Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-27


week. 313-315 Jackson. St.
The cases of the City VS. G. s. Cone,
for destruction of public property, and
the State VS.. six residents of the town
of Hamburg, for assault and battery,
were up before Justice Jones today for
consideration, but were postponed, the
former to the 10th and the latter to the
4th of Sept.
A large crew of men are at work on
the old BrOdie tannery rebuilding the
same. The American Hide and Leath-
er Co., owners of the plant, has pur-
chased considerable land in the vicinity
of the tannery lately, and a spur track
of the Northwestern is TO be construct
ed to the yards soon.
For SALE.-I have for sale some pure
blood Plymouth Rock roOsters. Those
who want to breed from the best fowls
in the world, call on
3Stf GEO. A. BROWN,
623 Franklin St.
How is this for fish story? 1t is re-
ported that on August 18th, Jas. Lane,
of Elgin, ILL.,, caught out of Squaw
lake, near MinOcqua, in one day, twenty
one muscallonge, the smallest weigh
ing five pounds and the largest thirty,
and two bass and one pike. The aggre-
gate weight of tie catch was $50 pounds
The story seems hard to swallow
Wausau Pilot.
Not bit Gene. Tie guide that gave
out the information was doubtless still
under the influence of lake water or
something else taken to prevent the
itching of mosquito bites. There are
times when fish bite better than others
and perhaps this was one of the times.
At any rate it would never do to ones
ton the truthfulness of report sent
out from MinOcqua. Danish the
Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Call on Thos. Delaney if you have
anything in the line of plumbing or gas
fitting All work will be promptly at
tended to. If.
There was an omission made in the
list of w. c. Z. U. officers as published
last week. Corrected list is rs follows ::
President-MrS. S. n. Wilson.
1St Vice-PreSt.-Mrs +. A. Pease.
I'd ce-Prest.-Mr c. S. Curtis
Sd Vice Prest.-Mrs. JAS McCrossen.
Cor. Sec'y.-Mrs H. P. Maynard.
Rec. Sec'y.-Mrs. G. j. WintOn.
Treasurer-Mrs F. +. Charter.
The open air meeting on the Square
came to an abrupt close last Sunday
evening on account of the threatening
condition of the weather Rev. Mueller
spoke in German, while Sec'y Neil
Campbell addressed the audience in
English. Whether the meetings will
be continued has not as yet been decid-
ed. The atmosphere becomes quite
chilly soon after sunset and it may be
advisable to discontinue them.
WANTED.-B GARD and rooms for Uni
versity students. Call at Wausau Bust
ness Univer sity, or address r. +. Davis,
Wausau.
A party of sixteen boys and girls,
who were taken off the Menominee
Indian reservation, surrounding the
Indian village of KeShena in Shawano
county, passed through the city yester-
day on their way to the Indian school
at Tomah. They were in charge of a
teacher and matron of that institution.
Many of these children are as far ad-
vanced as the ordinary white children
of their age, and have attended school
for a number of years.
John Pekowski, a laborer, was killed
Sunday morning in hand-car smash
up on the st. Paul road. Two crews
had left Merrill for Pine River for the
purpose of repairing the bridge at that
place. The men were pumping away
at lively rate but 2pOn approaching
the station the crew :. the lead Stacked
up in speed and the rear hand-car
crashed into the front one and threw
PekOwski ahead, the wheels passing
over his neck, cutting and breaking the
same.
Regular visitors to the State Fair will
hardly recognize the fair grounds this
year. All buildings newly painted, a
big new stock barn, new sidewalks, new
office building, new macadam street
from the office building to the horse
and cattle barn at the north end of the
grounds, a new sidewalk on each side
oft, and new half-mile track inside
the mile track, are some of the improve
ments made, The fair, Sept. 9-13.
Half-fare on all railroads.