Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-31
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


Bells House, January is.
The Wausau Sharpshooters' society
will hold meeting tomorrow evening
for the election of officers.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
IT, BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
The plant of the Wausau Sandpaper
Co. is closed down for the purpose OF
making repairs. The company expects
to resume operations next week.
For your breakfast these cold morn
ings there is nothing finer than buck
wheat cakes, if made from pure Old
Style Buckwneat flour.
If. NORTHERN MILLING Co.
Miss Hattie E. Bell has removed to
Ala Scott street, two doors from the
post office, where she has modern
rooms for rent with all modern conven.
fences.
Henry Urban, who resides at 11S S.
First Ave-, caught wolf in trap near
Rib hill Friday morning. The wolf had
been carrying away farmers sheep and
pigs for several nights previous to its
capture.
For several weeks past the county
clerk has been flooded with pelts OF
wild animals on which bounty is
payable. Wolves appear to be more
numerous in the county this winter than
they have been for several years.
The school children have had plenty
of opportunity the past week to try
the new sleds left them by Santa Claus.
All schools closed the Friday preceding
Christmas. Those who received skates
have met with disappointment since
the last snow came.
1t is reported that there is more snow
in the northern part of the county than
there is around Wausau. Those who
have logging contracts with the Barker
q Stewart and Wright Lumber COM
panies in the towns of Hewitt, Harri-
son and Easton expect to begin hauling
logs this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schultz, ,resi.
dents of the village of Schofeld, had a
sad Christmas. On the day previous
they lost their little daughter, Beatrice,
aged three months. The funeral was
held Friday afternoon from St Steph-
ems church in the village, Rev. f. Wer-
hahn, of this city, officiating.
All of the fraternal societies which
have been meeting in Fraternity hall
heretofore, moved out Friday last and
have gone into other halls. Some time
ago N. Heinemann secured lease OF
the hall from the owner, Mrs. Agnes
Mercer, tbs lease to take effect JAN LIST.
MIR. Heinemann will use the hall as a
department for his general store.
The Shawano County Advodace re.
ports that the C. & N. w Ry is soon to
put on through train from st. Paul to
Chicago via of the new line from Eland
Jet. to Green Bay. Wausau people
! have confidently looked for such train
all the past summer. 1t would be
quite convenience for Wausau people
1t is bound to come in time.
Under new law passed at the last
session of the legislature, millers must
get licenses from the state before they
can sell feed stuffs for animals. Wau-
sau millers have made application for
such licenses, which cost S25. The law
also prescribes that hereafter barrels
sacks, ETC., of feed mill products must
be stamped with guarantee of their
purity.
Wittenberg academy, Wittenberg
Wis, has opened fully equipped
department of telegraphy.. An ex
perienced operator is in charge, the
instruction thorough and the charge:
reasonable, For terms of admission
and other information write f. j
onstad, principal, Wittenberg, Wis
eonsin. d3l-w2
Chas. Wiekstrom, fourteen year ole
boy residing at Hazelhurst, wa:
brought to the city Tuesday evening
last, suffering from a bullet wound in
his left thigh When returning from
a rabbit hunting trip that afternoon
his rifle, 9e-calibre gun. was accident
ally discharged. The bullet did not
penetrate the flesh very far and was
located by surgeon and drawn out
The boy win be laid up but a short
time
During the past year the company
which operates the city of MerriIl'S
street railway system collected IS, 2S
in fares. In the six months that the
MauSau Street Railroad Co.'S line has
been in existence total of SlS.902 is
reported as the gross earnings. Merrill
is about two-thirds as large as Wausau
and yet the earnings of her railroad
system is less than one-fourth as much
as ours. The people of Wausau are
not spending all their time on street
cars either, but this is a city of unity.
The city mail carriers, who have
been overworked the past two weeks,
are catching up with their work again
and expect soon to get another breath
ing spell. Although many belated
packages are still coming in they are
not required TO carry two-story loads,
as they did the few days preceding
Christmas. The express drivers had s
longer siege. A large portion of the
packages they handle before the holi
days go to merchants. For the mosi
part they contain goods wanted for the
Christmas trade and begin arriving
two weeks or more before Christmas.