Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-22
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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Smallpox has broken out in Steven.
Point. Four well developed cases have
been discovered and quite few people
have been exposed.
The Presbyterian Sunday schoo
picnic held Friday at the fair grounds
was better attended than any former
picnic of the society.
The south store in the Nichols block
has been leased by j. A. Stack, of St
Paul, who will shortly open the same
with stock of novelties.
| The weekly band concert on the
court house square was postponed from
Thursday to Friday evening on account
of rain. The latter evening being very
pleasant an unusually large crowd was
in attendance.
The present season has been very
poor one for blue berries liz this vicinity
and the price has been corresponding
ly high. Most of those picked by the
Indians further north are shipped to
the Chicago market.
The Rempke estate at Marshfield,
comprising eleven acres of land was
recently sold at public auction and was
Ibid in" by Manson & Weinfeld, of
this city for 1880 The new owners
will plat it and sell lots.
In order to close out the stock we will
sell all Wellsbach and Block gas lights
at one-third the former price. These
lights have no superior on the market
al d the reason we cut prices on them
| is that we do not desire to carry this
class of goods in the future-A. b.
Wheeler & Son. If.
AS usual, the people of Portage
county are again kicking on the
oOunty's assessed valuation, and as
usual, Judge Webb has appointed tax
commission to review the work of the
assessors. The members of the COM
mission are from New London, Berlin
and Grand Rapids.
Peter Schmitt, one of the prosperous
farmers of the town of Hull, lost his
barn and its contents one night recently
during a thunder storm. The barn
was struck by lighting and was burned
to the ground. A horse that was
in the barn was instantly killed. Loss
50 200; insurance $3.50.
Mary, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Sonntag, of the town of Ringle,
died Friday morning of whooping
cough, aged five years. The funeral
was held yesterday from St. Michaels
church in this city. Several others of
the family are sick with the same
disease Mr.. Sonntag is chairman of
the town of Ringle.
Oscar Weise, of the firm of Janke &
Weise, of Wausau, was in the city yes
terday figuring on the furniture and
fixings for the new public library
While here he took a contract for
some fine store and bar fixtures for w.
j.. Mattek's new building at the cor
ners. This firm recently furnished the
elegant outfit for the Huefner place in
this city.-Antigo Republican.
There is some feeling among mem
bers of the Wisconsin Valley Lumber
mems association that the interests of
the association could be better sub
served if it were consolidated with the
Mississippi Valley Lumbermen's asso-
citation. The interests of both are
identical and the matter was discussed
at the last meeting of the former held
in this city week ago 1t is quite
likely that no definite action will be
taken for some time yet to come.
The Northwestern R'y Co. has
crew of bridge builders at work build
ing temporary bridge across Rib
river and after that has been completed,
work will commence on rebuilding the
old one. When the old structure is re-
built it will be practically a new bridge
and will probably be raised several feet
above its present level. This work was
decided on some time ago because of
the difficulty the company has every
spring at the time of high water.
Supt. j. B. Thomas, of the Marathon
county insane asylum, turned over to
County Treasurer Robt Juedes on
Thursday the sum of 81, ,025 60 as the
proceeds of the sale of asylum farm
produce for the current year That
shows what can be done on well
managed Marathon county farms.
The above amount is just little sur
plus. The larger share of the stuff
produced on the above farm is used
for the maintenance of the 200 or more
inmates, and there is still plenty of
stuff to SELL
Attorney H. H. Manson, of Wausau,
who recently purchased tract com
prising about ten acres lying south of
the old chair factory from the Rempke
estate, is making arrangements to plat
the land and offer it for sale in building
lots. He will grade his own streets
and construct sidewalks before begin
ming the sale, plan which has been
found to work very successfully in other
cities. The tract will make fifty-fivc re-
gulation lots. Mr. Manson is an ener-
getic and successful real estate man and
has plated and sold number of large
tracts at Wausau.-Marshfield Times.
The teachers institute for Marathon
county, which had been in progress two
weeks, closed on Friday and was very
successful affair from start to finish,
and Co. Supt. w. j Farrell is highly
pleased with the work. Over 13O teach
ers were in attendance and the conduc-
tors were encouraged by the interest
manifested. The institute was in
charge of +. S. Hyer, of Stevens Point;
w. I. Anderson, Oshkosh; G. w.
Swartz, Monroe, and Co. Supt. W. j.
Farrell. Examinations are being held
for three days, commencing yesterday.