Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20

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1t caught in piece of machinery.
Rev. +. Jenkins Williams, of Arbol
Vitae, lectured before the Ladies' Liter
airy club yesterday afternoon, on
"Some Phases of Oxford Life" Rev
Williams was a student at Oxford.
Companies owning country saw mills
are at present pushing operations to
the limit. Many mills are running day
and night and many others, day and
a quarter. All have large stocks Of
logs on hand.
M and Mrs. A. r. Bardeen gave q
whist party on Friday evening at their
home on East hill, which was in every
way a delightful social event. The
highest scores were made by Mrs. P. o.
Van Vechten and H. L. Evans.
A. j. Plowman, of the town of Ed
ron, who is well known in this city, has
purchased realty at Belfeld, N d. He
has purchased a large tract of land
there and will stock it and begin its cul
tiVation. He started for there today.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Muf
ray, of this city to Mr. Walter d. Rlair,
of Lepsic, Ohio, has been announced tc
take place in this city on the 10Th day
of April. Miss Murray is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. d. j. Murray of this
city.
The United States Leather Co. will
not rebuild the tannery recently DIES.
troyed by fire at Prentice The bust.
ness that heretofore has been cared for
there will be divided between the plants
operated at Tomahawk and Wausau.-
Rhinolander Herald.
The bread that mother used to bake
was not one bit better than the bread
you can bake if you use Blue Ribbon
Flour. 1t makes light, white bread and
fluffy pies and cakes. All good grocery
stores sell it. Order a sack and give it
a fair trial. Made by F. w. Kickbusch
& Son. If.
A mass meeting was held in Merrill
one evening last week and George
Arson asked to become a candidate for
mayor On CT ITEMS ticket. We notice
in about all Oh the cities of Wisconsin,
candidates for democratic, republican
or other party nominations have been
named in mass meetings.
Miss Ethel Roberts, who has been
visiting in the East for the past three
weeks, will depart on her trip abroad
next Saturday, leaving New York for
Naples on the steamer Koenig Albert,
of the North German Lloyd line. Miss
Roberts will travel with party of
friends and will be absent until next
fall
John Lamont, of Wausau, was Col
by visitor Sunday and Monday of this
week. John told us confdentially that
he had been sent out to do little detec-
tive work it seems that pencils of all
kinds, and in quite large quantities have
been disappearing from the county
court house with alarming frequency
it is up to John to locate the leak
Unity Registers Colby correspondence.
E. j Sickler, who lives out on the
Eau Claire river, brought two wild cats
hides to the county clerk Friday and
received orders on the treasurer for
bounties. Mr.. Seeker, in his younger
days, enjoyed two distinctions: He
could beat any man this side of New
York City at playing checkers and al
though weighing but 40 pounds could
down any man in the valley in wrestl-
ing match.
The educational affairs of our sister
city, Stevens Point, are receiving quite
a shaking up, all because it has a Nor
NAL school which, so it seems, is not al
together blessing. Last Saturday
superintendent of schools f. F. Show
ers rendered his resignation to take
effect at the end of the school year
Mr.. Showers was formerly superintend-
ent at Sheboygan Falls and Amigo, and
was also known as a state institute con-
ductor.
An Irish social was given by the
ladies of the Baptist church on Friday
evening which was largely attended
and greatly enjoyed. There was an ex-
cellent program rendered, Arthur
Lamotte, with his violin, entertained
with Irish melodies, Miss Mary Mcneil
gave several readings appropriate to
the occasion, Miss Hattie Ringle
rendered several vocal selections and
Supt. Tobey gave an interesting talk,
interspersed with pointed stories.
Light refreshments were served.
Anthony Scherpke will answer to a
criminal charge in court tomorrow.
Scherpke during the past season con-
Quoted a creamery in Marathon City
and the creamery under his manage
ment was a failure. Recently he effect
ed settlement with the patrons by issu-
ing check to each in payment of out
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of these checks that caused his arrest
last week. He had $400 in the bank,
while the amount of the checks given
was greatly in excess of that sum.
Carl Ohm, one of those who could Sc
cure no funds on his paper, caused the
arrest.
Unity is now village, within the
corporate meaning of the law. After
about three years of wrangling and
fights through the courts in which more
or less petty luminosity and spite was
displayed by few parties who wanted
to stay the wheels of progress, the mat
ter has been finally settled by supreme
court decision and a village election.
Out of total vote of 81 cast at recent
election to decide the question the
main squeeze" opposed to incorpora-
ton was only able to rally twelve voters
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