Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-14
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Henry Belize was today appointed a
deputy by Sheriff Damon.
The North Central district conven-
ton of the Y. p S. G. E. will meet in
Wausau on the 5th aud 9th of April.
Miss Cornelia McCrossen has issued
invitations TO many of her young
friends to fancy dress valentine party
this evening.
Do you intend to build The cheapest
and best material is good brick; for
sale in car load lots by the Ringle Brick
company and in smaller quantities by
al dealers. If.
Today is St Valentines day. a mate
to All Fools day There is nothing the
matter with the day except that ii is
cold. but it is the practice of sending
abominable caricatures through the
mails as petty means of satisfying
spite Fortunately the practice is DIV
ing out and is due to become obsolete.
in time when people become more civil
lied
The past ten days have been very
cold as the following figures will show.
the thermometer being below zero each
day except on Wednesday aud Thurs.
day evenings: Feb 5, 4; Feb. 6 S;
Feb. z, p; Feb. s, s.; Feb 9. 4; Feb 10
IL; Feb II, IA; Feb IL, 4; Feb. 10 25:
this morning, II. Monday morning
was the coolest of the year From the
All to the 10th the precipitation was 40
inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. johnson, enter
tanned friends at progressive whist last
evening. There were five tables of
players and the game was kept up in a
very spirited way until 1890 when re-
freshments were served The best
scores were made by Mrs. P. V. o.
VanVechten, Mrs. w. C. Silverthorn
and c. j. Winton, and thew were
awarded the prizes. 1t was an ex,
ceedingly enjoyable evening to ali
| present
A number of hydrants about town are
frozen up as well as pipes, which is due.
1t is said, to the river water now
pumped into the mains. The river
water IS considerably colder than the
well water, being near freezing point
when it comes from the river, and con-
sequently when pipes are little ex-
posed to the cold they freeze. The
Northwestern depot is without water
and it is feared the tank will freeze up
If this weather continues.
The lecture delivered at the opera
house Friday evening by Dr. Lyman
Sperry, under the auspices of the Y. M
Z. A., was very largely attended, and
was one OF the most pleasing addresses
heard in this city for many day. The
topic was ''The Worlds Wonderland, /"
illustrated with pictures DIR. Sperry
has travelled extensively and has seen
the things of which he speaks. The
lecture besides being intensely enter
tanning was very instructive. The
people have been highly pleased with
all Of DIR. Sperry's talks last week and
no doubt an effort will be made to get
him here again at some future date.
The next meeting of the Mems club
will be held Wednesday evening, Feb.
22d, which completes one year of the
clubs life. The program that evening
will be change from the ones of the
past. AS the day is celebrated as the
birthday of the father of this conntrv
the program will be of patriotic ma
ture in the subjects discussed. F. p
Regner will speak on the life and char
acter of Abraham Lincoln; G. c. Parlin
on Washington. G. b. Bird will dis
cuss both the rail splitter and the man
of cherry tree fame. Anyone having
any questions they desire talked upon
are requested to file same with the sec-
rotary. During the evening, officers
Will be elected for the ensuing year
The regular February term of circuit
court is in session. There are II Grim
inal cases on the calendar though it is
highly probable that but few will be
tried at this term. This fornoon was
mostly spent in empaneling a jury in
the case of the State of Wisconsin VS..
Nicholas Wisniewski, there being two
of that title on the calendar, forgery be-
ing charged in each case In the case
now being tried the defendent, the state
will attempt to prove, defrauded the
late H. L. Bump by issuing a forged
mortgage, thus securing a loan.
Otto Fehlhaber, of Edgar, was the first
witness called. He was an employe in
the Office of Mr.. Bump at the time the
| mortgage was issued