Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-08

The West Side Aid society of the Pres
byterian church will hold an apron sale
at the chapel this evening.
Owing to the absence of Rev. S. N.
Wilson at Crandon, Secretary Neil
Campbell conducted services in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Peter McFaul departed
Wednesday evening for Detroit, Mich,
a telegram received that day stating
that Mr. McFaul's mother was on her
death bed
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Mrs. VIM. Wheilan. an inmate of the
county asylum, died Wednesday and
was buried Thursday in Pine Grove
cemetery. She was Lincoln county
charge ard is survived by her husband
and several children.
VIII Goetz, of Stratford, who was
brought to ST. Joseph's hospital four
weeks ago suffering with acute appen-
dicitis and who it was believed could
not survive, is slowly recc verIng and
will be taken home next week.-Marsh-
field News.
Mr.. Goetz represents the town of
Cleveland on the county board.
A new high school building to cost
about $4,000 will be built this coming
summer in Athens by the joint district
comprising the towns of Bern, Halsey,
Rietbrock and johnson. 1t is expected
that six teachers will be employed be-
fore the end of the year.
John Sell, ex-city comptroller, has
accepted a position with the G. ID.
Jones Land Co. and will enter upon
his duties within few days. He is at
present engaged in explaining the
routine of work of the comptroller's
Office to his successor, Herman Mar
quardt.
The last report of the city comptroller
showed that bills for all departments to
the amount of S1,75619 had been al
lowed by the council and that the gen
eral fund was already overdrawn to
the extent of $7140S. The bills, how
ever, are now being paid from the $780,
900 transferred from the city hall to
the general fund.
Jos. Lohmar has sold his interest in
IL e. L, t. ~,
E. Powers. Joe has been a member of
the firm for the past twelve years and
: during that time has been largely in
strumental in building business for
the paper. He has not as yet laid out
any plans for the future, but will not
remain long idle.
Last week every employe of the
Rhinelander paper mill who had been
in the service of the company for
year, received dividend of the COM
pany's earnings, in addition to his
regular months wages. The dividend
paid amounted to S31 and Manager E.
A. Edmonds says such dividends viii
be paid old hands yearly.
Albert johnson, who owns farm
few miles from the city in the town of
Maine, last week purchased six grade
Guernsey calves of VIM. Klein, of Ath-
ems. Mr. johnson intends keeping
better grade of stock on his farm in the
future, and believes that if farmer
cannot afford pure bloods he should at
least own some grade stock to get bet
ter returns from his herd.
The Crary Illustrated lecture course,
given in this city last week, under the
auspices of the Christian Endeavor
society of the Presbyterian church, was
a pronounced success. The church was
filled each evening, and every one in
attendance was delighted This makes
the third course given in this city, and
the pictures shown the past week were
nearly all new. The Crarys can always
depend upon full houses, in this city, to
their excellent entertainments.
Andrew Peterson has been appointed
by the mayor as dog catcher and began
| his duties Friday morning. From now
until fall, every dog allowed to run at
large will be impounded and if
not ransomed within forty-eight hours
will be killed. Mr. Peterson made
quite a catch the first day and has been
rounding them up ever since. At least
one virulent case of rabies developed in
the city recently and there is always
more or less danger of people being
bitten by vicious ours.
j. Calvin Stewart, of Kenosha, a for
mer resident ofWausau, has announced
his candidacy for member of congress
from the First congressional district on
the democratic ticket against Congress
man Cooper. Two years ago Stewart
ran against Cooper and was defeated
by a plurality of 11,746 votes, so the
reader can Judge of the amount of
hustling he must do this coming fall to
be elected j, Calvin, when he lived
here, presided over the destinies of a
not very rpmunarativa law Offiep