Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-03
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

A son was born Thursday to Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Dodge.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday, August %.
Ferdinand Brandenburg has COM
menced an action in circuit court to
obtain a divorce from his wife Amelia.
He charges that she deserted him four
years ago.
A worm of ABOUT an inch in length
has attacked the tamarack trees in
Pine Grove cemetery and is stripping
them of their foliage. 1t is thought
that their work will not kill the trees.
Do you want shingles2 If you do
call and look over our large assert
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
If. BARKER s STEWART LUMBER Co.
Tony Fehl was thrown from a
motorcycle Wednesday evening while
coming down East hill ON Franklin
street. He was quite badly bruised
and shaken up The motorcycle was
somewhat damaged.
John Foster, deputy game warden,
has been furnished With a supply OF
nonresident fishermen's licenses. I'm
der a new law a nonresident must
pay 81 and secure a license for the
privilege of fishing in this state.
While at Plum lake last week Jos.
Taylor, manager of the Wausau Gas
Co., rescued child from drowning,
The child got out into water not too
deep for an adult to-wade, but deer
enough to drown child. Mr.. Taylor
carried the child TO shore.
The dam at Brokaw is being re-
paired and new piers are being built
This dam gives more or less trouble
to the owners every year. The
company is also making several other
improvements, including the build
ing of a new roof on the main build
ing.
A Wausau party now encamped or
the beautiful shores of Plum lake
gave minstrel performance one night
last week for the benefit of the
numerous people now-assembled there
A number of those who took part il
the opera Erminie in this city last
February participated. 1.-THE same
talent will give another performance
this week.
WauSau's musical and literary talent
is represented at Plum lake at present
by Jos. Taylor, G. H. Ingraham, Mis-
Marie Templeton and others. Tn,
latter is not now resident of TIT
: city, but lived here long enough 81
that we can claim her as resident
The party furnishes entertainment
for the other visitors at the lake.
The Wausau Concrete Block ant
Supply Co. has been awarded con
tract TO furnish approximately 800
pieces of concrete caps and stills 70
the plant of the Marathon Pape
Mills Co. Figuring the length o
each block, if stretched in one con
tinnous string, they would cover
distance of over three miles. Th
company also has contract to bulk
the new school house at Dancy.
p. A. Moore of Pelican Lake, VIII,
is connected with the United State
postal service, was in the city Satur
day and while here he went over tn
proposed new rural route which it i
thought will be established soon t,
serve people living south of the terri
? tory served by r. f. d. No. l. Peopl
of the towns of Stettin, Flieth ant
Marathon may possibly get such ser
vice before fall Mr.. Moore did no
say whether or not he would recon
mend the establishment of the route
John Ament, Henry Sabatka ant
Arthur Oiler, three men of a crew
raising dead heads on the Wisconsin
river, were drowned within the cit,
limits of Merrill last Thursday after
noon. They were on a raft at tn,
time with some other men, the raj
striking whirlpool and sinking. 4
reScuing party got within ten feet o
one man when he disappeared from
view and did not rise to the surfac,
again. One man VAS married anC
leaves q small family; the other tw,
were unmarried.
Yesterday, in the county court
Judge Hoffman gave authorization
whereby Grace Trnax, daughter o
Roy Truax, becomes again the chilC
of her father, Chas. Hussong. Mr.
Hussong is a resident of Wausau
The child was adopted by Mr.. anC
Mrs. Truax when it was about yea
old, because of the fact that Mrs
Hussong had died. Last year Mrs
Traax died and the child has made
lis home with Mr.. ana Mrs. L. Denne
The father is now able TO care for tn,
child and desires TO have her Will
him again. Merrill Herald