Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17


Bells and other Wausau men are
stockholders.
Do you want shingles2 If you do
call and look over our large assort-
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
tt. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
w. A. Jacobs of Chicago, speaker
sent here by the publicity bureau of
the social democratic party, addressed
audiences on the court house square
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings of last week.
Miss Jessie Romaine, formerly of
this city, was married last Wednes-
day to Robert Eunson of Neillsyille.
Miss Romano formerly conducted
millinery store in this city. Her
husband is sheriff of Clark county.
Hi, therel 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. nj. j. KAyANAUaH.
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Mrs. Frank Hoffman residing at
632 Scott street is very i'll. Several
years ago she suffered an attack of
paralysis, and since that time has
been an invalid. A few days ago she
suffered another attack of the disease.
The engagement of Miss Dora Cotter,
daughter of J. N. Cotter of Merrill,
to Mr.. Frances Weiss, was announced
at party given at the Cotter home
on Wednesday evening Miss Louise
Gearhart and Miss Leta Covey of this
city were present.
The Ladies' Sewing society of ST.
Stephens church gave lawn party at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Kret-
low on Washington street Thursday
evening. Music was furnished by the
church band, and neat sum was
realized from the sale of ice cream.
John Hackbarth of the town of
Wausau, who was SO badly injured
some time ago that his life was
despaired of, is able to get around
again, though he has not fully re-
covered His injuries resulted from
fall while putting up carrier hay
fork in his barn.
Co1 Hallway of 7 aCrocco hoe for
Warded a handsome medal to Capt.
III. j. Abraham of Wausau, for having
within a half point of perfect
range finding score during the recent
encampment of the several regiments
of the state at Camp Douglas. Tomah
Monitor Herald.
Nathan Heinemann of Wausau, last
week, spent couple of days with his
wife and daughter, who are spending
a few weeks here He took back II
pound muskallonge and several pike
with him and expects to return again
Saturday for few more days fishing.
Minocqua Times.
Frank SynotG placed a dozen or
more eggs under female pheasant,
supposing she would be delighted to
hatch them cut, but she wouldn't
and made the odd man. do it. The
male pheasant performed the task
and then absolutely refused to take
care of the little pheasants.
Henry Radanz, a farmer living near
Knowlton, was killed in runaway
recently. He was driving to a
creamery with fractions colt, when
the animal became unmanageable. His
rig struck another one and he was
thrown out and died from the effects
OF his injuries in Sc hours. He was
SO years old.
There are A townships and one
extra tier of sections of land in Mara
thon county. Multiplying by $40 the
number of acres in section) we have
1,032, 1862, the approximate acreage of
the county. Making an allowance of
three-fourths of this amount for
woodland, streams, ETC., which we be-
lieve is fair estimate, we still have
258, 240 acres under cultivation. If
the last rain was worth 81 per acre to
growing crops, it will be seen that it
was of great good to the county OF
course much of the early grains has
been harvested, but there is still a
large acreage of potatoes, vegetables,
second crop of clover, ETC., which
was suffering from drought.
The National German American
bank received a shipment of $25 in
Lincoln pennies last Friday and
Cashier H. G. Flieth passed great
many of them around among patrons
OF the bank. The new pennies will
in the future be valuable as souvenirs
evidently, as their coinage has been
stopped for two reasons: they contain
the initials of the engraver, some
thing that is not permissible and
ought to have, been discovered before,
and they are too thick to work in
the slot machines, another thing that
ought TO have been considered i'm
these days of handy contriyances.
Looks like a short sighted piece of
work in the treasury department.
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