Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-21
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.


business section on Tuesday.
WANrED-A good boy over 16 years
of age to learn the printers trade.
Apply at the PILOT office. If
DR.. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells Honse, Monday, April 10.
Anton Mehl is reported as being
confined to his home on Jefferson
street. He has been in poor health
nearly all winter.
DIR. G. A. Mills of this city, has
been appointed an assistant to A. w.
Prehn, who is superintendent of speed
on the state fair board.
Chas. Nutter, Sr., is said to be very
i'll. He has reached the advanced
age of seyenty-eight years and has
been blind for number of years.
Statesmen wanted to look after our
interest in Marathon and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission. Ad-
dress Lincoln Oil Co., Cleveland, o.
Wv
John Szuminski died at the home
of his daughter Mrs. Anton Koppa,
2l1t Washington street, Thursday
morning, as a result of apoplexy. He
was SiXty-four years of age. The
funeral was held Saturday morning.
Ernst Flick died Thursday morning
at his home in the town of Maine, at
the age of tifty-six years. Pneumonia
was the cause of death. He is sur
vived by his wife and eleven children.
The funeral services were conducted
yesterday.
Those contemplating running for
town offices this spring should place
their order for tickets with us as soon
as possible to ensure early delivery.
Bring in names written in clear,
legible hand, and we will do the rest.
Terms reasonable. Office 2l2-2l4 Scott
Street. m21-t2.
The remains of Miss Bertha Esch-
man were brought here Friday morn
ing from Chippewa Falls for burial.
She was thirty-four years of age and
had been an inmate of the Home for
Feeble Minded for some time. She
was a sister of Mrs. j. III. Keil of
WauSau.
For the past week no weather sig
nails have been displayed from the
court house flag pole, due to the hoist
ing rope wearing out. Someone who
desires TO earn few dollars at the
risk of his life can get the job of
climbing the pole and putting new
rope in the pulley.
Frank Shekey, residing at corner of
First and Franklin streets, was
brought home Thursday suffering
from fracture of the right leg. He
had been working for the Johnson
Creek Lumber Co., east of khowlton,
and the accident was the result of
falling off a horse.
Do you want shingleS9 If you do
call and look over our large aSSort-
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
If. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
The people of Marshfield, like the
citizens of every other town who have
visited WauSau since Christmas, have
got stuck on cur ornamental street
lighting system. The result is that
petitions are being circulated over
there TO install similar system on
Central Ave, the main street.
The city treasurer closed up his
tax books last Saturday. The delin-
quent list has been placed in the
hands of the chief Of police, and all
who do not pay within prescribed
time will have their property returned
10 the county treasurer as delinquent,
and it VIII so into the spring tax
sale.
There is no way of getting around
the fact that spring viii soon be here.
The men of WauSau-the ones who
take pride in their dreSS-will cast
of their winter toys and look for ones
more suitable TO the season. The
headquarters of fashionable dreSSeTs
is Seim Bros; this firm carries every
thing in the line of mems wearing
apparel.
A Merrill man last week miStook a
bottle of formaldehyde for beer, and
drank three swallows Tor SparrowS) be-
fore he could tell the difference, and
later a doctor worked over him for
several hours. It's queer how partic-
ular they are getting up there. The
old timers of Jenny village had no
preference between Horse liniment
and forty rod. :"
There viii be q stockholders meet
ing of the Marathon County Building
Loan and Investment association to-
night. AT this meeting set of
Officers will be elected and three di-
rectors chosen to succeed II. G. Flieth.
w, II. Chellis and l. A. LaCerte. Re
ports Of the past years business,
which vas the best in the history of
the organization, will be given. The
annual report shows the net profits 10
be 81, 402.1 Is. A great many people
without means avail themselves of
the opportunity CT borrowing money
from this concerE and building homes.