Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

The city's mail boxes are being re-
painted by VIM. thinner Green is the
color.
DR.. w. T. Lawrence, dentist. Over
Dunbar's jewelry store. Telephone
No. 1882. n12-tf
The Wausau school for the deaf has
received 81, 051 81 as aid from the state
for its support.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House. Oct. 10.
Frank Bibby, of Dancy. recently
found a pearl as large as bean, in
clam taken out of the Wisconsin river.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ploss are now
occupying their new home on Franklin
street, they having moved in on Thurs
day last
Herman Grotophorst of Baraboo, one
of the members of the state board of
control inspected the county asylum
and poor house on Thursday.
WANTED responsible parties 10
take logging jobs near Manitowish and
Hurley. Inquire of Scott & Howe Lum-
Der company, Ironwood, Mich. s15-4w
Sec'y. M. H. Duncan of the Marathon
County Agricultural association is kept
busy at present issuing orders for
premiums awarded for exhibits at the
last county fair. The work was started
last Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bremen, 1911 S.
Fourth Ave, lost their daughter, Lillian,
hast Tuesday afternoon. The child was
two years of age. The funeral services
were conducted Friday afternoon by
Rev. E A. Fuenfstueck.
Anna, aged four months, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Brandenmuehl of
the town of Easton, died Thursday.
Funeral services were conducted Thurs
day afternoon, Rev. Buerger of the
town of Wausau officiating.
The postoffices at Moon and Halder
will be discontinued about the first of
next month About that time rural
route will be established, leading out of
Mosinee, which will cover the territory
which is served by the two offices first
mentioned.
Messrs S. B. Toby and Anton Mehl,
local civil service commissioners, con-
Quoted a state civil service examina-
ton Saturday morning for positions as
clerk. There were two applicants,
Geo. Blanchard, of Colby. and Geo.
Roach, of the city.
Political organizations are being
formed in the principal towns and
villages of the counJy-Bryan and Kern |
and Taft and Sherman clubs. Up to |
the present the farmers for the most |
part have taken little interest in poll
tics, owing to being so busily engaged
fighting forest fires.
The Curtis & Yale Co. is building a
concrete wall along the east side of it's |
property at factory No. !. this will not !
only improve the looks of the property, |
but will stop the river bank from caving |
to be made on the bank which has here
tofore been impossible.
Peter Newton of Chicago, an ex
aminer in the u. S. civil service de- |
partment was in the city Thursday |
and conducted an examination for |
those desiring positions as stenogra- |
piers in the government service. There |
were two who wrote for standings, |
Chas Mcdonald and Sam Welland.
Morris Stuth, laborer, was taken to |
St. Mary's hospital Wednesday, suffer
ing from broken leg and internal in
jaries While at work that morning in |
sewer trench on Fulton street, the
walls of the trench caved in, burying |
him up to his neck. When dug out it |
was found that he was badly injured.
The Wausau Street Railroad Co. has
been making improvements along its |
Grand Ave- line the past week Some |
weeks ago the company took out the |
old rail connections and put in new
fish plates In doing this the new
macadam was torn up. Last week |
rock was hauled and the holes filled up |
and rolled down.
Chas Baerwald, paralytic base ball |
player residing on the west side, disap-
peared from home Thursday night and
because of his physical condition his
absence caused his relatives great
alarm. Earlynext morning while Henry
Schwister was travelling the river bank
he saw someone lying in the bushes on
an island south of the falls. He took
off his shoes and waded over to the
island and found the sleeper to be young
Baerwald. The young man had slept
on the island all night and gave 70
reason for his peculiar action.
That section of the Second ward
burned over few weeks ago has been
a busy scene the past few weeks. As
soon as satisfactory adjustment of
losses had been made with the insur-
ance companies, the losers set to work
repairing and rebuilding property des-
troyed All of the buildings wholly or
partially destroyed, owned by Hacsle a.
Willems, Carl Geisler, Mrs. Quandt,
Mrs. Henry Berkholder, Ed. Lemke,
Geo. Silbernagel and others have been
rebuilt or repaired and the sound of
the saw and hammer has practically
died.
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