Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

National Calf food to raise calves
without milk, for sale at Schoeneberg's
The free public library was closed
Saturday on account Of it being Wash
ington's birthday.
DIR. TGrbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be he
Bells House, March IL.
The r. Conner Lumber Co.'s pri It
Stratford is now running both dag 1
night. The logs are brought in b? l..
The Wausau Canning Co, has nj d
amended articles of incorporation ] l.
creasing its capital stock from $500 o
to $4,000.
The Marathon and Wood county
branch of the National Letter Carriers
association met in Grand Rapids last
Saturday.
The Wilson & Hurd Mfg. Co., has
changed its firm name to the Wilson
Hurd Company. See notice in this is
sue of the PILOT.
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 annual convention and school
for officers of the Wisconsin national
guard will be held in Milwaukee March
1915. Captain Abraham and perhaps
other officers Of Co. q of this city will
attend. Lectures will be given by u.
S. army officers.
A telephone line is to be constructed
in the eastern part of this county which
will connect the towns of Ingersol,
Elard Jet. and Wittenberg. There will
be on an average of three patrons for
every mile of line. The cost will be 81
plus fee for outside calls. The line
will be in service June l.
Edward Raditzke, who lives at TIC
Maple street, was taken to ST. Mary's
hospital Thursday night to be treated
for severed artery. While at work in
the 4. Schubring mill that night piece
of timber flew back from a saw and
struck him in the left leg, with above
results.
Mrs. Amelia Vielisch died last Tues
day evening at the home of her son,
Fred, in the town of Wausau. She had
been i'll for long time with cancer of
the stomach. She had been resident
of the county for the past twenty-six
years. The funeral was held from st.
Stephens church in this city on Friday.
A Norwegian, whose name we are ur-
able to learn, was almost fatally injured
at one of the r. Conner Lumber Co.'s
camps near Stratford, one day early
last week. A tree fell on him, burying
him in the snow and crushing his
shoulder and several ribs. He was
taken to St. Joseph's hospital, Marsh
field, for treatment His home is in
Oshkosh.
A leap year party was given at Castle
hall on Friday evening, by number of
high school young ladies. Cones
orchestra furnished music. The COM
mittee on arrangements was composed
of the following named: Mise H an
Single, Selma Paff and Marie Il is.
The Misses Cornelia McCrossen, r 81
Hudson and Marie Rosenberg t r., d
punch. All who attended, say Ii y
never had more delightful time.
Mrs. G.. r. Gustafson was buried Ii It
Tuesday in Marshtield. While abo It
200 people were in the house the foo $
suddenly began sinking from the great
weight Women screamed anG tainted
and as there was only onelexit from the
house it looked as if a catastrophe, fatal
in its results might occur, but eventual
~ cooler heads got the people out of
the house. The house threatened to
collapse on top of the heads of the
people n it.
Rhinelander papers report that VIM.
Hardell, who is interested in the Peli-
can Lumber company, is doing extern
sive numbering operations this winter.
Mr. Hardell was born and reared in
this city, working for F. Wartman for
q number of years and then travelled
through this country for Armour 4
Co. Since moving to Rhinelander
some years ago he has profited finan-
cially, which fact his Wausau friends
are pleased to hear.
VIM. Sweeney died last Tuesday at
the home of his sister, Mrs. McMongle,
in Colby, aged forty years. He was
taken i'll about two months ago with
dropsy and was removed to st. Mary's
hospital, where he remained for few
weeks and was then removed to his
sisters home. He was born in Dodge
county and came to Wausau nineteen
years ago, working for the Curtis &
Yale Co. ever since. He was member
of the NJ. w. A. and eight members of
the order went over from this city
Thursday to attend the funeral
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