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

Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets.
A business mems association has been
organized at Mosinee with G. A Berni-
er as president.
The fire department has answered
many calls the past two weeks, most of
them chimney fires.
Dr. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, February 14th.
Fred W. Reyes, of Merrill, died on
Tuesday last after a prolonged illness.
He was very well known in Wausau.
P. o. Means has completed his win
ter's cut of ice amounting to about 2, 500
cords, which is larger cut than last
year.
| am getting a surplus of milk cows.
ANY one desiring to purchase a COW
might find it to their advantage to call
and see mine. G. w. WITTER. IT,
John Pivonke, residing at 1914 S. First
Ave-, lost two fingers of his left hand
Wednesday morning while at work in
the Curtis & Yale factory.
Candlemas day comes on February
I'd this year. So, next Thursday, if the
ground hog sees his shadow, the
winter will be long and cold one.
l.. A. Pepin, Grand Rapids druggist,
and Hulda Groehler, of Chicago, were
married in this city Thursday morning
by Justice j. A. Jones in the latter's Of
flee.
VIM. Kohnherst, who resides at 926
5. Fourth Ave-, is confined to his home
with broken leg. He received his in
jury while at work at the veneer fac
tory.
Sunday last, the anniversary of the
birth of the late President Mckinley,
was observed By numerous people
wearing the carnation, his fayorite
flower.
Ask you dealer for box of Idaho
apples. Choice fruit, carefully packed,
absolutely free from worms and guaran-
teed perfect. KIEFER COLD STORAGE
Co, Agents. j24-3t.
The dining room of the Northern
hotel is going through a course of i'm
provements. A steel ceiling is being
installed and wall decorations made,
greatly improving appearances.
The building on Jefferson street oc.
cupied by Ike Friede as pawn shop
was discovered to be on fire Wednesday
evening. The fire originated in the at
tic but caused no serious damage.
Richard Ehricke has been confined to
his home at the corner of Fifth and
Washington streets the past two weeks
with bad case of blood poisoning. He
is at present on the road to recovery.
1t is said that the Wisconsin Central
railroad will build branch line of rail-
road from Spencer, this county, to
Ladysmith, opening short line to Du-
luth. The contract for building the
road, it is further said, has been let.
If you are going 70 build or make any
change in your residence, have your
heating plant put in right and your gas
work and plumbing done up in a mod
ern way. We do all kinds of repairing
in these lines. A. B. Wheeler & Son.
616 Third Street. If.
The First-Seventh ward bridge has
been opened for travel. Snow has been
hauled onto it and farmers who have
logs, bolts, tan bark, etc., to haul to the
factory district find it great conven-
ience-a convenience that has long
been needed.
Orlando Lombard, who is employed
in the plant of the Wausau Paper Mills
Co. at Brokaw, has been confined to his
home in this city the past week on &C
count of a dislocated shoulder He
was descending a stairway last Thurs
day and slipped and fell.
David Adler, of Milwaukee, whole
sale clothing merchant of that city and
for 30 years, treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Wisconsin,
died at his home in Milwaukee, on the
afternoon of Jan. 23d. He was "a years
of age and well known throughout Wis
consin.
At brief session of circuit court last
week Mrs. Ida Stone was granted a di-
vorce from her husband, Emmett, on the
grounds of desertion. Mrs. Ottilia
Detert was also granted legal separa-
ton from her husband, Carl, whom she
alleged in her petition as having treated
her badly.
Mrs. Martha Lewis, living on Henri
eta street, was examined "Wednesday
by Drs Jones and Dickens and con-
mitted to the state hospital for insane
at Oshkosh. She is 70 years of age and
was under the hallucination that some
one was attempting to take her life.
Since the town of Erickson has been
set off from the town of Weston the
latter has been left without town
chairman and election inspector. As
there will be no more meetings of the
county board until after the spring
election, when chairman will be
elected, the vacancy will not be filled.
In the case of the inspection of election,
however, the town board will be re-
quired to make an appointment.
The annual convention of the State |
society will be held in |
Guild hall, Madison, February 7-S-9-10. |
Small fruits, apples, plums, market |
gardening, marketing fruits, cold stor-
age spraying and other subjects will be
by experts. Notices and pro-
grams have been forwarded to Mara
thon county people interested in frrit
raising but it is not very likely that
many, if any, will attend.
Plumbers report that so far this win
for tbav have beau called uOon RI thau