Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-08-01


Two street sweepers or white wings
are engaged daily on Third street
keeping the street in a respectable
looking condition. They were engaged
recently.
An advertising car for the 10l
Ranch company which appears here
Aug. Is, was in the city Saturday,
billing the city and surrounding
country.
If you want light running, SER
viceable and lasting sewing machine
the WHITE is the one you want. l..
Wiechmann, the hardware dealer
sells them. a1-2t
S. B. Toby is circulating petition
to have Warren street opened from
| Eighth to Tenth. 1t will probably be
acted upon at tonight's meeting of
the city council.
Richard Grorich and Miss Ruth
Collins were yesterday issued a
license to wed and secured dispense
tion from the court and were married
by Judge Warren.
Two county patients were received
at the county asylum last week from
the state hospital near Oshkosh.
One belongs to Mosinee, the other to
the town of Cleveland.
Jas. Brown was down from Merrill
yesterday, visiting former acQuaint-
ances. Recently new ice company
was formed in Merrill, but James in
forms us that it died aborning, and
that the entire field is left open to
I him.
During the thunder storm Saturday
evening the flag pole on Murray's
foundry was shattered by bolt of
lightning A maple tree standing at
the Third and Franklin streets corner,
was broken off about ten feet from
the ground.
NJ. Fl. Duncan, superintendent, has
caused the COW barn on the county asy-
lum grounds to be remodled along
up-to-date lines. When completed it
will be one of the model barns of the
state, for every new feature is being
embodied in its reconstruction.
A special train which passed through
this city Friday, carrying Co.'s of
militia from Rhinelander, Appleton,
Oconto and Marinette dropped off
several boys in this city. Most of
them stopped off for the purpose of
visiting friends. They departed later
for their respective homes.
Recent rains have raised the stage
of water in the Wisconsin river and
its tributaries to high point. Some
time ago drives were held up on the
river, but the present high stage of
water, allows log drivers to bring
these logs to their destination.
The Wausau Cubs and team from
Mosinee played game of base ball
Sunday at the base ball park. 1t re-
suited in victory for the local boys,
the score being 90. Roberts and
Mannion formed the battery for
Mosinee, while Bentz and PolZin
passed them back and forth for the
Cubs.
The Pagel Flour Milling Co., was
recently organized in Ashland, with
capital stock of $4,000. Nearly all
of the stock is owned by E. o..
Wright of Menomonie and H. H.
Pagel of Stevens Point. The latter is
well known in this city, where he
was born and reared. Mr.. Pagel left
Wausau about fifteen years ago.
Fred Marquardt, the city's oldest
mail carrier in point of service, has
been taking his annual vacation, but
in an enforced way. He has been
having severe tussle with an attack
of rheumatism, and, like the italian
who wrestles the bear, Sometimes l
licka de bear, and sometimes he licka
me-" However he is improving.
A short time ago thieves entered
the building on First Ave-, occupied
by the L. II. Hall Automobile COM
pany, and carried away number of
articles pertaining to the automobile
trade. Several warehouses conducted
by second hand dealers were searched
with result that the missing articles
were located at the place of Meyer
Libman, a junk dealer. 1t was aScer-
tanned that the thievery had been
done by juveniles, and no prosecution
followed, as the articles were returned
to the owner.
Profs. R. A. Moore and a. r. Whit
son of the state college of agriculture,
Madison, and Profs. E. 2. Delwiche
and w. w. Weis of the state expert
mental farm situated near Ashland,
were in the city one day last week,
and visited q number of farms in the
county. They were gathering data
lOl Ollc SCdIC, diIu CIlt I6pOICS Will NC
passed upon by the regents of the
| university and later made public
They visited several counties in this
section, and expected to be on the
road for several weeks.
Marathon county is entitled to
Sc, 1876 as it's pro rata share of the
1850, 900 state highway fund, with
certain provisions. This fund was
established by the state to aid in the
building of good roads, and is avail
able in 1912. Those towns which
have voted 4 tax to build roads in
1912 are entitled to this aid, but those
towns which have not voted such tax,