Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-11
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


collected bounty on wild cat scalp
Thursday.
The cold wave. flag was run up for
the first time this winter, on Wednes-
day, Dec. T.
l.. E. Spencer. NJ D., Office in the
Mckinley block, corner of Third and
Mcclellan streets. If
The ladies of St. Paul's church cleared
$3.50 on their annual sale held Wednes-
afternoon and evening
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, December 18th.
Frank Genrich has resigned as street
commissioner of the city and the
vacancy will be filed perhaps at the
next meeting of the council.
Phillip Hollis, dentist, will make
metal and rubber plates and porcelain
inlays. Office over the Continental
clothing store. nov21-tf
Mr. and Mrs. ID Msnitzki, of the
town of Maine, lost their daughter,
Rosalia, an infant, on Thursday morn
ing. The funeral was held Friday
from the Polish church in this city.
The annual sale and chicken pie sup.
per given by the Ladies' Aid society, OF
the Presbyterian church, is being held
this afternoon. The supper will be
served from $50 o'clock.
WANTED-Scaler, man with expert
ence to scale at Mercer-DeLaittre camp
north of Watersmeet, Mich. Address
300 Lumber Exchange Minneapolis,
Mimi, giving references. 2w.
Mrs. j. S. Schultz, sgeo So years, died
Thursday at her home in the town OF
Hamburg. She had resided in that
town nearly thirty years. She is sur
vived by her husband and five children.
The funeral was held Thursday.
John Mohr, formerly connected with
the Singer Mfg. Co.'s agency here, has
been appointed under-sheriff by the
sheriff-elect of Lacrosse county. 1t is
the preliminary step of Johns entry
into politics, though he did not seek the
office.
Phillip Dean, who has the contrac!
for erecting the new high school build
ing at this place has quit work unit
next spring AS soon as the weather is
warm enough to lay brick the work
will be resumed and pushed to com
observation-disclosures Times.
Two children in the home of John
Skarwecki, who reside at 437 Summit
street, were on Thursday discovered to
have smallpox and the house was
quarantined. S. w. Runge, teacher
in the high school, is also under quar-
antine for the same reasons.
H. w. Jackson, superintendent Of
the city's water department, was called
on Monday to shut off the water in
several homes in the city, because Of
non-payment of water tax. 1t was not
a pleasant task, as Harry will assure
anyone, for an irate housewives tongue
is worse than lash.
The Barker & Stewart Lumber Co
is at present making extensive improve
ments in its plant, and it will be several
weeks before the company is ready tc
begin saving. Another band saw il
being placed in the mill also new
carriage and other machinery. The
roof is also being raised to allow ar
over head filing room to be built.
Mrs. Delbert Tompkins died last
Tuesday evening at her home, 365 Wes
street. She had been i'll for long time
with tuberculosis. Previous to hel
marriage three years ago she was 6
resident of the town of Stettin, where
she was born twenty years ago. The
funeral was held Friday afternoon from
lions Lutheran church, with intermen,
in the town of Stettin.
There are six thousand presidential
post offices, including our own. After
this year the postage stamps sold at each
place will have on their face the name
of the post Office and state where sole
This is souvenir idea in part and PEG
| pie will have the stamp collecting craze
more than ever. 1t is the aim of the
post Office department by this move tC
stop the wholesale theft of stamps pos
sible under present arrangements.
The county board committee or
sheriffs and justices accounts will
meet in the court house next Friday
morning for the purpose of making {
salary contract with the sheriff elect
for the ensuing year. The committee
members are Herman Hedrich, of tn,
town of Holton, chairman; F. j. Ed
monds, of Brokaw; Ernest c. Hoff, city
Aug. Strobe, town of Johnson; f. X
Shilling of the town of Cassel.
At meeting of the board of asylum
trustees held Thursday, F. A. Sampson
resident of the west side, was chosen
for superintendent for the ensuing yea
beginning Jan. LIST. Mr.. Sampson wa'
not candidate for the position, bu
there were several other applicants
The present superintendent, FREQ
Rienow, has tired of the place and die
not care longer to serve. He will mov'
back into the city at the expiration o
his term.
The old RADIANT foundry located a
the southwest corner of Seventh ant
Jefferson streets caught fire Frida.
night and was badly damaged. Tn
building is now owned by Paul Stolz
and was occupied by Ed. Dunn as
roller skating rink. The fire started il
the south wing. it is thought from a de
fective stove pipe. The fire was har'
to fight and it was long after midnigh
before the firemen went back to tn
engine house, thinking they had com
pletely extinguished the flames. A