Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-31
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The robin is here and so is Seim Bros.
stock of spring clothing.
The Monday Evening Study club met
last evening with Miss Florence
Crosby.
Jos. Reiser has accepted a position as
head bookleeper for the Aug. Kickbusch
Grocery Co.
1t is understood that Julius Priebe,
defeated for the republican nomination
for assessor, will be ar Independent
candidate at the election Lext Tuesday.
Rev. F. H. Brigham is stu confined
to his home with the grip and not able
to be about. 1t is hoped by his hosts of
friends that his recovery will be rapid.
Some one entered St. Mary's new
hospital some time during Sunday and
stole over $50 worth of carpenters tools
and partially destroyed a gasoline en-
CINE.
An Italian orchestra has arrived in
the city, also AbrahaLt Lincoln the arm
less Hover vender, better known as
Hooks" Both are harbingers of
spring.
We have so many preparations for
decorating your homes that it would
require a page of this paper to tell of
them. Call and learn something of
them.-Callies.
The r. Conner Lumber Co. has
started an action against the town of
Bergen, Because its property in that
town has beel taxed at what it con-
sIders an unreasonable figure.
A new auto, a Packard car, ordered
by K. Kick busch, is expected to arrive
in the city today. 1t is a seven seated
vehicle and will be one of the most
handsome and costly autos in the city.
The Record Herald has been enlarged
to a seven column paper and appears
under new head dress. The makeup
of the paper has been changed, the
fourth page now being devoted to edi-
toriais, instead of the second page.
One car load of Callies' spring wall
papers has arrived and is unpacked.
An inspection of the designs will con-
vince anyone that this is certainly THE
stock. As Callies buys direct from the
factory it is needless to say he can sell
cheaper than others who buy in small
lots from the jobber
Mrs. Mary Russ was granted a
divorce from her husband, Arthur G..
yesterday in municipal court, the
grounds for such being that he had
mistreated her She was given the
custody of their one child, which the
father must support until the child has
reached the age of maturity
Ice is breaking up in the streams in
this vicinity AS late as last week the
Stewart Lbr. Co. was able to haul logs
across its pond to the mill from the
rollwayS on the island At present the
pond is clear of ice. 1t is said that
there are large ice jams in RIB river,
the river being clear of ice for miles in
places.
Sheriff Frank OConnor, who con.
veyed Jos. Guyette to the state prison
at Waupun yesterday, had an oppor-
tunity of seeing Henry Wolf, recently
convicted of wife murder. Wolf is
driving team hauling rock for a new
building which is being constructed on
the prison grounds. In this work he
enjoys considerable liberty.
Joseph Guyett, charged with burglar
izing the home of Julius kettner in the
town of Emmett or April 6, 1905 entered
plea of guilty yesterday and was
in the state prison. Guyette is a half
breed Indian and was captured only
two weeks ago. He stole food stuffS
from the house of the value of 81.
Mrs. Marie Schmidt, who had been a
resident of Wausau for the past forty
four years, died Sunday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Geo A Steltz, aged
seventy seven years. Three other
children survive her, Henry Albrecht of
Amigo; Louis Albrecht of this city, and
Dan Albreeht of the town of Wausau
The funeral was held this afternoon
from the German NJ T. church.
Petitions are being circulated which
will be presented to Gov Davidson, ask
ing for pardon for joseph Kopczyski,
who is at present serving q five year
term in the penitentiary. kopczynski,
who lived near Kelly, burned his house,
barns and all his property on the night
of Nov. 6, 1905, aud the following year
was found guilty of arson aud SEN
fenced. He destroyed the property so
that his wife, who had started divorce
proceedings against him, could not
secure any of il.
Brick is being hauled onto the ground
to be used in the erection of the Citi-
zens State bank on the west side, cor
ner OF Clarke st, and Second Ave. The
foundation walls were completed last
fall and such progress has been made
that work can begin immediately on the
SuperStructnre. This work will begin
as soon as the pressed brick for the oat-
side walls arrives. The building will
be two stories in height and e6xS0 feet
in dimensions II will be completed
about the first of June.