Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.



Geo. Bisheau. foreman in Manser's
logging camp, has started his water
tank aud expects 10 have Ice roads in a /
week or so.
II seems that snow is Just as slow /
coming this winter as last, although ii |
showed quite a little Saturday but not
enough to make sleighing
Nick Grimm, of the town of Easton.
shipped Holstien- Friesian calf Mon
day to Elenville, Wis, purchase price
being $50 90
Mr.. and Mrs f. F. Lemke went up to
Wausau Saturday evening to spend
Sunday with friends and relatives.
Remember Thursday evening. 18th,
at Z o'clock at the school house 10
Ringle Rev. Jos. Brown will speak
and he would like TO see good crowd
there to meet him.
There will be Christmas entertain
ment at the Ringle school house Wednes-
day evening, Dec. 23rd, at O'Clock
Miss Ringle, the teacher, has a good
! program ready and extends an invita-
ton to all to attend.
EDGAR.
The warehouse of the Edgar Hay &
Grain Co. was totally destroyed by fire
ThursoaY morning. The fro started at
about eight O'Clock a m and in about
half an hour the building was one mass
of fiamts The fire department wae
called out before they could do anything
the ire had too big start to be checked
1t WIS only through the good work of
the tIremen and citizens of this village
that the Sepyan a Buntman warehouse
and Edgar Hay 4 Grain Co.'S office
were saved.
| 1t was not known first how the fire
| started as everyone was out of the build
I ing then and when they got back the
| building was filled with smoke. 1t is
/ supposed that somehow the fire started
on the floor near the gasoline engine
which was used for cutting wood, grind
| ing feed, etc. From there it went to
some binder Irvine which made such a
| dense smoke that it was almost impos-
sible to save anything in the building
The loss to the Edgar Hay & Grain Co
is about $4,000 of which only a small
amount is covered by insurance. The
loss of the Slepyan & Buntman Co, is
about $3.50
Mrs. VIM. Lieber who departed from
Edgar about two years ago, is visiting
in Edgar with Mrs. g. Berch.
The Edgar graded school will have
two weeks vacation, when the teachers
| will go home to spend Christmas vaca-
ton with their parents
The members of the Edgar M. w A
Camp No. 1869, will give New Years
ball in the NJ. w A hall, Thursday
evening. December 81 This will give
everybody chance to dance out the
old year and dance in the new. Every
body is welcomed The best of music
has been engaged. S.
q G Knoller transacted business at
Stevens Point last Friday
Mrs. j Commit of Mosinee, spent the
past week with relatives in this village
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest King spent a
couple OF days the past week in Stevens
Point.
Henry Casper, who was road master
on the western extension of the St Paul
Il. r., returned home the past week.
Miss Evelyn L. Knoller visited her
aunt Mrs. Henry Kronenwetter, a
couple of days the past week, in town
of Kronenwetter.
The Ddncy boys will play their first
basket ball game of the season next
Saturday evening in Feit's hall at
Knowltou. They will play team from
Stevens Point and our boys will have
Eugene Helm, of junction City, as
manager and who also will be one of
the team. The boys would like to see
a large crowd in attendance, with a
liberal supply of "rooters' thrown in
to make it interesting.
Miss May hampton and Mrs. Henry
Casper did shopping in Wausau Satur-
day
One of the dredge boats working on
the Dancy drainage district closed down
the past week for the winter months.
Mrs Lon Clements is spending the
week visiting Mrs. Robert Wheaton at
Stevens Point.
The school children of this place will
have an entertainment in the Nj. f
church Christmas eve. There will also
be Christmas tree with all kinds of
good things TO please the young ones
and older as we'll. The whole Is under
the direction of Mrs. Wilson Petty and
everybody is invited to attend.
Phillip stadler one of Wausau's bust
ness men and most ardent democrats,
transacted business in Fancy, Saturday
Mr.. Stadler has hardly come too"
since the recent slump in democratic
! stock