Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-12
SHORT ITEMS.

VI ali duCO 1uuISudy, udu6 mlSSUep
and fell and sprained her wrist.
Miss Constance Harger left last
Thursday morning for Plum lake
where she is guest at the Hoefer
cottage.
The Bank of Athens, this county,
has increased its capital from 500 900
to $50, 900, which speaks well for that
town and for the bank as well.
A good deal of work is being put
upon the gymnasium of the Y. M. G.
A. 1t is being painted and will GER
tainly look fine when the work is
finished.
The 101 Ranch show left behind
one of its employers who had trans
crossed the city ordinance by intoxi-
cation. He was obliged to serve a
term of three days in the cooler.
F. E. Pettric, district agent for the
Travellers Insurance Co., las Just
located his office in Sells Bros. new
building, upstairs, where he has
nicely fitted up his office and is now
ready for business in his line.
The site upon which the 1O1 Ranch
pitched its tents seemed a little
rough, but this presented west
eTn life TO us in a probably more
realistic manner than could have
been given on smooth ground.
Frank Priebe's saloon building, in
the town of Fleith, was destroyed by
| fire at an early hour Friday morning.
The superstition is that it is the work
| of an incendiary. 1t was insured
for $500, which will probably cover
| the loss.
| Work on the railroad iron bridge,
| crossing the Wisconsin river from the
| Barker q Stewart Lumber company's
island and which was carried out by
| the flood little over year ago, has
| been resumed and is to be pushed
10 final termination.
A very interesting letter, descrip-
| tive of the western part of the United
States, was received shortly before
the PILOT went to press from Rev.
w. O. Carrier of Waukesha, and
| formerly of this city. The PILOT will
| publish it in its next issue.
John Petarski of Hatley, arrested
on the charge of netting fish, was be-
fore Judge Marchetti Wednesday
Having entered plea of not guilty
his trial was postponed until Wednes-
day, August ID, bond of 300 being
furnished for his appearance.
| Nature is not only beginning to
| warn us that autumn is coming, but
we can see the same in almost every
| store in the city. Sales of summer
| clothing and moving and remodling,
are all signs that the proprietors are
making ready for long winter.
Frank Moss made complaint against
S. Burek Tuesday on charge of as
Sault. Burek was arrested and APP
peared before Justice Larner Wednes-
day and upon his plea of guilty fine
| of $500 and costs was entered up
against him. He forthwith liquidated.
| Circuses and wild west shows seem
| TO come pouring into our vicinity all
of a sudden. After keeping away
| from us for year two come inside of
a week and half, Miller's being here
August It'll and Gollmars' coming
| next Monday. 1t wouldn't hurt if
they would just come little farther
apart.
There's a new song now going the
rounds and it runneth this wise:
"We don't want to buy at your
place; we won't trade there any
more; you'll be sorry when you see
us going to some other store; you
can't sell us any stale goods; we don't
want to trade at your store, cause
you do not advertise"
The eight young people who went
to Lake Laura week ago Saturday
returned to this city on Saturday
evening. The following were mem
berS of the party: Mr.. and Mrs. G.
X. Gooding, the Misses Ruth Kreut-
ger, Margaret Krebs of Johnstown, Pa,
Ethel 4'uchner, of Wittenberg; the
Messrs. Perry Wilson, Donald Good
ing, Edmond Puchner and Thorp
Edmonds.
A few days ago Lester Chevrier and
Erwin EckleS took French leave" for
the outer world, bent on having .
good time during their pilgrimage to
other lands and to the satisfaction of
their ambitions. Tomahawk was as
far as they got, where they were cap
tured few days later and returned
home, perfectly satisfied in every way
with their late past experience and
hONliiS W HChCI dCbOiupO OLO iihO
again.
1t is ridiculous for a person to as
sumo that by stopping his paper or per-,
haps his ad, he is materially harming
the publication affected. On the con-
trary, such person is himself the
principle loser. In the first instance
he loses the benefits of being in touch
with current events; and when he
stops his advertisement, he cuts off
one of his best assets for business sue
cess-publicity.
A directors meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Valley Improvement Company
was held last Friday afternoon in
this city The business before Che
directors was routine. Directors L.
NJ. Alexander of Port Edwards and
Isaac Witter of Grand Rapids were
present for the meeting. G. B. Stew
art of Madison, representative of
the state forestry board, and r. B.
Goggins of Grand Rapids, who was in
the city on business, were also pres
ent.
Frank JeSke, a former offender who
recently stole watch and served a
Jail sentence for the offenSe, is again
in the tolls of the law, the latest
charge being the larceny of a bicycle.
He was up in Municipal court
Wednesday morning and when ar