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

Tuesday, April Z.
Mathie's book beer Will be on sale
Saturday, March ID, in kegs or bottles
Place your order now.
A son was born unto Mr. and Mrs.
Henry g. Etter, of Wimbledon, N. D.,
on Wednesday last. Mrs. Etter, was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Kuckuk of this
city.
J The Senior c. E. society of the Pres
byterian church held an exchange So
ciable Wednesday evening in the
church. There was good attend
ance.
The county board committee on pub
lie property will meet next Saturday for
the purpose of passing upon bills for
wood, inspecting tie work which has
been done on the poor house and the
boilers in the court house.
Helen Coates, of this city, won the
special children's prize, offered by the
Milwaukee Free Press, for the best
drawing. The sketch was published in
the edition of the Free Press of March
1st, and is a skating scene and shows
decided talent, when it is considered
that the contestant is only 10 years of
age.
Rev. FIR. f. NJ. Thompson, of Stevens
Point, who came here to officiate at the
funeral of Mrs. q. I'll. Amunson, was pre-
vailed upon to conduct two services to-
day in st. Johns church before his old
parishioners. At 7:30 this morning
holy eucharist was celebrated and even
song services Will commence at 7:30
this evening.
The town treasurers throughout the
county will close up their books next
Saturday and turn over their delin
quent list to the county treasurer. The
law provides that all taxes must be
paid by the 18th of March The delin.
quent list will be larger in the city this
year and in most towns, because the
tax budget is heavier.
Burglars entered the hardware store
of VIM. Kuckuk on Scott street one
night recently and stole several dollars
worth of cutlery and other goods. The
matter was not made public for several
days, the proprietor hoping to be able
to catch the thieves, but he has been
unsuccessful. Entrance was gained
through a rear window.
A number of friends of John Lerum
learned Friday that that day was the
anniversary of his birth. They entered
into conspiracy to give his nervous
system a'jolt and that evening shortly
after John had settled down in his easy
chair to read, a knock sounded and
when John opened the door he found
about two dozen people awaiting adj
mittance. 1t is almost waste of our
lead pencil to say that a very pleasant
time was had by all.
A gentleman from Minneapolis has
been in the city the past few days and
has rented the Levenhagen garage
which he will turn into vaudeville
theatre. Carpenters are now at work
overhauling the place building stage,
etc. The auditorium will be so feet
long The gentleman having the
matter in charge represents company
having a chain of such theatres in the
country and first class performances
will be put on, including high priced
attractions.
Adam Bembennick, a resident of the
town of Pike Lake, was arrested yester-
day and brought to the city, on COM
plants of his wife, Celia. He was taken
before Justice r. N Larner to answer
to the charge of assault and battery and
was found guilty and assessed $50 and
costs. Celia claimed that her husband
gave her beating last Saturday. She
was married once before and has sew
eral children from her first marriage
which it is said are the bone of conten-
ton between the parties.
live frog at this time of the year is
an unusual sight in this locality, yet one
was seen last Friday by workmen at the
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was poled up to the slide and on it a
large green frog was sitting, apparently
enjoying the weather. The company
has hot pond at the foot of the slide,
heated by steam pipes from the mills
boilers. 1t is supposed that the warm
water thawed out the frog in his muddy
retreat and he come to the surface.
Paul Howe arrested for burglariZlng
the Katz home and Collins hardware
store, entered plea of guilty yesterday
morning and was sentenced - serve 3
term of three years in the state prison,
Upon information given by Howe,
who also admitted that he was one of s
party which robbed the Kuckuk hard
ware store recently, two other boys
were arrested. These are Louis
Pregont and Almon Bauer. After
robbing the Kuekuk store Howe turned
over number of knives to these boy:
to dispose of, telling them he had stoler
them but not stating where. They
were brought before Justice r. n
Il Larner yesterday but their cases wer,
v continued one week.