Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets

HNNS'
HOUSE TO RENT-Apply at the PILOT
Office.
Over 81 900 worth of ginseng was
shipped out of the county recently by
one dealer.
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, March IL.
The plant of the Wausau Sandpaper
Co. was closed down early last week to
admit of repairs being made.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will serve Washington supper this
Tuesday evening at the church.
John Vogt, the upholsterer, has moved
his shop to the store on Third St. for
merly occupied by Aug. Kruger,
grocer. tt.
DIR. Hess stock food for sale at the
Pardee Drug Co. at So per 100 lbs.
Money refunded if it is not as good as
the best. tl2-2t
The intermediate league of the M +.
church will hold social at'the parson-
age Friday evening, from seven until
nine o'clock
The Stanislaus county exhibition car
which was in the city four days last week,
met with success and many of our peo-
pie visited the car. 1t left on Thursday
for Edgar.
Work was resumed in the Fenwood
Lumber Co.'s mill in Fenwood last
week, with a reduced crew. The entire
crew walked out recently, upon de-
mands for a ten hour day being re-
fused.
Divorces are not permitted in Japan.
This may be the reason why the Japs
were so willing to 60 to war. This is
not Japan; you men had better get your
wives a Mound City Kitchen Safe or
something might happen.
W. j. Farrell, superintendent of
schools, has announced that he will be
candidate for denomination. 1t is
said he will have opposition in the per-
son of W. A. Schwalbe, principal of the
Mosinee schools, and possibly by others,
The Central Labor assembly, CON-
prising the affiliated trades unions of
this city, it is said, will make an en-
deavor to have the owners of local meat
markets close their shops up every
evening except Tuesdays and Saturdays
Mr.. and Mrs. David Lyon, residing at
los N. Second Ave, lost their six
months-old daughter, Barbara, Friday,
The funeral was held yesterday after
noon from the German Reformed
church, Rev Z. A. Fuenfstueck con-
Quoting services.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Burlingame, who
recently moved here from Marinette,
lost their six-months-old son, Richard,
Wednesday evening. The little one
had been sick only three days. The
funeral service was held Friday after
noon from ST. James church.
Richard Williams a laborer employed
in building the c. Il N. w. Ry. Co.'s
new branch to Rib Falls, had his toes
severely frozen in the recent cold
weather and is now confined in St.
Mary's hospital. Last week an opera
ton was performed for the amputation
of four of the toes.
The annual meeting of the Wisconsin
Library association will be held in La
Crosse next Thursday and Friday, at
which addresses will be made by prom
inent speakers from different sections
of the country. Miss Nellie Silverthorn,
librarian of the Wausau free public
library, viii represent this city.
The upholstering shop formerly
back of the Marathon Co. bank has
been moved to the store building on
Third street where Aug Kruger gro
Gerry store used to be. Mr.. Vogt, the
upholsterer, is now ready to receive
orders for all kinds of high grade up
hoistery, mattress work, carpet making,
etc. If.
Otto Zillmer, chairman of the town
of Ringle, who came to the city last
week for the purpose of collecting
money to assist the family of Andres
Abt, succeeded in getting subscriptions
to the amount of about 500. Abt and
family recently lost all their property
by fire and their nine-months-old
baby was burned to death
There has not been so much farm
products brought into market the past
Jew days as there was when the sleigh
ing was good. The sleighing is better
in the country than in the city, but the
hills are said TO be almost bare. Since
the cold weather of week ago moder-
ated, the farmers for the most part
have stopped hauling wood products
and have been bringing hay to town,
for which there is a good market.
While attempting to light hall lamp
last Thursday. Mrs Fred Gillian suf-
fered fracture of one of the bones of
her left wrist. She was entertaining
lady friends that afternoon and when
they were ready to depart for their
homes she tried to light the lamp. the
hallway being dark. A chair which
she used to stand on slipped and she
fell to the floor, with above results.
After the departure of her guests she
called in physician, who found that
enc of the bones was broken.