Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Wausau Laundry Co. cleans carpets
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, April 8.
A crew is at work building the scow
dredges which will be used in digging
the drains in the Dancy drainage dis
triet.
The warm weather of Wednesday
and Thursday practically ruined what
sleighing there was in Wausau and
vicinity.
Hugo Mumm, with crew of men,
has been busy the past week, decorat-
ing the fiat of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Delaney.
Town clerks and candidates for cleo
ton should remember that the PILOT
prints election tickets cheaply and on
short notice.
The Stewart Lumber Co. has closed
its logging camp near Grand Father
rapids and Geo. Morisette, camp fore
man, has returned home with his crew.
Jas. G. Bentz has withdrawn from
the firm of Bentz Bros. The business
will be continued by Chas. E. and
Clifford K Bentz under the old firm
name.
Do you want shinglesY If you do
call and look over our large assert
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
Geo. Rick, it is said, caught sight of
the first robin of the season. The date
was March IL. AS George knows what
he's talking about, we can bank on
spring being very close at hand.
John Laughlin, one of the city 1
residents and former policemen s
reported to be lying in critical conJ =
ton at his home on Grand Ave. b.
cause of his advanced age it is thought
ne cannot recover.
Anna Hartkopf secured a divorce
Friday from her husband William. The
grounds upon which she based her petit
ton were infidelity, cruelty, intoxica-
ton, etc. They have been married five
years and have no children.
1t developed at meeting of railroad
officials held in Autigo few days ago
that the Ashland division of the G. &
N. W. Ry. is at present burdened with
the heaviest freight traffic in its history.
There has been a congestion of cars in
the yards in Kaukauna.
On sale daily, until April 80, 1908, via
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Ry. tickets at very low rates to North
Pacific Coast points, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Canada and California. For
particulars please call at office.
m10-w3 M F. GOLDEN, Agent.
Mrs. Conrad Ar EFT, aged sixty weight,
died last week at the home of her son
John, near Rockville, as result of
falling down stairs. John and his
mother lived in Taegeville until short
time ago. A daughter, Mrs. Fred Mess,
formerly lived in Wausau. The funeral
was held Thursday.
Ruth, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. F. S.
Miller, fractured her collar bone
Thursday. She visited the Leader store
with her mother and sat down on one
of the counter stools. She amused her
self by whirling herself around on the
stool, when she fell off and struck some
other object with results as stated.
Mrs. VIM. G. Krembs of Stevens
Point, serving term of ten years in
the penitentiary for shooting and Sc
verely wounding Miss Clara Peterson
little over two years ago, was pardoned
last week by Gov. Davidson. The deed
was prompted by jealousy and there
were some sensational developments at
the trial.
Local trout fishermen are getting I'M
easy as the time draws nigh for the
opening of the season. The season
opens this year fifteen lays earlier than
it did last year, owing to the last legis-
lature amending the law. Under the
old law it extended from May l to Sep
TENDER 1. This year it opens on April
Is and closes September 1st.
Earl Leahy, of Marshfield, has been
appointed as candidate for midshipman
at Annapolis. Lieut.. w. d. Leahy, of
the U. S. navy, graduate of AnnaD-
oils, is brother of the candidate as is
also Arthur Leahy, who will graduate
from the same institution next = 2.
The three brothers are nephe
Capt. j. f. Leahy of this city.
Emil Pagel, the boy arrested in com
pany with Paul Howe for the burglary
of the Katz home and Collins hardwar
store, was bound over for trial Oh
Wednesday. He then signed petition
requesting the opportunity to go before
the court and enter plea of guilty,
but when arra.gned he changed his
mind and withdrew the petition. He is
out on pail furnished by relatives.