Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-11-22
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


The Monday evening study club held
social session last evening at the
home of the Misses Hoefinger. Whist
was played during the evening and
Miss Marion Mcdonald won the honors.
Dainty refreshments were served and a
most delightful time was enjoyed by
all present.
A delightful leap year party was
given at Fraternity hall last w ednesday
evening, there being large number of
the young people present. Miss Mabel
Whalley and Miss Chalmers McInnis
had the details of the function in hand
and the success of the event is largely
due to their work.
Mrs. i. j. Powell entertained at
whist, in honor of Miss Mollie Murray
on Thursday evening and Miss Carlo
line Anderson and Miss Gertrude
Murray, gave whist party on Satur-
day evening" at the home of the former,
in honor of Miss Murray. Both events
were very enjoyable.
Ed Ringle, Frank Anderson, Chas.
Wegner, Arthur Waterman, Charles
Sternberg and John Hoffman were
hunting deer for week at Harshaw
and returned the middle of last week.
They got three deer and say that there
| are more timber wolves than deer in
that section, and it is their opinion that
many deer are killed by these animals
Last Saturday was the thirty second
anniversary of the marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Miller and they were
duly reminded of the event by theil
neighbors who, to the number of several
score, called and spent the evening al
their home on jackson street. AS 8
| result of their friends visitation, Mr.
and Mrs. Miller were presented with q
| handsome sideboard
Val Rngie has purchased eight hen;
and a rooster of the white Plymouth
Rock variety, paying 800 for the nine
They are part of a flock that wa.
awarded premiums at the Worlds fail
and are beauties. One of the same
| flock, a rooster, was awarded first prize
and sold for $500, the highest price ever
paid for fowl Mr. Ringle expects tc
get his money out OF the fowl by selling
settings of eggs.
| Ernest Craw and Geo. Sweak, resi-
dents of Kelly, aged respectively Is ano
IL years, were arrested and arraigneC
in court this morning on complaint Of
| Frank Smith. The complainant alleges
that the boys are guilty of serious
crime though they are only charged
with assault and battery, his daughter
Pearl, a minor child, being the com
/ planning witness. The case was ad
| journed to next Friday.
At the meeting of the local lodge O
Elks, held Friday evening last, Messrs
Fred Kickbusch, Otto Kaross and Oscar
Ringle were appointed a committee t.
arrange for memorial services for de
ceased members. 1t is customary with
Elks' lodges to set aside one day in tn,
year for Lodge of Sorrow out of re
spect to deceased members. On sucl
occasions it is usually customary fol
one of the lodge officers to read roster
| of the dead and then to deliver eulog,
of each. Last year the local lodge
J broke away from the usual form anC
attended special services at the Univer
salist church. At present the commit
tee has not decided what program tt
follow this year, but it is quite likel,
| will arrange with the minister of one o
| our churches to conduct services fol
them. The Lodge of Sorrow is held the
first Sunday in December.