Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-20

Last Wednesday evening Harrison j.
Wolfe, supported by a very good COM
pany, gave Shakespeare's Hamlet in
the Grand Opera House. The attend
ance was very fair but not as good as it
should have been. As a whole, Mr..
Wolfe's Interpretation of Hamlet, was
very favorably commented upon by
students of Shakespeare in Wausau
He showed great earnestness in his
work and there was an absence of rant,
so common with second rate players.
1t was fine entertainment and Mr..
Wolfe is sure to be greeted by large
house on his next visit to Wausau. Miss
Parkers was good Ophelia and VIM
Gross, a first class Polonius. Mr..
Wolfe appeared before the curtain
previous to the last act, and announced
that his troupe had an open date and
would return to Wausau on Saturday
evening and give the "Corsican Broth
ers, if the advance sale of seats war
ranted it, by Friday evening. AS the
sales were few up to that time manager
Cone wired him not to come.
The 18th of February, 1900, was the
fiftieth anniversary of the organization
of the Wisconsin Grand Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, and at the annual convo-
cation of that body to be held in Mil
waukee commencing with today, it is
proposed to appropriately celebrate the
event. So, this evening, at the Plank
inton House banquet is to be given in
honor of the occasion. Besides the i so
members, who will be in attendance at
the annual meeting, invitations have
been sent out to former representatives
and officers of the Royal Arch through
out the state. While several invitations
were received in Wausau, we have
learned that only the principal officers
of Wausau Chapter will be present
from this city, viz: Nathan Heinemann,
d. A. McNaughton and Dr. P. A.
Riebe.
Aug Goede, who lives in the town of
Wausau, about five miles distant from
the city, attracted considerable atten-
ton on Thursday as he was driving
along Third street with two of the larg-
est logs seen in this section of the
state for many years. 1t required four
horses to pull one of the logs and the
other was drawn by two horses The
former was Is feet in length while the
latter was 12 feet. The large log mes
ured nearly six feet in diameter Mr.
Goede said the tree from which the logs
were cut was 14S feet high and that he
made eight such logs out of it, and in
all the whole tree contained about 5000
feet OF lumber 1t was cut on his
farm IN the town of Wausau.
The Catholic Order of Lady Foresters
gave very pleasant heart party in
Fraternity hall ON Tuesday This was
at first schedules to have been a valen-
tine party and should have taken place
on Wednesday evening, but on account
of several other entertainments being
dated for that evening they decided to
hold 1t on Tuesday evening. Twenty
tables were occupied By the heart play
ers. The prizes were won by e. Stone |
and Mrs. F. j. Gaetzman. After card |
playing, refreshments we've served fol /
lowed by dancing. which closed the
evenings entertainment
The Norway block. at Merrill, was
burned to the ground last Wednesday
night. Loss about S20,0 coo on building
and furniture The building was on
Main street and was occupied on the I
lower floor BY Peternlau Bros. grocery
store and Charles Quinn's drug store
On the second floor were 0rs Reinhart
a LaCount; The Wis Mutual Fire In
snrance Co. and H. j. BowelFs Insur-
ance Agency. Peterman's loss was
s. COZ, with 81. 800 insurance. DR.. La
Counts, 5000, 1000 insurance DR..
Reinhart's 5000; Quinn's 5000 Gov
cred by insurance.