Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-28
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

CdllIes, you get plate and photo rail:
| to match.
This week will usher in April 1st
Next Saturday is the day you should
have your wits about you.
| DIR. Tufbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Monday, April 10.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Uni
versalist church will meet with Mrs
4. A. Gooding Wednesday Afternoon
Last year the street sprinklers were
worked the last nine days in March
This year-well, they are still loafne
on the job.
Simon Reid of Mosinee, died on
Sunday. lie was 81 years of age ano
had lived in the county for nearly 4(
years.
Wesley Trantow has moved to this
city from BrokaY, and has taken III
a family residence in Mrs. JAS Edee's
home on Second street.
There is a great deal truth in the
saying that "Clothes make the man y
All the fashionable dresserS of Wau-
sau buy their clothes of Seim Bros.
Joe La Mere, better known as Cur
ley Joe, is reported to be quite ill at
his home on N. Ninth Ave. He is
one of Marathon county's old settlers.
John Anderes, who has the con-
tract for erecting the Wausau Tele-
phone Co.'s exchange, expects to be-
gin the work of clearing off the site
in few days.
Several Wausau people departed
yesterday for Grand Rapids for the
purpose of attending the meeting OF
stockholders of the Grand Rapids
Street Railway Co.
Miss Edith Grout, who was oper-
ated upon at ST Mary's hospital sew
eral weeks ago for appendicitis, is now
at her home and nearing the goal of
complete recovery each day.
Mrs. r. Hamsberger, who resides in
the western part of the county was
accidentally shot by her husband a
few days ago, the bullet entering her
right side. She may not recover.
Do you want shingles? If you do
call and look over our large asSort-
ment and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere.
tt. BARKER STEWART LUMBER Co.
Doctor P. J. Taugher of Milwaukee,
was in town last Monday. 1t is said
that he intends to return to Mara
thon where he enjoyed great popular
ity and had large practice years ago.
Marathon Times.
VIM. Zehetner, 6l3 Washington
street, machinist, has been sick the
past ten days with the grip. He
went to work again yesterday. He
held policy in the Anchor Casualty
company and the claim was settled
promptly.
Jas. McLeary died yesterday at his
home, lis South Second Ave, after
an illness of four weeks. Deceased
was born in Pennsylvania fifty-eight
years ago, and he had long been a
resident of this county. The funeral
will be held tomorrow.
If negotiations now pending go
through at least one, and perhaps
more, large buildings will be erected
on Clarke's island during the coming
season, to be used for commercial pur-
poses. The location is good, for it is
midway between the east and west
sides.
Otto KutZ and Herman KrauSe of
the town of Hamburg, will have their
examination in Justice r. n. Lar
ner's court tomorrow. They are
charged with aiding another party in
getting away with three calves be-
longing to Henry Borchardt of that
town.
The people who have viewed Callies'
of wall paper this spring say
that they have never seen their equal.
No back numbers among them.
John Fehl has in his show window
a curiosity in the way of petritied
snail. 1t is two or more iT :heS in
diameter and was found down in
Texas by Walter Lohmar, while he
was located at FIT. Sam Houston, in
the regular army. sThe bird is prob
ably hundreds of years old, and is in
an excellent state of preservation.
On a recent visit to Rothschild we
noticed that several steamboats, have
been unloaded from cars and are
awaiting the opening of the river.
They are not quite as large as the
Mauretania and other ocean grey
hounds, but just plain creek crafts.
We expect that from now on a few of
our citizens will be wearing the title
of captain.
The annual muster of Co. G was
conducted last night. Next Tuesday
evening Gen. ChaS. King will be here
to conduct an inspection preliminary
to that which will be made April ID.
Murphy of the Twenty-Seventh United
States infantry will be here. He VIII
inspect every company in the Third
regiment.
II. w. Adair has been in the
city the past week securing subScrip-
tions for the Salvation army, and he
received a goodly sum to help along
the good cause. Mr.. Adair wishes
through the Pilot TO thank the people
who so generously helped him. From
here he went to Merrill to canvass
that city. He is worthy man work
ing for worthy cause.
1t IS hoped by most everyone that
at next Tuesdays meeting of the city
CounCli tue 1ulIu sIItel paving uudO-
ter will be settled permanently. The
board of public works will probably
be instructed at that meeting TO en-
ter into contracts for the work. City
councils have been wrestling With
this proposition for the past six years,
and still we have no pavement.
What will be done with the old paw
ing blocks, is another question to be
settled soon.
When Walter Lohmar returned
home from Fit. Sam Houston few
weeks ago, he brought with him q
graduated long range shell. which he
secured while a member of the regu-
lar army. The shell is flied with ex-
ploSiyeS and is timed by piece OF
mechanism which can be set for any