Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-11-16
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

If you are in need of shingles cal
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
tt. BARKER q STEwART LUMBER Co
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Dan Callahan last Tuesday, died
Thursday and was buried Friday
morning from st. Mary's church
The child was their first born.
G. G. Pier has been forced to double
his fire insurance, on account of those
red hot, sizzling bargains he is Civ.
ing in everything in the paint, glass
and wallpaper line. His store is at
204 Scott St., phone 1926.
Why do the rulers of the finest
houses in Wausau chats the ladies'
invariably paper their homes with
Piers wall papers? Funny isn't iti
The only explanation is that it takes
the best to make the best. Store 204
Scott St.
The editor of the Marathon County
Register, published in Marshfield
might profit by observing some oi
the ethics of newspaperdom. Arti
cles written with the shears should
be credited to the paper supplying
the inspiration.
Mrs. Sophia Honeck, aged seventy
nine years, died Thursday evening al
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gott-
lieb Anderes. The funeral was hello
yesterday afternoon from st. Paul:
church. Rev. E. G. Grauer conduct
ing services.
The funeral of Andrew Vary was
held Wednesday from the home oi
Rev. G. c. Crippen where he died two
days previously. He had been work.
ing in the plant of the Wausau Sand
paper Co. until tuberculosis so weak.
ened him that he was forced TO retire
from, work. He was without relatives
as far as known.
Simon Wirum, resident of Grand
IRapids, died Saturday in St. Mary's
hospital, aged twenty-three years.
He l1ad been i'll for seven weeks with
typhoid fever. He was working on
ltha new paper mill plant when taken
SICK. The remains were taken to his
old home for burial.
The Wausau Gas Co. is making ar
rangements to begin work soon on
| the removal of the coal tar from the
Canal street sewer. The company's
officers hope to get the work done be
| fore extreme cold weather comes. The
apparatus for removing the tar will
be shipped here from Chicago within
very short time.
According to flag shanty talk the
500 road will build line from Shaw
ano into Amigo, Merrill and Athens.
At the latter village it will connect
with the ADbotsfOrd IL Northeastern,
controlled by the SEQ, and connecting
with its main line This would give
the 500 a line ocrOSs the state and
through a country of great future
possibilities. If built Ii will be OF
inestimable value to Merrill and An
tigo, especially the former.
The C. & n. w. Ry. Co. has an
nOunced its intention of widening the
Grand Ave. bridge crossing its cut.
The bridge as 1t stands now Is twenty
eight feet wide, ten feet of which is
taken up for sidewalks, leaving but
eighteen feet for street car track
and team traffic, which is altogether
too narrow and dangerous. The COM
pany will add six feet 10 each side Of
the bridge, making a six foot space
on each side for people on foot and
leaving twenty-eight foot space In
the middle for street car track and
wagons. AS Grand Ave. Is sixty-six
feet wide, the widening Of the bridge
will leave a sskink' Of but thirteen
feet on each side at the bridge. The
street railway company will contrib
ute portion of the expense Of re-
building. so as TO have the structure
strengthened. The work will be COM
meneed as soon as practicable.
The Barker & Stewart Lumber coEl-
pany Is looking for men TO work in
the woods AT Glandon in the town oI
Hewitt. o5 II.