Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets

specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells house, July nth.
A son and heir, their first born, ar
rived at the home of MIR. and Mrs. Ed.
Seim on Thursday morning.
Robert Russ has purchased home at
632 Lincoln Avenue, and he and his
family are now occupying the same.
Since the recent rains the rivers in
this section have taken another rise.
Rib river was very high on Saturday.
Charles Ross Thayer, formerly of
this city, graduated from the high
school at Everett, Washington, on
June 10th.
For RENT-A large house within a
block of the Wausau high school. Has
all modern cOnveniences, except fur
mace. For further information call at
the PILOT office.
The Lady Maccabees conducted a
rummage sale in the Braatz building
last week from Thursday to and in
Guiding Saturday. The sale was quite
a successful affair.
The gang of gypsies that created a
disturbance at Schofield last Tuesday
morning, created trouble at Merrill last
week, to which place they went after
leaving Schofield, and were driven out
of town.
AT the meeting of the Wisconsin g..
A. R., held in Lacrosse last week,
Colonel F. A. Copeland was elected de-
partment commander. The next
annual meeting was voted to be held in
Marinette.
For the first time j n many years there
will be no reunion of the Iron brigade
this year, owing to the absence of Gen.
E. S. Bragg. There are a number of
survivors of that famous organization
living in Wausau.
Chas. Guenther has been succeeded
by ThOs. Guenther as postmaster of the
village of Knowlton. The former is
TOO much interested in the real estate
business to give the Office the attention
it deserved and therefore had to resign
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
aid 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 d Son. If.
Editor Barager of Prentice has sued
a fellow citizen for $1,000 for SANDER.
The price is pretty high for an editor S
! haracter.-Marshfield Times.
Mr.. Barager was for time resident
of this city and held an interest in the
Record
Sixth street north of grant is at
| city so far as mud is concerned. The
adjacent property holders will feel
believed, in mind as well as pocket,
when that street has been macadamized,
as it will be this summer
E. w. Abrogast, of Milwaukee, repre-
senting an automobile firm of Cleve-
land, o., was in the city the past week
with three touring cars, exhibiting and
taking orders for same. Mr.. Abrogast
was formerly a resident of Wausau and
was one of the office force of the
Werheim Mfg. Co.
With the recent spell of warm wealth
er has come a large crop of tramps.
Hardly a night has passed lately but
what from one to half dozen members
of this despicable class has been
sheltered in the city lookup, given a
good warm breakfast in the morning
and then chased out of town.
Ovid Belanger, who was recently
elected to represent the Wausau lodge
of Eagles at the national convention to
be held in Denver, Col, in September,
is planning to take an extended trip at
that time. He will first visit the Lewis
| and Clark exposition and then visit
through California before going to
Denver.
Two cars of logs were thrown off the
side track north of the city pumping
station last Tuesday afternoon by the
force of several other cars that were
run in on the track. The cars tipped
over, the binding chains broke and the
| logs were thrown into the river as
nicely as if the crew had unloaded
| them.
Judge Miller received notice Thurs
day from DR.. Gordon, in charge of the
Northern State Hospital for Insane at
Oshkosh, that a number of cases of
smallpox have developed in that insti-
tuition, and that until further notice all
insane committed from this county must
be sent to the hospital at Mendoza. The
first named hospital is under strict
quarantine.
Six tramps, arrested Thursday night,
were worked on the streets Friday
under direction of Fred Sell and made
to earn their lodging and meals. Fred
states that men are scarce at present
of the kind usually employed at street
work. Many old hands are being en-
ployed at present by the gas company
in digging pipe trenches. For some
time past the authorities have been
considering the tramp problem and
nave about decided to place them at
work on the city's rock pile.