Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-16

for week past, is much improved al
| this writing.
| The ladies of the M. E. church viii
give Washington supper on the even
| ing of Feb. Goth, in the church.
| Boynton Tent No. %, K. o. T. NJ,
WI install officers this evening al
which time there will be other special
features.
The Uniyersalist pulpit was filled on
Sunday morning by Rev. L. B Fisher,
ID. d., president of Lombard college,
of Galesburg, I'll.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Nelson, COS Stark street, died
yesterday morning. The little one was
only three days old.
Arbutus Lodge No Is, Daughters of
Rebekah will install officers this even
ing. Following the installation there
will be dance and supper.
Sunday and Monday this section ex-
perienced regular January thaw. 1t
settled the snow somewhat and con-
siderable snow fell Monday night the
weather. grew colder and few inches
of snow fell which has made sleighing
very good
There will be a continuation of spec
ial services this week at the Presbyter-
ian church. Rev. JOS Brown, of
Marshfeld, and Rev. I. H. Hill, pastor
of the west side church of Merrill, are
expected to be present and lend their
aid. Special services last week were
held in every Presbyterian church
throughout the land.
Peter Nuerns, of Athens, died on
Friday last. He was an old resident of
that town and had reached the age of
20 years. He leaves a wife and three
sons and three step daughters. of
whom Mrs. Geo. Suter of Athens is
one. TIE funeral was held from the
Catholic church of the Redeemer on
Friday, Mrs. Maggie Marson of this
city attended the funeral.
Dist. Atty F. E. Bump who appointed
Atty. r. A. Edgar as his assistant, has
submitted the appointment to vote of
the county supervisors. Up to noon to-
day the county clerk had received
twenty envelopes containing votes,
nineteen of the supervisors voting for
Mr.. Edgar and one against AS this
number is practically half of the
county board, Mr. Edgar's appointment
is without doubt confirmed
The James Music company held its
annual meeting last evening at its
store on Scott street The work of the
year was gone over and everything was
found in very satisfactory condition
and a good credit balance. 1t was
decided to increase the capital stock
and to prepare for even greater work
than it has ever undertaken. Officers
were elected for the coming year as
follows
President and Mgr.-E. Nj. James.
Secretary-F. B. Laabs.
TTeasurer-Althea James.
Chas. Stoltenow, a saloon keeper of
Spencer, was tried before a jury in
municipal court yesterday on a charge
of violation of the state liquor laws and
was found not guilty. The complaint
was made by those engaged in the same
business in that village. The saloon
keepers of Spencer have a mutual
agreement to close their places on Sun
day during church hours and it was
alleged that on Sunday, January 18th,
Stoltenow opened his saloon and
allowed people to enter He set up the
plea that he did not sell any liquor, but
merely opened his place to allow church
people to come in and get warm, the
church not being adequate to hold all
the people who desired to attend SER
vices that day.
The town of Mcmillan which we re-
ported last week as having made the
first settlement with the county treas
urer for taxes on realty and personal
property, has made settlement in full,
including state tax, being the first in
the county to clear up its accounts
The village of Schofield comes next
with the payment of 1921 10 state tax,
but as the village treasurer has not
collected in all his taxes settlement
has not been effected for real and per-
sonal property tax. The county treas
but it will probably be well along into
February before every town and village
treasurer has made return to the
county treasurer. The matter of
drifted roads often has much to do with
delaying collections They usually
wait to near the time limit and then
come in in bunch.