Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-15
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The East hill water extension is COM
pleted as far rs Grey's place and will
be built as far as the pump house this
fall. The crew is at present digging in
almost solid rock and the work is pro-
crossing very slowly. 1t is the inten-
ton to get startled on the pump house
this fall and build as much of it as pos
sible. 1t is probable that nothing will
be done this fall toward building the
reservoir.
Contrary to former custom the men,
bers of Co. G will not this year give q
dance on the anniversary of the COM
pany's return from the island of Porto
Rico, after the close of the Spanish
American war. The company returned
home Oct. 81, 1898, and on the last
day of the present month the organiza-
ton will celebrate that event with
a smoker at the armory, to which all
the veterans and ex-members are in
vited.
VIM. Jaegar and Miss Nettie Brandt
will be married tomorrow evening.
Miss Brandt has only lived in the city
short time, but the many friends whose
acquaintance she has made extend to
her their best wishes. MIR. jaeger was
the founder of the Behind the Creek"
one of the most unique journals in Wis
consin. Later he established the Daily
News in this city and the Daily Report
er in Grand Rapids. At. present he is
linotype operator on the Daily Record.
The second annual school board con-
vention will be held in this city on
Wednesday, Oct. 3d. The place of
meeting will be the agricultural school
building. Every one of the school dis
tricts in the county is expected to be
represented by their clerk or other
officer. There are over 200 districts in
the county. Each officer is allowed 50
per diem and cents mileage each way.
The county superintendent will I'M
doubtedly have some educator on hand
to give the school officers talk on
school matters.
The Wisconsin river is still at a good
driving stage and log drivers are hav-
ing no trouble in getting logs down.
Drivers are cleaning up the river as
they move along and consequently the
rear of the drive for Wausau parties, is
late in reaching here. There is jam
below Coles slough and quite a few
logs scattered along the river between
here and Brokaw. Last winter several
hundred thousand feet of nemlock was
cut and banked on Trappe and only
portion was carried out by the spring
freshet. The river is still full of logs
and it appears no effort was made when
the last heavy rains came to drive that
stream.
Aug Grade, an old resident of the
county and of the northern section of
the city, died at his home, 693 Chicago
Ave, Thursday forenoon of heart fail
ure. Arising at an early hour that
morning he done his chores as usual
and then sat down to the breakfast
table with his family, apparently being
in his usual health. After breakfast
he informed his wife that he was not
feeling well, and said he would lie
down for while. A few minutes
thereafter he was dead. He celebrated
his fifty-ninth birthday recently. De-
ceased is survived by large family
The funeral was held Saturday after
noon from st. Stephens Lutheran
church, Rev. f. Werhahn conducting
the services.
About sixty concrete posts have been
by local firm and de-
livered to the city to be placed at cer
tain street corners, to be used
for supporting street signs. When the
street commissioner started out over a
year ago to hang up the batch of signs
purchased by the Ladies' Literary club,
he found that in great many instances
there were no telephone poles or build
ings near the corner on which to tack
the signs. Cedar posts were advertised
for, but as satisfactory prices on them
were not named, it was thought best by
the authorities to secure ones of con-
crete, which would last much longer.
The posts are several inches in dial
meter and are reinforced by four steel
rods running through them. They
have been distributed about the city
and will be set soon