Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-22
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

f. w. Burt was confined to his home
by sickness yesterday.
Dr. Harriet A. Whitehead, Oesto.
pathic physician. Spencer building. II
The Wausau Liederkranz will give its
annual mask ball on the evening of Feb
1st
The choir of the First NJ. E. church
will give recital on the evening of
Feb 8th.
l.. Z Spencer. Nj. D.. office in the
Mckinley block, corner of Third and
Mcclellan streets. If
The regular conclave of St. Omer
Commandery will be held at the Temple
Wednesday evening.
There was a dancing party held at
the club house on Friday evening. 1t
was given for club members only.
Mattresses made. carpets sewed and
all general upholstery done in first class
shape by John Vogt, back of Marathon
County bank. j22tf.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Coates entertain
ed friends Wednesday evening in honor
of their guests, Mr.. and Mrs L. NJ
Alexander, of Milwaukee.
During the recent slippery SPELL Ms.
Geo. T. Bells had severe fall on the
north side of the Bells hotel She was
badly shaken up but luckily no bones
were broken
The Senior c. E. society of the Pres
byterian church had an annual sleigh
ride scheduled for last evening, but
owing to the weather being so cold, it
has been indefinitely postponed.
Mrs. Walter Alexander issued invita-.
tons for a whist party on Saturday
afternoon, in honor of Mrs. w. d.
Alexander. The invitations were
called in later owing to the death of
relative.
Mrs. John Mathie entertained lady
friends Their home yesterday afternoon,
and this afternoon another party is be-
ing held at the same residence. Cinch
playing was and is the feature of both
parties.
George Silverthorn entertained Jack
Mylrea, Perry Wilson and Guy Gooding
at Foresters supper on Thursday
These young men of our city, attended
the Biltimore School of Forestry, in
North Carolina, last year
Rev. Frank FL. Sheets d. d of Chica-
go, assistant secretary of the missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, will occupy the pulpit of the M.
f. church next Sunday morning and
evening. DIR. Sheets is very able and
interesting speaker.
A library for the benefit of travelling
statesmen will be established in this city
soon. Lynn Boyd, of Milwaukee, was
in Wausau last week for the purpose of
making arrangements. The books are
purchased by the Travellers Protective
association, which is life and accident
insurance society organized for the ben
eft of travelling men.
The Bells House management is
making number of improvements in
its grill room. The most important of
these is the placing of high backed,
leather upholstered benches around
three of the tables. These benches are
in the form of a horseshoe and the
tables will be cut off from the balance
of the room by partitions.
The city treasurer reports today that
business in his Office is rather dull, but
he expects to have rush the latter part
of the week and the first of next. On
and after Feb. LIST those who pay taxes
will be required to pay per cent, addi-
tional to the amount of their taxes.
MIR. Juers says but few of the large tax
payers have yet paid and they are
expected to pay up before the first of
the month.
The employees of the post office and
their friends, of total number of about
forty, enjoyed a sleigh ride Satur-
evening. They drove out into the
country, and went well provided with
lunch, each lady bringing basket for
herself and escort They went to
country hall and danced and ate their
lunch and it was near midnight when
they got home. 1t is the intention to
have a sleighride party annually here
after.
There will be meeting of the water
commission this evening for the pur-
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for reservoir on East hin and also to
discuss matters pertaining to the ex-
tension of the service next season and
the purchase of material for the same.
Nearly all of the pipes for the rein
forcement mains are here, but the hoist
pump and engine and some other ma
erial has not as yet been ordered.
The c. B. Mayer shoe store was
flooded with water this morning as a
result of water pipe freezing up and
bursting. There was no way of shut
ting off the flow until the plumbers
arrived. Two years ago the same pipe
performed the same act and that time
the damage was greater, for the plumb
ers left an opening in the floor through
which some rats crawled aud the
rodOnts chewed holes in dozen pairs
of rAaccasins, rendering them useless.
H. G.. Flieth, cashier of the National
German American bank, was notified
last week that he lad been appointed
discussing agent for the government,
to pay out funds for the erection of the
second story on the Wausau federal
building. The notification came from
j. B. Reynolds, acting secretary of the
treasury. The appropriation for the
change in the building is $50, 600 and it
is likely that all of this amount will
pass through Mr.. Flieth's hands.
Barbara Bertsch, mother of Gustav
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