Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-07

| Miss Albers will entertain at whist,
Thursday afternoon, in honor of her
lguest, Miss Hobbs of Denton, Maryland.
| The ladies of st. Martha's guild and
their husbands will hold picnic at
Rothschilds park on Wednesday AFTER
noon.
The c. E. society held its monthly
business meeting last evening with the
Misses Marie and Helen Becker, SIS
Plumer street.
The executive board of the agricul-
tural society has decided to paint the
agricultural building white and work
will commence soon.
The cold weather of the past week
has made it necessary for many to start
up their furnaces and stove fires in
order to be comfortable
A fire cracker started a blaze at the
Underwood Veneer Co.'s plant on the
Fourth. Little damage resulted, as the
fire was discovered soon after it started.
The engagement of Mr.. Oscar Berger
to Miss Nettie Garrett has been an
nounced. The wedding will take place
the latter part of August. Both are
well known young people of our city.
Shingles Shingles Shingles! DO you
need any? We have them and the
kind that will suit you. Call and get
prices before purchasing elsewhere.
IT, BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
M. IL. Duncan spent yesterday in
Elderon and Wittenberg in the interests
of the county fair. He found the peo-
pie in the town of Elderon interested in
the fair and got assurances that they
will make exhibits this fall.
Stephen Werlek, aged thirty-four,
died at his home, 426 Cherry street.
Deceased had been Ill for the past
eleven months with pulmonary tuber-
culosis. Deceased was an Austrian and
came to this county in 1901. He is sur
vived by his mother, two sisters and
two brothers. Funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon. Rev. Z. A. Fpenf
stuck will officiate.
Harry Dreher, whose skull was frac-
Foundry and Machine Shops on Mon
day of last week, was in such condition
yesterday that he was able to be moved
to his home on Grand Ave. Although
-, hn of hra ha
is improving rapidly and will recover
in short time, unless some unforeseen
complications set in.
The Jacobs automobile and street
car c0llided near the corner of Third
and Jackson streets yesterday morning.
The motorman, when he saw the danger
the auto was in, reversed the motor,
causing cloud of smoke to arise. and
a number of persons thought for
short time that the street car was on
fire. Neither the car or auto or their
occupants were injured.
Otto Mueller, Otto Mathie, Gus Naffz,
Hilmer Schmidt and Paul Weinkauf
will compose team representing the
Wausau Sharpshooters' society at the
biennial state shoot which will be held
in New Glarus, Jnly 9-12. 1t is quite
likely that the next state shoot, which
will be in 1910, will be held here for the
meets have gone around the circuit I'M
til it is Wausau's next turn.
Dlotn .rIoee oxxro IN, tho ofOro nf
Chas. Wegner were broken on the
night of the third by someone firing
bullets through them. Evidently the
same party broke Ed. Kuhlman's bar
Der shop window diagonally across the
street. The proprietor had closed the
shop, pulled the curtains down and was
shaving himself when bullet passed
through the window and lodged in the
wall
Louis Hussong passed away Sunday
morning at the age of seventy-fiye
years At the time of his death he was
living with his son, Chris, at 72S Chi
cago Ave He had not been in good |
health for some time and his death |
was due mostly to natural conditions
produced by advanced years. De-
ceased had been resident of Marathon |
county for twenty-seven years. He
formerly resided in the town of Texas,
but in 1896 he moved into the city and
continued to reside here. He is sur
vived by nine children as follows; Mrs.
Lorenz Denny, Merrill; Louis, August,
William, Charles, Mrs. Edward Lemke,
Mrs. Jacob Gensman, Chris. and Mrs.
Andy Murphy, all of this city Their
mother died May y, 1905. Mr.. Hus-
songs funeral was held this afternoon
at two O'Clock from the home of his
son. Rev. +. Werhahn officiated.