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WITCH OF THE WOODS.
A Charming Entertainment Given
Which Pleases Everyone.

Wausau has seldom seen an amateur
entertainment which has been brighter
prettier or better presented than wa
the switch of the Woods" last Wednes
day and Thursday evenings. 1t was
given under the auspices of st. Agatha
guild of st. Johns church, and the
young ladies of the guild spared nc
effort to make it success. Altogether
about $50 people took part, from little
tots to big grown up folks, yet with al
that company not a hitch occurred in
the management either evening to mai
the presentation.
The performers were drilled under
the direction of Mrs. Harriet Purdy
Smith, who took the principal part in
the play, that of the Witch. For nearly
two weeks the choruses and actors
were drilled almost constantly by Mrs.
Smith, and such perfection was at
tanned by all that one would have
thought that weeks instead of days had
been spent in preparation. The music
of the piece is catchy and bright and it
was sung by all with good effect The
children and young people in the Choir
uses entered into their work heartily,
and the ease with which they conducted
themselves showed good training by
their leader.
The soloiSts had been selected with
care and all took their parts well. Miss
Lulu James scored a decided hit in the
comedy part of Angelina, and Miss
Madge Silverthorn did likewise as the
Cuban girl. The solos by Misses Ger
trude Corwith, Grace Book and Kittie
Madden were excellent and each one
appeared at, ease before the footlights.
Henry Smith, Walter Curtis and Irving
Dodge all carried their parts well, and
John Curtis brought down the house in
his character as tramp. The dancing
of all was good. The Soasa Girls, the
Parasol Girls and the Bundle Bee
dancers were all costumed prettily and
performed gracefully, and the solo
dance of Miss Jean Slaymaker was one
of the features of the entertainment.
The delsarte exhibition which com
prised the second act was very we'll
acted and the constant change of beau.
tiful poses and effective grouping
formed artistic pictures.
The entertainment was a success from
financial point of view as well as from
every other Much credit is due to
Mrs. l.. A. Rose, who worked untiringly
herself and inspired others with zeal.
A large house greeted the play the first
evening, and a somewhat smaller one
the second evening. Every one was
pleased with the witch of the Woods. .
There were no delays as there usually
are in home.talent plays; the parts were
all well learned and well played; the
performance was not tiresome and was
all in all thorough success.
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A game of base ball was played Sun
day, back of the county jail grounds,
between the "Silver Stars" and the
Mcclellan Street Diamonds" with g
score of Is and 26, in favor of the "Dia'
monds.
A party OF five Wausau young men
fioa:ed down to Mosinee last Sunday,
and drove back in the afternoon.
The favorite whiskey of famous men
is Harper because of its smooth, ex,
quisite flavor; because Of its matehless
purity; because of its mellow age Nc
wonder it's the favorite. every drop
sterling. Harper whiskey sold by Al
Cook, Delaney Il Struck and Mark G
Bells, Wausau. Wis
On Thursday evening Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Gaetzman entertained large
number of young people at a dancing
party in kroening's nall. II was giver
in hoaor OF their guests, Misses Cecilia
and Ottilie Ziegler, of Mayville. Ics
cresm and cake was served and music
wss furnished by Geier's orchestra. A
| very pleasant time was enjoyed BY all
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A drive, through Marathon county in
any direction out of Wausau shows the
crops doing eXcellently, notwithstand
| ing the excessive rains we have had
Many farmers are already harvesting
although it is a little early, and every
thing seems to be getting along well
The prosperity of the farmers is mani
fest on every side. Handsome new
barns and buildings are seen IN great
number and much prospective building
is in evidence. There is no county in
the state that can boast such thriving
rich farms, as can Marathon, and they
are scattered abundantly both to the
east and to the west.
Free camping grounds at Hotel Oar
row, Minocqua, Wis. The most popu-
lar summer resort of the northwest is
catering to a large number of Wausau
people this summer and the proprietors
A. H. Darrow q Son appreciate the dis
tinction that their resort enjoys in this
respect. The exceptionally low rates
of $500 per week and upwards are the
delight of patrons and the envy of COM
peGitors. Free camping grounds.
Mrs. Geo. f. Bells gave series of
peaing picnics to lady friends the past
week at the Bells farm, about four
miles north of the city, which were
thoroughly enjoyed by all participants.
Each lady carried basket and was en-
titled to take home all the peas she
could pick. Luncheons were spread
each evening at about $50 o'clock and
the return trip made in the cool of the
evening.
1t is Will Andrews who may be
expected home at any time from the
Klondike, instead of Dave Parcher.
The former had sold out his belongings
and intended, when the letter was writ
ten, to start for home in few days.
Dave may be home the latter part of
the fall but there is nothing sure about
it.
Thos. Malone, sheriff of Marathon
county, was in the city on business,
Tuesday afternoon. Tom has made a
good officer, and were it not for the
constitutional provision could easily be
reelected. ed.-Colby Phonograph.
Prof. E. T. Bach, who conducted a
dancing school in Wausau several years
ago dropped dead of heart disease, in
La Crosse recently.
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THAYER-DIBB.

