Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-08
SHORT ITEMS

Mrs. w. E. Curtis underwent an OPP
Grafton at ST. Mary's hospital on
! Thursday morning.
VIM. j. Reyes, city clerk of Merrill.
has resigned and Harry Allen has
| been appointed in his stead.
Judge and Mrs. A. H. Reid have
been confined to their home during
| the past week with the prevailing
epidemic of grippe.
Mrs. P L. Goerling, who recently
| underwent an operation at st. Mary's
| hospital, has been removed to her
home and is convalescing.
No. 2 of the fire department turned
out at 9:35 o'clock Friday morning to
attend to chimney fire at the home of
Guy Gardner, on North Third avenue.
Miss Blanche Armstrong, Special
Magazine Representative. Subscrip-
lions taken for all magazines at low
est clubbing rates. SIC Mcclellan st
| Phone 1871. MATT
Nos. l and of the fire department
were called to the home of Edmund
johnson on Humboldt avenue at seven
o'clock Thursday evening, to care for
a chimney fire.
Ed. Jess hearing, on the charge of
| selling intoxicating liquor to minor,
set for Wednesday morning in munic-
| ipal court, was adjourned until We'd
nesday morning of this week.
E. c. Kretlow has been laid up at
his home during the past week with
| a severe attack of the grippe. He is
| now convalescing and will soon be in
| his Office again as usual.
William Wolfe of Lacrosse made a
| speech in Milwaukee last Tuesday,
which should be in the hands of every
voter That speech may land him in
the Governors chair of Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H Heinemann of
| Merrill celebrated their wooden we'd
| ding anniversary last Wednesday.
| Mrs. Heinemann is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Livingston.
The ice coated trees and shrubbery
| have cast off that kind of raiment
and adopted a naked appearance
again. In a few more weeks they
will put on different habliments, more
to general liking.
The ground hog saw his shadow
| from sun up to sun down on Candle
mas day, Feb. 2, in this section and it
| is certain that there is six weeks of
| good cold weather in store for us if
there is any truth in the ground hog
story, but we have observed, that win
| ter keeps on just the same whether
| the sun shines or not on Feb. 2.
We heard of only a very few out
looking at the eclipse of the sun,
| Thursday morning, which was on
from shortly after nine O'Clock until
1885. There will be two more
| eclipses of the sun during 1916, one
on July 20 and the other Dec. ~, out
neither will be visible in this coun-
| try.
The Order of Eagles give an old
time dancing party at Elks' hall on
| Wednesday evening and have invited
all members and friends to attend.
The dances of twenty years ago will
be principally in full sway and an in
teresting and lively time is assured
those who may attend.
The Princess ice cream and confec-
tiOnery establishment, owned and pre-
sided over by Williams and Jerstad,
lately destroyed by fire, is undergo
| ing repair and refitting more elabo-
rately than before, despite the inclem-
| ency of the season and it is expected
to be open for business again about
| the first of next month
NJ. G. Ewing, who has lately moved
onto his farm in the town of Maine
is now making some noteworthy in
| terror and exterior improvements in
his former residence on the corner
of Fourth and Franklin streets, which
is to be occupied as flats. The loca-
| ton is most desirable and when COM
pleted will meet with immediate oc-
| cupancy.
| The city fire department has received
| two new modern smoke helmets, the
| two former ones previously received
being rejected on account of imper-
| fections. The new helmets are used
| by firemen in entering smoke laden
| buildings at the time of fires and in
| locating the seat of the fire and in
saving life and property. The new
purchase seems to be the very thing
desirable in emergencies.
COUNTY HAPPENINGS