Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

fined to her home by sickness the past |
week She is now improving.
DR. Turbin, the eminent German !
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, December 9th.
Fred Damon, sheriff, will move his
family over from Athens this week to
take up their residence at the county
jail
The dance given by the Columbia or
chestra, at Castle hall, Thursday even
ing, was well attended and a great sue
cess.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
Rev. A G. E. Jenner, formerly rector
Of st. Johns Episcopal church in this
city, has withdrawn from church work
and entered into the insurance business
at Ashland.
F. RADIANT has purchased the Aug.
Braatz property on Second street, ex
tending full block between Scott and
Mcclellan streets. He paid $4,000 for
the property.
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-w4
Frank Nelson, an employee of the
Marathon Granite Co. lost part of the
little finger of his left hand last week
by allowing large granite block to
drop on his hand.
The dance given by Co. 6 at Armory
hall Saturday evening was largely at
tended and was great success, social
ly, to those who participated, and
financially to the company.
The lumber camp of Albert Sawyer,
near Fenwood, has been placed under
quarantine because of the fact that one
of the men employed there, Albert
Kreidler, has died of diphtheria.
Herman Brandenburg, millwright
employed by the d. j. Murray Mfg. Co.,
dropped a heavy casting on his foot
Friday morning and as result is now
laid up with a badly crushed toe.
If you are going 10 build or make any
change in your residence, have your
heating plant put in right and your gas
work and plumbing done up in mod
ern way We do all kinds of repairing
in these lines. A. B. Wheeler Il Son.
GIG Third Street. If.
The post office was kept open from
9o'clock until 10, Sunday morning, part
ly as an accommodation to those who
expected belated Christmas presents
from old Santa. The carriers made de-
liveries yesterday morning and the Of
flee was kept open all forenoon.
Mrs. Matilda Stelter, residing at 724
Forest street, will be united in marriage
this evening to Fred Graebel, of the
town of Hamburg The groom is
brother of Nick and Jake Graebel, the
west side merchants. The ceremony
will be performed at the home of the
bride.
The rain and soft weather which Wis
tied this section last Thursday and Fri
day was just what was wanted by
everybody, more especially the loggers
and the farmers. 1t has given us an
excellent foundation for sleighing, and
all that is now needed is few inches of
snow.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Koppa, residing
at 2l1 Washington street, are mourning
the loss of their son, John, aged six
years. The boy died Thursday morn
ing of dipntheria and was buried Fri
day morning. Another child, little
girl, has been suffering with the same
disease but is now nearly recovered.
Herman Otto, residing at OF McIn-
tosh street, had the thumb nearly sew
cred from his right hand Wednesday.
He was at work cutting up lumber in
the factory of the Curtis Il Yale Co.
when his hand got caught in Il saw.
He was taken to the Office of DR.. ID. L.
Jones, where his wounds were dressed.
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, whit bread and
fluffy pies and cakes. All good grocery
stores sell it. Order a sack and give it
a fair trial. Made by F. w. Kickbusch
& Son. If.
VIM. Kornhorst, who lives at 926 S.
Fourth Ave-, had his left leg broken be-
low the knee on Wednesday afternoon.
He had been employed as workman
on the bridge being built in the south
part of town, and that afternoon was
engaged in lifting a heavy steel girder
into place when it fell on him, with re-
suits as above stated.
Principle r. B. Johns of the agricul.
tural school conducted examinations
Thursday aud Friday. On Friday
afternoon the scnool closed for the holt
day vacation and the students will not
resume tneir studies until January Sd,
at which time new work in the different
courses viii be taken up. There are
now forty-tive students attending this
school. The training school also closed
the same day.
Herman Gerbsch has decided to open
a brick yard near Rib river, about half
a mile northwest of the old Single mill
site in the town of Stettin. He has pur-
chased property, on which is fine de-
post of clay, also machinery for making
brick. He expects to erect buildings
during the winter and commence brick
manufacture in the early spring. He
has conducted a brick yard before and
therefore has good knowledge of the
business.