Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-11
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The city lookup housed forty-eight
persons during the month of January.
Dr. w. T. Lawrence, dentist. Over
DuDbar's jewelry store. Telephone
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Co. G has purchased piano fer its
armory. 1t was paid for with money
earnedin giving dances.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, viii be at the
Bells House, February 49,
The Edgar post Office has been raised
to the third class and A<C. Wagner has
been re-appointed postmaster.
A fire ina clothes closet in the home
of Rev. A. +. Lemke on Jefferson street
called out the fire department, Wednes-
lay.
The supper given by the ladies of the
Universalist church on Tuesday was
largely attended and very successful in
every way.
Three teams were kept busy the past
week hauling ice to the ice house of
Alex. Stewart or East hill. The ice
was cut on Rib river near its mouth.
If you are in ueed of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
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The last report of the comptroller
showed that tie city has on hand in the
different funds the sum of Sl17, 6l3 with
outst 1lding bills amounting to So 500 81.
The Mosinee Times commenced pub
LEGATION again last Friday under its new
proprietor, B f. Walters. The paper
has a good advertising patronage and
is well gotten mp.
The Washington supper which was
to have been given by the ladies of the
NJ. +. church, on the evening of Tues
day, Feb. 18th, has been changed to
Friday evening. Feb. 2lst.
The fire department answered two
calls to chimney fires Saturday. One
was at the f. X. Under home on f.
Washington street, the other at the
Geo. Forster residence on Grand Ave.
Thos. Herreid, of Madison, spent Fri
day in the city looking over the
accounts of the Marathon County
Building-Loan and Investment as
ISOLATION lie IS an assistant to State
Bank Examiner Sergh.
The Masonic fraternity of the city of
Merrill, whose temple was destroyed by
fire six weeks ago, has had the loss adj
justed by the various insurance COM
panies, and the work of rebuilding is 10
be commenced at once.
Many in our city know Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Warner, of Plum lake, who
conduct one of the summer resorts up
there, and will be panied to learn that
their little daughter, Margaret, died of
scarlet fever last Wednesday.
Andrew Anderson, of Arbor Vitae,
has mysteriously disappeared. Last
Monday morning he started for his
work in the lumber yard and when
last seen was going in the direction of
Woodruff, He is it. inches tall and
is As years old.
j. G, Justesen, an employe of the
street railroad company, is carrying
his right arm in sling at present
While making coupling of two cars
on Wednesday night he got his wrist
caught between the draw bars, with
the result that the wrist was broken.
The new Christian Science church, of
Milwaukee, one of the most handsome
church edifees of Wisconsin, was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday morn
ing. The loss was $4,000 which is
covered Iy Insurance, The cost of the
building when completed would have
been 100000. The church win be
rebuilt.
The masquerade ball given by the
Liederkranz society Wednesday even
ing was attended by several hundred
people, of whom about 100 were masked
Many of the COSTUMES We're both pleas
ing and unique. The judges were
chosen from outside parties, two of
them being from Milwaukee and one
one from Chicago. Cash prizes to the
total of SS5 were distributed.
On Wednesday evening at about ten
o'clock one of the burglar alarms on
the exterior of the First National bank
building was touched or and for a
time those who bTaved the storm that
night thought the bank was being
robbed, A. H. Grant, cashier. was
summoned from his home. and opening
the doors of the bank, everything was
found to be sll right. Snow blowing
into the casing which protects the gong
is thought to have been responsible for
sounding The alarm.