Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-03-01

March lst, and it came in like the
meekest little lamb that ever capered
on the green.
Besides scarlet fever and diphtheria,
Wausau has quite number of cases
of whooping cough.
Neal Brown entertained the men,
bers of the Star Lake hunting party
at dinner on Friday evening
Mrs. F. P. Stone entertained last
Friday afternoon in honor of Miss Eda
L. Muck, of Whitewater, Wis.
G. d. Jones departed last evening
for Madison to attend meeting of
the state university regents. he will
return on Friday.
Some thermometers showed 30 de-
grees below zero on Wednesday MORN
ing and on Thursday Is below. 1t is
hoped that this ends up the real cold
spells.
The Barker & Stewart Lumber
company is now in the market for
hemlock lath bolts Call at their
office on the island for information
regarding price, etc. n 30-tf.
The art and literature department
of the Ladies' Literary club were en-
tertained at the home of Mrs. D. T.
Jones yesterday afternoon. A de
lightful program was carried out
Refreshments were served.
Spring coming on ought to be re-
minder to you to look over those wall
paper remnants at Piers. You'll find
designs equal to beautiful oil paint
ings at prices-well, the prices are SO
small as not to be considered.
The Wisconsin Retail Lumber Deal
ers' association held it's goth annual
session in Milwaukee last week. 1t
is said to have been one of the most
enjoyable and beneficial meetings the
has ever held.
F. L. Colburn will leave ON Wednes-
day for Wausau, where he will assist
his brother-in-law, Mr. Hudson, in
stalling the machinery in the Wausau
Fluff Rug factory, which will begin
operations in short time.-Stevens
Point Journal.
The Union League club of Chi
cago, celebrated Washingtons birth
day with banquet at which many
of the leading men of the country
were present. We notice from the
Chicago Record Herald, that our fell
low townsman, j. A. Underwood, was
a guest of the club on that occasion.
Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernst Kell of the town of Texas,
died Sunday. Heart failure was CIV
en- as the cause of death. The child
was five years Of age. The funeral
will be held tomorrow. Death was the
result of a recent attack of diphtheria
which left the child in an enfeebled
condition.
Frank Zielsdorf was appointed chief
of the fire department last Friday
night at a meeting of the police and
fire commission. Mr.. Zielsdorf has
been acting chief since Henry Miller
resigned. Mr.. Zielsdorf entered the
service twenty-one years ago-four
years before paid force was put on.
He was located on the west side
great many years and was assistant
chief under Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Zielsdorf
will make an efficient chief
The street car company has adopted
9 new schedule of rates to go into
effect March 10. After that date
Communication tickets 10 the paper
mills will be sold at the rate of SIC
instead of l0c; % rides to Schofield
will be sold for $3.50. No more tick
cts will be sold at the rate of 8 for
25c because, as the company claims,
no railroad can carry passengers at
that rate. The dividing line, where
another fare is collected is now at the
city limits instead of at the top ofthe
Means hill. The company will carry
packages at the rate of l0c, anything
less than 50 lbs, being accepted.
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