Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-07-02

her home the past week by illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Abbott are
the happy parents of daughter born
on Saturday.
Mrs. w. w. Gamble, who the Pilot
reported very i'll q week ago, is now
very much improved.
John Huffman Of the wausau News
Co., has put up a new awning for
his place of business on Third street.
The work of niacadamizing north
Sixth street is about completed, and
those who use that street are rejoic-
ing.
Piers paris green is dead shot to
potato bugs, because its pure and
deadly If used properly. What he
says is true.
Towle sisters now sccupy the store
at the corner of Third and Mcclellan
streets, having moved their millinery
stock there the past week.
1t has been very warm the past
week. Mercury got down into the
COS for several days and there was an
universal cry for a change.
A new cement walk has been laid
the past week in front Of the B.
Riebe barber shop and Charlie Bliss
| saloon.
The baths and swimming pool at
the Y. NJ. c. A.. have been of some at
traction the past week and many
have taken advantage OF them.
The chautauqua entertainments
will attract no greater attention than
do Piers wall papers. And there's
where you get your moneys worth.
Ed. P. German of this city, crates
at Marathon al its 4th of July cele-
bration. Mr.. German can trim up
the American eagle to Marathon's
liking.
The city is arranging to build an
addition to the West side engine
house. The board of public works
has called for bids on the work in
this issue of PILOT.
Word has reached the city by the
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gillian that a daughter was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray f. Hanover at
Winona, Mimi, on Friday.
M. Aaron's Style Shop has been re-
opened. Mr.. Aaron went into volun-
tary bankruptcy some time ago, and
Samuel Livingston, as trustee, has pur-
chased the stock and the same is now
on sale.
The work of excavating for the
lower floor of X j. Reams' new garage
at the corner of Third and McIndoe
streets will be completed this week.
Work has already been commenced
on the foundation.
The fire department was called out
Wednesday evening tbout s O'Clock to
extinguish a fire at the home of
August Maths, 1902 Third street.
| The fire started from some unknown
cause near the wood box, and the
kitchen furniture quickly took fire.
Considerable damage was done by the
| smoke.
Wednesday evening the 7. T. B. d.
base ball team again met the Street
team and were again defeated, to the
tune of to 6. The game was hotly
contested and ran for 10 innings be-
fore being decided. The batteries
for the T. Il. b. ID. were Levenhagen
and Schneider. For the Scott street
team, Schmidt and Young.
| 2. S. Hamlick, who has been in
structor of manual training in the
Wausau high school for the past
eight years, left Wednesday for San
Diego, CAL, where he will make his
future home. Mr.. Hamrick leaves a
host of friends in this city and he
takes with him their best wishes for
his success in his new field of work.
A fine rain storm visited this sec
tion last Sunday night and broke the
dry spell. 1t only lasted for half
an hour, but the good it did cannot
be estimated. Everything indicates
that we are going to have more very
soon. The long dry spell has been
bad for all kinds of crops and few
days longer would have worked great
loss to our farmers and especially to
the pea crop.
A son of VIM. Kregel, aged about
fifteen years, went out into the woods
the other day with his shot gun and
several smokeless powder shells. He
| fred at crow and the charge blew
out the breach and twisted the bars
rel out of shape. The boy escaped
with only scratch on his left thumb.
He opened the other shells and found
a gray powder in one and white pow
der in two others. The latter is
thought to be high explosive. 1t
was a narrow escape.