Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
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luc Cll1 occWtI'tudWlug tuglu6 Has
been kept very busy the past few days
IL. L. Coyey and VIM. Mccormick,
who have been in the business of max
ing soft drinks, have dissolved partner
ship by mutual consent.
When new thing comes out in the
paint or wall paper line Callies is sure
to have it. He makes it practice to
always keep an up-to-date stock, thus
his pleased customers are numbered by
the thousand. If there is anything
known to the paint and wall paper line
you will find it in his store; if not he
will order it. As in other years he will
this spring show very large and hand
some stock of wall paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Bissell entertained
lady and gentlemen friends at whist
on Saturday evening. The home was
handsomely decorated for the occasion.
There were about twelve tables of play
ers and the game was kept up until
nearly IL 90 O'clock when refreshments
were served. Honors were won by
Mrs. Robert Goodwillie and f. E. Bump
and Messrs. E. B. Cornwell and F. E.
Bump. Those who were present from
away were DR.. and Mrs. Ladwig and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gamble, of Edgar,
and Mrs Martin, of Port Huron Mich.
The department of Art and Literature
of the Ladies Literary club will meet
on Monday afternoon at $50 O'Clock,
with Mrs ID. t. Jones. The following
! is the
PROGRAM:
Hostess-Mrs ID. I. Jones.
Leader-Mrs. l.. X. Wright.
Music arranged by Mrs d. T. Jones.
Book Review-Miss Bentley.
Medieval Art-"The Catacombs"-
Miss Underwood.
Current events-Alrs Haskin.
A gentleman was in the city recently
for the purpose of attempting to organ
ize branch of an association which is
prominent feature in Canada The
association includes owners of live stock,
each member paying so much per month
and the association furnishing veterin-
airy treatment for each members stock.
He interviewed number of our farmers
and though he did not succeed lii organ
lzing branch here, he has set few
people to work on the scheme and will
probably return later. Horsemen who
have studied the Canadian system say
it is all right.
AT the meeting of the Mems league of
the Presbyterian church held last even
ing officers were elected as follows:
President-Orlaf Anderson.
Vice-Pres-Dr. S. M. B. Smith.
Sec'y.-Alex. Wilson.
Treasury Charter.
Executive committee-F. l.. Hudson,
r. A. Edgar.
Several reports were made by officers
and committees and the banquet which
is to be rendered the ladies on Feb. %,
was discussed. There was large at
tendance.
The residents living in a certain
neighborhood in the Fourth ward are
telling of joke played on woman
living in that section. She sat up till
one O'Clock one night recently waiting
for her husband to come home, that
she could give him lecture on the
evil of keeping late hours. At last,
weary and worn out with vigil, she
went upstairs to retire, only to find her
husband in bed fast asleep. Instead of
going down town that night, as was
his custom, he stole upstairs and
crawled into bed. His wife, woman
like, got angry and has not spoken to
him since
Mrs. Fred Bernitt, wife of an ex-
member of the county board who con-
ducts a saloon west of the shooting
park, applied to Judge Miller Saturday
to have her grandson, Carl, boy of
tender gears, committed to the state
home for dependent children. She
stated that the boys father, Geo. Neff,
is an inmate of the county insane asy-
lum and the mother is dead Mrs Ber-
nitt is the only near relative to care for
the boy and she feels that she is not
able to do so properly The mother of
the boy was Frieda Nef, who was
found murdered south of the fair
grounds in Sept, 1900. Shortly after
birth, he was left to the sole care of his
mother, the father having left his wife
and was later sent to the state prison
upon being convicted on charge of
non-support. The boys life history has
certainly been tragic one Judge
Miller took the matter under advise
ment until yesterday morning, when
he issued an order that the boy be COM