Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-04-22
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

for Merrill.
ID. G. Everest is the owner of a new
Ford runabout.
Our paved streets have been thor
oughly cleaned and the sprinklers
were put on thursday to lay the dust.
Miss Bertha Erdmann was operated
upon last Wednesday in st. Mary's
hospital for appendicitis. She is i'm
proving nicely.
Miss Elizabeth Cameron of the
Home Mission Board of the Presby-
terrain church will address the ladies
of the church, April 28th.
Miss Elizabeth Cameron of the
Home Mission board of the Presby-
terrain church will address the ladies
of that church on the 18th of April
The damage to the Leahy & Beebee
bridge during the recent high water,
has been repaired and travel has
again been resumed over that struc-
ture.
Mrs. Robert Huffman has been
seriously i'll during the past week.
At one time her life hung on thread.
The latest .eport is that she is now
improving.
The high school boys club of the Y
will meet again this evening for sup
per and discussion. There is to be
only one or two more meetings of the
club this season.
| VIM. W. Walker, proprietor of the
Wausau Monumental Works, has pur-
chased the Chas. Nutter residence at
los Ruder street and he and his fam
lily are now OCCUPYING the same.
The State blue book will be pub
lished on the Both day of June. The
time limit is fixed for July Is. 1t is
now three-fourths completed, and
$4,000 copies are to be published.
Mrs, Frank X. Bissell underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the hos
pital last Saturday morning, which
was successful and she is now improv-
ing rapidly Marshfeld News.
Jay S. Mitchell, an old-timer of
Stevens Point, and once sheriff of
Portage county, died the past week
in Los Angeles, Cal. He left for Cali.
fornia three weeks ago for his health
There was special meeting of the
city council last Tuesday-meeting tc
talk over matters with the Wausau
Advancement association with refer
ence to industries which are soon tC
locate here.
The fire department was called out
last Thursday morning by chimney
fire in the John Manser home on 9th
street. The fire caught in the ROOT
but was soon extinguished without
much damage.
Bishop A. Quayle of Chicago, oc.
cupied the pulpit at the NJ. E. church
on Sunday evening and delivered an
excellent sermon to very large aud.
fence. Bishop Quayle is one of the
great men of that denomination.
With the coming of spring the
Tennis courts and the various ath-
letic grounds of our city are being
well used. The country club grounds
although not yet officially opened are
also the scene of many active golf
and tennis games.
"A. A Damon, one of Marathon
county'S ti'ers of the soil but a
resident of Spencer, was in the city
last week serving his town as super
visor on the County Board, it being
his first experience he took hold like
an old hand at the business.
Mrs. w. ID. Kirkwood who is with
her husband at Rochester, Minnesota,
writes that Mr.. Kirkwood under
went serious operation on Tuesday
of this week and that on the day fol-
lowing the indications for his recov-
cry were hopeful Marshfeld Herald.
The county board adjourned on
Friday morning, having completed
the work before them. The board
does not meet again until November.
In the meantime, different commit
tees will be employed in attending to
the different details for which they
were appointed to act upon.
The remains of Frank Burchard
were brought TO Wausau from Ash
land on Wednesday and funeral SER
vices were held from St. Johns
church, Rev. FIR. Grant officiating.
Deceased was a son of Mrs. Henry
French and he died the Monday
previous in st. Joseph's hospital,
Ashland
John Dignam of Stevens Point,
died in Chicago Friday. Mr.. Dignum
was in the employ of Stafford & Gray,
lumber manufacturers of Wausau
and Schotield over 40 years ago as a
woodsman and riverman and was an
industrious and experienced work
man. The remains were brought to
| Stevens Point for burial.
Now is the time to clean up and
rid yourself of the accumulation of
rubbish around your premises during
the past season. A neat, tidy home
has an air about it that is attractive
and especially noticeable by passersby
Many people have s!ready begun to
tidy up the surroundings for their COM
ing seasons which is an incentive for
Others to Immediately follow. IN
building bonfireS for the destruction
of rubbish, keep an eye out for their
spread and for the prevention of the
usual destruction of life and property.
A gold medal to the school boy or