Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-02
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets.

To RENT-A fiat, 6O1 Sd st. Apply to
M. Id. Partridge.
A regular meeting of the common
council will be held this evening.
There will be meeting of the county
board held commencing Tuesday, June
9Th.
TIP RENT-A convenient residence,
good location. Enquire of N. HEINE-
MANN. Wv.
Dr. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, May 9th
ii. l.. Mumm has been elected by the
local Sons of Veterans to represent
them at the state encampment to be
held in Lacrosse.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, ieweler, corner
Third and Washington streets. All
work guaranteed. If
The Misses Adams, of Wausau, who
have been spending month with rela-
tives here, returned to their home Mon
day.-Hurley Miner.
Mrs. Sue Harper Mimms, G. S. D., of
Atlanta, Ca, will lecture on christian
science at the opera house this evening,
commencing at 8:15. Admission free.
1t is said that the depot at Knowlton,
which has been abandoned by the st.
Paul Ry. Co. for a great many years, is
about to be repaired and an agent
placed in change.
j. +. Cole, manager of Columbia
band and orchestra, has signed con-
tract with Hilmer Schmidt, to furnish
music for the Sangerfest which is to be
held from the 23rd TO the 18th of June.
A Steinway -Stadt moving picture
machine for sale cheap Entirely new
The owner not being able to travel, is
| the reason he desires to sell.
ADAM STELLER,
tt. 921 Sixth Ave. s., Wausau, Wis.
Media, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Schmidt, 3O5 Alexander street,
died Wednesday. Funeral was held
Friday afternoon, Rev. Aug. f. Lempke,
pastor of the Apostolic Evangelical
church, conducting services.
Mrs. John Abel, who resides near the
village of Schofield and sells vegetables
about the city during the summer, suf-
fered the dislocation of her left shoulder
last Tuesday evening. She was cross
ing the ST. Paul Ry. tracks near her
home when she was thrown out of the
vehicle with results as stated.
Mrs Caroline Oils will be tried in
municipal court next Friday on the
charge of practicing medicine without
a license. Atty. A. c. Umbreit, of
Milwaukee, will be here to assist the dis
trict attorney in the prosecution. Mr..
Umbreit will represent the Wisconsin
State Medical society in the case, he
being the society's regularly employed
attorney.
Ted Doonen, employed as fireman at
the east side engine house, received
word Wednesday that his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Frank Doonen, had died at her
home in Portland, Ore. Mr.. and Mrs.
Doonen left Wausau about two years
ago to make their home in the West.
Less than year ago the lady became
afflicted with cancer of the throat,
which caused death Besides her hus
band she is survived by two children,
aged fourteen and two years.
Upon information furnished by a
young man arrested Wednesday, three
saloon keepers. Jos. Tetzlaff, Samuel
Rutzky and VIM. Degner, were brought
into municipal court Friday morning
charged with having sold liquor to a
minor. Each pleaded guilty to the
charge and was fined S25. On Wednes.
day Paul Hofschill, a boy eighteen years
old, was arrested for disturbing the
peace and in court stated that he had
purchased liquor in the above places.
| The saloon keepers excuse was that
they did not know he was minor.
Ex-County Clerk w. j. Kregel re-
ceived so Saturday as prize in d
guessing contest. Early last year ST.
| Louis concern offered $50, 900, divided
into 1895 prizes, for nearest guesses as
| to number of paid admissions to the
| worlds fair. One of Mr.. Kregel's five
| guesses was IL, SO6, 1914, which exceeded
the actual number by Its and drew
the above prize. The first prize of S25,-
900 is in litigation, two contestants
guessing the same number The sum
of 25e was charged for a guess and it is
said the concern made a barrel of
money out of the contest Since the
worlds fair closed congress passed a
bill prohibiting such contests.
The entertainment furnished by Wau-
sau Lodge No. 2l5, l. o. o. F., Wednes-
evening in commemoration of the
founding of Odd Fellowship in America,
it being the eighty-sixth anniversary,
was largely attended and highly en-
ioyed. Services were held in the hall
on Washington street early in the even
ing, followed by addresses defining the
history and purposes of the order.
Dancing followed in Gensman's hall
and at IL o clock the ladies of Rebekah
Lodge No. 10 served luncheon, after
which dancing was resumed. As each
member of the lodge was allowed to
invite friend great many non
members were present.
The rain of last Friday came in time
to start vegetation and save much valu-
able timber from destruction by fire.
Fires started in many portions of the
state and had already worked consider
able destruction, especially in localities
where logging operations were con-
Quoted last winter. The BURBERRY
marshes in the vicinity of Rice Lake,
from which so many people derive an
income each year, were burned over.