Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-05
Many business houses have discard

ed sleighs.
The city council meets this even
ing in regular session.
The Chamber of Commerce has is
sued and distributed a new set of by
laws, to its members.
Katherine Schmidt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert H. Schmidt, 515 First
street, is i'll with a light attack of
diptheria.
Mrs. Edward Grob will entertain the
Sewing society of st. Stephens church
in the church basement tomorrow
afternoon.
Alice, infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Borquist, 623 Lincoln ave
nue., died yesterday. Burial was made
this afternoon.
A bill has been introduced by Len
root to abolish the office of receiver
of public moneys and consolidating
it with that of the register and that
the latter be paid a salary of $4,000.
Deputy Sheriff A. A. Mcdonnell
went to the town of Kronenwetter,
Saturday evening and arrested Joseph
Galoss of that town and brought him
to this city to answer to a statutory
charge. His preliminary examination
in municipal court has been postponed
until Thursday of next week. In de-
fault of $4,000 bail bond he is re-
posing in the county lookup.
Mrs. Alexander Isaac of the town
of -Ringle expired Friday afternoon,
heart trouble being the cause. She
died very suddenly while doing her
house work Her husband, who works
in Chicago, and five children, survive.
Mrs Isaac was fifty-two years of age.
Funeral services were held this morn
ing at st. James church by Rev. FIR.
E. P. O'ToOle. Burial followed in st.
Joseph's cemetery.
Rev. F. A. Clark, assistant pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, de-
livered the sermon at the First Meth
odist church Sunday morning. He
took as his subject, Popularity of
Christ" The pulpit in this church
will be supplied every week during
the absence of Rev. and Mrs. Richard
Evans, who are on a vacation trip
in California Next Sunday morning
DR.. Plantz, president of Lawrence
college will preach. In the evening
of that day there will be a union SER
vice in the First Methodist church,
and DR.. Plantz will be the speaker.
The stockholders of the Peth Candy
Co., held their annual meeting at the
Office of its factory Saturday and re-
tanned it's officers as follows: Chas.
w. Peth, president; A. C. Peth, vice
president; H. G. Flieth, secretary and
treasurer; and w. H. Bissell, G. d.
Jones and B. Heinemann, directors.
The company reports its output quite
satisfactory during the past year, con-
sidering the scarcity of sugar in the
past and looked forward to increased
results in the Ature.
On Palm Sunday, March "a, the
annual confirmation will take place
in practically all of the German
Protestant churches. The eXamina-
ton of the different classes will be
conducted by the pastors of the re-
spective churches on the preceding
Sunday, March II. Among the local
churches where these importsnt cere-
monies will take place, are st. Pauls
Evangelical, st. Stephens Evangelical
Lutheran, lions Evangelical Luther
an, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran, and
others of the city and county.
Corporal C. R. Burkhead in charge
of the U. S. recruiting Office at Grand
Rapids will be in Wausau, Mondays
Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each
week and will be in the office of the
sheriff at the court house.
First Lieut.. George L. Ruder of this
city, now in Camp Custer, Battle
Greek, Mich, has been commissioned
as Captain in the 330th Field Artillery,
a deserved promotion for efficiency.