting was but little.
Miss lena Elingson, resident of the
town of Weston, was brought in to the
city this morning and re-comrlitsed to
the Northern Hospital for Insane, from
which institution she was released last
/ April. She has been very violent the
past few days and when her father came
into town yesterday morning to ask
that she be taken into custody, his face
bore many evidences of the work of her
finger nails.
Mrs. j. A. Underwood met with a
| serious accident last week at the home
of Alexander Stewart. She was pass
ing through q hallway in which the
| light was somewhat lin and in which
| there were several steps to descend
not noticing the latter she fell, striking
against sharp corner and cutting her
head quite badly She was able to be out
yesterday for the first time since the
accident.
Two prisoners, one sentenced to Wau>
pun. the other awaiting trial for statu-
tory offense, escaped from &he Lincoln
countyiail Saturday evening. Plumbers
had been at work in the cell rooms. the
two prisoners being confined in the of
fee while they were making repairs.
Shortly after the plambTs left, the
sheriff wife, Mrs. Hoffman, went in to
lock up the prisoners. Two TRUSTEES
entered at the same time. The man
under sentence made bolt for the door
but was caught by Mrs. Hoffman, who
struggled with him and called for help,
the other prisoners refusing her assis-
lance, but the hired girl joined her but
their united strength was not sufficient
to hold the man and he got away The
DR.. Frank Kiekbusch departed Fri
day for Chicago to accept a govern
ment position. He has been practicing
veterinary surgery at Grand Rapids
for the past few months, but on the 4th
inst. received his appointment and
came home for a short visit with his
mother, Mrs. Ferdinand Kickbusch,
before going. He is a graduate of the
McKillip veterinary school of Chicago
and last April took the civil service
examination for the appointment at
Appleton. The duties of the position
are to make an inspection of the cattle,
sheep and hogs killed in the large pack
ing houses and ascertain whether the
animals are free from disease. AS
many as dozen are in that branch of
service in any one larger institution.
He has been assigned to the packing
house of Cudahy Bros.
For RENT-Two front rooms in the
Rohde building. Steam heat and all
other conveniences. Enquire of either
j. b. Andrews or j. Rohde. d6-%4.
Donald Cowling, son of David Cow
ling, a teamster, nearly met death by
drowning Thursday afternoon. He
started to cross the river on the ice
above the guard lock but when he
reached the middle of the slough the
ice yielded to his weight aud be sank in
the water. He saved himself from be-
ing drawn under the ice by hanging on
to boom, but was so chilled that he
could not draw himself out. His cries
attracted the attention of Vim. Braatz,
an employee OF the Kickbusch mill. who,
at the risk of his own life, ran out on
| the ice to young Cowling's aid and
pulled him out of the icy water. The
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