Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-12-14
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

a daughter was Dorm thursday 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Spychalla.
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday, Dec. 10.
The annual sale and chicken pie
supper by the ladies of the M. E.
church is being held this afternoon.
The supper will be from five O'Clock.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
TT. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
A special train passed through the
city Friday noon bound for Merrill,
carrying ''The Stubborn Cinderella
opera company, an organization made
up principally of girls, paint, powder
and tights.
Hi, there Speaking of the very
best horse shoeing-We don't do any
other kind. We're the experts and
the price is always right. Come and
see uS.-M. j. KAvANAUaH. m15-tf
Right Eminent Sir Pitt H. Sperry
Of Marinette, has again been appoint
ed Inspector General of the Command
cry of Knights Templar of Wisconsin,
and he will pay visit to Wausau
during the early part of the year.
The officers and the teachers of the
Universalist Sunday school met at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. @. G. Will
son on Thursday toarrange Christmas
services. After the business of the
evening, refreshments were served,
followed by games.
The man or boy who gets a Christ
mas present of necktie, muller,
handkerchief, ETC., appreciates the
gift far more than he would ifhe was
presented with some useless thing.
See Seim Bros stock fand you will
find something to suit him.
A little boy was heard to say the
other day: eff / ever get married
and have COW, l will plaster her all
over with anti-tuberculoSis stamps,
so she will not get that sickness. "
The sale of stamps in this community
is an educator to the young, sure
enough.
The ore shipments of the season at
Ashland have just closed. 1t has been
a record breaking year. The North
western carried 3,026,S87 tons, and
the Central carried 87S, 1895 tons,
which brings up the total to nearly
10000 or twice the amount of sew
erai years.
The board of police and fire
petitive examination next Tues
day evening. 1t is expected
that there will be several can
didateS for the position of chief of
the, fire department, vacancy occur
ring tomorrow, Iwhen Henry Miller
retireS.
Since the freeze-up beginning Sun
day, Dec. 8, ice of sufficient thickness
has been formed on sloughs and still
water to afford skating. Above the
I mping station are several places
where the young people have been en-
joying themselves. The pond in
RelitZ's brick yard east of the city is
another place where the skaters have
congregated.
Sheriff Mas of Lincoln county was
in the city Thursday evening for the
purpose of taking a two-year-old child
away from its mother and delivering
the same to its father, Geo. Eillner of
Gleason. Owing to a family jar the
mother recently came here to reside
with her mother and the father,
through the course of the law, got
possession of the child.
While A. j. Plowman of the town
of Elderon was in the city last week
on jury service, he was presented
with silver loving cup which he won
at the fair last fall, The cup was
given by the agricultural society as a
sweepstake prize for the best exhibit
of pure bred female Guernseys. The
cup stands about eight inches high, is
suitably engraved and is lined with
gold. Mr.. Plowman is doing much TO
foster the raising of pure bred stock
in his locality.
The annual meeting of the Humane
society washeld Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. w. c. Dickens who has so faith
fully filled the Office of agent almost
. since the local branch of the society
was organized, stated that the field is
50 large and the work has become 50
great that she cennot single handed
give it the attention it requires. She
therefore petitioned the society for
an assistant and the petition was
granted. Mrs. A. w. Treyitt was
named as her assistant. The old Off
GERS were reelected, their names being
found under the head of New Otlicers
in another column.