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

The plant of the Wausau Canning Co
has about two weeks more run on
green peas.
The Rhinelander Herald predicts that
the dav is not far distant when Wausau
will have population of $4,000.
The PILOT is in receipt OF a souvenir
postal card from Miss Winnifred RYAN
dated July 18th. She was then at Rome
Italy.
The pulpit of the Presbyterian church
was occupied Sunday morning and
evening by Prot. VIM. A Danfield, of
Carroll college, Waukesha.
There will be meeting of the Ladies'
Literary club held Friday afternoon at
three o'clock at the club house, Every
member is kindly asked to be present.
The members of the Brotherhood of
St Paul are notified that the first meet
ing of the society will be held in the
parlors o. the M. +. church tomorrow
evening.
The county clerk has received his first
lnstallment of hunting licenses, one
book, fifty in number. They are the
same In form as those of a year ago, but
this year are printed on a pale blue
paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Gertschen lost
their infant daughter in death, Friday
evening. The little one was fourteen
months old. The funeral was held
Sunday afternoon from St. Marys
church.
The Janke q Weise Manufacturing
Co. filed articles of incorporation Satur-
day, with the register of deeds. The
capital stock is S50, 900; the incOrporators
Margaret Metz.
What reduces the milk and flesh of
COWS so much as flies? What pays the
farmer better than summer milk if no
Lies worry his cOwsg Buy Callies' Fly
Fluid and watch your milk checks
grow. You will be surprised at results
geological survey of Wisconsin
ordered by the government some years
ago, and which was discontinued for
lack of funds, has again been ordered
to proceed. A survey of all the princ-
pal rivers will be made to determine
their value for commercial purposes.
1t is reported that several million
feet of logs are hung up between here
and Merrill, owing to low water in the |
Wisconsin river. These logs belong to |
Wausau parties but as the mill com
panies are shipping logs by rail the
hang will not seriously cripple them
The bread that mother used to bake |
was not one bit better than the bread |
you can bake if you use Blue Ribbon |
Eiour 1t makes light white bread and |
fluffy pies and cakes All good grocery |
stores sell it. Order sack and give il |
q fair trial. Made by F. w. Kickbus |
d Son. If.
Some time during the summer the
state fish commission will send II man
here to examine dams in this vicinity |
for the purpose of suggesting which |
ones should be supplied with lishways |
He will visit dams on the Wisconsin, |
Rib and Eau Claire rivers. The Hockin
iishway of Nova Scotia has been adOp ed |
by the commission as the one of most /
practical use.
1t is reported that the travelling men
of Wisconsin intend to make a united |
effort to have the railroads of the state
make better connections at their June
ton points. There are places where
travellers are compelled to make long
waits, where they claim close cOnnec-
tons could be made if the company
cared to alter the schedule a trife. |
The matter will be taken up with the
railway commission.
Among the latest musical numbers
sang with Wood IL Wards Two Merry
Tramps" are "Sad Experience"
'TippcanOe," "On the Brandy Wine"
"The Sweetest Girl in Dixie" when
the Lights are Turned Way Down
Low" Peculiar Jane" and Seminole"
All rendered as big numbers by the
entire company. Grand opera house,
Sunday, Aug ID. Prices %, 35 and soc.
Geo Nachtigall, who raised so much
disturbance last week by twice attempt
ing suicide, and who was released from
custody after being examined by physi-
clans, was re-arrested Tuesday after
noon and re-eXamined and pronounced |
insane. On Wednesday he was com
mitted to the Northern state hospital at |
Oshkosh. NachtigaIps insanity APP
pears to have resulted from a combina-
ton of habits, OF which intoxication /
was the main cause. The state hospi-
tai attendants have a pretty good gold
cure" and he may soon regain his rea-
son.
Wausau fruit dealers expect a famine
in fruits as a result of yellow fever in
the South. Shipments from New |
Orleans have ceased and shipments to
the North are growing smaller each
day. Many of the Northern dealers /
bad large supplies of bananas and other
fruits on hand at the time yellow fever
broke out, so that prices have not raised |
any, but of course this condition win be
changed in a few days. The quaran-
tine may be kept up for some time and
luckily for northern fruit dealers the
fruit season of this section is near at
hand, when other varieties can be had |
to supply the place of tropical varieties.