Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-08

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Mcclellan streets.
Rev. Hughes, pastor of the Bapt.st
church of Merrill, has resigned. tie
goes to Stoughton, Wis.
The Barker a. Stewart Lumber Co. s
mill will start saving in two weeks. 1t
is the intention to run night and day
throughout the winter.
Attend the basket ball game between
the Wausau high school and Tomahawk
teams, in the high school gymnasium
next Friday evening. 1t will be a hot
| game from start to finish
WANTED--Salesmen to sell our guar
anteed Oils and Paints Experience
unnecessary. Extremely profitable offer
to right party. The GLEN REFINING
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. 1t.
The hauling of logs by rail has begun
on both roads The St. Paul has four
or five trains daily, two of which are
unloaded in Wausau, and the North
western has put on several.
The jury commissioners for circuit
court will meet next week, perhaps
Thursday, for the purpose of drawing
a jury for the next term of court. The
next regular term will convene on
| February IL.
Chas. Bentz, of the firm of Bentz
Bros, has returned from Chicago after
several weeks absence. He entered a
hospital in the windy city some time
ago and had an operation performed
which has greatly improved his health.
The Arntsen mill was operated a few
days last week, but as the supply of
| logs on hand was soon exhausted, the
| mill was forced to shut down Logs
are not coming in very rapidly at pres
ent, the farmers being engaged in haul
ing other products to town.
w. r. Chellis, register of deeds, has
completed his report of births, mar
riages, etc, for the past quarter, which
is submitted to the state board of health
1t shows that during the months of
October. November and December
there were ia marriages; 270 births; 98
deaths, and "a accidents in the county.
Thos. Prescott died Dec. 27 at his
home in Caledonia, Columbia county,
aged 70 years. Mr.. Prescott is remem-
bered by old settlers of this county as a
former Marathon county resident, COM
ing here in 1856 His wife, who sur
wives him, is daughter of Pierre Pau
quette, one of the first white men to set
foot on Wisconsin soil.
The water department has begun
flushing the water mains. The work is
carried on in the day time and will be
continued at intervals throughout the
winter. The water from the new wells
is giving the best of satisfaction so far
as we have heard 1t is cleaner and
colder than the water from the old well,
aber it is little off taste today on
account of flushing.
A regular session of municipal court
was convened yesterday. Chas. Means,
charged with wife abandonment, was
arraigned, but as his attorney was out
of the city, no action was taken. Mrs
Anna Rehfeld, charged with maltreat-
ing her daughter, was also brought in
to court, but her case was continued
for the term. As the county board is in
session, and occupying the court room,
jury cases will not be taken up until a
later date.
The Tuesday Musical club is holding
its regular meeting this afternoon in
the Wausau club house. The program
was prepared by the Misses Nell Dun
bar and Belle Heinemann, and the fol-
lowing named take part in the same:
Mesdames, Edward Boehm, George
Hart, E. V. Speer, Walter Flieth and
ID. I. Jones, of this city, and Mrs. d.
Livingston, of Merrill, and the Misses
Roach, Ringle and Thayer
The local branch of the Knights of
Columbus had red letter day last
Tuesday when large class was initi-
ated into the society. In the morning
James church. After dinner the work
of initiation was taken up. There were
number of visitors from other cities
and some of the degree work was ex-
emplified by them. A card party,
dance and supper were among the en-
tertainments furnished the visitors.
The banquet given New Years eve by
me mems league of the NJ f. church
was largely attended, fully $50 being
present. As each member was given
the privilege of bringing one or more
ladies, there was about an equal num-
Der of both sexes. Following the ban
quet, DR.. Naylor, of Lawrence univer-
sity, Appleton, gave an address on
Africa, which was listened to with inter-
est by his audience. Dr. Naylor trav-
eled for two years on the dark CONT
nent with Bishop Hartzell, and conse-
quently was familiar with the subject.
AT the conclusion of his address, watch
night services began. A large number
of the congregation, who had not at
tended the banquet or lecture, came for
these services, which lasted into the
new year.
VIII Boyce, a Winnebago Indian
living in the town of Kronenwetter,
was in the city Thursday for the pur-
pose of collecting sl2 bounty on two
wild cats he had killed. and making
purchases with the money. Boyce,
though full blooded Indian, is unlike
most of the noble red men," in that
he works and wears ''store clothes.n
He owns farm, which he cultivates
during the summer, and c,.ts wood pro-
ducts off it in winter. He can speak
the English language well and can also
read and write it. He helps support
mission school for Indian children