Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

and Mrs. Ray Hagen.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, January Goth.
MIR. and Mrs. j. A. Porter entertain
friends at whist on Wednesday evening
at the Wausau club house.
Mrs NJ P Beebe, who has beer
very i'll the past two weeks, is not ex-
pected to live through the night.
A chimney fire at the home of DIR A.
I Koch on Washington street Sunday
night at $50 necessitated the calling out
of the fire department.
Thursday evening at o'clock the
fire department was called to the home
of Dave Brands on Washington street
A chimney fire was the cause.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
The illustrated lecture on Japan, by
Rev Gibbs, at the Universalist church
on Tuesday, was a success and proved
a very interesting evening to all pres
ent. The church was crowded to its
fullest capacity.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church will
give a measuring social to members and
friends of the congregation, at the home
of Mrs Robert Kick usch, on Friday
evening. Three cents for every foot
that you are tall and one cent for each
inch over.
Carl Dern arrived from Wausau yes
terday to take a position in the mechani-
cal department of the Forest Republi-
can.-torest Republican.
Carl has been in the employ of the
PILoT for the past six weeks and we
can cheerfully recommend him as a
good compOsitor.
2 H. NJ Kronenwetter, f. w. Krause,
John Gardner, Fred Bauer and Chas
Seymour who compose the county board
on printing and stationery
viii meet Saturday, Feb. 9th for the
purpose of examining bids for bindery
work
Last week, in reporting the Langley
& Anderson fire at Merrill, the type were
made to say that the above firm had
81 800 insurance on its building and
81 800 on its stock of goods. The last
amount should have had one more
cipher added to it, making $4,000. The
firms loss was S25, 200.
Part of the machinery for the Mara
thon Dairy Coz plant has arrived but
will not be installed until a cement
floor has been laid, which will be done
shortly. Work on the interior fur
nishings is progressing rapidly, but
outside work has been retarded by
cold weather
The Wausau Liederkranz is making
big preparations for its annual mask
ball to be given at Columbia hall, on
the night of FEBRUARY Sd Fine tableaux,
for which the Liederkranz mask balls
have been noted will be given, COM
mencing ut $50 clock. Cones orches-
ira will furnish the music.
The regular monthly meeting of the
w. c. T. u will be held in the Y. NJ G
A. parlors next Friday at 3 p m. Every
one is cordially invited to be present.
Following is the progrom:
Paper-DOmestic Science and the
al, Mr0 Innnc
Story...................-... Mrs G. 5. Gilbert
Solo .............. Mrs. G c. Yawkey
The Eagles initiated several candi-
dates Friday evening last and at the
conclusion of the initiatory ceremonies
a supper was served. The retiring
president, Henry Ruder, was presented
with diamond studded watch charm
by his lodge associates, which he feel
ingly accepted in short speech.
During the year 1900 there were re-
ported TO the register of deeds of this
county, 9S4 births and 402 deaths, or an
increase of births over deaths of about
- per cent, which proves that the peo-
Pile of Marathon county are living up
to the Roosevelt idea OF increased pop
ulation. During the same time the
county clerk issued a total of 400 mar
risge licenses.
The Reuter- concert at opera hall last
Friday evening drew good crowd,
aud all were well pleased with the enter
tainmeut The violin playing by Prof,
Reater was certainly little short of
marvellous, and be can be assured of a
crowded house if he again favors our
village with a concert.-Edgar Press.
Co. Supt John F Lamont and 4. b.
Johns principal of the agricultural
school. will hold meeting in the school
house of Dist. No in the town of
johnson next Friday evening. Each
will lecture on the advantages offered
students of the Marathon County School
of Agriculture, and the lecture will be
illustrated by the schools stereoptican
lantern.
1t is said that 3 number OF young
ladies arranged q leap year party foI
one night of last week, inviting all their
male friends and the evening was spent
very pleasantly in dancing, after which
the young women invited their guests
TO supper at certain restaurant. The
boys were quite lavish in their praise:
of the ladies' hospitality but imagine
their surprise next day when each re
ceived bill for his share of the night:
ipleasura