Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-23


At meeting Saturday evening the
International Granite Co. perfected an
organization and elected a board Of
directors. The organization has beer
incorporated under the federal laws
and capitalized at s500OOO.
Mrs. Julius Callies, mother of Otto
Callies. the paint dealer, is lying very
Ill ut her home on east Logan street
with very slight chances of recovery
She has been sick for long time with
what the doctors pronounce as ,catarrh
of the stomach, and as she is advanced
in years, the chances are greatly
against any Improvement.
The following is the program of w.
Z. Il. u. to be carried out al its regular
meeting next Friday evening.
Devotionals, Mrs. A. P. Bailey
Business.
Mothers meeting, Leader, Mrs Viii
son.
Duet, Mrs Hart, Miss Tressider,
Recitation, Mrs. McCulloch
The Merchants association of Stevens
Point at a meeting held recently de
clded 10 adopt "black list to protect
themselves against Chronic dead
beats" The list will not apply to per-
sons who through misfortune are I'M
able to pay their honest debts In
cities where the plan has been adopted
1t has resulted in saving the merchants
a great deal of money that might other
wise have been lost.
Gorton's famous MINISTRIES come to
Wausan, March lst. If there is min
strel organization that is well known
the world over, it is surely Gorton's as
it enjoys the distinction of being the
oldest, as well as one of the best minstrel
companies on the road. The manage
ment is progressive and up-to-date, and
th.s year the attraction is guaranteed
TO be better tltan ever-Prices 25-35-50
75c.
Mrs. Louis johnson, wife of the pas
tor of the Swedish NJ E. church, died
Wednesday evening at 1870 o'clock of
tuberculosis. The funeral was held
Sunday afternoon from the above named
church, and services were conducted
| by pastors of the First NJ f. and Ger
man NJ. f. churches, the choir of the
English congregation singing approp
riate hymns Besides her husband Mrs.
johnson leaves one small child
Miss Anna Blaettler, waitress en-
ployed at the Winkley hotel died
Saturday night of rheumatism of the
heart after a three weeks Illness.
Deceased was twenty years of age the
18th of last October, though she APP
peared much older. Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Blaettler, live at Marsh
field and are in very poor circum-
stances. The father was here Sunday
and made arrangements for the re-
moval of his daughters remains.
The local gas company has been ex-
periencirg additional difficulty of late
with its gas mains, Saturday night
kicks were registered from consumers
all over town. on account of dimness
of lights, and it was found next day
that one of the supply mains near the
works was frozen up The company
has used three barrels of alcohol this
winter in thawing out pipes and meters,
and has ordered another supply
Robt Kickbusch departed Saturday
evening for Chicago for the purpose of
arranging for plans for the erection of
n cold storage building. and also to
visit his daugh ter, Nina, who is attend
ing the Art Institute. The Kickbusch
Grocery Co. will as soon rs the frost is
out of the ground, start building a
large cold storage structure for the
storage of dried fruits and dairy and
farm products. After the building is
completed the company will engage
extensively in the handling of eggs, but
ter, etc.
Dr. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, February "a.
Geo. w WoIslegel died at the home
| of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Wolslegel, in the town of Stettin, Sun
day. He had been i'll for about ten
days with diphtheria. The funeral was
held yesterday afternoon from the home
and was private. the Rev A. Fuenf-
stuck, pastor of the German Reformed
church, conducting the ceremonies.
me young man was born August B,
1882, and was thus a little past his
majority. He was we'll liked by all
acquaintance and his loss is a severe
one to his parents.
Yesterday was WASH ngton's birth
day, but it was not generally observed
| in this city Most of the county officers
laid aside their duties and the post
Office was closed during the afternoon,
and Fred Rienow, the weather man,
refused to tell us what kind of weather
to expect, but otherwise there was no
other observance. The man of cherry
tree fame would be of ripe old age
were he living today. for he was born
III years ago, and yet there is negro
wench living in Virginia who claims to
have a distinct remembrance of him as
he appeared to her when she was a lit
tie girl.
If you have been complaining of the
severity of the winter of 1854 consider
for moment the touching up our re-
spected forefathers got in l717 The
records of Old Newbury. Mass. show
that there were two terrific snowstorms
| in February of that year, one on the Goth
and on the oath The snow reached a
depth of twenty feet in some places and
fifteen feet was the minimum for the
neighborhood. Many one-story houses
were completely covered and instead
of trying TO shovel paths our ancestors
tunneled from house to barn and from
one dwelling to another. They trav-
eled ON snowshoes and when they start
ed they had to go up on the roof or 10
a second story window to reach the lev
ell of the snow,-EX.
The northbound passenger train on
the ST. Paul road Sunday did not arrive
in Wausau until after three o'clock
owing TO another wreck on the road
near Schofield-the second on this divis-
ion within few days. A hook and
chain on one of the cars of a logging
train worked loose and falling to the
track caught on tie. The result was
that coupling parted and the train
was separated in two sections and five
or six cars were piled up and the logs
scattered over the track. This hap
pened early in the morning and the
track was not cleared for nearly seven
hours after. Business men waiting
about the poStoffiee for mail were duly
incensed at what appears to have been
carelessnesS on the part of someone
connected with this miShap.
John Kempf, state treasurer. together
or .s,Sirfnr,t rnnanar,ad halla LII n