Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-10


married in Chicago.
The oldest woman in Portage county,
Mrs. Aug. Hajnek, died on March 3rd.
She was 100 years of age.
Over $4,000 feet of logs are being
hauled by farmers daily to the Jacob
Mortenson Lumber Co. g mill at present.
Kennel Bros, of this city, have dis
posed of their pop factory in Merrill to
Jos. Dengel, who has been managing it
for them in the past.
A lynx, the first to be killed in this
county this winter, was brought in
Thursday by Anton Wakowski, a resi-
dent of the town of Pike Lake.
The twenty-second annual closing
farmers institute and mid-winter fair
will be held in Richland Center, March
18th to the 10Th and will be conducted
by Supt. Geo. McKerrow.
There were good many sleigh rides
the past week. Among them were the
children of the rooms of Miss Moore and
Miss Vincent of the high school who
enjoyed rides on Thursday and Friday
afternoons.
The next two weeks will witness some
tall hustling done by candidates for
nominations on different tickets where
there is one or more candidates for the
same nomination. After March Oath
there will be some taller hustling for
election.
The next meeting of the Mems league
of the Presbyterian church will be held
on Monday evening, March 10th, and
it will be appropriately celebrated in
decoration, songs and refreshments, as
1.-THE Irish Evening"" M. A. Hurley
will be the speaker of the evening.
Jesse Sipes and Chas. Livingston, of
this city, and L. e. Gralf, of Hortonville,
last week took an inventory of the
stock of Langley & Anderson in Merrill,
which was damaged at the time the
Masonic temple burned several months
ago. Mr.. Sipes represented Langley &
Anderson Mr.. Graf, the insurance
companies, while Mr.. Livingston was
referee.
The annual sleighride and supper of
the Universalist Sunday school was
held on Thursday afternoon and even
ing From 4;30 o'clock until 6, the
juniors went out and then all of the
| members and teachers sat down to a
supper, after which the seniors enjoyed
ride from seven until O'Clock. The
weather was warm and there was
plenty of snow to make the ride
enjoyable.
Edward j. Falk, residing at 6l8 Cen
trail Ave, on Friday purchased of
| Albert Behling ten acres of land
south of the Sloan farm on the Stettin
and Marathon City road, paying for the
| same $4,000. The land will be turned
| over to Mr.. Falks brother-in law, resid-
ing in Oshkosh, who will build a fine
cottage house on it. He will have the
house completed in time to move in by
early fall.
The snow and rain storm of Thurs
day night brought annoying results.
The rain of course caused a sheet of ice
to form over everything exposed and
made it almost impossible to clean
sidewalks until the next day when the
sun appeared. Housewives who left
washings on the line the night before
found their clothes tattered and torn
next day. Railroad trains were delayed
and there was an unpleasantness all
around
A bunch of skeleton keys was found
in the saloon of Anton Stanke at Kelly
last Tuesday. During the week preyi-
Gus two strangers entered the saloon
and one of them got into an alteration
with Chas. Schmidt and drew large
murderous looking revolver and threat
ened to shoot Schmidt. The fellow was
arrested and lodged in Jail for ten days.
1t is supposed that the strangers were
crooks aud that the keys found be-
longed to them.
The first thunder and lightning of the
season of 1908 came during the rain
shower of last Friday morning. At
about the hour of 80 there were several
flashes of lightning followed by thunder
and then the skies darkened and a
| heavy rain set in. Thunder and light.
ming on the 9th day of March is rare
occurrence and according to an old
timer, who is somewhat of weather
prophet, it is the first time it occurred
since 1882. 1t will not occur again I'M
| til 1868. He reads his weather observa-
| tons from the breast bone of sparrow
1t is reported that since the last snow
arrived, roads leading to country saw
mills show unusual activity because of
the fact that farmers are anxious to get
their logs in to the mills before sleigh
| ing breaks up. The last two snow falls
we're the best of the season for sleigh
| ing. The snow was wet and packed
where in fell. Mills at Marathon City,
Edgar, Stratford, Fenwood and other
places have their own teams hauling
logs, and in addition there is large
custom trade with farmers. The latter
trade indicates that there will be con-
siderable building going on in the
| country next summer.