AT Whatcome, Washington, July 18th,
1900, Mr.. McCrossen A. Thayer, OF
Everett, Washington, and Miss Nor.
ienne Dibb, of Snohomish, Washington,
were united in marriage, the Rev. NJ
Cole officiating.
The groom is the oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. l.. E. Thayer, who formerly
resided in Wausau, and is grandson
of Mr.. and Mrs. James McCrossen, OF
this city. All of Macs old friends
join in wishing himself and wife a life
full of Joy and happiness in their new
relstiOnS
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WASN'T AFRAID.
One Animal That Stood His Ground
and Made Mylrea Get on His Perch.

A few days ago, W. II. Mylrea, of
automobile fame, recommended to his
wife that they take ride to Marathon
City in their new automobile to see the
country, also to see how the machine
would act when away from its native
heath. The "auto' made splendid
record for two-thirds of the distance
and Henry" dressed in his best smile,
was the envy of all whom he passed.
About this time, while descending one
of the long hills for which the Mara
thon City road is noted, 10, and behold,
great big thick-necked bull blocked
the way. Mylrea rang his gong loud
and often. but MIR. Bull simply beloved
and furiously paved the earth; there
was blood in its great fiery eyes and
lit refused to SIR one inch, and
evidently it meant &c do something
terrible. Mylrea stopped the automo-
bile, hurriedly got out, and there was
about as much determination depicted
in his countenance as there was in the
bulls, but he had no more than struck
the ground before the bull made
straight for him, at the same time Civ
ing vent to an unearthly below. That
settled it, and Mylrea lost no time in
advising his wife to run for her life and
to climb the fence, this she did without
ceremony and thing which he lost no
time in doing himself, and his coat
tails famed the bulls fevered brow as
he.went over the fence. That bull made
frantic efforts to break through the
fence, beloved in a most ungentle-
manly manner, and when Mr.. and Mrs.
Mylrea would 60 one way or the other
the animal kept pace with them. Myl-
rea set his legal mind to work and at
last hit upon an idea Nov, Minnie,,n
he said, ''you just do everything you
can to hold that - creatures s atten-
tion and / will see if can get to the
automobile, start it up, turn around
and make swift run by the bull. If /
succeed, you make run along on the iEs
side of the fence and possibly can get a
clance TO reacn me.
Mrs. Mylrea carried out her part of
the program, executing dance entirely
new even to the natives, at the same
time waving her hat and yelling like
Commanche Indian. 1t acted like a
charm, the bull was simply entranced,
and Mylrea succeeded in getting to the
machine He made the run down the
balance of the hill, but in turning, the
road was SO narrow that a bolt was
broken. This did not, at the time,
cause any trouble and the machine
started up at a great speed, and the
irate bull was passed just as it was paw
ing up section of the earth, and the
dust which was kicked up, for the
moment, enabled Mrs. Mylrea to jump
the fence and make dash for the auto
mobile which she reached only short |
distance ahead of the buif. 1t was an
easy matter then to run away from the |
animal, but about mile further on the |
broken bolt got in its work and the |
stopped and nothing could in
duce it to bulge, and it was necessary
to hire farmers team to draw it into
the city. Mylrea says the trip was any
thing but q "bully" one, and he is now
looking for the owner of the animal
that he may persuade him TO pay the
damages and injury to his feelings.
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Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver
Colorado Springs and Pueblo
Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North
Western Line. on juno 10, 90, July 8. 9,
IL until October 81, also very low rates
on same dates to Glenwood Springs,
Salt Lake City. Ogden, Deadweod and
Hot Springs. Quickest time Best ser
vice. Apply to agents Chicago &
North Western BY. jl9-Swl
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Mrs. Staples will receive pupils for
vocal instruction. If
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that the dis
trict board of school district No. 2, town
of Weston, will receive sealed bids uI
to August 4th, 1900 at p. NJ for the fur
nishing all material and constructing q
school building, according to plans and
specifications to be seen on and after
July 2Sth, 1900, at the Schofield post
Office or at the Office of county superin.
tendent in the city of Wausau Abond
with sufficient sureties will be required
with contract.
The board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
BY order of the district board.
S. K. GRAEs, District Clerk.
Dated July 25th, 1900.
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More New Towns

