Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-01-04
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Chimney fires have been coming
with regularity of late.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Wednesday. Jan. H.
Wausau Assembly No. 81, E. f. q.
will install officers on the evening of
Jan. 13. Cigars and lunch will be
served.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
Wells Turner entertained the boys
Y. M. G. A. bible class and their
younger brothers ON Thursday evening
at banquet, at his home on Second
street. There were about twenty
present. Wells Turner is teacher of
the class.
Firemen were called to the home of
Mrs. Delilah Pierce, 826 n. First Ave,
Thursday. A chicken coop caught
fire from defective stove pipe and
the result was that the coop was badly
damaged and the chickens went into
Sunderland.
Carl Lott and Pat German are fill
Ing a logging contract for the cutting
of about 100000 feet of timber,
located on lands near Rib hill. The
logs will be hauled to the f. Schu-
bring Lumber Co.'s mill in the city.
The stock is hemlock and hardwood.
The Merrill Railway & Lighting
Co., controlling the street car system
in Merrill, has adopted the plan of
giving a return ticket free to every
one riding on the line before 700 a.
IN. In other words the company is
giving two tickets for the price of
one.
If you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
Rev. G. G. Crippen, pastor of the
Baptist church, departed last Tues
day evening for Denver, Col, where
next Thursday he will be united in
marriage to Miss Laura Healy of that
city. After few days spent in
sightseeing in Colorado Springs and
Chicago he will bring his bride to
Wausau to reside.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They do the work whenever you re-
quire their aid These tablets change
weakness into strength, listlessness
into energy, gloominess into joyous
LESS. Their action is so gentle one
don't realize they have taken purga-
tive. Sold by all dealers.
TThe last shipment of long delayed
timbers for the Bridge street bridge
have at last arrived and the standing
joke on their arrival will now cease
TO be joke. The timbers were
shipped from the West in October and
should have arrived here in ten days,
but the cars got strayed along the
way somewhere. They have been
hung up in Minneapolis and Winona
for two weeks past.
Beginning this week County Super
intendent Wenzel Pivernetz will dis
tribute blue books among the various
schools of the county. lie has re-
ceiyed from State Superintendent G.
p. Cary a shipment of a sufficient
number TO give each school in the
county book. Mr.. Pivernetz will
resume his work of visiting the differ
ent schools, which he began several
weeks before the holidays.
The Central Leather Co., known as
the leather trust, has given orders to
close several of its plants for an i'm
definite period of time. Among the
plants effected is the one in this city.
The reason given is that the company
has too much manufactured stock on
hand. The closing of the Wausau
plant throws considerable number
of men out of employment, who I'M
der present conditions viii be able to
find work elsewhere.
Special committees of the county
board met last week and made annual
settlements with some of the county
officers. These committees were COM
posed of the following gentlemen: To
settle with the county clerk-Ernst
Ringle of Rib Falls; John Wesley OF
Eau Pleine; Otto Mueller of city. To
settle with the county treasurer
Geo. Harrington of Spencer, +. j.
Gaetzman of city, Ben Lang of Nc
MILAN. The latter committee also
settled with the district attorney and
olerk of the circuit court.