Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

lH the MCKINNEY DlOck.
Sunday, May is, win be field day in
Wausau for the Anti-Saloon league.
A 25c can of Cables screen paint
will paint three doors and four win
dows.
The C. E. society will give soc
liable Friday evening in the Presbyter-
ian church.
Mrs. w. L. Edmonds and son
Herbert, have both been quite sick
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Aldridge OF
the town of Easton, are mourning
the loss of their little son, Leland,
who died Sunday. The funeral was
held today.
If undecided how to brighten up
your walls, ceilings, floors, ETC., ask
Cailies and information will be freely
given. There are different prerara-
lions for different uses.
The st. Paul R'y. Co. has built a
spur in to the site of the proposed
paper mill, Rothschilds. Material
will be hauled over it at once for the
construction of the dam.
Arthur, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Vim.
Dehling of Schofeld, died Saturday,
aged thirteen years. The funeral was
held this afternoon, Rev. F. Werhahn
being the officiating clergyman.
The X. C. state convention is sched-
uled to be held in Appleton today and
tomorrow. Those who will be in at
tendance from this city are K. p.
Regner, Frank O'Connor and VIM. J.
Butler.
For the Annual Convention Travel
ers' Protective association of America
at Asheville, N. G.. Sale of excursion
tickets for this occasion via the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry., May
~, Is and 20, good for return on June
30, 1909. m1l-3w
The city's stone crusher will be
started in operation in about a week.
About week later crew will be
started on Fulton street, macadamiz-
ing. That street will be macadamiZed
from the intersection OF First to
Ninth.
The Tuesday Musical club met in
the club house Saturday and elected
officers as follows: President, Rather
inc Strouse; vice-president, Mrs. f.
Barden; secretary, Miss Emma Pardee;
treasurer, Miss Wanda Hopp; librarian
Mrs. ID. II. Jones.
This being housekeeping time, and
also time to varnish floors. we wish
to say that there is nothing on the
market in the way of floor varnish
that gives the satisfaction that Sole
proof does Sold only by G. g. Pier,
204 Scott St, phone 1926.
The police and fire commission
called meeting this morning to con-
slider the resignation of Police Captain
Dennis German, but as there was not
quorum present the meeting was
postponed. Mr.. German, we learn
has asked to be appointed a day pa
trolman.
NJ. G. Ewing caused the arrest of
Nick SalZman yesterday, charging that
the latter had carried away some of
the parts of machinery taken out of
the old Pumer mill, and belonging to
the street railway company. Salz-
man pleaded guilty to the charge and
was fined 50 and costs.
The standpipe on East hill is again
leaking. Some of the leaks are small,
while from others a considerable
amount of water is gushing forth.
The leaks, no matter how small, are
indicated by dirty looking brown
and black substance which works out
and runs down the outside of the
tank.
The school children of the state on
Friday last voted tn make the violet
. 10 fnfs Il
ceived the second largest number of
votes, the white water lily was third
and the trailing arbutus fourth. The
result of the vote in the public schools
in this CITY was: Wild rose, 1858;
violet, 532; arbutus, Bill; water lily,
psi.
John Barden, ST., caused the arrest
of Il. II. Schroeder Saturday, charging
that the latter had assaulted John
Barden Jr. 1t appeared that the boy
was riding along on wheel, when
Schroeder threw a rope, having al
moose at the end, and with the deX-
terity OF cowboy he drew the moose
around the boys person. He pleaded
guilty TO the charge and was fined 81
and costs.
c. 5. Cone has received from a friend
in Rockford a bull pup, of high degree.
His pedigree is as follows: A. X. G. 5.
b. 94735, sired by Ch. Bobby Buster;
dam Epsore Queen Wonder, sister of
Rocklitfe Blazer, the sensational win
ner at the l906-l907 New York shows:
color, pure white. His father is owned
by the fire chief of Chicago, and the
dam by well known dog breeder in
Rockford, Ill.
Traffic on the ST. Paul road was de-
layed yesterday on account of a wreck
near Pine River station. Nearly al
dozen cars were thrown into the ditch.
North and south bound passenger
passengers, mail and baggage and re-
turned to their starting point. The
wreck occurred before daylight and it
was not until late yesterday that the
wreckage was cleared.
Mrs. Alma BlaiSdell died Friday
afternoon in st. Mary's hospital, the
cause ot death being anemia. Her
home was in Manchester, Mich, and
for some time she had been visiting
at the home of her son-in-law, f. j.
Lauterhahn, who lives on farm Dor
dering ON the Merrill road in the town
of Texas. She was forty-tive years of
age. The remains were taken 10 her
home for burial.
AT the meeting of the council Tues
day evening last permission was given
the Northern Milling Co. to build an
iron clad elevator near its mill. The
company plans structure 32x50 feet
i'm size, sufficiently large To hold 80,
600 bushels of grain. The cost is esti-
mated at $1,000. The building will be
i'm the fire limits and To settle doubt
in the minds of the alderman, j. n.
Manson, insurance agent, informed
the council that such building would
not raise the rates of property owners.
because it will be located 100 feet dis
tant from other property. After this
point had been settled the council
granted permit TO build.