Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

cdIiiei al ILLS city, was married FRIDAY
morning TO Miss Bertha Weinberger at
the latter's home in Mayville
Furnaces Furnaces The best, at
A. B. Wheeler q Sons, COG Third street.
Put into your residence or place of
business on short notice, and at a low
figure. If you want furnace, talk it
over with the firm j24-tf.
Herbert Woodard, of this city, and
Miss Ida Warner, of the town of Vein,
were married Saturday at the home of
the groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Woodland, 239 N Second Ave. The
ceremony was performed by Rev f. H
Brigham.
A log drive which has been hung up
at Merrill is being brought down the
river to Wausau this week. There is
about 1000 900 feet in it for Wausau
parties and about thirty-five men are
employed. The work is in charge of
Louis Dionne.
During the past several days numer-
Gus horses have been shipped through
Wausau enroute to Merrill. where the
racing program opens tomorrow after
noon. Most of these horses will be
brought here next Saturday and enter
our races next week.
A number of Indian boys passed
through the city Friday on their way
from the Keshena reservation, near
Shawano, to the government Indian
school located in Tomah. They were
in charge of M. Moore, one of the
schools instructors in manual training
The teachers examination, conducted
for several days in the county school
building, came to a close on Wednes-
day There were fifty-two applicants
for certificates, of whom only four were
men, which shows that teaching offers
no remunerative inducements for men.
The Wisconsin College of Agricul-
ture will send an exhibit to our fair.
1t will consist of carpenter and black
smith work done by the students, beet
cattle and farm products and numer-
Gus photographs of the work in its
various department. The exhibit is
only made in six counties in the state.
Miss Lulu James, who had been visit
ing friends in the city for the past two
weeks, departed Wednesday evening
for Nashville, Tenn, where she will
sing before chatauqua assembly
She goes there at the instance of the
Slayton lyceum bureau, of Chicago,
which has engaged her for one of its
high class musical organizations.
A curious calamity happened last
Wednesday to c. C. Ramsey, of Toma-
hawk. While seated at his office desk
he was suddenly stricken totally blind
and onaFriday morning he died. His
blindness and death are attributed to
the excessive heat of the few days pre-
vioas. He had been engaged for two
years past as superintendent of the
United States Leather Co.'s plants at
Mellen, Prentice and Tomahawk.
Several members of the Salvation
Army of the branch which makes An
tigo as headquarters, spent Friday
evening in the city. They carried on
work characteristic of the organization
while here and succeeded in attracting
quite crowd of listeners and were rec
ompensed with handful of nickels
and dimes, taken up in a collection.
They were on their way to Minneapolis
to attend Salvation Army pow-wow.
Mrs. VIM. Porath, of the town of
Maine, died Wednesday morning at the
home of Mrs Henrietta Seymore, 1903
Third St, this city, of Bright's disease,
aged forty years. She had been suffer
ing with the disease for several months
and Tuesday she came to the city for
medical treatment and soon after ar
irving here was taken very i'll. She
was removed to the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Seymore, and grew steadily worse
until the end came next morning The
funeral was held Friday afternoon from
the Lutheran church in the town of
Corning, Lincoln county.
DR.. Frank Kick busch, who some time
ago received notice from the govern
ment that he had been appointed an
inspectar of live stock, and declined
the same, was surprised on opening his
mail Thursday to find certificate of
as if the government intends forcing
the position on him. According to the
certificate he has been assigned to pack
ing houses in Milwaukee, but as before
will refuse to accept the appointment.
The position carries salary of 800
per month, but Mr. kickbuseh says he
can do better than that in his practice
here.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Ritter enter
tanned their friends at a dancing party
given Thursday evening in Lieder-
kranz hall in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Strasse, of Milwaukee, who
had been visiting in the city. The
party was in the nature of farewell,
Mr. and Mrs. Strasse departing for
their home Saturday morning. In
strumental music was furnished by
Messrs. Gustav and Otto Mueller and
Hilmer Schmidt and vocal music by
members of the Liederkranz who were
present. AT the midnight hour lunch
was served and everybody enjoyed
himself and herself to the fullest
extent
Four children of a family residing
north of StinchfeId creek wandered
down town Thursday evening and be-
came lost. In trying to find their home
they started east and got down as far