Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-09-23
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Miss Marie Abel Is teaching this
year in the schools at Rothschild.
C. f. Lang has purchased the
Butterfeld hotel at Amigo. Mr.
Lang was former owner of the hotel.
A. L. Kreutzer has been doing some
logging the past week. 1t has been
confined, however, to thinning out the
trees on his lawn.
Rumors are afloat again to the effect
that parties were in Wausau lately
negotiating for site for the erection
of a new hotel in this city.
Free Carnations to lady callers on
Souvenir Day, Saturday. Sept. 9th,
Wiechmann's Pharmacy, main store,
69t steps from the post Office.
f. B. Laabs placed fine new
Princes grand Ivers & Pond piano in
the home of T. H. Ryan, which was
present of the latter to his wife. on
Wednesday last.
Free trial size of Velvet Cream for
chapped hands to all lady callers on
Souvenir Day, Sept. 81, at Wiech-
mann's Pharmacy, main store, 69t
steps from post office.
Will Andrews, who was severely
injured Monday morning of last week,
is still at St. Mary's hospital and is
coming along finely and expects to be
up and around again shortly.
The south side of Jefferson street is
being torn up from First to Third
streets, for the laying of conduits for
the installation of the ornamental
street lighting system from First to
! Fourth and will be marked improve
ment in those localities.
The Abel Bros, who have a thresh-
| ing outfit, and who have been very
busy the past five weeks, have about
another week of work; during the
time they have threshed for farmers
| in various parts of the county. They
| report the finest crops in the county
that has been known for many years.
William Harder a deaf mute, who
lives at Split Rock, was run down at
. railroad crossing near Tigerton on
Thursday and was instantly killed,
by northbound train. 1t is said
that the train, which was special
was run to Eland before reporting the
accident. The PILOT can't believe
the statement.
While out on an auto ride near
Thorpe last Tuesday the steering
gear refused to work and the front
wheels turned sideways. The car
stopped short and the occupants were
all thrown out with terrific force.
Banker Garrison of Thorpe was in
jured so badly that he died within
few hours and James Corners had
three ribs broken and was otherwise
Injured.
The Wausau Advancement Associa-
tiOn handed out a little booklet to
our business men which was compiled
by A. E. Sole, traffic manager. 1t
contains freight rates from cities all
over the country to Wausau, so that
by a moments notice, one can tell
just how much he must pay out for
freight bills. By using this as refer
ence, it may save our citizens many
dollar in freight.
Mrs. John Donnelly was called to
Duluth Tuesday evening, ON account
of the death of her mother, Mrs. John
Whalen, who passed away on that
day, aged Is years. The remains, &C
companied by members of the family.
were taken to Oxford Station, Canada,
the former home of the decedent, for
burial. Mrs. Whalen is survived by
four sons and three daughters, her
husband passing away last January.
The iron railway bridge crossing
the Wisconsin river from the Barker
& Stewart Lumber Co. IS island to the
west bank of that stream and which
was badly wrecked by last years big
flood, is at last completed and put
into commission again. All that re-
mains now to be done is to remove
the temporary wooden bridge, which
had taken the place of the former
structure, seems TO be now there to
stay for a definite period, being con-
structed more substantial in every
way to withstand all coming fioods-a
deluge, however, not included.
A crew of men of the Chicago and
North Western Railroad is engaged
at the present time raising the grade
of the company's and the st. Paul
Railroad company's switching tracks
at the foot of Washington street.
The same crew is also engaged in
wrecking the old wooden railroad
bridge west of the old city hall which
crossing is later to be filled up with
sand and gravel and the whole grades
on those premises are to be raised
twenty-four inches TO conform with
the grade near the Heinnemann
Lumber Co.'S. mill In addition to