Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-23
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday, Dec. Is.
The sale and supper hy the Ladies'
Aid society of the Presbyterian
church, on Tuesday evening, was a
very successful affair.
G. G. Parlin, principal of our high
school, spoke before the students OF
the Marathon county agricultural
school last Thursday afternoon.
If you are in need Of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER co.
Lame back comes on suddenly and
is extremely painful. 1t is caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. Quick
relief is afforded by applying Cham
berlain's Liniment. Sold by all
dealers.
Our people should not forget that
there will be total eclipse OF the
moon next Sunday morning, COM
mencing at liz; the total eclipse will
begin at 2:22 and ends at 3:44; the ex-
IllDlUlOH VIII COdoC hO f'fO " OioSh'
Miss Mollie Lawson died Wednes-
day at her home in Garrison, n. ID.
She was a sister Of Mrs. Bernhard
Laabs of this city. The remains
were brought to this city and inferred
in the Wausau cemetery Saturday.
Athletic classes composed of en-
ployes of the different factories of the
city have been reorganized. Gymnas-
tic exercises will be conducted in the
Lincoln and Franklin schools. The
Y. M. G. A. will furnish the instruc-
ton.
Signor Luigi D'Urbano and his
famous Italian band of 40 skilled
musicians were at the Grand opera
house on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day evenings and besides, gave two mat
inees. The concerts were very fine
and well attended.
The funeral of Ward Haines was
held in this city yesterday. The
young mans home was in Mellen and
he died a few days ago in hospital
in Ashland The funeral was held
from the home of his aunt, Mrs. g. f..
Bismark, on Mcclellan street.
AS yet the Wausau Base Ball asso-
citation has made no arrangements for
the return of Jack Mccarthy as man
ager Mccarthy was a free lance, re-
fusing to sign any agreement where
by the club could hold him. 1t is
not likely that he will return next
season.
Bernard Greve, aged thirty-nine, a
resident OF Schofield, died Friday.
He had been a resident of this county
for twenty-nine years of his life. The
funeral was held yesterday from st.
Peters Lutheran church in the vii
lage, Rev. +. Werhahn of this city
officiating.
Chas Wegner, the drayman, Henry
Conrad, E. Larson, Mat Peterson and
Geo. Arch formed hunting party
which spent part of last week in the
town of Halsey on the headwaters OF
Big Rib They were successful in
getting three deer and have two
hunting tags to sell. They returned
Friday night.
The recent snow storm has enliyen-
ed activity in the woods. In this
locality while there is hardly enough
snow to make good logging roads,
what has fallen has creased up the
ground and helped skidding. Further
north it is reported that few small
jobbers have begun hauling logs. As
vet the frost has not penetrated to
any depth and the fact will hinder
good road making.
The st. Paul Ry. Co.'s extension
from Knowiton to the United States
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tically completed. The road runs
eastward distance of ten miles and
the eastern terminal win be known as
Hamilton station. The company will
soon begin the transportation Of logs
to NekooSa, where they will be turned
into pulp and paper The leather
company will retain all the bark while
the paper mill gets all the logs and
there is supply of timber in sight to
last several years.
A fire broke out in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Almon Atwood in the vii
lage of Mcmillan one night last week,
while the occupants of the house were
asleep. A coach dog owned by Mrs.
Atwood began whining and jumped
up onto the bed, awakening Mr.. At
wood and probably saving the lives OF
the family. The fire was then in an
insipient stage and was soon extin-
guished. AS it started in q clothes
basket full of soiled clothes awaiting
washing, it is supposed that spontan-
eouS combustion was the cause.
Julius GieSregen was arrested on
Friday and sentenced to serve a term
of sixty days in the county jail. The
complaint was made by Gustav
Schoepke of the town of Flieth, who
alleged that GieSregen had sold beer
To Scboepke's daughter, aged sixteen
years. The girl left home Thursday
and was traced by her father to a
resort between this city and Schotield.
G,esregen was an employee of the
place and served the girl with a glass
of beer. After being confronted with
the evidence against him GieSregen
entered plea of guilty and was given
the aforementioned sentence.