Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-09

Geo. ID. Ellis was confined To his
rooms By sickness several days last
week.
j. A. Porter, of this city, and Geo.
Rice, of Green Bay, have organized
company to operate in the latter city,
for the manufacture of boxes.
One of the St. Paul Ry. Co.'S instruc-
ton cars was in the city several days
last week. All incoming railroad en-
ployes visited it to get information re-
garding their work.
Green Bros have purchased new
bus, which, in the language of a street
urchin, is certainly a peach. 1t has all
the new wrinkles as well as being
handsome, and will seat twelve people.
TIE fourth Of the series of subscrip
ton parties was given at the Wausau
Club house on Friday evening. The at
tendance, especially of young people,
was large, and a very enjoyable time
was had.
Scott street, north of the court house
had to be opened up last Friday to lay
large water pipe into the McCrossen
building. The planks under the cedar
blocks were found as sound as the day
they were laid dow
w. III. II. Dean o. Wausau, who has
the contract of erecting the new high
school building at this place, arrived
Monday and now has force of men at
work He wiIlpush the work to cora
pletion if the weather is tine.-Minoc-
qua Times.
Mrs. Walter Pierce is nursing a
severe burn on her left cheek, received
l., T. oil
into stove. In attempting to hurry
up a sIothful lire she used kerosene
An explosion followed and flames shot
out through the stove door and burned
her face.
The MOUND CITY KITCHEN SAFE
is the greatest labor saving device ever
invented, worth two or three closets,
prevents waste, saves time trouble,
space and labor keeps the mice and
rats out of the flour and meal, there is
no wood to absorb the dampaess Over
Rohde's book store.
Edmund, the 12-year old son of +. p
Arpin, of Grand Rapids, was accident
ally shot early last week while out
hunting He was with playmate, and
when getting out of the boat, his gun
was discharged and the bullet entered
the left arm near the shoulder and
passed out near the left shoulder blade
He is getting along nicely and will re-
cover.
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
holstery, mattress work, carpet making,
etc. If.
City officials were notified last week
that the Appleton Steam Boiler Co.
would begin the work of erecting its
proposed plant here this week The
buildings will be located near the
factory of the Wausau Fixture and
Furniture Co on land donated by the
city As soon as they are completed
the eompany's machinery will be
moved here from Appleton.
The Northern Construction C5. of
Milwaukee, which has the contract To
build the second story on the WausWl
federal building, will push the work as
soon as material arrives. j. T. Lilfring,
a foreman for the company, arrived
here last week, hired few men, built a
tool house on the east side OF the build
ing and started the preparatory work.
Brick and other material are expected
to arrive at any time.
Nj. Philip, the florist, has decided to
build several green houses on property
he owns abutting Grand Ave, near
where the railroad crosses that street
The preliminary work will begin in
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five buildings and after they are com
pleted he will abandon the ones now in
use farther down the avenue. They
were built great many years ago and
are not in the best of repair
Information reaches the PILOT that
the town of Hewitt did not poll many
votes for supreme Judge last Tuesday.
1t seems that the polls were opened and
upwards of sixty votes cast for county
superintendent of schools before it was
learned that there was ticket for
supreme Judge also to be voted While
the tickets were on hand they had not
been discovered. Therefore the vote
for supreme Judge was small in the
town of Hewitt.
Information was received here last
Friday evening that Mrs. NJ. j. Kline,
formerly of this city, had died at the
Soldiers home at Waupaca, after a
short illness Mrs. Kline was eighty
one years of age. The funeral was
held last Sunday at the home Rich
ard Kline, formerly of this city, but
now of Kenosha, is the only living rela-
tive. Her husband was soldier in the
civil war and died in Libby prison.
Mrs. Kline has large number of
friends here who are grieved to learn
of hnr daafh -Merrin News