Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-10-12

The Epworth league is planning for
a Halloween party.
All sizes and all thicknesses of glass
at Callies' at lowest prices.
Twins, both girls, were born last
week to Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Neiger.
The Kiefer Furniture company has
recently added repairing, upholstering
and re-tinishing of furniture. If
Johnson and Ketchel will contest
for the heavy weight championship
of the world, this week in California.
Rev. Frederick Werhahn addressed
the Y. M. G. A. afternoon meeting
on Sunday, subject: Light of the
World"
The ladies of the M. E. church
society have opened rummage sale
in the building corner of Third and
McIndoe streets.
When putting up your heater give
your pipes coat of Callies' stovepipe
enamel. A brush with every 25c can
sold this month.
The Y. M. G. A. winter lecture
course tickets are on SALE The first
number of the course will take place
on October 25th.
The village board of Schofeld has
granted franchise to the Wausau
Street Railroad Co., allowing that
corporation the use of the streets for
setting poles, etc.
While in Kansas City last week
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Scholfield had
the pleasure of hearing DIR. Frederick
Cook in his lecture in that city on
the discovery of the North pole.
III. III. Rottman, field secretary of
the Y. p. S. G. f. was in the city yes
terday and today and conference and
rally meetings were held yesterday
and will be today and this evening in
the Presbyterian church.
The first snow of the season of 1909
10 fell yesterday morning. There
were not many flakes, and they re-
minded one of the similarity between
FOOLS wit and spendthrift's purse
both are soon exhausted.
John Bauman, aged sixty years, re-
siding at 200l Seventh street, died
Friday, after two years illness. He
had been a resident here since 1878.
He is survived by his wife and five
children. The funeral was held yes
terday afternoon, the Kriegerverein
attending in body.
Fred and August Treu of the town
of Stettin, were discharged Friday in
Justice Jones' court, upon technical
ity in drawing papers in the case.
They were arrested about three weeks
ago upon complaint of Aug. Kamke
also Of Stettin, who claimed that the
brothers had thumped him. They
were rival owners of threshing ma
chimes, and some rocks found i'm bun
dies of grain on farm where the
Treus were going to thresh Jed to the
fracas
The county board committee on
equalization win meet next Monday.
The tax valuations of the different
towns, as reported by the assessors,
will be scrutiniZed and the assessment
as equitably equalized as the judgment
of the committee will permit. The
committee is composed of the follow
ing: Hans Weik, john Brasch, city;
VIM. +. GoetZ, Stratford; ]. ID. Chris
tie, Weston; w. f. Lemke, Berlin;
John Petarski, Norrie: A. Z. Beebee,
Mcmillan; Fred Bower, Bergen; John
Junk, johnson.
At a meeting of the Eagles held
last Friday evening a class of fifty
three was admitted TO membership.
The proposition of building or buy
ing lodge hall was put before the
meeting and a sentiment prevailed
that the aerie should go ahead and
either erect a lodge building with a
dance hall in connection, or buy one
of the halls now in use. The society
has q membership of nearly 400 at
present. After the business OF Fri
day evening sauerkraut, rel hots and
other refreshments were passed
around
The clerks union of Wausau has
been making a vigorous effort of late
to cause certain merchants 10 desist
from the practice Of selling goods on
Sunday, and during evenings of the
week when other merchants have
their stores closed. The members
have threatened TO enforce the Sum
day closing law if the practice is not
stopped. The clerks have been watch
ing certain stores and gained evidence
warranting them in appointing COM
mittee TO wait upon the ones COM
planned of. They secured = promise
from most OF them that no more
goods viii be sid on Sunday.