On the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
PaGl Ry. between Aberdeen and the
Missouri River. They are being sur
yeyed now. Watch the papers for dates
of opening ssles which viii be within
the next three weeks. We wsnS you to
purchase and locate in one of them.
Get into oesiness for yourself and on
the ground door. Apply to Land De
pzrtuent, e. NJ. 4 st. P. Ry. Co
Milwaukee Wis.
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BILL OF EXPENSES.
S278.W

Mrs, Clara Boetcher practical mid
wife, Fifth street, next to the German
Lutheran church. Continements and
all other kinds of sickness taken at the
house. Telephone connection. o2-tf.
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Among the good things that will be
offered to the amusement loving public
this coming season will be that prince
of comedians, Richard Golden. Man.
ager VIM. Henry Rulolph has engaged
every living member of the original
company. The production will be en-
tirely new. The tour will be from
Portland, Maine, to the Golden Gate.
Old Jed will bring with him the origin
al blackboard, the original bucksport
fire engine, the champion Bucksport
choir from Hancock county, Maine, the
original country cake-walk kers, in fact
all the features that made Richard
Golden's "Old Jed Prouty" the best of
all New England dramas.
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BY Friday the camp was pretty well
deserted, and on that day all departed
for their homes. The special, having
on board those who remained to the
end, passed through Wausau on Friday
noon.
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3. The revenue cutter service r. special
ly charged with the enforcement of these
regulations. but any officer Of the depart
ment shall report TO the principal officer
OF the customs any violation OF the reg
ulations which may come to his knowl-
edge
3. The principal officer OF the customs
shall report the facts to the United States
attorney and also 10 the department
10. The principal officer OF the customs,
or the officer commanding a revenue cut
ter. or the principal officer OF the marine
hospital service at any seaport. when
he deems II desirable and II f. practicable
TO do so. may detail any person subject
TO his orders to remain on board a YES
sci 10 secure the enforcement Of these res
uiations, until the vessel has been placed
In security, as above provided In the
case OF deep sea sailing vessels such de-
tail shall be made whenever practicable
ii. Attention is called to the provision
OF the act requiring the department to
enforce these regulations. Officers OF the
department will be vigilant in enforcing
them.
July q 1900
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be a battle royal for the money, none
of the five or six horses entered Icing
counted "A sure winner.
Among the notable animals entered are
Deceiver, owned by the Van De Fanter
stock farm, Alta Norte. a very fast hoi Sc.
owned and trained ny chris Simpson. the
wealthy stock raiser OF Peudleton. or. I;
Edison. owned by J. Erwin, NJ the same
place; Kttitas hanger, owned by Ed
Clark. II seattle: Pathmark. owned hV
q. r.. parringer. OF Pendeton, and Beau
fort, a PAGER with "A rec0ui OF 2;l2. male in
Michigan, and owned by r. Hunt. OF ~
erett. Whoever wins the race will earn
the money. say the horsemen who are In
