Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-26
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

cag0. III is ABOUT Time to do some
thing in Wausau.
G. A. Gessell, the newly appointed
postmaster at Tomahawk, took pos
session on the 10th.
Train loads of logs continue to ar
rive in the city and the mills are still
busily engaged in whiting them up
into lumber.
The Chippewa Indians on the
Couderay reservation report that the
rice and cranberry crops will be nearly
total failure.
Mrs. Cassandra E. Thrasher,
teacher in the high school, was opera
ted on at st. Mary's hospital Wednes-
day, and is getting along nicely.
Friday and Saturday the wind
veered around into the northwest and
we had the first intimation since
June that summer weather can't
stay with us much longer.
A. j. Bolger of Minocqua, who has
been in St. Mary's hospital for the
past two weeks, recovering from an
operation for appendicitis, will be
able to get out this week.
Miss Phillips of Wausau, arrived in
the city Wednesday evening 10 take
charge of the Phillips Flower store
while Mrs. Kate Pepin has her vaca-
tion. Wood County Reporter.
The Stevens Point fair takes place
in that city on the 9th to the 18th
days of September, inclusive. 1t is
up to Wausau people to visit our
| sister city at the south on those days.
A splendid line of hats, the newest
and latest styles at Seim Bros, oppo
site the court house. When you cast
off your straw hat come in and see
our shapes and you'll surely find
what you want in our new line.
advt.
| Nathan Heinemann has painted
the brickwork of his large store build
ing, corner of Third and Jefferson
streets, white, and when he finishes
the various coats which are to be put
on same the improvement will be
very noticeable.
Walter A. Swope of Wausau, has
rented the John Shepke building,
BOG Grand Ave. and will manufacture
"Crispettes" a delicious pop corn
CONNECTION. Mr. Swope will be ready
for business in very short time
| Merrill Star Advocate.
E. G. Dawley, who recently under
went an operation for appendicitis,
left the hospital on Saturday and is
now occupying his rooms in the A.
w. Trevitt home. Mr. Dawley is
convalescing and hopes soon to be
out and around again.
The five and ten cent store of f.
| W. Woolworth Co. now occupies
the Heinemann store, opposite the
First National Bank. The opening
day was on Friday but no goods were
sold until Saturday when the store
was crowded to it's utmost until late
in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Diamond, guests of
w. B. Scholfield at Plum lake, from
Cripple Creek, Colo, have the musky
honors across county. During one af-
ternoon in Found lake they each
landed one, the combined weight be-
ing 30 lbs. The next day at Star
lake they put to gaff another one
Villas County News.
The neat sum yearly of the Wausau
postmaster is SO, 100, which is fine
plum for deserving democrat. AS
pirants for the office are plentiful and
of course why not? That sure
stipend yearly does not grow on every
bush. The present postmaster, upon
the expiration of his term, next Feb
ruary, will have held the office six
teen years..
The brick paving on Scott street
was completed last Saturday and now
that thoroughfare is open for traffic.
The crew of workers has been trans
ferred tc Washington street. With
these two streets again repaved the
business portion of Wausau will pre-
sent much better appearance and it
will be pleasure to travel over them.
They have been in very bad condition
for several years.
Thomas O'Brien of Rhinelander and
known in this city, left Rhinelander
Monday morning on his l,200-mile
walk to New York City. O'Brien re-
Gently completed a 1,700-mile walk
| from Portland, Ore, to Auburndale,
Wis, and upon his arrival in New
| York will have crossed the continent
on foot. He expects to reach New
York Oct. /. He is walking for the
benefit of his health and with the
hopes that he will be entirely cured
of paralysis, which affection has
troubled him for several years.
Work has been resumed on the new
city hall grounds, the new order now
on the program is to lay them out in
flower and shrubberry beds and grassy
lawns, with drinking fountain for
individuals directly in front of the
building and next to the south edge
of the sidewalk, for the better con-
venience of the general public 1t