Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-12-29
SHORT ITEMS.

The Marathon County bank Sc
cured tax receipt No. l, this year.
For SALE-40 acres of land, six miles
east of the city. House and barn.
Apply to MIKE ZAHRT, r. 2. Wv
DIR. Chas. w. Chubbuck has moved
his dental rooms the past week from
the Lawrence building into the
Mckinley block.
Henry Spatz was granted divorce
from Bertha Spatz in circuit court on
Wednesday Of last week, the alleged
complaint being adultery.
Burr E. Jones has purchased the
coal and ice business from Mrs. E.
G. Ketchum of Grand Rapids, and is
now in possession of the same.
Homer BerGan while &C work in a
lumber camp in Oneida county was
struck by falling tree and instantly
killed. He was formerly of Crandon.
Down at Appleton they talk about
the pulp season. being here. After
awhile, instead of talking about logs
in Wausau they will also be talking
pulp"
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
tions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. sic Mcclellan st.
Phone 1911. n24-tf
Samuel Savidusky, of Stevens Point,
on Thursday, drank carbolic acid
thinking it was whiskey. He was
rushed to the hospital where he died
three hours later.
Prof J. w. Livingston. for seven
years member of the Normal school
faculty of Stevens Point, committed
suicide at Forest Grove, Ore. on
Dec. %, by drowning himself.
Late Saturday afternoon a lively
snow storm set in and it looked for
a few hours as if we were going to
have sleighing, but only about two
inches fell, so we havn't sleighing
yet.
The Marshfield Times says it has
it on good authority that the Copper
Lumber Co., will tear down its
Marshfield saw mill and replace it
with new mill of 125,000 feet daily
capacity.
George Kruger, delivery man for
the Ritter & Deutsch Furniture Co.,
was severely kicked in the hip and
knee by one of his horses Sunday.
The prospects are that he will be laid
up for several weeks.
Two automobiles met at the west
end of the falls bridge Sunday fore
noon. AT the same time dog sprang
between the two machines and the
driver of one of the cars, in his at
tempt to prevent hitting the animal,
his car Skidded, was wrecked and the
dog was killed in the mixup.
The summer home of Mrs. Thomas
Menizie of Jersey City, at Tomahawk,
was destroyed by fire on Monday af-
ternoon, Dec. q. $40 in silver and a
valued gold watch were among the
things which burned. Mrs. Menizie
was still residing in the house, but
was out when the fire caught.
Furnaces and heaters were taxed
almost to their utmost and fuel piles
greatly diminished during the past
week, owing to the severity of the
weather, which latter made quite
harvest for the fuel dealers, the ice
packers and busy work for the plumb
ers and very much assisted in putting
the money of the realm in circulation.
Company No. of the fire depart
ment had call to the Quade resi-
dence on Washington street on Tues
day evening, to care for chimney
fire. No damage resulted. On Fri
day night the same company had a
call from the home of William Helm
rich on Kickbusch street, on account
of a chimney fire on his premises, re-
sulting in no damages.
The family jollity Christmas morn
ming was considerably disturbed at
the j. G. Justesen home on North
First avenue by an overheated stove
pipe and which started quite blaze.
Companies 2 and of the fire depart
ment promptly responded to the
alarm and soon had it under complete
control. The damage to the home is
in the neighborhood of S75.
Sheriff Knorr and Dist Atty. Smith
of Lincoln county. brought to this
city from Merrill, Wednesday, Frank
Roszek, Jr., and VIM. Biard, who
were arranged in circuit couat on
charges of forging checks on the
Bradley Bank at Tomahawk Plead
ing guilty each was sentenced to
serve eighteen months term in the
state reformatory at Green Bay,
where they will have plenty Of time
to mediate upon their late misdeeds.
Ten years hence a wedding it is
said will be reported as follows:
Mr.. Ben B. Brown, the eldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Brown was wed to
Miss Mary Doe al the home of the
groom's parents.
The bride looked very neat in
travelling suit of conventional black
but all eyes were conferred upon the
groom who wore light grey suit
that fitted his form perfectly and in
his dainty gloved hands he carried a
single rose. His curly hair was
beautifully done and delicious odor.
of hair oil of the best quality floated
down the aisle as he passed, leaning
upon the arm of his mother.
Mr.. Brown has been prominent in
society, musical and literary circles
and is one of our most accomplished
young men, making many friends by
his tender graces and winning ways.
A crowd of handsome men saw the