Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-02

| the church was held. The ride to anC
| from the farm was a pleasant one and
all who participated report a most en-
ioyable time.
The street matchmaking crew viii
begin work on Third Ave. as soon a:
the macadamizing of jackson street ha.
been completed, provided, however
provision be made at the council meet
ing tonight for improving Clinton
street, in which event the latter will be
completed first. Graders are now al
work on Third Ave.
There was short session of circuit
court yesterday. The matter of in.
corporation of the village of Unity was
booked for hearing but on account OF
the attorneys not being able to be pres
ent an adjournment was taken to
August 23d, upon motion of Neal
Brown, and Geo. Hart was appointed
referee and ordered to take and report
testimony at the hearing on that date.
There will be meeting of the COM
mon council this evening at which there
will be several important petitions up
to DE acted upon A petition will be
presented asking that Clinton street be
macadamize6 and there is little doubt
of its passage for anyone who has driven
over that street of late knows how
badly it is in need of repair Bids will
also be opened for several large con-
tracts.
In view of the fact that the govern
ment's rain gnage and thermometer
have been placed on the county square
where they could easily be meddled
with or destroyed by vandals, it might
be well to state that reward will be
offered for information leading to the
arrest of such parties, if any there be
and very heavy penalty inflicted on
the culprits. Uncle Sam allows of
no destruction of his property.
A Merrill merchant, who strange to
say is very religious man, some time
ago gave his clerks orders never to do
anything not warranted by the bible.
One day recently he learned that clerk
had charged a customer So for a 81 80
hat and took him to task. "Can you
think of a bible quotation" he asked of
the clerk, that would warrant such
conduct?' The clerk said he could ami
quoted this: Behold he was stranger
and took him in
Il. Pinder purchased a broncho pony
a few days ago, which was unbroken
Davy Grey assumed the task of break
it and yesterday afternoon the pony
was led to the vacant lot at the corner
of Jefferson and Second Sts and tied
to telephone pole to await the ar
rangement of Some prelirlinaries
Shortly thereafter the horse reared and
fell forward and larding on his head
his neck was broken and he was carted
away to the city dumping grounds.
In making grade for sidewalk
last week for property holder resd
ing on the north side of jackson street,
near the st. Paul tracks, city engineer
Chas. Nutter discovered that for some
distance property owners have been
encroaching on the street and have built
out in some instances as much as four
feet further than they were entitled to.
The property. owner had decided to
build according to right line and grade
when he was threatened with iniunc-
ton proceedings by his neighbors, and
so has done nothing since in the way of
building. His neighbors, however,
have prepared petition asking that
the street line be kept as it now is, and
this will be presented to the council
this evening.
Since f. f Fraser, the postal inspec-
tor, has visited the city recently, mail
carriers have had their work greatly
lessened. Formerly they reported for
work at 100 o'clock each morning and
put in eight hours OF hard work,
making three deliveries daily. Some
of them had very long routes and in
many section there were no side walks,
but the Inspector has greatly shortened
their work by giving orders that only
| two deliveries be made daily hereafter.
According to the new schedule carriers
start out now with the first batch OF
mail at 745 in the morning, getting
through at about 1890. At 90 O'Clock
| they start out to make the second
delivery and finish up between 400 and
800, after which they make collection
and then they are through for the day
The hours of work of course are not
shortened by the new arrangement
but in cutting out one delivery the
amount of territory covered each day
is greatly lessened. The business
centre of town is most effected by the
new order of things.