Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

MI. ana Mrs. .. ID COhlln entertained
a number of their friends at whist on
Thursday evening.
DR.. Turbin. the eminent German
specialist and surgeon will be at the
Bells House July 18th.
Attend liquid air and radium
lecture al re Opera House by Prof
Patty next Thursday evening.
A dancing party was given at the
club house on Thursday, under the
auspices of the ladies of St. Johns
society
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired BY Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
Frank Allen. of Mosinee, .l1as been
operated on twice recently at the River
side hospital. He is afflicted with
numerous growth on his jaw
LosT-A package containing lace in
sertion and ribbon. Wrapper had
printed advertisement of Chas. Wagner
Finder please return to this office.
Miss John Abel, of Schofield, lays
claim to furnishing the first home grown
peas on the market this year. The
first lot she distributed on the 25th of
June.
Frank Jaeger General teamlng.
Dealer in dry kindling wood, slab wood
and hardwood. Is also dealer in horses.
Residence, 410 Forest street. Tel. No
500. All orders promptly attended
to. e.
Twins were born to Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Peterson last Tuesday evening
both boys. One of them, however, died
Wednesday, but the other gives promise
of healthful growth.
Mrs. Fred Kaufman, and daughter,
Hazel, of Fond du Lac, arrived in the
city Wednesday evening and are visit
ing the formers parents Mr.. and Mrs
David Gleason in the town of Easton.
The bread that mother used to bake
was not one bit better than the bread
you can bake if you use Blue Ribbon
Flour. 1t makes light white bread and
fluffy pies and cakes. All good grocery
stores sell it. Order sack and give it
a fair trial. Made by F. w. Kick buch-
q son. If.
Wednesday evening was busy one
for the police, a total of fourteen ar
rests being made that might've
DRINKS and nine tramps The DRINKS
were fined SO and costs, some paying.
the others going to Jail. The tramps
were sent to Jail.
The annual picnic of the Universalist
Sunday school and church congrega-
ton was held at the fair grounds on
Wednesday afternoon. The down
pour of rain marred the pleasure of the
event somewhat but, as whole, it was
a very enjoyable affair.
The board of review met today pur-
suant to call of the city clerk and will
be in session several weeks. Its duties
will be to review and examine assess
ment rolls, sworn statements of valua-
tions and correcting all errors in the
tax roll
John Merklein, ST., is confined to his
home on jackson street with an
asthmathic trouble and on account of
his advanced years mis- recovery is
doubtful. Several times recently his
children have been summoned to his
bedside it being thought the end was
near
The Merrill lodge of WoodmeE is
making extensive arrangements for
the district NJ. w. A. picnic to be held
in that city Aug. 10th and 18th. There
will be a large delegation of Woodmen
and others go up from here, and it is
altogether likely that the local drill
team will complete for the prize-and
win it.
The county jail" has been filled up
with inmates the past week, as many
as twenty being confined at one time.
Most of these were booked as tramps,
of which class it appears the van guard
of an army is passing through this
section. The toughest looking ones
are usually driven out of town and
started on the road to Merrill
FARMERS, Insure your crops, build
ings, etc., against damage by hail cy-
clone, tornadces and wind storms, in the
North Western Farmers Mutual Hail
and Cyclone Insurance Co. of Waterloo,
Wis. Membership fee is 81 90 covering
a period of i've years. Call or address
VIM. l.. Abbott, Wausau, Wis. m29m2
Wednesday morning a negro, who
came here with the carnival company,
was brought into court and sentenced
to five days in Jail for disorderly con-
dict. The day previous, two white
men accused the negro of the theft of q
paper, and in making a search of his
pockets a fight ensued, in which the
white men got the worst Oft. Wednes-
day evening one of the carnival com
pany's attaches got gay T. the bicycle
shop of G. +. Dunbar 4 No., and was
thrown out by Frank Anderson. Next |
he was fined SO and costs.
A department of the Ladies' Literary
club has caused to be placed on the |
main streets of the city q number of
galvanized iron recepticles for waste |
paper and other refuse. The boxes ere
painted green, with letterings denoting
the object of their use and il is the hope |
of the club that they will be made use
of. Several months ago the ladies |
placed several baskets on Third street !
as an experiment and the result wes
that the bulk of the waste paPS:: usually /
the street was gathered up by !
the public and thrown into the baskets |
Herman Schmidt, an Oshkosh boy, |
was found sleeping in barn in this