Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-04
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets


The home of Chas. Lander. at 105
Sherman street is quarantined on ac-
count of case of diphtheria in the
family.
Mrs w. w. Keckner entertained the
members of the Young Peoples Union
of the Uniyersalist church on Saturday
evening
Phillip Hollis, dentist, will make
metal and rubber plates and porcelain
inlays. Office over the Continental
clothing store. nov21-t
But for prompt work by the volunteer
fire department, the Philip Menzner
mill in Marathon City would have been
destroyed last week.
The Wausau Street Railroad company
has filed an amendment to its articles
of incorporation increasing its capital
stock from 100000 TO $4,000.
Sunday, June 10th, viii be observed
as chldren's day in the Uniyersaiist
church A program will be rendered by
the children of the Sunday school on
that occasion.
PAsTURAGE-Have room to pasture
two cows Pasture within city limits
Isl ward with running water and shade
trees. $500 a season, in advance. In
qure of Mrs. C. Bnzer, 500 Grand Ave.
The Rhinelander New North says
that the current report is that manager
Edmonds, manager of the Rhinelander
Paper company, is about to sever his
connection with the plant and go to
Appleton to live.
Cones band gave a concert on the
county square Wednesday evening, the
occasion being the visit of the bankers
to the city. As the evening was warm
there were a great many people out to
hear the concert.
The Herman Blese saw mill in the
town of Texas was destroyed by fire
Thursday night and with it was con-
sumed between $4,000 and 100000 feet
of hemlock and hardwood lumber. The
origin of the fire is a mystery.
With comparatively small crew at
work, considerable progress has been
made in laying the water pipes for the
East hill extension. Pipes are laid from
the pumping station to Seventh street
and trench is being dug down Seventh
street to Mcclellan, passing under
Stinchfield creek
DIR. and Mrs. l.. +. Spencer delight
fully entertained about thirty of their
friends at a whist party on Friday even
ing. The head prizes were handsome
bouquets of carnations and which were
won by Mrs. r. I'll. johnson and Dr. ID.
i. Jones. On Saturday evening Mrs.
Spencer entertained a number of her
lady friends at bridge whist. Prizes on
this occasion were won by Mrs. l.. M.
Willard and Miss Bentley.
The feth Candy company, of Wausau,
in which l.. E. ColvIn of this city is in
terested, is becoming one of the largest
candy concerns in the country, and
has lately been compelled to add a
large addition to its factory. The Co.
manufactures all kinds of sweets includ
ing the best made of chocolates and
mixed candies. Mr.. Colvin is the only
traveller for candy that makes Marsh
field his home and he has worked up an
excellent trade in this city -MarShdCId
Times.
The officers and directors of the Wan
sau Street Railway Co. have decided to
have general offices and win soon rent
a building At recent meeting of the
directors the following officers were
elected
President-Neal Brown.
Vlce-president-C. c. Yawkey.
Treas. and Mgr.-M. G. Ewing.
Seeretary-Y, A. Anderson.
The board of directors is composed of
G. ID. Jones, G. j. Winton, NJ c. Ewing,
D. s, Alexander and V. A. Anderson.
At the biennial convention OF the f
F. u, held in La Crosse last week, John
King, Iwho was a delegate from As
sembly No. 81, of this city, was placed
on the auditing committee, whiehs is a
very important position. One of the
new laws made at this convention was
that hereafter when a person has been
a member of the order for three years
his policy shall thereafter be uncontest-
able, that is, should he commit suicide,
his beneficiary can draw his insurance.
BY this step the +. F. u. becomes the
pioneer among fraternal beneficiary
societies in paying such losses. Re
ports read showed mat the order was
organized in 1897 with 5l5 charter mem
bers, and on Jan. LIST of the present
year had grown to 1895 members,
with nearly half million dollars in its
reserve fund
Two neighbors cleaning up their back
yards took part in lively fracas
Thursday. Frank Maybee, drayman,
raked up the rubbish in his yard and
gathered it up into a pile Thursday
his neighbor, Mrs. John Sherbert, en-
gagged in like work aud deposited her
rubbish on the pile gathered by Maybee.
10 this Maybee objected and the testi-
mony in court next day showed that
both used weapons of defense Maybee
claimed that the woman used club,
while Mrs. Sherbert said that the dray-
man struck her over the head twice
with the sharp edge of a shovel and
once over the arm. She had cuts on
her head and bruiss on her arm in
substantiation of her story. Maybee
concluded the best way ont of the affair