Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-19
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

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The county board on equalization
will meet tomorrow in the court
house.
Repairing, upholstering and re-tin-
ishing furniture, now speciality at
the Kiefer Furniture Co. If
Dr.. Turbin, the eminent German
pecialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Ola Pearson is now sole proprietor
of the Adams House, having last week
purchased the interest of his partner,
Chas. Allen.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
Anton Kuntz died Wednesday at
his home in Parcherville, aged fifty
nine years He is survived by his
wife and ten children. The funeral
was held Saturday from ST. Michaels
church.
The Bank of Athens has received a
new safe to take the place of the one
blown to pieces by robbers on the
night of Sept. II. 1t is the opinion of
the makers that it cannot be blown
open. Maybe it can't.
WANTED Barker & Stewart Lum-
Der Co. is now ready to buy hemlock
lath bolts, 80 inches long. Any one
wishing to sell bolts of this kind can
get full particulars by calling at the
Wausau office, McIndoe island. sl4w7
John Winninger of the Winninger
Bros theatrical troupe of this city,
is soon to marry Miss Louise Cook, a
member of the company. The latter
is resident of Milwaukee. They
will be married in WATERFOWL next
Thursday.
The G. & N. w. Ry. Co. is causing
the head lights on all it's locomotives
to be lowered to point directly in
front of the boiler head. 1t is said
this arrangement gives the engineer
better view of the track when go
ing around sharp curves.
John Steiner of the town of Eau
Pleine, does not believe that "a soft
tongue turneth away wrath" at least
he did not follow the old adage at a
dance given in his town recently. He
was fined SIS and costs in municipal
court Wednesday for using abusive
and insulting language.
Gen. Chas. King, in his inspection
of the militia organizations of the
state, forty-two in number, has given
Co. G of Wausau fourth position for
rifle efficiency with marking of S. 10.
Co. A of Neillsville leads all the COM
panies. OF the ten highest COM
panies, five of them belong to the
shooting Third"
Hi, there Speaking of the very
best horse shoeing-we don't do any
other kind. We're the experts and
the price is always right. Come and
see us.-M. j. KAvANAUaH. ml5-tf
1t is expected that engineers will
begin work this week in surveying
the line of the proposed Chicago &
Wisconsin Valley railroad, the interur-
banline which is TO connect Merrill and
GAINESVILLE and all intermediate points,
including Wausau, The first stretch
to be surveyed will be between Port
age and Stevens Point. The engineer
corps win be composed of eleven men,
in charge of Allen Z. Russell of Balti-
more, Md. Mr.. Russell has planned
the routes of & number of such roads.
1t is expected that the entire work of
building win take two years.
The Doud & Sons Co. of March
Rapids has completed 4 telephone
line from its mill at that place to
Stratford, its shipping point. The
company formerly shipped direct from
its mill over spur built by the Wis
cenSin Central. The lumber company
and the railroad company some time
ago locked horns, with the result that
the railroad company tore up the
track. Doud & Sons now haul their
lumber to Stratford on wagons drawn
by traction engine. The sight is
quite novel one, eight or ten wagons
being hitched in one string to the
engine.
Leo Staege died last Tuesday even
ing at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Staege, 7l2 Jackson
street. Several weeks ago he was out
in a rain storm and his wet clothes
had a chilling effect which produced
severe cold. later turning into
typho:i pneumonia. He was a little
past twenty years of age and was born
and reared in this city. Besides his
parents re is survived by two brothers
and one sister. The funeral services
were conducted Saturday afternoon
from the home and the Presbyterian
church by Rev. Il. Werhahn pastor OF
st. Stephens church.