Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-12
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets.
Reuter- will play at the concert to-
morrow evening.
Special holiday sale on perfumes at
Frost Philbrick Drug Co.
All of the stores of the city will be
open every night from now until Christ
mas.
Dr. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
BELLS House, December 10.
Judge w. c. Silverthorn, who had
been laid mp with sickness for the past
few weeks, is able to be about again.
John Fehl & Sons have purchased a
large steam propelled automobile and
will open an auto garage in The spring.
Wausau and vicinity has never ex-
perienced finer weather in December
than that which was had the past week.
Phillip Hollis, dentist, will make
metal and rubber plates and porcelain
inlays. Office over the Continental
clothing store. nov21-tf
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
The St. Paul Ry Co.'s branch line
from Knowlton to Johnson's Creek is
completed, after two months of work.
1t is four and one-half miles long.
Aug. Maibach, charged with robbery
and attempted criminal assault, on trial
last week in municipal court, was found
not guilty on Wednesday afternoon.
Ash Wednesday will fall on February
%, and the period of sackcloth and
ashes will close on April 18th. This
will be pretty early for the Easter
bonnet.
Rev. A. E. Patch, of the Baptist
church, addressed the mems meeting at
the Y M. G. A. Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Brigham, of the Methodist church,
will speak next Sunday.
Healy & Brown have decided to go
into the ice business next season and
are having a building for the storage of
ice erected on the bank of the river
west of the Murray foundry.
The sewing society of st. PauPs
church held its annual sale of fancy
articles on Friday afternoon in MERGERS
hall. Light refreshments were served
and the society realized neat sum-
Manicure sets in stag and ebony,
florelaid and stag toilet sets, smokers
sets, collar, cuff and glove boxes,
infants sets, mirrors and a great
variety of other useful gifts at Frost
Philbrick Drug Co.
The Universalist fair on Tuesday, was
as usual, a success in every way. From
$50 to 7:30 the ladies had all they could
do to serve those wanting supper and
the sale was largely patronized. About
$4,000 was taken in.
There was an Insignificant fire in the
home of B. Dippman, 925 S. Third Ave,
Wednesday evening which was extin-
guished before the arrival of the fire de-
partment. A lighted candle Left stand
ing on wooden box, burned down to
the wood and set the box on fire.
aprons, rugs, fruit, cake, plum pudding
and home made candy next Saturday,
December Is, at three o'clock at Mrs.
r. E. Parcher's. Light refreshments
will be served. Stop on your way
down town and get cup of coffee.
The bread that mother used to bake
was not one bit better than the bread
you can bake if you use Blue Ribbon
Flour. 1t makes light, white bread and
fluffy pies and cakes. All good grocery
stores sell it. Order a sack and give it
a fair trial Made by F. w. Kickbusch
q Son. If.
Marathon county is to have another
stock farm. The Henry Langsdorf
farm in the town of Maine, situated
about four miles northwest of the city,
has been purchased by B. F. Wilson
The farm will be used for the raising of
Guernsey cattle, of which breed Mr..
Wilson is already the possessor of a.
number of fine specimens.
Lady Wastell Hive, l.. o. I. M, held
a dance at Woodman hall, west side, on
Thursday evening, which was attended
by about $50 couples. 1t was one of
the most successful social affairs of the
season and highly enjoyed by everyone
participating. Refreshments were
served and from both sources the ladies
realized large sum of money.
On Thursday evening last M. j.
Colby addressed the members of the
Presbyterian church on the work being
done by the Wanamaker Sunday school
in Philadelphia. There was a large at
tendance and the address proved in
teresting. Mr.. Colby, who during the
summer and fall spent several months
in the East, had an opportunity of
witnessing the work of which he spoke.
Great interest is being manifested in
the studies of the Y. M. G. A. night
school, and the course is doing much
good for Wausau young men whose
early training has been neglected. tbs
quite likely that another branch of study
will be adopted soon-that of architec-
tural drawing. If sufficient number of
students signify their willingness to
take up the work, a class will be started
the first week in January, under the
direction of Paul E. Burchard.
Dennis Roach, who owns a large
stock farm in the eastern part of the
county was in the city the other day to
deliver his herd of fifteen beef cattle.
They were the finest beef cattle that
have been brought to the city for many
a day. They were nearly two years
old and averaged 1850 pounds. They
were purchs S9d by Carl Wartman for
So 90 per hundred. Such cattle are
certainly a credit to the county.
We have just received for the holi-
days fresh supply of