Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-30
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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1 tt. BARKER 4 STEWART LUMBER Co.
On Friday evening Mrs. w. L. Ed
monds entertained lady friends at
cards in honor of her visiting guests.
| Prizes for the evening were awarded
to Mrs. A. w. Mumm and Mrs A. A.
Bocks
Joe Hettinger was up from Rice
lake Monday. He says on recent
morning big flock of mallards were
frozen in the ice on the lake, and he
w&&t out with a sythe and moved off
their heads. Now whenever he wants
roast duck he digs one out of the ice.
Republican, Crandon.
Brady, Brady, shame on you for
telling such whopper.
At an adjourned meeting of the
city council held Friday evening it
was decided to place the special tax
roll, for the Franklin and Steuben
street sewers, in the hands of the city
treasurer for collection. The report
| that the Franklin street sewer, which
is a block and third long, cost S5l9.-
80, catch basins inclusive. The Steu-
ben street sewer is over three blocks
long and the total cost was $653.9S.
Because of the crowded condition of
cars coming up from Rothschilds in
the evening, the Wausau Street Rail
road Co has put on two of its large
cars for the use of workmen employed
down there. The cars leave the paper
mill at 4:50 in the afternoon and run
through to the north end, making but
nine stops on the way Another car
follows these two, for the use of the
general public, which takes on and
lets off passengers at every regular
stopping point.
At meeting of the city's finance
committee held Friday for the pur-
pose of considering bids for the Sixth
ward school and sewer bonds, it was
decided to defer action for the pres
ent Only three bids were received,
all of Chicago, they agreeing tie take
up the bond issue on the following
terms: Halsey & Co., at par, with
accrued interest, to draw AZ per cent.
Farson & Co., discount of S2,400, 4
per cent. interest. Woodin, McNear
& Moore, $942 premium, Al per
cent. interest. Other firms of
Chicago, Cleveland and Cincinnati
wrote letters saying they were in a
/ r asition to take up the bonds, but
offered no bids.
The store of Emil Hochtritt was
entered by a burglar on Tuesday
night last and about fifreen dollars,
mostly in nickels and dimes, was
stolen from the cash drawer. The
suspicion of the proprietor was direct
ed TO Geo. Schmidt, a young man
who had been employed as delivery
man, but who had been discharged
three days previously. 1t was ascer-
tanned that Schmidt had spent money
at several places and had purchased a
ticket for Milwaukee at the North
western depot. In each instance, it
is said. the money was paid in nickels
and dimes. The Milwaukee police
Nee notified to be on the lockout for
him. but ON Thursday he returned
and was arrested.
The trained bear exhibited in this
city last week is owned by man of
the name of Geo. b. CrapSey, VINO
lives up at Schultz Spur. While
hunting big game in the Siskeyou
mountains in Oregon year or more
ago he shot and killed the mother ef
Alice Teddy and then picked up the
litter. The cub then weighed but 81
pounds. He returned TO Schultz Spur
bringing the animal with him. 1t
soon became the pet OF the nelghDor-
hood. was as docile as a kitten and
showed considerable Intelligence.
One day the bear viewed Mrs. crap
sey pumping water. After she lett
the pump the bear walked up 10 II
and began pumping. Ii was then
that the owner began training Aiice
and today she can skate quite grace
fully and do many tricks which anuse
the people.