Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-28
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


The Barker & Stewart Lumber Co.
will cut 100000 feet of timber this
winter On Copper river.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday, Jan. u.
The Leader store did such large
business In toys the past week that
Messrs. Komers were forced to employ
two deliverymen.
Fred Weise, who has been employed
by the Werheim Mfg. Co. for a great
many years as foreman, will leave
that company Jan. /.
Erna, aged six years, daughter of
Mrs. Ernst Plantz, residing on Hum
boldt Ave, died last Tuesday after
noon of scarlet fever.
Henry Miller, ex-chief of the fire
department, who was severely injured
at fire two weeks ago, is able to
walk around on the streets again.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
tt. BARKER STEWART LUMBER Co.
The Menominee Indians on the
Keshena reservation in Shawano
county received a nice Christmas
present last week. An annuity of
$4,000 was distributed among them,
giving to each buck, squaw and pap
poose $50.
There can be no real economy with
out system, And the business system
without bank account is no account
We will be pleased to have you open
an account at the National German
American bank, and let us keep a
record of all your transactions.
1t cost Ashland county just S406. "a
to wash its dirty linen in our circuit
court last week, a certified statement
TO that effect having been forwarded
to the clerk of the court of that
county. This was for court costs only
and did not include witness fees.
The Berlin Farmers Mutual Fire
and Lightning Insurance company
filed articles of incorporation
with the register of deeds on Wednes-
day. This is not new concern, but
was organized in 1875 by farmers liv-
ing in the towns northwest of the
city.
If you are suffering from bilious
ness, constipation, Indigestion, chron-
ic headache, invest one cent in a
postal card, send to Chamberlain's
Medicine Co., Des Moines, Iowa, with
your name and address plainly on the
back, and they will forward you free
sample Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
Two car loads of bridge timbers,
ordered last summer for the Bridge
street bridge, arrived in the city
Thursday. 1t was the non-arrival of
these timbers which has delayed the
completion of the bridge. The con-
tractor, A. f. McGiliis, will at once
resume the work which has advanced
to that stage where it can be COM
pleted in few days.
Last Wednesday the state railway
commission ordered the Northwest
ern Railway Co. to make refund of
S57.S4 to the Heinemann Lumber
Co., the amount of excess charges on
five car loads of lumber shipped from
Rib Falls to Wausau. The commits
sloners criticised the railway COM
pany and found that three cents
would have been reasonable rate in
stead of five cents.
For SALE-Planer, hatcher, saw
arbors, edger and trimmer; also lot
of shafting, pulleys and saws will be
sold very cheap. Inquire of WAUsAU
STREET RAILROAD Co. 2ld-3w
The Marshfield Times says that
a Geo. GoetZman of WauSau, was
brought into municipal court in that
city Thursday on a charge of larceny
and was bound over for trial i'm cir
cult court. GoetZman is alleged to
have taken a calf out of the stock
yards of a meat market firm and TO
have sold it later to the same firm for
ten dollars. That's high finance on a
small scale.
We understand that residents in
and around Marathon City are arrang-
ing for fair to be held in the village
at the time the farmers institute is
conducted there Jan. 6-7. Agricultur-
al and dairy products will be shown
and prizes will be given. The insti-
tute will be conducted by L. K. Scott.
Another institute will be conducted
by 4. Nordman in the village of
Stratford on the same dates. At the
Marathon City institute Miss Nellie
Maxwell will conduct a cooking
school.
The police and fire commission con-
Quoted an examination Tuesday
evening. Frank Zielsdorf, NJ. III.
Duncan and Geo. A. Steltz took the
examination for chief of the fire de-
partment. There were eight appli-
cants for positions as regular firemen,
Victor PaulSon, VIM. lie Blanc, L.
Schochow, Carl Raymond, Rudolph
Roloff, Douglass O'Keefe, Norton
Dunning and Walter Ziebell. Thos.
German ami jos. Hoover desire posi-
lions on the police force and filled out
blanks accordingly.