Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-29
SHORT NEWS ITEAs.

4 Geo. A. Martin and family are now
Occupying the Eunson fiat at 6l0 Third
street.
| l.. E. Spencer. nj. d.. Office in the
Mckinley block, corner of Third and
Mcclellan streets. If
Otto Lemke and Miss Emma Haas e
were married Saturday evening, the
Rev. I. Shaer officiating.
Leon Klabunde and Miss Olga Koeller,
both CT the city, were married Wednes-
day forenoon, Rev. F. Werhahn officiat-
ling.
If you want an education and you
| want it very bad, enroll in the BUSINESS
college night school, for the best that
can be had.
In the small village of Almond, Port
age county, over 81 900 was paid
through the local bank to farmers last
week for potatoes.
The Stevens Point high school foot
ball team passed through the city Sat
urday for Merrill where a game was
played with the high school team of
that city.
f. Frazier of Milwaukee, addressed a
large meeting in the Baptist church
last evening. Mr. Frazier is grand
secretary of the state organization of
| l. o. G. L.
Material is arriving for the new
bridge the G.. & N w. Ry. Co. will
build across the slough south of the
freight depot. The bridge will be of
steel construction with two spans and
one pier.
The Misses Marie and Alta Colby
gave party Saturday afternoon in
honor of Miss Elizabeth Swisher, who
ldeparted.last evening for the West to
reside. Yesterday another party was
given in her honor by Mrs. S. M Quaw.
j. B. Weigand is able to get down to
his photograph gallery again after
several weeks confinement in his
home. While making one of his regu-
| lar business visits to the village of
Athens few weeks ago he suffered
stroke of paralysis.
The bridge crossing the river near the
| tannery is again causing trouble A
| crew is at work raising up the west end
with jack screws, the bridge at that
| point having settled over foot 1t is
possible that the tubular supports will
be replaced with concrete piers.
The Mems club of the M f. church
met Wednesday evening and elected
officers as follows:
President-L Sexmith.
Vice-Pres s-Fred Genrich.
Secretary-Ed Boehm.
Treasurer. Lampert.
Poles are being set for additional arc
lights which have been ordered dis
tributed about the city, The new lights
will be located as follows At the
corner of Fourth Ave. and Maple street;
Sixth Ave-and West street; Fifth street
and Humboldt Ave-; Scott and Sixth
streets; Ninth and Steuben streets.
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
pecia list and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Noveber 81.
The city water mains are being flushed
every night now, which accounts for
the dark brown taste to the water. The
new supply is loosening up the growth
which accumulated during the summer
months when the old we'll water was in
use. 1t is thought good flushing will
clean the pipes so that there will be
little, if any, bad taste during the winter.
Arthur Erdman, aged four years and
three months, died Friday after four
days illness. The cause of death was
appendicitis. The child's mother died
few years ago, since which time the
little fellow made his home with his
aunt, Mrs. Chas Finkbeiner, who re-
sides at No. Alb jackson street The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
from the German M. +. church, Rev.
A. M. Wieting conducting services.
The Daily Journal OF Stevens Point
started out Thursday, Oct oath, on the
thirteenth year of its existence. 1t was
started by Ed McGlachlin and he still
remains at the head of the enterprise.
The Journal never fails to give all the
news, is not sensational and it is a
paper of which the city of Stevens Point
may well feel proud. The PILOT ex-
tends congratulations to the journal on
the attainment of its thirteenth year.
The Wheeler-Timlin Lumber COM
pany of this city has leased the plant of
w. 5. Morgan & Sons at Kennan, Pierce
county, which it will operate this win
ter, cutting a considerable quantity of
hardwood timber recently purchased in
that vicinity. A. l.. Robarge will be in
charge of the operations. f. ID. Timlin
reports trade good and says that busi-
ness has picked up considerably during
the past two weeks, and he looks for
busy season.
WANTED-All the clerks in Wausau
desirous of business education to at
tend the night school in the Wausau
Business college.
The body of Frank Costly was taken
from the Wisconsin river at Rhinelander
last week. A few weeks ago we men
toned the fact that his wife and child,
who were visiting in Wausau, were
called home in response to a telegram
stating that it was thought Costly had
suicided. A note left by him was found,
stating that he intended to take his life
| by jumping into the river. Two days
later than the date of the note he was
seen at the &. Il n. W. depot and it is
thought went FROM there to the river
and Jumped in. He was twenty-one
years of age. No reason is known for
| his 5ct.
Benevolent citizens have contributed
over 800 to fund raised for the pur-
pose of sending Lizzie Huelsberg to
Milwaukee to have an operation per-
| formed on her eyes. The girl resides
near Schofield and some time ago
rooster flew into her face and pecked
one OF her eyes, destroying the sight.
Later the other eye became affected and
she grew totally blind A few months
ago she went to Milwaukee where an
i operation was performed and her eye
sight was partially restored. The sur
geon thinks that another operation will
restore her vision