Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-06-26
SHORT ITEMS

mere Will De Speclal meeting D
the city council Thursday evening
June 2Sth, to bring about the grant
ing of saloon licenses.
Rev. H. j. Wheeler of the town o
Texas, filled the pulpit at the FRS
Universalist church Sunday in the alb
sence of Rev. w. H. Gould, the pastor
F. X. Under is doing nicely since
his recent operation at st. Mary's hos
pital, and will soon be able to leave
there for his home on Jefferson street
Summer shirts and neckwear il
great variety and catchy, and at reg.
ular prices, always at Seim Brothers
clothing shop, in front of the court
house. adv.
Otto Gutenberg, formerly salesman
for the Marathon Shoe Co., has ac-
cepted a position with Porath &
Schlaefer and will be glad to IIeet his
many friends at this wide-awake shoe
establishment.
John Hanzell was arrested on Fri
lay evening and conducted before
Judge Marchetti Saturday morning for
driving his auto at a rate of speed,
contrary 20 the ordinance of the city.
He plead guilty and was assessed the
sum of $500 and costs.
Donald William Tyrrell of Lake
Geneva, well known in this city as a
child, was one of the young men who
received his University of Wisconsin
diploma at Fort Sheridan, recently
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. J..
Tyrell, formerly of this city.
Walter Alexander is putting in an
electric lighting plant and water and
sewer system at his cottage on Plum
lake. JOhnsons Electric Shop of this
city, is putting in the lighting sys-
tenn and Ben Hett the water and sew
er. They will have the work finished
this week.
Yesterday was the opening day of
a new cheese factory in the town of
Texas, which is located near the
school house in district No. 5. Her
man Evan is the cheesemaker. The
following are officers: President, Hor-
ace J. Wheeler; vice president, Will
liam Bootz; secretary, A. F. Walter,
and treasurer, b. Konnenberg.
Ira s.. Parker of Tomahawk, ar
rived last Tuesday evening and We'd
nesday morning began his work as
temporary assessor of incomes. The
office was made vacant by the resig-
nation of August F. Rapraeger, re-
Gently. Mr.. Parker will hold the Of
flee until after a civil service ex-
animation has been held.
Little Miss Eleanor Heinemann,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Heine-
mann, of Merrill, contributed her pet
Jersey calf, "ImOgene" for the bene-
fit of the Lincoln county Red Cross
the past week. The calf was on exhi-
bitiOn daily in Merrill, and by auto
mobile throughout the country, tickets
being sold on it. and the proceeds
turned over to the Red Cross fund.
1t was given away last evening at
the Badger opera house, the final night
of Red Cross week.
The Sunday evening service at the
First Presbyterian church was in the
form of a song service and the last to
be held during the summer months,
the open air services commencing at
the court house square next Sunday
evening. The musical program was
given under the direction of Mrs. p.
l.. SissOn. Rev. ID. Jenkins Williams
made a short address during the even
ing.
The following are among the Mara
thon county students attending the
University of Wisconsin, who gradu-
ated the past week: Miss Ruth AL
bers, Erwin G. Luebchow, George A
Denfeld, Alvin NJ. Peterson and Miss
Ruth TObey of this city; Rudolph A.
Ashenbrenner of StratfOrd; Herbert
ID. Kuentz and Hugo Reyer of Colby;
Martin B. Wise of ROthschild and Ed
ward J. Neuenschwander of Athens.
The township of PlOver is about to
receive a gift from the city of Ste
vens Point. 1t is planned to cut
strip off the south end of that city.
all the way from the Wisconsin river
to the corporate limits on the east
and donate to PlOver. Approximately
zoo acres, assessed at $4,000, is in
cluded in this gift The cause for
giving this property away is the de-
mand OF the paper-making companies
for an improved road from their plants