Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-21
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets

A baby boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Jay Tompkins on Friday.
Or. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at tie
Bells House, April 18th.
The sale of blue Ribbon foEr ex-
ceeds that of any other BRANDS at the
stores of Max E. Boehm. i16-tf
Wednesday was the last day for the
payment of taxes to the city treasurer
and many failed TO make settlement.
The Fraternal Reserve association
gave ''hard tines party at Woodmen
hall Friday evening which was well
patronized.
The Pabst Theatre Co., of Milwaukee,
will appear in this city on the Monday
evening following Easter, in German
production.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
Principal r. B. Johns, of the county
agricultural school, held meetings in
the Interest of the school Friday night
at Fenwood and Saturday night in the
town of Kronenwetter.
w. II. Bissell, as one of the trustees,
attended meeting of the board of trus-
tees of Carroll college, Waukesha, last
week. One of the items of business con-
sidered was that of charging that insti-
tuition.
The Wausau Lumber Co., which has
a mill at Edgar, has suspended lumber
ing operations for the season on &C.
count of the poor roads Enough logs
have been hauled to ensure about five
more weeks of saving
L. A. Lacerte, the west side photo
grapher, received the information
Thursday evening that his brother, who
resided in Canada, was dead. Mr.
Lacerte was unable to attend the funeral
because of the lateness in receiving the
dispatch
If you are going 10 build or make any
change in your residence, have your
heating plant put in right and your gas
work and plumbing done up in mod
ern way. We do all kinds of repairing
in these lines A b. Wheeler & Son.
GIG Third Street. If.
The Athens Farm Machinery Co filed
articles with the secretary of state last
week increasing the capital stock from
$4,000 to $4,000; also changing the
name to the Athens Implement Co.
Geo. Suffer is president of the company
and f. j. Rietz, secretary.
Judge Silverthorn has appointed r.
&. Kingsley, F. g. Rossman and Fred
Smith, of Merrill, as commissioners to
appraise the value of f1owage lands
along Prairie river. The lands in ques-
ton are claimed by Kate Pier, of Mil
waukee, and John ODay and Frank
Lawson, of Merrill.
A sub-station OF the Wausau post Of
flee will be established on the west side
April LIST, in the building occupied by
Albers' drug store. This arrangement
will be great convenience to people
of that side of the river. Richard Juers,
who is acting as clerk for Mr.. Albers,
will be sworn in as postmaster.
The bread that mother used to bake
w han hn
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 sack and give it
a fair trial. Made by f. W. Kickbusch
81 Son. IT,
John Ostrowski, resident of Portage
county, charged with the larceny of
implements belonging to Knowlton
lumbermen, had his examination Fri
day and was bound over for trial in
municipal court. His bond was fixed
at $3.50, which he is confident he can
furnish. The value of his thefts as
charged in the information is $33.
Frank Wrinkle, residing at 700 S.
Third Ave, is confined to his home
with a broken leg. The fracture
occurred one day early last week at the
plant of the Wausau Sandpaper Co.
where he is employed He was stand
ing on machine when the machinery
was started in motion and he was
thrown off.
In response to a request from the
Wausau and Merrill lodges of Eagles
The executive committee has decided to
change the dates for holding the next
picnic at Green Bay next summer, and
announcement of the change will be
made as soon as new dates have been
selected. The original dates We're July
20-21-22, which conflict with the dates
of the Saengerfest to be held here.
VIM. Haas, an inmate of the county
poor house who has been confined at
the Riverside hospital for two weeks
past, was taken back to the poor farm
on Friday. Mr. Haas was formerly
resident of this city and at one time
was a member of the city council. He
is suffering from asthma and on ac-
count of his advanced years little hope
is entertained for his recovery.
The new town of Erickson which was
created by the Marathon county board |
last fall is going to be called the town |
of Flieth in honor of Herman G. Flieth |
of Wausau. Mr.. Flieth is cashier of the |
National German American bank of |
that city and is one of the most popular
men in Marathon county. The resi-