Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
NOW ITS OWNER,
The New Opera House Transferred to
G. s. Gone on January 9th.


Last Wednesday, January 10th,
Messrs. Johnston & Fischer sold their
New Opera House, in this city, to
Give S. Cone, and the Carpet
Dagger by Tim Murphy and his
troupe was given under the new man
agem emit.
1t is not necessary for the PILOT to
Introduce Give Cone to the people of
Wausau for we doubt if there is a
young man who is better known to our
citizens. He came here and for several
years was an untiring worker in the
Third Regiment Band When Dana
went to Appleton Mr. Cone started
band of his own and little later he
rented the only theater in the central
part of the city-Alexander Hall. This
place of amusement he has conducted
for three years and made success of
it in every way. While he was not able
TO give the public as good attractions
as he can in the New Opera House,
still, he made every effort to secure
only clean, REPUTABLE companies, and
in this he did as well as any one could
do.
He is ambitious and progressive; to
prove it the PILOT only has to point to
few things since his life among US.
He organized a band of which he is
still at the head; He leased Alexander
Iheater and run it until he realized
that the new house was going to do the
business, and then he refused to re-
lease. He operated Warren Park for
one season When the war broke out
Mr.. Cone made application to have his
band appointed to accompany the
Fourth Regiment There were many
other bands in Wisconsin after the
position but our "Clive" got there as
usual. Mr.. Cones band, which he fully
organized, was one of the very best
taken out of the state The head
quarters of Che Forth regiment were at
Admission, Alabama, ard the service of
the band was continually sought after;
they played at Birmingham, a city of
$4,000 inhabitants, at the Mardi Gras,
and before returning to Wisconsin the
band was known as one of the best in
the South. He has about 81, 900 invested
in music and musical instruments and
can equip band of IS pieces or an
orchestra of %. He is the owner of
$4,000 feet of bill boards in our city and
has well drilled corps of bill posters
who know how to put up bills and
tack signs to the best advantage. To
cap the climax he is now owner of the
New Wausau Opera House, who will
say that he is not record breaker.
AS man he is upright and honorable,
industrious and painstaking, of excel
lent habits, and above all, his word can
be fully depended on, every time. With
all this who will say the New Opera
House has not fallen into good hands?
1t certainly has, and the Pilot predicts
success for Mr.. Cone in his new under
taking. He should receive the assis-
lance and support of our citizens and
we will guarantee that he will respect
the wishes of all to the best of his
ability.
He may get in poor attraction
occasionally but his aim will be to give
nothing but the best, in this he will
have the experience of such men as
Geo. H. Johnston and John B. Arthurs,
both of whom, as will be seen by read
ing notice in another column, will have
the booking of attractions and assist in
the managing of the new house.
There is no such thing as failure with
such an energetic man as Mr.. Cone at
the helm