terested IN the meeting.
The feature Of Wednesdays races was
the hard fought battle between Erect
Mack Mack and Spot In the three minute
trot. Each horse was driven by his own
er. The track was muddy. but nevslthc-
less good time was made, Mr.. Stmpton.
driving Nack Mack. was first in tho .irst
heat. but the judges awarded the heat to
Spot. driven by his owner. Mr. McMulln
The next three heats were captured nv
Erect. the handsome black driven hy
fighi from start to finish Three thousand
people witnessed the event, which aroused
great enthusiasm.
on Wednesday. Meteor CID. owned hv
Mr.. Miller, 81 Everett won the free-for iii
trot after a battle royal against fleid IN
Guiding such 'Rst horses MS nuuuer ". b..
N.nmant. f.yla and Phil y
besides the free-for-ail pace today the
card Includes the 2.2o trot, in which ere
entered Road Boy. ovita. Lyla. Vlrmont
and PM y These horses are among tia
fastest IN tho West. with good weather
and fast track record breaking time
ought GO be made
Yesterday running races took III the
greater part 70 the day. Mr.. SimOs9
drove lu exhibition mile with q double
team consisting Of Tickets. owned Nv
the Van De Nanfcr stock farm. and Mack
MACK The exhibition elected hearty Ap-
piaWEe
chief Seattle and Lady Guy. who won
the honurr In the 2-y~ar-old trot were
bred ana raised IN this state and are
Owned hv sheriff Van lie Vanter ana 4 $
e-sot iates-
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THE CORWIN is ALL RIGHT,
Capt. Comm Writes Of Several Pick
ups on His Way to Cape
Nome Gold Etelds

Capt. J. A. Slamm. OF the United States
revenue cutter service. has received a
letter, dated Cape Nome. June %, from
Capt. Coffin. of the ex-revenue cutter
Corwin In which he says:
We were among the first ships In 10
miles south of here. We fell in with
the barkentine Catherine Sudden, OF San
Francisco. dismasted. lying with her
main deck seven feet under water. Pump
ed her ninety hours before freeing her
After several days more waiting lowed
her one large scow and small steam
tug to Nome. where we sold the hull and
cargo
There is much gold and every day
some new strikes are reported. The best
business here Just now is In small tugs
SIS per hour and scarce al that. While
at St Lawrence island got chance
to take n large Russian steamer through
the ice to Indian point, for which | was
well paid.
Il find the corwin all right in every
particular. We have butted over 30 miles
OF ice. all told. Not "A leak or wound
Three days OUT from Seattle We found
bad leak. Went into safety cove and
found spike holes not plugged where they
stripped OF the oak sheathing AT Ballard
What next? We cut through the skin
and plugged up all right We are all
well and hopeful The Corwin is all
right In every way"
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BUSINESS MEMS EXCURSION
FROM SEATTLE TO NOME.

Yesterday In
Of and definitely de-
busines
nd
visit to ncrest In the
Whic
chosen tho team n %
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At
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Yukon she Is
for round
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ing o1ic beneath the First Ma
uonal
NJ watson s,A yesterday
Tor ucke So m
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AMCsE " y NTs.
Magician k~iiar at the seattle
Thenter Tonight.

