Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


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Geo. Hart, court reporter, has secured
leave of absence from his duties dur
the winter
The county board of Forest county
has voted to build new court house
at a cost of $4,000.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Oct. 10.
Moneyed men of Stratford have or
ganized state bank for that village.
1t will be capitalized at $4,000.
For SALE-S0 acres of fine farm land,
containing much lumber timber. In
quire of C. E. Arthur, Wausau, Wis,
No. Ill Maple St. s29-w4
At the prohibition state platform con-
vention held in Madison Wednesday,
G. W. Wilson of this city was selected
an elector for the Tenth district.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
A number of Wausau republicans
spent Thursday evening in Milwaukee,
listening to the address of Injunction
Bill Taft, the great FRIEND of the
laboring man.
Walter G. Hintze, who spent the past
several years in the West, has decided
to locate in Wausau. He has opened
an insurance office in the Wisconsin
Valley Trust Co.'s building.
Legare Potter died at his home in
Neillsville, on Sept. 21st, aged 20 years.
Mr.. Potter used to reside at Colby and
is we'll known to many in Wausau hav-
ing visited this city quite often.
Mr.. and Mrs Amel Menard, who had
charge of the Wausau Street Railroad
Co.'s pavilion at Rothschilds park dur
ing the summer, have departed for
Portland, Ore, where they will assume
charge of park resort.
The Mems club of the Universalist
church, will hold its regular monthly
meeting on Wednesday evening. There
will be banquet as usual and all mem
bers are requested obe present. Rev.
John Faville, d. D., of Appleton, will
address the club at the close of the
banquet.
Jos. Hauser of Unity was committed
to the Northern Hospital for Insane on
Thursday. Hauser was brought here
early in the week, but before commit
ting him it was thought best to send him
to st. Mary's hospital for few days to
watch his actions. On Wednesday
night he ran away from the hospital,
barefooted.
At meeting of the Hardwood Lum-
Der Manufacturers association held in
Marshheld last week, F. ID. Timlin of
this city, and B. +. Mcmillan of the vii
lage which bears his name, were elected
to the directorate A. f. Beebee of
Mcmillan, was elected secretary-treas-
urer. The principal matter discussed
was freight rates.
Additional arc lights have been hung
at the following street corners: East
Forest and Bells SITS; Seventh Ave. and
Oak St.: East Washington and Hoef-
niger Sts.; Second and Forest Sts.;
Logan and Montana Sts.; First and
Mcclellan SITS. The city is now lighted
with 100 arc lights more than is usual
in city of this size.
Rev. Fisher, pastor of the Univer-
salist, church has issued the following
card, giving his sermon subjects up to
Nov. list as follows:
Oct. A. (Rally Day. '"The Religion of
Jesus"
Oct. IL. Religion in the Home"
IS. Religion at work"
%. Religion in Society.
Nov. list. Religion at the Ballot
Box"
At meeting of the w. c. T. U. held
Friday, Mesdames H. r. Mckinney
and II. P. Maynard we're chosen dele
gates TO aJtenQ 10 the SIdle CouNeHeloh
of the society, which will be held in
Waupaca Oct. 2. They will perhaps be
accompanied by Mesdames Emily c.
Morgan, Walter Alexander, IL. c.
Stewart, j. A. Jones and c. c. Parlin.
Henry Mckay has composed a one
verse poem for the ladies to sing IN
response to the roll call of counties.
VIM. H. Ryan of Buffalo, N. Y, and
James r. Mann of Chicago, ILL.,, passed
through the city Friday on their way to
Brokaw. Both are members of congress
either representing OIL misrepresenting
their state. They are on congress
sional committee appointed to investi-
gate conditions in the wood pulp bust
ness, with view of making recon-
mendations at the next session, with
reference to tariff restrictions on the
importation of the raw material. They
visited the office of the Wausau Paper
Mills Co. Friday. They were accom-
panied by l.. Nj. Nash, the Grand Rapids
paper mill man.