Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14


Mrs. John Lull has been confined to
her home by illness the past week. She
is now improving.
We frame pictures now the same day
they are received. We will continue
this service up to March 1st.-O. c.
Callies.
Local furniture dealers are today
Y. M. &. A. building. The same is be-
ing put into rooms OF the dormitory on
the third floor.
Clemens Krona, a three year old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Krona, re-
sidi e on Cherry street, died this morn
ing of membraneOus Group. The fun
eral will be held Wednesday.
Shingesl Shinglesl Shinglesl Do you
need any: We have them and the
kind that will suit you. Call and get
prices before purchasing elsewhere.
tt. BARKER IL STEWART LUMBER Co.
j III. Yost is temporarily out of the
VIM Gillian Meat and Grocery Co.'S
store. Fhe work is too combining for
him and his intention is to engage in
some work where he will be in the open
air more.
A large portrait of l.. Il. Bells,
former captain of Co. &, will be
presented to the company soon. The
company intends to secure pictures of
all past captains and now has pictures
of j. ID Womer and N. B. Eldred.
A fire started Sunday morning back
of the Behnke saloon on N. Third street
in an outbuilding The work of a
bucket brigade perhaps saved serious
loss, for there are several buildings sit
uated close together on the same lot.
The last mems meeting to be held in
the old Y. M. c. A. building was con-
Quoted Sunday afternoon, there being a
large assemblage. l.. Sexmith and Secy.
Campbell were the speakers, each
reviewing the work in the old building.
M w. A. lodge. No 1464, and Column
bine camp, No. sol, r. N A., conducted
a joint installation in Woodman hall
last evening. After the installation cere-
monies those present danced, and at the
conclusion refreshments were served
by the ladies' lodge.
Both of the local ice companies have
commenced cutting ice. The ice this
winter is said to be unusually good.
There was no snow covering until re.
Gently, so that the frost had chance
to penetrate to a great depth, making
the CONCEALED article very thick.
That circle around the moon Sunday
night brought no storm for this section,
as was anticipated. But the people of
Southern Wisconsin got plenty of snow
with our share thrown in. 1t amounted
TO a regular blizzard, interfering with
railroad traffic and telegraphic COM
munication.
Elmer Girdwood and Miss Louise
Voltz were married Saturday morning
at the parsonage of the M. +. church,
Rev. +. III. Brigham officiating. They
departed last evening for Vancouver,
Is. u, where the young man is engaged
with his father, Robt. Girdwood, in con-
tract work.
A business session of the Senior G. f.
society was held last evening at the
home of MIR. and Mrs. b. A. Benson, on
the west side. 1t was reported that
proposition had been received from the
Carroll college glee club to come here
for an entertainment at some time in
the near future. No definite action was
taken on the matter
1t is now thought that the new Y. Nj.
G. A. building will not be formally
dedicated before some time in February.
The secretary is in correspondence with
the national board and that body Will
send a speaker here for the occasion,
perhaps the gentleman who performed
a like mission at the time the old build
ing was dedicated.
Are you aware that our repair depart
ment is being remodeled, Ii not, in
vestigate. 1t is to be bran new man,
up-to-date and prices that are right
All work done promptly, and guaran-
teed to give satisfaction.
II S. WRIGHT.
Watch Inspector for the e. 4 N. W
Ry. Co.
The stockholders il the Mathie Brew
ing Co. held a meeting last evening and
reelected the old directors as follows
John Ringle, +. G. Zimmerman, John
and Otto Mathie and 4. G.. Kretlow.
The directors will meet some time soon
and elect officers. Reports read showed
that the business of the company for the
past year had been very prosperous
one.
Next Monday evening Marathon
Lodge, No. las, X. of p, will go To Toma-
hawk for the purpose of Installing q
new lodge recently organized there.
All of the work will be done by the
Wsusau lodge. Work in two degrees
will be given in The afternoon and in
evening the third degree viii be exem-
plitied. The Wausau team win be COM
posed of about twenty five members.
Nine men out of every ten you meet
is at present complaining of being
"hard-up." Ask one of them the rea-
son and they will still say, Just paid
my taxes To aave municipal i'm
provements means that the fiddler must
be paid. Merchants say that this is the
hardest time in the year TO collect
money, tax time coming so soon after
the Christmas purchases are made.
The annual report of the superintend-
ent of the poor farm shows that during
the year total of SIS. 09S was expended
| for conducting the institution. Accord
| ing To the last report the stock on the
farm inventoried at s., S6s so. At the
end of the year the earnings from
board, sale of produce, and the value
of provisions on hand amount TO 81. $685.
- There is Charged TO the different
towns for the support of their paupers,
-, 4S0. 80. At present there are So in
mates in the institution, = males and
females.
The shipments OF wood products on
both railroads entering Wausau ART on
the increase. There are not so msAsxS
logs being hauled IS there was last
winter. due no doubt To the fact thai
logging operations are not so extensive
Although there has been > dearth oi
snow, loggers are not kicking" bat
on the other hand are well satisfied
They say conditions for successful log.
glng could not be any better. North
OF here there is snow enough for fairly
good sleighing and enough TO make