Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-07

Inere was sou, 0UO nre IN CfanuOl
last Saturday night.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs
Richard Wacholz on sunday.
Miss Gertrude Steffen will entertain
friends at birthday party at her hom'
on Scott street tomorrow evening.
Phillip Hollis, dentist, will make
metal and rubber plates and porcelain
inlays. Office over the Continental
clothing store. Oct. lowe
Bring your pictures for framing. A
| large line OF new, artistic mouldlngs III
stock. Mumm's paint and wall paper
store, 80 Scott street.
The intermediate G. E. society will
give a supper in the Presbyterian
church Friday evening, the proceeds OF
which will be donated to the piano
fund
You will find something very fine in
the line of young mems suits and over
coats in Seim Bros stock. Sizes range
from fifteen to twenty years and prices
from So to S16.
Henry Berkholder and Mrs. Kate
Heling were married Saturday evening,
the ceremony being performed by
Justice j. A. Jones at the brides home
on Forest street.
Up to the present, the county clerk
has issued about 900 hunting licenses.
The open season for killing deer being
near at hand there is a great demand
for the blue tinted slips of paper.
Lamphier, Skinner & Co, of st. Paul,
is the best fur house in this country 1t
will have line of furs and fur gar
ments on display and for sale at
Athens store, next Friday and Satur-
day.
A progressive Halloween dinner
party was given a number of the young
folks on Tuesday. The courses were
served at the following homes: w. d..
Kollock's, Mrs. Corwith's, Taylor Alex
ander's, Sam Livingston's and G.. f.
Paff's.
The Barker & Stewart Lumber Co,
expects to close its mill in a few days
before the winter saving season com
mences. Logs will be shipped in by rail
during the winter from different points
and it is the intention to cut very
large stock.
Norton Kelly entertained about sixty
of his young friends at a Hallowe en-
party last Tuesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Kelly made it very enjoy
able for the young people and it was an
evening which will long be remembered
by all who were present.
The county board committee on delin-
quent taxes met at the court house
today for the transaction of business
preliminary to the meeting of the
county board next week. The commit
tee is composed of John Ringle, Grin
Borst, G. Hilber, H. Ramthun and
Philip Menzner
The Wausau Electric company is at
present having an opportunity of test
ing its engine and boilers and the test
has been entirely satisfactory. The
plant will be operated by steam for
several days while the slough is being
cleaned out by Arnt Arntsen, who is
getting the old Plumer mill in readi-
ness for winter saving. The guard
lock has been closed down and the
water drawn out of the slough.
The Halloween card party given by
Miss Olga Gebhart, at her home on
Tuesday evening, was most delightful
affair. The decorations were very sug
gestive of the day and were greatly ad
mired. Refreshments were served at
the close of the playing. There was
enjoyment in every moment until the
guests departed for their homes, near
the midnight hour. Prizes were car
ried away by Miss Inez Norman and
Miss AntOinette HOetlinger.
The "kids," both small and large,
were fairly well behaved last Tuesday
ight-Hallowe'en No arrests were
made and few complaints are heard.
Of course the usual mischief was in
dulged in, but, so far as we can learn,
there was no destruction of property.
There are about 15,0 600 people in Wausau
and figuring on the basis of one out of
every five being a woman who presides
over household, it is estimated that
about B 900 women got out and scrubbed
soap and tallow off windows next
morning.
According to the official returns sent
out from Madison last Friday, Wiscon-
sims population by the last census is
. ,22S, 949 or gain of 159,907 in five
years. Aside from Milwaukee county,
only two other counties of the state
made larger gains than Marathon dur
ing the five years. Nineteen counties
in the state decreased in population.
From a study of the figures it is APP
parent that Northern Wisconsin is fast
being settled up, the largest gains being
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