Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The Ladies Sewing society of St.
PauPs church has furnished the funds
for building cement walk around the
church and the same is undo construc-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Christi 1etti, resid-
ing near Kelly, lost their four-months'-
old daughter, Julia, Wednesday. She
was buried Thursday from St. Mary S
church, this city.
The Jacob Mortenson saw mill closed
down Saturday morning out of respect
to George Gerst, the boy killed at the
mill Wednesday, and who was buried
Saturday afternoon.
Geo. b. Hodge, of New York, secre-
tary of the Y. NJ G. A. International
Educational association, will deliver an
illustrated lecture in the city at an
early date, under the auspices of the
local Y. M. G. A. He will speak about
the work being accomplished by the
association.
The Gillian q Rick meat market and
grocery house has been moved off of the
ground, corner Third and Mcclellan
street, and now occupies part of the
street where it will remain until the
new building about to be erected by
j. Gensman is completed. The Wau-
sau Construction company has the con-
tract for putting up the new building.
The Pilot is in receipt of an invita-
ton from the Washington College of
Law TO its seventh annual commence
ment, which takes place on Friday, the
twenty-sixth of May, at the banquet
hall of the New Willard, Washington,
ID. c. The program, which accom-
panied the invitation, shows that u. S.
Assistant Attorney General l.. A. Pradt,
of this city, will deliver the address.
The annual business meeting of the
Wisconsin Shorthorn Breeders sssocia-
ton will be held in this city on Wednes-
day evening. May 31st, previous to the
sale, at which time new officers will be
chosen and place selected for the sale
year hence. Wausau citizens who
are interested in cattle will make an
effort to have Wausau again selected as
place for holding the convention and
sale in 1906.
A very pleasant time was spent at a
picnic given by Miss Ethel Job, at the
dells of the Eau Claire, Saturday, May
goth. Those present were as follows +:
Misses Ethel Job, Josephine Rein, Hat
tie Bentz, Florence Barden, Clara
Ingersoll, Nora Morneau, Anna Glea-
son, Emma Lodhodholz; Messrs. Ross
Barden, Chester Barden, Herb Inger-
soil, Win Zillner, Joe Morneau, Ward
Job, Harold Morneau, Roy Job, James
Cunningham.
At the last meeting of the local lodge
- NJ n Il IL ,,1a
Geo. Halder, j. Komers and John
arrange for launch ride down the
Wisconsin river on Memorial day
They will endeavor to charter all the
launches in town and the start will be
made from the boat house at the foot of
the Stewart island. The antlered body
will 90 down to RothchilGs, where some
time will be spent in Furnishing choice
victuals, which will be taken down by
team, and communing with Nature.
VIM. P. Cullen will present the merry
musical comedy, 1.-The Burgomaster, :"
at the Grand opera house Thursday,
May 25th. The piece will be seen in all
the glory of an entirely new production
and new costumes, as it is to play in
New York for long run in a short
IlulOs nG a vel &c
one. 1t includes Oscar l.. Figman, as
B. Ragland, Fred Bailey, r. j. Moye,
George McKissock, Ruth White as
Willie" Louise Bracket, Vesta Stan
ton, Kitty Awkward, Mae Franklin, the
Lickhart sisters and others Prices
1901 .00-75-50-25c.
The county agricultural school is in
possession of some skulls and bones of
Indians dug from mounds in the vicini-
ty of Harshaw. One skull, from the
appearance of the teeth, is that of a
very old Indian and looks as if it might
have laid on top of the ground long
time before being buried. On the left
side is a hole extending through the
bone that was perhaps made with a
tomahawk. There are quite number
of mounds in the vicinity of Harshaw
that have been visited from time to
time and opened by curiosity seekers.
They are so old that in some only few
fragments of bones are left.
DR.. John Merritte Driver, pastor of
the Peoples church, Chicago, spoke
last evening to large audience at the
M. E. church. His subject was 'Ulti-
lndI6 Alll6IlCds w ulbllcI We DEllI-
ing and What viii be our Final Des-
tiny?" Mr. Driver is truly student, a
magnificent orator, a vivid thinker
He spoke for two hours on the social
and economic questions of the age and
portrayed he startling dangers surroud-
ing us in way that carried conviction
to his hearers. The lecture was
punctuated with wit and humor and
there was not one who heard but what
speak of Mr.. Driver as finished ora
tor.
On Friday last Sheriff +. F. Damon
and Atty +. f. Bump received word
from Athens that the body of a man
had been found in the woods near the
village by woman, and were asked to
come over and investigate. The infor-
mant was told to have a justice first
hold an inquest and then if anything
pointing toward foul play developed
they would 90 over. 1t later developed
that no corpse had been found. The
woman was carrying baby in her
arms and was passing through some
underbrush, when she took fright at
what she thought was skeleton partly
concealed beneath a log. She en-
deavored to show party of searchers
the spot where she had seen the skele-
ton but although diligent search was
made no skeleton has been found up to