Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15

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Competent instruction in penman-
ship, arithmetic, bookkeeping and short
hand can be had in the night school at
the Wausau Business college.
The Wisconsin Timber Co. has filed
articles of incorporation with the
register of deeds. Alexander Stewart,
G. G. Yawkey, of this city, and Z. +.
Coleman, of Eagle River, are the incorp-
orators The capital is fixed at S120, 900.
Quite few Indians have been pass
ing through the city the past week on
their way to the cranberry marshes
south of here, where they will harvest
the cranberry crop. Most of them are
from around Wittenberg.
The state treasurer has paid over TO
Robt. iJuedes, county treasurer, the
money due this county for the main
tenance of the agricultural and train
ing schools. To the fund of the former
school will be added 1900 and to the
latter 50, 1886.
The county clerk has received a linn
tied number of volumes containing the
session laws Of 1907 1t is the largest
law book ever gotten out by the state.
There were 677 laws and amendments
passed during the last session, as against
523, for the 1905 fiasco
Theodore Fons, former member Of
the county board, died Wednesday at
his home in the town of Cassel, aged
fifty-fve years He had been i'll nearly
all summer Besides bis wife he is
survived by five sons and two daughters.
He represented his town on the county
board for period of six years.
Mrs Edward Janusch, residing at 632
jefferson street, died Thursday night,
aged seventy three years. She is sur
| vived by her husband and four children
as follows: Mrs. l.. +. Findorf, Mime
| apolis; Rev. f. G. Janusch, California;
w. ID. Janusch, British Columbia; Paul
Janusch, this city. The funeral was
held yesterday afternoon from the Ger
man M. +. church, Rev A. w. Wieting
officiating.
| The Internationl Dairy Assn. is con-
| Quoting an annual exhibition in Chica-
go, beginning last Wednesday and con-
tinuing to next Saturday. Sixteen
| head of the famed Guernsey herd on
the Helendale farm, this county, are
| being shown, also an exhibit of I'M
colored Guernsey butter from the
same farm. The herd on this farm was
recently tested by DR.. G. A Mills of
this city, and found to be free from tu-
berculosis.
Two strangers who gave the names
of John Werner and Geo. Clark were
sentenced to spend ninety days in the
county Jail for having worked the short
change game on Mrs. +. @. Rhodes,
wife of the proprietor of Third street
tea and coffee store From letters
found on their person it has been ascer-
iained that they are just out of Chicago
and are evidently two old crooks.
Their game is coarse one, but often
catches the unwary.
The A. G. Wright Directory Co., of
Milwaukee, has number of men at
work in the city compiling new d.
rectory for the city and county. 1t is
expected that the new book will be
issued from the press early in Deem
Der. This company gets out new di-
rectory for the city every two years
Every person over seventeen years OF
age is enrolled, consequently girls
names are not so plentiful in it as boys
The city superintendent of schools, s.
b. Tobey, and the truant officer, Thos
Malone, are waging war upon parents
who fail to send their children to school
A law passed at the last session of the
legislature, amending a previous law,
provides a stiff penalty for any parent
found guilty of neglect in this matter
Anyone knowing of children who are
being kept out of school will confer q
favor upon the officers and the com
munity in general by reporting them.
The Choral society met Friday even
ing and elected officers as follows:
President-Louis Marchetti.
Vice-Pres. +. Woodward.
Secretary. A. Ingrahm.
Treasurer-V. A. Gearhart.
Cor Secy.-Mrs. Geo. Hart.
Librarian-C. p. James.
Direetor-Edwin Howard.
Mr.. Howard will remain in the city as
director of the organization until next
July, The society is at present rehears
ing for a concert to be given at some
time in the future.
Herman Trettin, an old resident Of
the city, died Thursday morning at hi;
home, 705 Grant street, after an lines:
of several months. He was sixty-threC
years of age and had been resident %
Wausau for twenty-six years. He for
merly employed his time ut his trade Of
tailor, but for number of years pas
he worked small farm just outside
the city. lie was a good citizen and
was highly regarded by all who knew
him. Besides his wife he is survived
by five sons and one daughter, all resid
ing in Wausau. The funeral was helC
Saturday afternoon from the German
Baptist church, the pastor, Rev Schnui
, conducting the services.
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