Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-09

The Barker & Stewart Lumber COM
pany is looking for men to work in
the woods at Glandon in the town of
Hewitt. o5 TT.
st. Martha's Guild meets with Mrs.
Henry Laatsch, 213 Clarke street.
Wednesday afternoon. A full attend
ance is requested.
W. H. Smale will begin work this
week in building the Rib Falls tele-
phone exchange, recently authorized
by the Marathon Telephone Co.
The last shipment of 1000 feet of
hose which the fire committee of the
city council purchased some time ago.
has arrived. 1t is "a inches in diam
eter with double jacket. 1t was pur-
chased for the two new engine houses.
A chimney in the VIM. Schoeneberg
residence on Sixth street burned out
Saturday morning. Sparks fell on the
roof and set the same on fire. The
flremen found that it was not neces-
sary to throw any water from the
hydrant in distinguishing it.
G. A. Crosthwait took a number of
boys of the agricultural school
out to the asylum grounds last
Thursday for the purpose of judging
stock. In addition to the pure bred
Guernseys and grade Red Polls the
asylum management few DAYS ago
purchased three head of pure bred
Holsteins.
Bank robbers in Wisconsin are
getting holder. Last Wednesday,
during the noon hour masked man
entered the Farmers Exchange bank
In Green Bay, and at the point of
revolver backed the teller into a cor
ner picked up all the loose rolls of
bills, amounting to about $1,000, and
made good his escape.
Al. Stanke, the popcorn man, on
Friday last purchased the popcorn
wagon which he in company with
another party has been operating at
the corner of Third and Scott streets
the past two weeks. Heretofore ne
was operating it on trial. Mr..
Stanke will soon take steps to have
his old stand removed, which will
greatly change the appearance of that
corner.
One of the fool clauses in the new
mess OF alleged game laws prohibits
the use of any kind of dog in the
woods at any time this month in any
county in which deer are hunted.
This practically shuts off rabbit hunt
ing during the month Rabbits deS-
troy farmers fruit trees and we
wouldn't blame any farmer for turn
ing anarchist and hunting the pest
with dogs.
The proprietors of the Minocqua
bank, while talking to one of our
manufacturers, who makes speciality
of fixtures, said, "we will want to re-
furnish our bank soon and will con-
suit you on getting out the work"
The next day the bank and its fixtures
were blown to pieces by nitroglycerine.
How those bankers could look into
the future and make a statement so
accurate is wonder
Hon. w. II. Mylrea, ex-attorney
general of the state, whose home is
at Wausau, is reported as being de-
sirous of representing the Tenth con-
gressional district in congress. Mylrea
is splendid man in every respect and
would make an ideal congressman.
The present representative for that
ulSOilIb 10 iiC NOuOO IL SOOu WIZ
has failed to distinguish himself to
such an extent as to make his absence
a very serious loss. WATERFOWL Lead
er.
That Uncle Sam is not altogether
straight in his dealings with his sub
jects was illustrated yesterday in the
city hall. The city treasurer buys his
envelopes at the local post office,
stamped. In sending out batch of
letters he addressed one envelope, I'M
noticed, which had not been stamped
and dropped the whole lot into the
post office. A letter carrier brought
it back for stamp and the city of
Wausau is out two cents. The UNI
stamped envelope had, no doubt,
passed through many hands umoticed
before reaching the city treasurer's
Office