Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09

made in the store of c. Anthem in about
a week which will greatly aid in the
display of goods.
/ The. chimney in the agricultural
school building burned out Thursday
evening, necessitating the calling out
of the fire department.
Accuracy in compromising. purity in
drugs, reasonable charges has doubled
our prescription business yearly. Call
and see us. Frost-Philbrick Drug Co.
The designs in wall paper for 1904
will exceed in beauty anything hereto
fore shown. The choicest patterns are
now being received for the spring trade
by O. G. Callies.
The Wood County Reporter in It's
last issue says that there are eight pris-
oners in the Wood county Jail and all
are from Marshfield. Pretty lively
town that Marshfield, eh ?
Fifteen or twenty friends of Miss
Blanche Ross, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ross, rendered her sur
prise party on Wednesday evening last,
the occasion being her birthday
The town board of the town of Wes-
ton will meet shortly and appoint sue
caused by the death of s. f Graves.
There are several candidates for the
office
The Misses Amanda Pregent, Carrie
Martini. Maggie Boss and Mollie Burns
gave ghost party at the west side
M. w. A. hall last evening The at
PENDANTS came 'rigged OUT in sheets
and pillow cases.
Next Sunday is St. Valentines day,
a day, which so far as the sending of
trashy, highly colored pictures with
nonsensical verse is concerned. has
some connection with April LIST or
"All Fools Day"
This month marks four events: The
appearance of the ground hog on the I'd;
the anniversary of the birth of Abra-
ham Lincoln on the 18th; St Valen-
tines day on the 14th. and Washing
toms birthday on the 22d
The Wausau Electric Co., by its preSi-
dent, r. f. Parcher and secretary. w.
+. Collins, last week filed with the secre-
tary of state an amendment to its arti-
cles of Incorporation BY the amend
ment the capital stock is increased from
S85, 900 to $75, coo
A B. Wheeler & Son, the plumbing
and heating firm of Wausau. who prac-
tically control the heating and plumbing
business in this section of the state
have placed foreman, Mrs. JAS Sulli-
van, in this city with present headquar-
tiers at Park -Marshfield Times
Gene Uhauvin, formerly of this city,
but who for the past year has been
elerking at the Livingston store in
Wausau, has entered into partnership
with NJ Lipski, the upholsterer at Wan
sau, and they will conduct not only an
upholstering business, but also make
speciality of tent and awning work.
Success, to you, Gene Merrill Star.
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, February %.
0Friday the students of the Agricul-
tural school visited the farm of j. Nor
genroth in the town of Texas and passed
their Judgment on that gentleman's
fine herd of Holsten cattle Last Tues
day the class visited the farm of John
Manser at Kelly and judged the herd
of Red Polls and the flock of Shropshire
sheep imported from England.
There will be q meeting of the indie
pendent Telephone Companies associa-
ton of Wisconsin today and tomorrow
in Milwaukee, at the Hotel Pfster.
There were fifty new telephone COM
panies organized in Wisconsin last
year and with those organized pre-
viously makes $50 independent tele-
phone companies in Wisconsin, opeiat-
ing 400 exchanges with 50, 600 subscrib-
ers. 1t will be large and no doubt a
very interesting meeting.
Geo. Naef, of the town of Hewitt, was
put under bonds of 800 in Justice
Clarke's court Thursday to keep the
peace for three months. A logging
road runs through Naef's land and Jas.
Sexton, neighbor, was using The road
to haul timber from a patch of wood
land to his home when he was forbidden
the use of the road. He continued to
use the road when be was one day in
tercepted by Naef, who tiourished
double bitted AK, it is averred and
made threats to do Sexton harm.
Naef's arrest followed as a result of
these threats.
Friday evening ire was discovered
in the basement Of Rossie Bros con-
dictionary store but was soon eXtin-
gaisled. A spark from defective
chimney set fire to some excelsior and
dry boxes, which made a dense smoke
in the store, but otherwise causing
little damage, it not even being neces-
sary for the tiremen to turn on any
water. Had the fire started in the
night the building and stock world
have been seriously damaged Rossie
Bros greatest loss is their pet canary
birds of which they had number
These were killed by the smoke.
The Louisiana Loan and Trust Co,
which is the new name for the Louisi
ana State Lottery (Lottiana State Los
cry since ii. was recognized a few
years ago, when the government made
it close up shop for brief period,
mas been flooding the city with circulars
lately, setting forth its alluring schemes
for enriching those who invest in few