Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-26
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Union made shoes at Huffman &
Brachs, Sd Ave. and Clark ST. a24-tf
A son of Albert Telling had the
misfortune to fall and break his leg
last Wednesday.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday, Nov. II.
The Marhfield Times entered upon
its thirty-first year with its last issue.
The Times is one OF the PILOT's best
exchanges.
Geo. White and Miss Amelia Mass
were married last Tuesday evening at
the home of Geo. Allen, 528 S. Second
Ave, Justice r. N. Larner tying the
knot.
The Wausau Canning Co. is making
contracts for land on which to raise
the 1910 crop of peas. About the
same acreage will be contracted for as
last season.
Let your glazing wants be known
and Pier will send man to your
house to tighten and glaze all win
dowS. Charges within reach of your
pocketbook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin Means and
daughter, all of Merrill, have been
very i'll with pneumonia. Mr.. Means
is brother of p. O. Means of this
city. All are now recovering.
Do you want shingles? If you do
call and look over our large assert
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
Louis Kurht and Miss Grace Boyle,
both of Tomahawk, were married in
this city Wednesday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl. Haase. Justice r.
N. Larner performed the ceremony.
Don't croak Leave that to frogs
in stagnant pools. A few croakers
though are necessary in every COM
munity to measure the rate of pro-
gress at which live men are advanc-
ing.
The board of public works on
Wednesday entered into q contract
with Lutz 81 Haase for the construc-
ton of 900 feet of 10-inch sewer on
Steuben street between the intersec-
lions of Fifth aEd seventh.
Hi, therel 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. KAvANAUGH. ml5-tf
The schools and all places of amuse-
ment at Washburn, Wis, have been
closed on account of the prevalence of
diphtheria. There were good many
deaths from this disease in that place
last week and it has been spreading
RAPIDLY.
The Wisconsin Federation of Wom-
ems clubs will hold its annual con-
vention in Waukesha, beginning to-
morrow. The Ladies Literary club
of Wausau will be represented. Mrs.
G. ID. Jones is chairman of the civicS
department committee.
A number of human gorillas at
tending the Marshfield high school
one day last week put one of the boys
of the school through haZing stunt
and so badly injured him that he will
be a cripple for life. The boys father
has threatened law suit. He would
be justified in using shotgun loaded
with rock salt.
A special will leave this city over
the Northwestern road Wednesday,
Nov. 3, carrying Marathon county
teachers TO the annual convention of
the Wisconsin Teachers association.
The convention will be held in Mil
waukee, Nov. 4-6 inclusive. Up to
the present about fifty teachers have
manifested desire to attend.
The marriage of John Winninger
of the Winninger Bros. repertoire
company to Miss Louise Arrol Cook,
member of the company, took place
at WATERFOWL on Thursday. Miss
Arrol was formerly member of the
Schubert Stock CO., Milwaukee. Mr..
Winninger'S home is in this city and
he is well known TO all of our people.
Tho price of eggs is soaring. No
matter if one out of six is added still
the price keeps right on creeping up.
They are now p TO 2S cents dozen
and something like four cents higher
than at this time last year. Butter,
too, has gone up so high you can't
touch it unless you have about 80
cents for one pound. Guess every
body viii have to keep chickens and a
COW if they want TO live half way de-
Gently.
The following is very truthful
remark; The man who grows up in
his native town is regarded as a boy
by his elders until he is well started
down the 6eclivity of life that ends in
a hole. The stranger who comes into
n place is more often pushed to the
front than the young man who has
grown up with the town. This is the
reason why SC Dlany young men be-
come dissatisfied wiki their home sur
roundings and long 20 cast their lot
in other quarters.
John Reynolds, woodsman up near
Rhinelander. who had been working
for Ralph Goodman, went into the
office TO draw his pay. He was paid
$1,000, but claimed 70 cents more.
NJ. Goodman refusing TO pay it the
man pulled a revolver and pointed
it at Goodman and pulled the trigger,
the cartridge failed TO explode other
wise there would have been murder
! to record. Reynolds then went TO his
home and secured repeating rifle
and plenty of cartridges and stood on
a number of men who tried 10 capture
him. He finally escaped into the
woods.