Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-07
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

). b. Tobey occupied the pulpit in
the Baptist church Sunday morning
A United States civil service exam
ination viii be conducted tomorrow
in this city.
Harry Wood was taken to the River
Fines sanitorium On Friday. He ha:
been III for several months.
/ DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
BELLS Honse, Monday, March IL.
John Miller, of the finn of Miller &
krause, contractors, is ill at his home
on jackson street with a touch of the
grippe.
The home of F. Deutsch on Grand
Ave, has been quarantined on ac-
count OF the Development of case oil
scarlet fever.
Miss Porter entertains informally
this afternoon in honor of the Misses
Meacham and Clarke, who are guests
of Miss Gilbert.
Judge Reid went to Hayward Sat
urday to open the John Dietz case
yesterday. The case was adjourned
10 the May term.
Frank Synnott has so tar recovered
from his recent illness that he is able
to get up town daily, and is fast re-
gaining his strength.
Miss Gilbert is entertaining Miss
Meacham and Miss Florence Meacham
of Chicago and Miss Clark of Eliza
beth, n. j., this week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Huntington Hooker on Sunday
afternoon. This is their first born
and they are CORRESPONDENCE happy.
Mrs. Geo. Silbernagel, residing or
|, jackson street slipped on an icy walk
Sunday and fell, with the result that
a bone was broken in one of her lower
limbs.
Mrs. w. w. Albers and Miss Albers
entertained young ladies at bridge
whist Thursday afternoon. The prize
for the highest score was won by Mrs.
John Kiefer.
The owners of Our Store, located
in the Anthem block, have packed up
their goods and moved to Mosinee.
The store has been in operation under
its late management for the past
year or more.
Some German moosic spielers are
on the streets today, grinding out
noise and collecting nickels. The ap-
pearance of German bands. Italian
orchestras and robins are signs of ap
preaching spring.
The Wisconsin fish commissions
car Badger passed through here this
morning and dropped off several cans
of brook trout fry. The fish were
dumped into a stream on the west
side of the Wisconse.
A five-months-old baby. a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Rogol, was
committed to the home for dependent
children, in county court Saturday.
The mother was taken to an insane
asylum short time ago.
Seim Bros. word is a stamp of
quality. Anything sold by them is
guaranteed to wear as claimed. That
means something to the clothes buyer.
1t is a guarantee. of satisfaction.
Look over their spring styles.
Albert Lipinski has sold his house
Oil vi 6lJ SGlCCU dllu SlOI6 DDllulIlR Oh
Seventh street to VIM. Bopf, receiv-
ing 5000 for same. Mr.. Lipinski
has for several years conducted a
cigar box factory in the latter build
ing.
Miss Laura Trantow, employed in
the Flieth home, was severely burned
last Thursday. While handling wood
alcohol that day. it caught fire. Her
left hand was burned, also some
fingers of the right hand, and her
hair was singed.
Samuel p. Justus departed last Sat-
urday for his home in st. Joseph,
Mo-, conveying the remains of his son
to that city for burial. To certain
Wausau people he intimated that he
has business here which will demand
his return in few weeks.
A number of people braved the
storm Sunday and went to the park
TO see John Schwister's flying con-
traption. He brought it here recently
from Minneapolis, and though it has
never been given trial it is believed
that it viii work successfully.
No election-no noise. That is
practically the situation this coming
spring. The county, outside the city,
elects superintendent of schools, but
as us city fellows have no say in the
matter we uns will have little inter-
est. So far as we learn WenZel Piver-
nitz will have no opposition.
Mrs. Mary Balassa, charged with
using illegal methods in the practice
of midwifery, was discharged yester-
day, but was Immediately re-arrested.
She was charged in the second war
rant with practicing without the
formality of filing a license in the
booksof registry in the county clerks
office. Her examination was met for
March 16.
The Wausau Canning Co. has been
making contracts with farmers for
land for raising peas next summer.
The company will plant a little over
1000 acres in surrounding towns. AS
usual, quite an acreage will be con-
tracted for around Marathon City,
from which station special trains car
ry shelled peas daily during the season.
The storeof d. Slepyan in Witten-
berg was destroyed by FIRE Friday
night, and what is left of the stock
will hardly make ''sale.' The
building was of brick, which kept the
flames within bounds though it
looked dangerous for other structures
for time. Wausau was appealed to
for aid, and just as one of our Ere
engines had been loaded on a fiat car
word came that it was not needed.
The loss is estimated at above $40, 900.
Hardly day has passed this winter
but what someone has been dumped
out of cutter at the east end of the
falls bridge. We are informed that
as many as five cutters have been
overturned at that point in one day
This condition is due to the careless
ness of drivers in getting mixed up
with the street car line rails. There
is q curve in the track after leaving
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