Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-30
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


Or. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, July 30
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Wausau Electric company will be
held next Saturday, Aug Sd.
Workmen are repairing the steeple of
st. Stephens church, which was struck
by lightning on the afternoon of June
30
About 6,0OO,O 600 feet of logs are hung
up on the Eau Pleine river. They be-
long TO the Week Lbr Co. of Stevens
Point
Frank Homes and Miss Mary Ladwig,
young people of this city, were married
Wednesday evening in lions Lutheran
church
The West side Sunday school picnic,
of the Presbyterian church takes place
at fair grounds tomorrow, Wednesday
Aug. 3lst.
For SALE--A threshing machine in
good order, can be bought at bargain.
Call on Mrs. Chas. Kreuger, l07 Third
Ave. South. 2w.
The contract for laying cement side
walk in front of and on the west side of
the Franklin school has been awarded
to Geo. w. Clark.
Grin Lilieqvest, who was confined to
his home for two weeks with an attack
OF pneumonia, was able to get out on
the street the latter part of the week
ID. Flanagan, of Tomahawk, brake
man on the Valley division of the st.
Paul road, was killed at Babcock Sun
day. The exact nature of the accident
is not known, for no one witnessed it.
Workmen are setting poles to the
fair grounds, on which wires will be
strung for furnishing electricity to the
companies which will give exhibitions
on the grounds at the time of the fair.
The work of refrescoeing and re-light-
ing the Presbyterian chnrch is now in
progress. Thepews have all been taken
out of the auditorium and the church
Services were held in the basement of
the church on Sunday.
NJ j. Weik is now acting as cashier
in the Green Bay Office of the United
States Express Co. He received his
promotion early last week. Previously
had been employed as driver for the
same company in this city
The Offering in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday morning was for
Carroll college. The Board of Aid for
colleges in Wisconsin authorized that
the offerings for that board be made
directly to the above college.
Miss Orpha Jones gave a dancing
party at her home on Fast hill Thurs. |
day evening, in honor of her visiting
guest, Miss Rena Philleo, of Grand |
Rapids. 1t was delightful event and !
greatly enjoyed by all participants.
In another column of the PILOT,
(which is the official paper of the city,
may be found notice to contractors.
Bids are being asked by the city for the
building of a standpipe and power
house on East hill. The work Will be
let on August Both
Sparks from locomotRe set the st.
Paul round hoIse on firei Sunday, the
fire being discovered at moon, before it
had gained much headwy. Had il
occurred in the night the damage might
have been much greater, forlthe round
house is always filled with engines over
night.
barn located on the premises occu-
pied by Frank Ma bee, in Parcherville,
caught fire at an early hour yesterday
and was nearly destroyed before the
fire department could reach it, For a
time the house which stood near il was
threatened. The loss will amount to
several hundred dollars.
In coming from the bali game Sun
day street car with trailer attached,
and both damned full of people, got /
stalled on the Washington street hill
The ears were run back To the slough |
bridge where a fresh start was taken
and the second time the motor man
succeeded in climbing the hill.
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VIM. Archibald and Miss Mathilda |
Braatz will be married n week from to-
morroY, Wednesday, Aug I. The |
young lady has been employed for sew
eral years as a clerk in the store of /
VIM. Schoeneberg. The young man is
a machinist employed in the plant of |
the Northern Boiler and Structural |
Iron Works
The Week Lumber Co. have succeed |
ed in getting part of their log drive |
down, some 100000 feet reaching
here on Friday last. These logs came
from the lower waters of the Eau
Plelne river, but they still have about
5000, 600 feet hung up. which will re-
quire heavy rains in the north to bring
them to their mill in this city stevens
Point Gazette.
MIR. aud Mrs. l.. A Pritchard of the |
town of Mcmillan, parents of tripletS |
born last December, have written TO
P~asiHapf R,.,z,,r,lt a. ~ III
dren names. The triplets are all girls,
strong and vigorous, and look so much
alike that their mother is unable to tell |
them apart. As yet they have been
given no names, but are designated by
numbers. The parents are old settlers
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