Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-27
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
ATHENS ITEMS.
Athens Record.

Athens Record
The Braun Brothers expect to start
their saw mill Friday, January %.
Henry ,Kreutzer visited several
days in Wausau, this week, going by
the way of Edgar.
The Athens Basket ball fans re-
organized their club last Thursday,
by electing Henry Grunwald captain.
Jos. Chesak, A. M. Munes and f.
f. Chesak, went TO Wausau to attend
the annual meeting of the Geo.
Ruder Brewing Co.
The Athens Mfg. Co. last Wednes-
day sold all of their personal property
to John IL. Chesak, the same consists
of horses. wagons, sleighs, dump
carts, chains, office fixtures, etc.
The largest and longest train of
sawlogs ever hauled on the logging
road of Rib Lake Lumber company
was brought in on the 22nd of Decem-
Der from Camp s of which Robert
| Aitken is foreman. The train was
made up of Al loads and was pulled
in by Engineer Frank Hayward and
| Alex Mcdonald, his fireman. 1t is
estimated that the sawlogs scaled
about $4,000 feet.
Albert Plisch, of Hamburg, last
the August Natzke cheese factory,
and Mr.. NatZke informs us that from
seven COWS and two heifers he de-
livered for the year 1913, 53,52l
pounds of milk, containing 2,24o
| 1e, xNf for tryirns
it the neat .little sum of $7l9.37, or
is not a thoroughbred nor even a
graded cow record.
MOsINEE ITEMS.
Mosinee Times.
r. Powers returned home Saturday
evening from a short business trip to
Rib Lake.
Over in the town of Day work has
been commenced on a building to be
used as a community center by the
farmers in that section. 1t will be
40x28 feet and aside from a large
auditorium will contain basement
and kitchen The funds are being
raised by popular subscription.
An amendment to the articles OF
organization of the State Bank OF
Mosinee have just been approved by
the commissioner of banking, permit
ting them to increase their capital
stock to S25, 900 and providing re.
serve fund of $4,000. The new stock
will be offered to the business men OF
the village and to the farmers OF this
vicinity.
The Mosinee Land, Log & Timber
Co., are bringing in full strings OF
logs every trip now. From ten tC
twelve loads is about the average
hauled.
Thomas Shepard sustained severe
if not critical injuries early Monday
morning when two of the huge log.
ging sleighs used by the Mosinee
Land, Log & Timber Co. passed over
him, crushing his chest, and breaking
several ribs Just how the accident
occurred no one seems to know ? as
Mr.. Shepard was alone on the sleigh
at the time and the first intimation
that anything out of the ordinary
had occurred was when the other men
on the train of sleighs heard his calls
J and signaled the engineer on the
hauler TO stop.
MARATHON ITEMS.
Marathon Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Prehn and Mr..
and Mrs Ray CHARTER of Wausau
drove over per auto Monday and
called on Erwin Prehh.
i Miss Anna Hoard, who is engaged
as teacher at Halder and Mr.. German
and daughter, Sarah, boarded the
train for Wausau, yesterday.
| How handy that parcel post is
IJohn Werner yesterday sent to his
son-in-law, J. Sewer of Lind, Wash
ington, 2 sticks of butternut about
four feet long, four inches wide and
two inches thick. The sticks weighed
fourteen pounds, and the cost OF
mailing them to Washington was one
dollar and forty-one cents. This kind
of wood does not grow in Washington
and was sent upon request by Mr..
Werner to his son-in-law who will use
them for special purpose.
Nichoel Deninger died last Wednes-
day. He was % years of age.
| Twenty-three new barns are 10 be
built near Marathon the coming sea-
son, which is sufficient evidence OF
the prosperity of the farmers of Mar
thon county.
FEOM STRATF0RD.
Stratford Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Mahony left
Thursday for Fond du Lac where they
were called on account of the serious
illness of Mrs. Mahony's brother,
Peter keenan,.
| d. NJ. Maxon left Thursday for Mil.
waukee where ne will visit a few days
Louis Klumb has sold his meat
market business and the bEildiES
) y occupied by the meat market and E.