without question Magician kellnr. who
opens for three nights at the Seattle to-
night. IL the peer OF any necromsncer or
exponent OF pure sleisht of hand who has
lived within the century. lie has made
his art a careful study. He Is a highly
educated THOROUGHLY well read man, and
az Il mathematician has few, II any.
equals In the world. He has labored -
give his experiments I'm magic with that
freedom from suhterfuge apparent
with most performers. and has far
perfected u that he has apparently but
to command the most unheard-of things
to happen and they tranSpire, lie uses
the smallest possible amount OF appars-
tus yet his results are at times
tunishing
apiritualists have claimed. times with
out number. that he is medium Of un-
usual power. but kellar only smiles at
these claims and SAYS that he is a trick
ster. nothing more nor less. He has made
a careful research into the mysteries OF
the famous Mahatmas, OF India, about
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When the company was formed here in
1877 the Progreso was chartered for two
trips TO st Michael with passengers and
freight. Round trip tickets were sold to
Dawson and the company bought two
river steamers. The company was not
able TO pay for the steamers when the
Progreso arrived at St Michael. and the
passengers were not allowed to land until
some manner OF sending them up the river
had been provided. The steamer was de-
layed quite time and the captain was
put 10 considerable expense over the az
fair. Judge Hsnford decreed that the
Progreso Company should receive the sum
og 50. $50 to be paid out OF the estate OF
the company. IL any existed
d. and r. Campbell are wealthy capt.
taitsfs of Maine. who were behind the
transportation company. They put $40 900
into the concern. Part of this went to
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GOOD RACING At EVERETT.
Free-for-All Pace the Feature of
Today's Programme.
FAST TIME LIKELY TO BE MADE,

Entries Include Some of the Speedi-
Coast-seattle Horsemen Capture
Several of the Most Important
Events-Erect and Chief seattle
Among the Winners In the Races.
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Today will be the big day of the Everett
race meeting. the principal events of
which were postponed from yesterday on
account of the rain. Seattle horses UP to
the present time have won the bulk Of
the honors in the harness races, Erect. the
handsome black stallion owned by the Van
De Nanter stock farm of Kent. winning
the three-mnute trot after a hot battle.
as well as the $40 trot- Chief Seattle and
Lady Guy. also owned by the Van De
Vanter farm, won first and second place
respectively in the two-year-old trot.
The big event of the meeting will oe the
free-for-all pace. which Is on the card
today In this race are entered some OF
the fastest horses on the Pacific coast.
and Judges OF horsefesh predict that fast
time will be made. IL is believed that the
time will be 2:i5 or better. Returning
horsemen from Everett arriving iast
night on the GREYHOUND. stated that the
track is IN excellent condition and that
the weather cleared yesterday. ,nsuring
good sport today.
The management OF the meeting has
posted a si0lo purse. contributed by he
manufacturers Of Everett and Snohomish
county. for the free-for-ail pace. It will
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BOARDING RULES REVISED.
Isw instructions Issued by the
Treasury Department.
40 INTO EFFECT JULY %.

e.saiIed Informal ion for Owners ana
masters of vesseIs-Actfon of Gus
ts~s and Revenue Cutter Ofhcers
prescribed in Certain Cases
Cs,ies of Regulations Must He
rurrished to ships Comm ander.
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pay charter fees, but not enough re-
NAMED to pay for the river boats. They
came into the case on the ground that ~
virtue of an assignment OF the charter
party to them as security FOR money
loaned by them to the transportation com
pany. they are entitled To damages. which
are recoverable.
The evidence In the case was very vol
luminous. so much so that Judge Hantord
ordered the cross libeliants to pay three
quarters Of the cost OF reporting the case
as they were responsible for the intro
duction OF a great deal of the evidence.
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The ten ton sioop umiak seized hy Deputy
United States Marshal Tyler yesterday 10 satisfy
the claims u several u the sailors for wages.
Austin Lathrap owuer of the steamer u. j.
Perry which recently len thiE pert for Nome, "a
a guest 81 the Northern Mr. Lathrop viii leave
for Alaska ase e the early uorthhonud vessels
An amended compliant was alcl yesterday after
noon In the ease II Frank !. Counsl against the
Great Northern Railway Company, Council was in
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