Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-26
CITY NOTES.

/ The Climax Laundry. That's all.
| Mail orders for ice cream promptly
filed at Young's.
Jud Al lander was laid up several
days last week with tonsilitis.
/ DIR. Turhin, the eminent German Spe-
cialist and surgeon, will be at Bellls
House, July 18th.
For SALE AN old violin in good
condition. Reasonable. Apply at sic
| Warren street.
j. w. Hull is recovering slowly from
his late illness and is now able to get
out nearly every day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Young and fami-
ly are now occupying their new resi-
dence, near the High Shool grounds.
Have your watches and clocks re-
paired by Otto Mueller, jeweler, Paff
block Sd street All work warranted.
The taking of the school census was
begun on Wednesday morning by
Jacob Kolter, Jr. He will be assisted
in the work by Ernest Legg.
The Wausau Telephone companys
men are busily engaged in stretching
the cables from the main Office to
Washington and Franklin streets.
M. H. McCord, formerly congressman
from this Congressional District, but of
late years a resident of Arizona, is now
editor of The Arizona Gazette which is
published at Phoenix. The paper was
formerly democratic, but now is indie
pendent
The dance given in Mercer's hall last
Tuesday evening, by number of the
young men of the city, was largely at
tended and greatly enjoyed by all.
Dancing continued until two o'clock in
the morning and the music for the oc-
casion was furnished by Cones orches-
tra
A travelling wagon wheel juggler and
lasso thrower, known as Happy Jack"
gave an exhibition on the Market
Square on Wednesday evening to a
large audience. His last act of success
fully bending a long steel bar over his
jaw made the spectators hold their
breath.
A very pleasant surprise was tender
ed Mrs VIII E. Dodge on Thursday
afternoon, by large number of her
lady friends. The ladies, at about
three O'Clock, took the home on Nc
Clellan street by storm, and an excel
lent supper was served the older people
at o'clock, following which the wants
of the younger guests were appeased.
A musical program followed and it was
greatly enjoyed by all
A terrible wreck occurred on the
Northwestern road near De Pere, Sun
day morning. 1t was head-end collil
sion between double-header Green
Bay freight train and a Fond du Lac
excursion train of nine coaches on its
way to the Saengerfest at Green Bay.
Six persons were killed and about forty
injured, among those slightly injured
was Miss Ida Ecke, of Fond du Lac,
who taught school in our county for
several years.
The Y. NJ G.. A. lecture course for
next year has been arranged as far as
the subjects are concerned, but the
dates for their presentation have not
as yet been decided upon. The course
will include the following
Prof. John B. De Motto, illustrated
lecture.
Dunno Emmett Combination, magic
and music.
Charles Pierce Burton, lecture.
The Oxford Musical Club.
Edmund Vance Cook, lecture.
Katherine Ridgeway Concert Co.
The vaults and safes of the National
German American Bank are as i'm
pregnable to burglars now as human
ingenuity can provide. The large
alarm box which connects with the
vaults, is in position on the outer south
wall of the building, and at the least
tampering with the mechanism of the
safes the alarm will be sounded and
continue until stopped The alarm sys-
tenn was put in by the Bankers Electric
Protective Co., of Chicago.
Four covered emigrant wagons came
through the city from the south on
Thursday afterr oon, and created good
deal of comment as they bowled along
Third street. Attached to democrat
wagon were twelve or fifteen head of
horses, and there were several women
and children in the wagons, the former
being bareheaded and the latter bare
footed. They looked as though they
had experienced a long and hard
journey, but the state of Illinois had
been their home before coming here.
The emigrants went out back of the
fair grounds and camped there Thurs
day evening, later continuing their
journey northward.
Prior to the arrival of the train carry
ing w. j. Bryan southwark, on Friday
evening, VIM. Wilson was seen in his
famous rose garden on Scott street,
picking large bouquet of the choicest
beauties. He arranged them into one
of the prettiest homegrown rose bou-
quets ever sent out of the city, and then
carried the bunch to the St. Paul depot,
boarded the train and presented the
bouquet to Mrs. Bryan, making neat
little presentation speech at the same
time. Mrs. BRYAN carried the flowers in
her hand, in full view from the back
platform, as the train pulled out and
there was smile of pleasure upon her
features.
DSSring the little windstorm on Thurs
day afternoon, as a man was turning
the corner at the Bells House to walk
westward along Scott street, large
screen window became loosened from
one of the third story windows of the
hotel and fell to the sidewalk below,