Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-12-06
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

ALMA wagner or the town of Mara
thon were married Friday afternoon
by Judge G. L. Warren.
II you are in need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get |
prices before buying elsewhere
tt. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Disbrow, re-
siding at 712 Washington street, lost
their son Warren, last Tuesday after
noon, aged six months. The funeral |
was held Friday afternoon.
A COW belonging to an Appleton |
man recently gave birth to a calf |
having six legs. An exchange re-
marks that mule SO equipped would |
be good substitute for a Calling
gun.
Lyman II. Howe with his wonder |
full picture show was at the opera |
house Thursday evening and was
greeted by crowded house. The |
pictures were the best and most in
structive ever seen in our city.
Miss Blanche Armstrong will be |
pleased to receive subscriptions to |
the Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday
Evening Post, Delineator, Woman's |
Home Companion and all other mag
azines. SIC Mcclellan st. s13tf
For the past week fat cars loaded |
with Christmas trees have passed |
through Wausau, the trees being con-
signed to the big cities. Most of |
these trees, we learn, are cut on the |
Gleason branch of the st. Paul road.
When John Schirpke, county treas
urer elect, assumes his duties January
2, he will be assisted by John Hin
richs, so it is said. Mr.. Hinrichs was
treasurer for two years, and is thor
oughly familiar with the duties Of
the office.
There is rumor to the effect that
DIR. A. G. Lucas, formerly Of this city
died recently in Minocqua. DIR. Lucas
had an Office in this city for several
years and left here about two years
ago, since which time he has been
practicing in Minocqua.
The McCrosSen Investment Co. has
caused the iron stairway to be re-
moved from the Scott street end of
the building occupied by N. Heine-
mann's store. The company intends
later to remodel the offices on the
second floor of the building.
Geo. Drewry of Madison, inspector
of graded schools, spent part of last
week in this city and county, visiting
schools which come under the super
vision of his department. He was &C
companied on his trip by Wenzel
Pivernetz, county superintendent.
The Helendale farm at Athens has
fourteen Guernsey COWS entered in
the Wisconsin dairy COW competition,
against 236 other COWS. Matinee Girl,
one of Helendale's entries, won the
monthly prize in October, giving
1859 lbs. Of milk yielding 5796 pounds
of butter fat.
Judge M. G. Porter of Merrill, was
united in marriage to Miss Minnie
Belle Schockley at the home of the
the brides parents in Darlington,
Wis, or Thanksgiving day. Judge
Porter is on old resident of Merrill
and man who is well known and has
many friends in Wausau.
Lincoln county people are agitating
the question of building new jail.
They need one or more up there bad,
especially in the county seat There
will undoubtedly be another fight, or
rather continuation of the old fight,
between the east and west sides as to
which secures it.
A leedle Cherman pand spelled
moozic on the streets last week. It's
members got their dates mixed. This
is not spring far from it. They sue
ceeded in collecting quite few stray
nickels, and, we are told, speared
quite few glasses of the fluid which
put Milwaukee on tie map.
A local newspaper says, "The regu-
lar scat tourney of the Wausau Scat
club was held at Brands club rooms
on Third street Sunday afternoon"
We did not know that Wausau has a
club which has for It's object the pin
ming of % on cats. The winners at
skat usually say "Scat" to the losers.
Earl Fryatt, Arthur REM, Edward
Bibby and Earl st. Austin, four
young men considerably under age,
were arrested last week charged with
having broken into the Coliseum roll
Ter rink. The sum of 81. go was taken
from the cash drawer. They were
bound over for trial at the next term
of municipal court. Each gave
bond in the sum of 500 for his appear
ance.
With the last issue of the Marshtield
news, Edgar S. Bailey assumed the
active management. Mr.. Bailey has
had long experience in the newspaper
field and we predict for him great sue
cess In his new venture. The News
under the management of John II.
White s. Son has become one of the
best papers in Northern Wisconsin
and we look for even better results
under Mr., Bailey, whom we wish all
kinds of success.
The open season for killing deer
came to close on Wednesday last at
midnight. There were more deer
killed during the twenty "open"
days than for many seasons past.
Most of them seem to have been
shipped to southern points, it being