Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Save your potato crop by using our
strictly pure paris green. Philbrick's
east and west side pharmacy. j23-4w
Two swarms of bees were found on
the Fingerhut property on Second
street, Thursday. They were raked into
dish pan and sold to bee owners.
LII you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
A lawn social given at the home of
Mrs. E. G. Kretlow Thursday afternoon
and evening by the ladies of the Presby-
terrain church, netted the society a neat
balance.
David B. Gorham, postmaster of
Shawano, died on Sunday, June 14th.
He was brother of A. ID. Gorham, of
this city. When a boy he learned the
printers trade and later edited the
Shawano journal.
Low round trip excursion rate, ac-
cornt the Republican National Conven-
ton at Chicago, will be made via the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Ry.
June 18th to 18th, inclusive, good for
return June Both, 1908. m26-w3
Mayor Julius Thielman, the city
council and board of public works, of
Merrill, spent Thursday in Wausau for
the purpose of inspecting the work of
macadam street building. the cost, gen.
eral satisfaction, etc.
For SALE-Store, dance hall and
saloon for sale cheap if taken before
July 1st, 1908. Doing good business
and located in good farming COM
munity. For further particulars, adj
dress box 25, r. f. ID. No. 2, Merrill,
Wis. If.
An eclipse of the sun Sunday, June %,
wilt be visible in every portion of the
United States. The eclipse will be due
to the passage of the moon between the
earth and the sun. The eclipse will
begin in the morning about $40 'clock.
When it is at its height about one-half
of the SUMS surface will be covered. 1t
will continue for about three hours.
The Ladies' Missionary society of the
Universalist church, elected officers on
Tuesday evening, for the ensuing year,
viz:
- President-Mrs. W. w. DeVoe.
Vice-P res-Mrs F. Becker.
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port.
Delegate Ii. l.. Crandall
A case wherein Dr. E. V. Kautsky of
Colby, caused Walter Pradt of the same
village, to be brought into court last
Tuesday was dismissed. The complain
ant charged that Mr.. Pradt had made
certain threats against him. AS the
affair took place in Clark county and
the municipal court has jurisdiction in
this county only, dismissal of the
action followed.
The George Miller Manufacturing
company is newly organized concern
which has filed articles C-incorporation
with the register of deeds The incor-
porators are Geo. Miller, Henry Stan
ton and John F. Lament. The two
first mentioned are Sheboygan men.
The company will manufacture novel
ties, principal of which will be a ladies
shampoo pad. A factory is at present
maintained in Sheboygan, but the
outfit will be moved here. Principally
female labor will be employed.
On July 1, most of the employees of the
local post office will receive an increase
in salary Carriers Job Vaughan, An
son Young, Fred Marquardt, Fred
Becker, Hugo Fruechtl, Prank Ander-
son and Herman Becker will be raised
to $1,000 per year; Miss Anna Kuhl-
man, money order clerk, will receive
81, 900; clerks Miss Judith Goers and
Richard Goetsch will get 5000; Ed
Ringle, mailing clerk, Sl,100, and Ben
Wegner, clerk, $500. This of course
makes all of the above named, sore"
The Northern Boiler and Structural
Iron Works Co. has been reorganized
under the name of the Wausau Iron
Works. The incorporators are A. G.
Heinzen, F. w. Krause and Henry
Ellenbecker. The capital stock is $685.
000 The officers are /: President, +.
W. Krause yice-president, Chas. Veg
ner secretary, L. j. Schott treasurer,
Henry Ellenbecker manager A. G.
Heinzen. Messrs. Schott and Heinzen
are two of several Appleton gentlemen
who organized the old company over
year ago and who built plant in the
southwestern part of the CRY. The
company has enjoyed a first class bust
ness from the first and has many orders,
among them several large ones, on its
books at present.
w. j. Kregel returned home Satur-
day from the town of Day, where he
had been looking after the work of
assessors. He reports that the con-
tractors have nearly completed the
large dredge which will dig drains in
the Dancy drainage district. The
dredge was built on the range line be-
tween the towns of Day and Bergen
and it is a mammoth affair. 1t is about
40 feet wide by about 100 long and the
SCOOP is capable of bringing up several
wagon loads of dirt at each pull.
Work win begin right where the dredge
was built and will start this week.
This large dredge will be used in dig
ging the main ditch, while two smaller
ones will dig the lateral droins. The
work viii consume two years.