Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-02-07

Ii you are IN need of shingles call
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
u. BARKER & STEWART LUMBER Co.
Walter Gogg, bookkeeper for the
Mathie Brewing Co., was brought home
from st. Mary's hospital last week.
He submitted to an operation some
weeks ago and had quite a serious
time of it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Pool, residing
at ZIG Maple street, lost their infant
son, Vernon, Saturday. The child was
eight months old, and died of convul-
sions. The funeral was held yester-
afternoon.
The reduction in the price of Sleep
ing car berths has gone into effect.
Hereafter upper berths will be 20 per
cent. lower. Formerly the price of
both upper and lower berths were
the same.
Mrs. Herman Raduechel submitted
to. an operation in St. Mary's hospital
last Thursday. The operation was
performed fol- relief from an attack of
appendicitis. Present indications are
that she is on the road to recovery.
c. Appleby of Madison, a United
States marshal, was in the city last
week and arrested W. L. May, charged
with carrying liquor onto the Men
ominee Indian reservation. The lat
ter furnished bond for his appear
ance in Milwaukee for trial.
Two cars of logging train, backed
into the Barker & Stewart yards one
day last week, left the track and
went into the river. The mill crew
went to work Saturday morning and
fished the cars out of the stream, and
placed them back on the track.
The Young Mems club of the Uni
yersalist church gave dancing party
in the hall of the First National
bank on Thursday evening. There
were twenty couples of young people
present and an orchestra furnished
music so delightful that dancing was
made easy. Quite a number of the
older ladies and gentlemen went up
to look on.
A scrutiny of the directory of the
Wisconsin assembly shows that of
the 100 members of that body, twen-
ty-seyen are farmers; there are nine
teen lawyers, seven real estate men,
six merchants, five retired business
men, three manufacturers, two each
OF bankers, teachers, physicians and
insurance men, the remaining mem
bers each having a different occupa-
ton.
The members of the Hamburg
Farmers Union met at Aug. Lang
hoff's place last Sunday. Three new
members were added to the union, SO
that the membership now numbers
thirty. This society was organized
last September, for the purpose OF
giving its members the advantages OF
cooperative buying. The union mas
several times bought flour and feed in
carload lots. Athens Record.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting of the North,
western Hemlock and Hardwood
Manufacturers association held in
Milwaukee last week:
President-W. G. Landon, Wausau
V.-P.-M. P. Mccullough, Schofeld
Sec'y-R. S. Kellogg, Wausau.
Treas,-Geo. E. Foster, Mellen.
Directors A. Green, George H
Atwood, r. e. Mclean and o. w
Brightman.
Lent comes in March this year foi
Ash Wednesday is March l and Easter
will be April 10. This covers period
of forty-six days, exclusive of Easter
which is not part of Lent. On the
face this does not look right as Lent
has but forty days, but when it is
considered that Sundays are in Lent
but not of Lent, but are counted as
feast days, and as the period between
March l and April Is contains six
Sundays, the count comes right.
The annual supper Of the Marathon
| County Bar association was served in
the Bells House last Tuesday evening
| followed by an election of officers
There were a number of visiting
lawyers present from Grand Rapids
Chippewa Falls, Merrill and Neils
vile. r. j. Mcbride of the latter
city, made an address. The election
of officers resulted as follows: Presi.
dent, L. A. Pradt; vice-president
NJ. B. Rosenberg; secretary, Brayton
Smith; treasurer, J. W. Coates.
A stranger visited the city last
week and succeeded in getting three
bogus checks cashed, the victims be.
ing A. Roller, the harness maker
Geo. Young s. Sons, butchers, and A
BALI, proprietor of the American
House. The checks were small ones
ranging from s4.69 to $3.50. They
were written on blank forms used by
Buman Bros, who conduct a sawmill
in Marathon City. Two were signed
by Alois Buman, the other by John
Buman. In two instances the name
was misSpelled.
ROBBER CATARRH