Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-05-02
SHORT ITEMS

May.
Mrs. C. B. Squires, one of the old
citizens of Wausau, is confined to her
home by illness.
The Wausau Telephone Company
has just issued new directory which
is now being distributed.
The Marathon County Sunday School
convention will be held in Wausau on
the 18th and goth of May.
August F. Bublitz, brother of Frank
| Bublitz of this city, died at Merrill,
Saturday. He was 20 years OF age.
The Mohr Lumber company is build
| ing a large shed for its retail lumber
yard, at the north end of Main street.
Sunday was cold ending for April.
| Heavy clouds covered the sky all day,
| and while it didn't rain it was too cold
| for comfort.
Both the st. Paul and Northwestern
| lines have commenced the work or
| cleaning up along their lines leading
| into the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Flieth and chill
dren, who had been visiting in the city,
| returned to their home in Cornucopla,
on Saturday.
| There may be no use giving out the
warning swat the Fly" this spring,
as Wausau may be so clean it will
| not be necessary.
Friday showed temperature of Sc,
| almost summer heat, and it brought
| out all the old settlers, and many OF
| the young ones, too.
The Ladies' aid society of the Pres
| byterian church will hold rummage
| sale this week, Thursday, Friday and
| Saturday, in the McCrossen building,
| formerly occupied by Miller's cafeteria.
In most cities streets are now being
oiled, and where it is done as it should
be, it does away with the dust nuis-
ance. Wausau is backward in this
respect as we have no regular oiled
| streets.
| Aug. Zastrow of the town of Wes-
| ton, who was to have had hearing
| Saturday, charged with intent of doing
| great bodily harm to his brother, Ro-
man, was discharged as the complaint
was withdrawn.
| Rev. James Oastler, D. D., of Calvary
church, Milwaukee, occupied the Pres
| byterian pulpit Sunday. Next Sunday
a representative of the Carroll team,
| who canvassed the city for the En-
| dowment fund, will occupy the pulpit.
The father and mother of Mayor H.
| C. Braeger of Rhinelander, died with
| in a few days of each other at their
| home in Sheboygan, the past week.
| The Joint funeral was held on Tues
day. They had been married nearly
| sixty years and were over 80 years of
| age.
| Not many trout are being caught.
| Experts say the conditions are not
| good 1t is cold and there is still on
the shady side of hills and in the thick
woods considerable snow and not I'M
| til it warns up and there are warm
rains, will the trout get down to bust
ness and make it interesting for the
angler.
The State Bar association will meet
in Oshkosh on the 2Sth day of June,
and be in session until the both.
Among the addresses to be given will
be one by Justice M. B. Rosenberg.
Subject: will the Bar Furnish Our
Leaders in the Approaching World
| Crisis"
w. J. MacQueen, who recently sold
| out his interest in the Stratford Jour
| nal, will go to making potash. He
| will go up in Florence county, at
Laona, where hardwood ashes are plen-
tiful at the mills, which burn wood,
| and there start in. Potash is in great
| demand just now and, since the war,
brings a big price.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pond, of Wau-
sau, were callers in Tomah couple
| of days last week. Mrs. Pond had
| been receiving treatment at Rochester,
| Mimi, and they were on their way
| home, embracing the opportunity of
| stopping off here and renewing ac-
quaintances with old friends, Tomah
| having formerly been their home
| Tomah Herald
The regular monthly meeting of the
| Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation will be held on May 8th, at
which time twelve delegates and al
ternatives will be elected to attend
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| Kenosha on the 14th, 18th and 10th
| days of August. There will be a reso-
luton introduced authorizing the di-
rectors of the association to arrange
for the consolidation of the different
organizations of our city.
1t is expected that the Ross Lumber
| company who have a large amount of
timber land near Bowler in the town
| of Baritone, will build about three
| miles of logging railroad the coming
| summer, which will give them better
| railroad facilities and they will be
able to get where their timber is To-
| Gated. They had about 100 men at
work in their camps the past winter
and were kept busy all the time, and
look for a good season the coming
summer. All of the timber is shipped to
their mill at Wausau.-Shawano Ad-
| YOcate.
The meeting of the Lake Superior
District conference of the Swedish M.
Z. church came to a close Friday af-
ternoon. The sessions opened last Tues
day. Rev. Andrew Anderson, district
superintendent, was in charge of the
meetings. Reports were given, papers
read. and discussions held, making the
sessions very interesting. Special-ser-
vices were held in connection with the
meeting. A number of the visiting
pastors remained over Sunday for ser
vices which were held in the morning.
afternoon and evening, at which time
addresses were given by them. The
district meeting was held in the Swed-
ish NJ. Z. church.
WAUSAU PEOPLE CIT INSTANT