Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-28
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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The Columbia orchestra furnished
music for dance at Wittenberg, Friday
evening
A lodge of Mystic Workers Of the
World was organized at Druid's hall
last week with a charter membership
of over twenty.
Pine Council No. 1853, Royal Aiean-
um. held picnic as the fair grounds
Thursday in honor of the twenty
anniversary of the founding of the
order.
The flag pole on the cupola of the
Northern hotel WAS struck by lightning
last week and shattered from ball to
base. A hole was also torn in the roof
OF the c:aola, but otherwise no further
damage was done.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Vechten, of
Milwaukee, celebrated the fiftieth an-
niversary of their marriage on Wed:n;s-
day evening, June % They have been
residents of that city since 1872. MIR
and Mrs. Philip Van Vechten, of this
city, were present.
About four months ago a famil1 A,f
Russians, consisting of four, arrived in
this country and settled in Marathon
county, at Pike Lake. They have had
considerable sickness in the family
and our district attorney, F w Gt4n-
rich, has applied to the federal authori-
ties to have them returned to Russia
A crew of stone masons is at present
engaged in building the retaining wall
ordered recently by the council to be
built around the hill at the east APP
proach of the contemplated First-Sey-
enth wards bridge The wall will Sc
finished in short time, when the work
will be resumed of grading the approach.
The third annual convention of Elks
was held in Fond du Lac last week At
the close the following officers were
elected.
President-R S. Witte of Milwaukee.
Vice presidential f. Treleven of
Fond du Lac.
Secretary--J. p. Breitenbach of Madi-
SON
The next annual convention will be
held in Madison.
We call the attention of the readers
OF the PILOT, to the advertisement of
tue w lSCOuS1n DuSlutSS OulNGISlI1, O1
Lacrosse. It's attendance last year
was 107 larger than any preceding year
and of the year ending the first of this
month the college sent more than 300
students to desirable positions. 1t will
pay you to confer with the Wisconsin
Business University, if you intend to
take commercial course
In the election of officers at the meet
ing OF the Wisconsin State Medical
society, held in Milwaukee last week,
DR.. ID. Sauerherring, of this city, was
chosen To represent the tenth district
on the board of counselors. At the
meeting it was voted to ask the co-opera-
ton of the siXty-two county medical
societies in the work of establishing
sanitariums for the treatment of tuber-
cnloss, and the matter will perhaps be
brought before the Marathon County
Medical society at the next meeting.
Burglars entered the building of the
Wausau Laundry Co. Friday evening
and made a raid on the cash drawer.
that had been left partly open and
after rummagine' through the place
found $50 in cash and a check for $50,
the latter they cannot use for its pay
ment has been stopped at the banks.
There were envelopes containing a
fund of S35 for votes for Miss Nellie
Miller, but these were locked up in the
safe, the safe being unmolested. The
work is thought to have been done by
tramps.
John and Carl Merklein last Tuesday
afternoon disposed of their meat
market on Scott street to A. f. Stanke,
of Merrill. Mr.. Stanke has been in the
meat business in Merrill for a great
-,aEy years, but has to move out of his
present quarters July lst and so came
to Wausau. He will take possession of
the Scott street shop Monday, July 4th,
and John Merklein will remain in
charge of the shop, Mr. Stanke devot-
ing most of his time to outside business
The new owner will enlarge the shop
by removing the partition now divid.
ing it and will bring with him a three
b. p. ele ctric moter and other maehin-
cry.
Some waste paper dumped into the
furnace in the Rohde building caught
fire Friday evening and for short
time made the chills run up Henry
Schulze's back Henry entered the
store after supper and found smoke
coming up out of the basement. Going
to the basement door he found the lower
part of the building completely filled
with smoke. An investigation soon in
formed him that the paper was on fire
and the flue stopped up, and he so in
| formed inquiring people, but neverthe
less someone turned in fire alarm AL
the doors and windows We're opened
aud the building soon cleared o.
smoke.