Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-02

Rev A. NJ Ayers of Oshkosh. will
preach in the Presbyterian church next
Sunday
Nanny Schmidt was granted di.orce
from her husband, Otto, in circuit court
Friday.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Y. NC A.
is to meet this afternoon in the "Y"
building.
DIR. Turbin. the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday. Feb. 10th
ii. j. Evans addressed the Sunday Y
M. c. A. afternoon meeting His sub
ject was Steering a Middle Course
Rev. Geo E Hunt, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Madison,
preached in the Presbyterian church on
Sunday.
The east side firemen have been kept
Sasy the past several days answering
chimney fire calls. In each instance
no fires resulted.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buving elsewhere.
tt. BARKER d STEWART LUMBER Co.
The Mosinee Land, Log and Lumber
Co. has been enjoying a very prosper
Gus season. The company has been
operating its plant day and night for
some time.
The Brooks d Ross Lumber Co. of
Schofield, is receiving from 60 to 20 car
loads of logs daily at present. A large
portion of them are white pine, cut in
territory north of Star Lake.
The Columbia orchestra of Wausau,
goes to Merrill tomorrow to play for
the Elks' annual ball, which will be
held in the new roller rink built in that
city principally by Wausau capital
A son was born Sunday, to Mr.. and
Mrs. James s. Case, of Oshkosh Mrs
Case is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs j P.
Briggs. This makes the third child for
Mr. and Mrs. Case-two sons and one
daughter.
The prevalence of scarlet fever and
diphtheria in the city continues. One
cannot walk into any ward without
finding notices posted on doors indicat-
ing cases. Fortunately all of the cases
are light.
The Hawkeye House in Mosinee has
been purchased by ID. G. Doherty and
it will be occupied as hotel no longer
1t will be remodeled at once and one
half used as general store, the other
as living rooms.
Mike Mccormick of this city, a con-
ductor on the valley division of the st.
Paul road, and for twenty-three years
an employe of that company, will soon
move his family to Seattle, Wash He
will'be employed on the Pacific coast
extension of the ST. Paul
The snow storm of Friday brought
relief to the industrial situation in this
section. The continued soft spell made
it impossible to haul logs and other
products, resulting in suspension of
numbering operations Because of this
situation many of the coantry mills had
to close down.
The following notice is tackled to the
gate post of an irate farmer down in
the vicinity of Amigo: "Notis-Tres.
passers will b persekuted to the full ex-
tent of mean mungel dogs which amt
never bee overly soshibil tn strangers
and 1 dubbed bari shot gun which amt
loaded with sofy pliers; dam if | Amt
getting tired of this helraisin on my
property.-Crandon Republican
DR.. Goddard, the Milwaukee spec
ialist, will visit Wausau, Wednesday,
Feb. 10th, stopping at the Bells hotel
and returning every four weeks, where
he may be consulted free of charge
The doctor comes to us highly recon.
mended and this is an excellent oppor-
tunity for persons desiring to consult a
reliable specialist to do so without the
trouble and expense of making trip 10
some large city. f2-2w
The PILOT is in receipt of letter
from man at present confined in the
county Jail, awaiting trial on certain
charge. Accompanying the letter is a
request that we publish the following
advertisements:
WANTED-Youn g man in Jail wants
- ho&
might result in immediate release;
wants poets address who wrote "Stone
Walls Do Not Prison Make Nor Iron
Bars Cage Address &. R., County
Jail. -
Jacob Lett, residing at 2lS N. Eighth
Ave, was very severely injured last
Friday morning while in the employ of
the Barker & Stewart Lumber Co. He
was working with night crew which
was unloading logs from train which
had been backed into the company's
yards on the island. The accident hap
pened shortly before quitting time ia
the morning Mr. Lett was standing
on the ground, when a log rolled off a
car and down the skids, striking him
before he could escape He was knocked
down and when picked up few mo-
ments later it was found that he was
very badly injured. His right leg was
fractured twice between the knee and
ankle and he was hurt internally. He
was Immediately removed to St. Mary's
hospital.