Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-04
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

A stump fire on Wausau Ave
Wednesday resulted in some excited
person turning in fire alarm.
A baby girl was born Tuesday after
noon last to MIR. and Mrs. Christ. Hard
ing. Mr.. Harding is employed by A. j.
Halder, plumber
The Grindell-Davis theatrical troupe,
which held the boards at the opera
house for four nights "went up the
anme" last week. The members have
since left town.
The office of w. G. John district and
local agent for the Northwestern Life
Insurance company, has been move
from the PILOT building to offices
over the Continental clothing store.
st. Omer Commandery, No. 10, X. T.,
at its last regular conclave, called off
its meetings during the months of July
and August. Its next regular conclave
will be held on Wednesday evening,
Sept 9th.
In order to close ont 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 Il Son. if.
Plans are being drawn for the hotel
which Jos. Lucia is to erect on Clarke's
island near the Northwestern depot.
The structure will be three stories in
height and will cost about $4,000. 1t
will be built in the shape of a triangle,
the dimensions being 45x551x1O24 feet.
The following officers were elected
by the State Universalist convention,
which was held in Lacrosse last week:
President, w. III. Rogers, Fort Atkin-
son; vice president, DIR. H. B. Latin,
Lacrosse; secretary, Rev. B. Gibbs,
Wausau; treasurer, G. A. Grier, Racine
There will be no women on the
Legislative pay roll two years hence
The new legislative bill passed in the
closing days of the session provides that
women shall be banished from the
legislative positions and that in the
future these places shall be held solely
by men.
The state dairy and food department,
under Commissioner j. O. Emery, has
been conducting very active cam
paign of late against violators of the
pure food laws. One of those recently
convicted was Merrill milk dealer,
who had been "presel wing" his milk
with formaldehyde.
The mayor of Fond du Lac, John
Hughes, has given his policemen orders
to arrest every person firing toy pistols
or giant crackers on the Fourth. He
will allow the use of revolvers or any
other kind of fire arm, which he says is
far less dangerous than the toy articles.
John, your head is level.
Jasper Bean, of the town of Mosinee,
was arrested and brought before JUS
tice j. A. Jones on Thursday charged
by a neighbor, Fred Braun, with assault
and battery. The jurors before whom
the case was tried brought in verdict
of acquittal. They held that while
Bean was guilty of the offense charged,
the prOvocation was such us to warrant
has actions.
Farmers throughout the country are
busy at present cutting and storing
their hay. They have had fairly good
weather thus far and the crop is up to
the usual standard, except in low
places, where it suffered from two
much water in the early part of the
season. In some sections of the west
ern part of the county, where the wind
storm early in June lodged all growing
crops, the hay will be very light.
The residents of the village of Athens
are hopeful of securing high school.
The school board last week received
letter from the state superintendent, G.
2. Cary, stating that the pupils of the
graded school had successfully passed
the required examination and were
entitled TO high school. During John
f. Lamont's closing term of office as
county uperintendent, he labored hard
to secure for that village high school,
and it appears that his efforts have been
crowned with success.
A special meeting of the council was
held Friday evening for the purpose of
acting upon petitions for saloon licenses.
OF the sixty petitioners, fifty-five had
paid their money, while five had not.
The mayor ordered the chief of police
to close up the latter at twelve o'clock
that night until they paid. Next day
they enriched the city treasury by
81 900 and licenses were issued to them.
Last year total of sixty-three licenses
were granted Three have gone out of
busiuess-Larson & Anderson, S Rutzky
and Otto Schochow.
The St. Paul south bound passenger
train, due here at $40, was about two
hours late in arriving on Wednesday
evening, due to wreck at Cassian
Several cars of logging train jumped
the track at that point and brakeman,
Avery Kelk, of New Lisbon, had his
life crushed out beneath the over
turned cars His head was nearly torn
from his shoulders and his body was
terribly mangled. His remains were
taken through here next morning to
his home for burial. He was about
twenty-six years and unmarried.
The arches erected on Third street by
the Liederkranz society for decorative
purposes during the Saengerfest have
been allowed to remain up until after
the Fourth The Medforl society,
before leaving town, made arrange
ments to buy one of the arches for the
Saengerfest to be held in that village
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