Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-03-10
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ter from Philadelphia yesterday by
express.
Mrs. ]. Scott Davis has written a
temperance story, entitled, Two
which, we are informed, is about to
be put into the hands of the printer
and will be published in neat book
form. and sold for $1.00 per copy
! The proceeds are to go towards paying
off the debt of the M. E. church in this
city.
Ticket No. 116 won the trotting
horse JEFF which was raffled> off at
Pat Delaney's last Saturday evening.
The ticket was held by Jas. Single and
Pat Delaney. Mr.. Single paid Mr.. De-
laney $3.50 for his interest in the horse.
and now owns the handsome stopper
himself
Levenhagen & Jawort completed and
took out to B. E. Jones' camp. on the
Eau Claire. one of their sleighs for
steaming roads. We are informed by
Mr.. Jones that it worked to perfec-
tion: that with one barrel of water
enough steam was generated by a six
horse boiler to make a perfect icet
groove over three miles of his road
The Fourth Anniversary of the Wau-
sau Liederkranz will take place at
Music Hall on March 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Hurley are con-
tenplating trip to Washington The
coming week.
We made a note last week of the
sp0rtsmen's club that was being Or
ganized Tuesday night the preIim-
mary meeting was held and those
present appointed committee to
frame charter and bylaws under
the name of the "Intertaken Sports
mems Club of Wausau." The charter
was prepared by the committee and
at an adjourned meeting held at the
Business Mems rooms Saturday even
ing the club was fully organized.
About thirty members we're voted into
the club. and the following persons
were choeen officers
President-Neal Brown.
Sec. and Treas.-C. V. Bardeen.
Directors. M. Smith, Walt. Alex
ander, Jacob Mortens on. w. C. Silver
thorn and James Montgomery.
The membership fee was fixed at
fifteen dollars.
ID. u. Plumer, accompanied by Geo.
Clayton, visited Merrill last week, and
while there purchased of w. b. Schol-
field his entire winters cut of logs
about 100000 feet
Mrs. Jane Shields, wife of Peter w.
Shields. died at her home in the town
OF Marathon last Saturday morning.
She was among the old settlers of
this county. having come here with
her husband at an early day. She was
about sixty-eight years of age and had
been sick for a considerable length of
time.
Dick Powers. of Mosinee, was
Wausau caller one day last week.
Miss Minnie Knox and visiting
friend. Miss Brown, spent Sunday in
Merritt.
James Coon, w. b. Scholfeld, B. J.
Lambert, j. g. Adams, DIM. Phinney,
F. Z. Matthews and S. M. Hoyt. all Of
Merrill. spent Wednesday evening in
Wansau. on Masonic business,
Or. Dan Wylie returned to the city
last Saturday. He is now az full
fiedged physician ard surgeon, having
finished the course and graduated
from the College uf Physicians and
Surgeons in Chicago.
Elmer Miller arrived In 'own veg
terday While on his run about a week
ago he was standing in the door be.
tween the express and baggage car,
when the latter jumped the track. He
was thrown forward and a heavy
trunk descended on his foot. severely
bruising II and spraining his ankle.