Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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The Baptist church viii be re-shingled
before snow flies. Material is now on
the ground
DR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, November 1st.
A few flakes of snow fell Saturday at
different intervals. 1t was reminder
that winter is approaching.
Out OF eight applicants examined
last week by the state BARRIERS board OF
examiners five were successful in pass
ing the examination.
The home of Mrs. NJ. H. Barnum on
Franklin street is undergoing improve
ments. One of the principal things is a
large porch which is being added.
1t is said that new train schedule
viii go into effect on the Valley division
of the St. Paul road next Sunday, which
will only effect the south bound trains
The fire department responded to a
call Thursday afternoon to the residence
of Mrs. G. W. Lake, on Fourth street
The cause was that schimney which
had decided to burn itself out
The superintendent of water works,
Henry Gross, has ordered another
flushing of the water system. The
work commenced last night and will
continue each evening for ten days.
For RENT-A very convenient house
near the corner of Third and Mcclellan
SITS, with new furnace, large cellar,
bath room and other modern con
veniences. Apply to NJ. M. Partridge
The new mill of Jacob Mortenson
Lumber Co. is being operated night
and dav. A night force was put on
Wednesday and the hum of the mill
will be heard night and day the entire
winter.
The Ellen Thayer Land CO., of this
city has filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state The incor-
porators are JAS McCrossen. Henry
McCrossen and g. d. Jones capital,
$50, 900.
If you are going ~ 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 a. Son.
GIG Third Street. If.
A. f. Beebe, Ben Lang, VIM. Beck,
Henry Sunday and Cal. Richardson,
composing the county board committee
on delinquent taxes, met Friday for the
purpose of reviewing the town treas.
urers' reports on delinquent taxes.
The new church of the German M
f. congregation at Athens was form
ally dedicated last Sunday, a number
OF visiting pastors participating in the
exercises. Rev A. Wieting, pastor of
the Wausau church of that denomina-
ton, delivered an English address.
The Mosinee Times reports that Ed.
OConnor, who lives near Moon, this
year raised over 400 bushels of potatoes
off one and a half acres OF ground
That's a pretty fair yield for Marathon
county. We have lots more one and a
half acres in the county capable of
doing the same thing.
DIR. Harriet A. Whitehead, of Mil
waukee, Secretary of the Wisconsin
State Osteopathic association, arrived
in town last Wednesday, and is open
ing offices for the practice of osteo-
pathy in the new Spencer building on
Third street Dr. Whitehead is a
graduate of the American School OF
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo, the original
school under the personal supervision
of the founder of the science, DR.. A. I.
Still.
henry Mertens, who resides on Nc
Indoe street, and is employed as a
brakeman on the Northwestern road
lost finger of his right hand, Wednes-
day afternoon. He was leaning against
the door frame of caboose when a
section of train bumped into the
caboose with great force and the door
was slammed shut, catching Mr..
Mertels' finger and crushing it so that
it had to be amputated by DR.. ID. T
Jones.
The sale of "Blue Ribbon" flour ex-
ceeds that of any other brands at the
stores of Max f. BOehm. il6-tf
Carl Haupt, who conducts a saloon in
the town of Maine Just across the river
from Prokaw, was found guilty Satur-
day morning of having sold liquor
without a license. Haupt had three
months town and government license
when he started in business. The for
mer recently expired but he kept on
selling liquor though he had made APP
plication for another license. He was
fined $50 and costs which he paid.
Rev. Edward Ellis Carr delivered a
campaign speech before small au-
dienee at Druids hall Saturday evening
from the standpoint of social demo
crat. Mr. Carr, who lives at Danville,
Ill.,, is sent out by the national COM
mittee of his party The social demo
Gratis are making more active cam
paign this year than ever before. The
vote cast for their ticket in Milwaukee
last spring has encouraged them.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
Sunday morning, while a son of AL.
Young, engineer at the electric light
plant, and who lives at 906 Mcclellan
street, was driving the family cow out
IN naS.ure the animal was run down