Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-17
E. j. Anderson is confined to his
home by reason of illness.

DIR. L. M. Willard, Awas on the sicl
list few days of the past week.
Frank WaStman, one of the old sci
tiers Of the city is very sick and ha
been for some time
Phillip Hollis, dentist, will max
metal and rubber plates and porcelain
inlays. Office over the Continenta
clothing store. nov21-tf
The marriage of Miss Cellah Water
house. of this city. to Mr.. David O
Thompson. of Athens, has been an
nodnced to take place on Saturday
Sept. 28th.
The Star Butter and Cheese Co. o
Edgar, has been Incorporated with {
capital stock of s., $50 The incorpora
tors named are Dan Weinkauf, Gustav
Herman and Casper Meyer.
The b. Heinemann auto car, filled
with members of the family and theil
guest, Miss Mae Arson, went to Merrill
on Thursday to take the latter to hel
home in that city. They returned ir
the evening.
Thursday evening. Sept. 18th, 1907
Alexander Stewart, reached the age Of
IS years, and on that occasion, a few
old time friends were invited to the
Stewart residence on East hill to assist
him in celebrating the event.
A man of the name of Walter Eccle
ston was killed by Chas. E. Ryan at the
home of the latter, six miles west OF
Tomahawk, on Wednesday. Ryan
shot him down with a gun and then
gave himself up to the authorities al
Tomahawk.
When it comes to buying mems fall
suits and overcoats people usually GO
to Seim Bros. because they know that
that firm handles only the latest guar
anteed goods, at lowest prices. When
man or youth buys of Seim Bros, he
is sure to get goods which make him
appear stylish dresser.
Barbara Langdon has started an &C.
ton for divorce against her husband,
John. They were married in this city
Aug. 10, 1890, and one daughter, now
fifteen years of age, was born to them.
In her petition she gives as cause for
wanting separation that he leads a
life of dissipation and has never accum-
ulated any money or property since
their marriage. She asks for the
custody of their child and for posses
sion of their household goods.
The Mems league, of the Presby.
terian church, held its regular meeting
in the church last evening and the
attendance was large. G. f. Gill read
a paper on the South which was very
interesting and instructive Mr. Gill
has travelled extensively throughout the
South and was therefore able to write
knowingly. There was special music
| by male quartette and refreshments
were served.
The Wittenberg Enterprise says that
one day recently Fred Theisen at
tempted to make his employers clock
run with better regularity by oiling it.
1t stopped dead still after the oiling pro-
cess and nothing could coax it to run
| thereafter. An examination of the
bottle showed that Fred had got hold of
glue instead of oil. Fred was formerly
an employe in the harness shop of M.
IL. Duncan in this city. A few weeks
ago he went to Wittenberg.
Work was begun yesterday on the
East hill water extension where it was
discontinued during the early summer
At the time work was stopped in the
| summer, to take up the job of connect
ing the drive wells, the pipe line had
been projected as far as the corner of
Seventh and Mcclellan streets. In
carrying the work along the latter
street, the crew at present has easy
| digging, but when the Hill is struck,
rock will be encountered, and then the
work ill be slow
When closing back door of his brick
building on Third street one evening
recently, j. A. Jones smelled smoke.
He went out into the alley to investi-
gate and discovered that someone had
placed ashes in box in which there
was paper and Goals had set the paper
on fire. The box stood along side of a
shed and damage to property would
have resulted. Mr.. Jones and police
officer got some pals of water and
soaked the ashes and paper There is
mystery connected with the case. No
one knows how the ashes came there
and il must be that some superhuman
agency is responsible therefor.
More papers were filed today with
the clerk of the court, in the Dancy
drainage case. Settlement upon q
basis for benefit and construction
assessments has been made with
thirteen property owners of the dis
tricts. The court finds the same assess
ments in the case of thirty-two others,
as fixed by the drainage commissioners,
to be too high and the courts figures
on the same are given. Four remon-
strants, the Pioneer Graphite Co., Geo.
Haynor, Ernst Splettstoesser and the
Grand Rapids Lumber Co., are still
contesting the action of the petitioners.
The case has been in the courts for
three years.
Mrs. M. j. kavanaugh had her right
arm broken in two places Sunday after
noon by falling out of a buggy. She
was out riding with Mrs. John Hart
and two children. When the corner of
Sixth and Washington streets was
reached one of the children fell oui of
the buggy. Miss kavanaugh attempted
to catch the child, and in doing so fell
out herself. The horse Immediately
started off at a breakneck speed down
the street, the lines dragging on the
ground. Officer JAS. Kennedy, who