Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-31

Mrs. ID. l.. Rosenberg is entertain
ing lady friends at whist this afternoon.
Mrs. Nathan Heinemann is enter
tanning her lady friends at whist this
afternoon.
w. III. Mylrea is arranging to build
a home on his lots on East hill, the
coming season.
Ii contemplating buying new suit
of clothes this spring don't fail to look
over Seim Bros line just lately re-
ceived.
Do you know there is going to be a
good game of basket ball at Castle hall
Thursday night, Feb. 2, between Stevens
Point business college and Wausau Y.
M. c. A? Game called at 8 o'clock.
Admission rs cents.
The Wausau Gas Light and Coke Co.
is contemplating masking many i'm
provements in its Plant in the spring.
Among the changes made will be new
gas tank with capacity of LOG, 600 cubic
feet OF gas. The representative of
manufacturing concern is now on the
ground making estimates of the mater
ial required.
| The Carnation Cinch club was organ
lied Sunday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. c. B. Meyer, with fourteen
members. At the first evening of play
the first prizes went to Mrs. John DON
nelley and DR.. j. T. Taugher and the
second prizes to Mrs. Taugher and Mr..
Donnelley. The club will meet at the
home of one of its members every Sun
day evening. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mathie.
At session of circuit court held Sat-
urday K. A. Abbott, of Moon, was
granted an absolute divorce from his
wife, Alice, and was given the custody
of their one child. The grounds upon
which Mr. Abbott secured his separa-
ton was desertion, he alleging that his
wife left him two years ago and her
present whereabouts are III known. At
of little interest to the public were dis
posed of.
On account of little friction between
the police force and firemen, which
TRANSFERRED at recent fire, hearing
will be had before the board of police
and fire commissioners at meeting
this evening. Chief Malone, Capt.
German and Patrolman Mcdonald, of
the police force, and Chief Miller,
Harry Havron and VIM Hussong, of
the fire department, have been sum-
moned to appear before the board
The facts will be Investigated by the
commissioners and judgment passed.
A branch Office of the American Mer-
chants Protective association will be
opened here in about a week in charge
of ID. Jacobson, of Stevens Point. F.
A. RAIDER, who has been working up an
interest in the association for several
weeks, has secured enough signatures
of merchants to warrant the move, and
has engaged young lady of the west
side to prepare book of rating, giving
list of buyers who are good pay, those
who are fairly good but slow and OF
that class that are the bane of all Ter
chants, the dead beats.
August Lemke, who resides in the
First ward. was out on his farm in the
town of Wausau one day last week cut
ting logs. Assisted by one of his sons
a large maple tree was cut down,
which was hollow at the butt end In
saving out butt log the saw passed
through bees nest and as the log roll
ed to one side the bees began to fly out.
The day was cold and after a few
seconds flight in the air the bees would
drop to the ground frozen. Mr.. Lemke,
upon investigation, found the tree to
contain a large supply of honey, and
emptying their dinner pals, about ten
quarts was secured.
On Thursday of next week the an
nual meeting of the Central Wisconsin
Fair Circuit association will be held in
this city at the Bells hotel for the pur-
pose of arranging dates for holding fairs
in the circuit and also fixing the amount
of speed purses. The counties repre-
scented in the circuit are Marathon,
Lincoln, Langlade and Wood but
Waupaca, Outagamie, Winuebago and
Oneida counties have made application
to enter and will have representatives
present at the meeting. The present Of
ficers of the association are:
PRESIDENT. n. Cotter, Merrill.
Secretary--L. X. Wright, Wausau.
Committee to fix dates-J. n. Cotter,
i. X WRIGHT and M II Duncan