Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-14


Jews of the city observed the Day of
Atonement by services at Castle hall on
Saturday
Have your plano tuned by Leonard
L. Fraser. Leave orders at James
Music Store.
DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, November 4th.
Archdeacon A. George E. Jenner, of
Stevens Point and Rev w. J. Cordick
exchanged pulpits on Sunday last
There were harvested on seventy
acres of the asylum farm this fall 2.O43
bushels of potatoes, an average of 291
bushels to the acre.
The ladies of the NJ f. church will
serve dinner on Wednesday and Thurs
day, at the Presbyterian church, for the
members of the Synod and for the con-
gregation of the Presbyterian church
A license has been issued for the
marriage of Eugene Hogan to Miss
Emily Garske. MIR. Hogan is employed
as baggageman at the Northwestern
depot and Miss Garske is at present
night operator in the Wisconsin Tele-
phone Co.'s exchange.
A man digging q post hole on his
farm near Peshtigo found gold. A
quantity brought into Peshtigo was pro-
nounced pure gold. We knew there
must be gold in bulk somewhere in
Wisconsin, because right here in Wan
sau most every little rock contains
some.
The fire department was called out
Wednesday to extingush blaze at the
rear of the Leader which was of char
acter as TO not necessarily cause any
alarm. Some waste paper had been
set on fire and some one seeing the
smoke issuing from the alley thought
the building on fire and turned in an
alarm
On Wednesday last the Ladies' Aid
society of the Universalist church elect
ed the following officers for the ensu-
ing year:
President-Mrs. James McCrossen.
Vice resident--NIrs Frank Kelly.
Sec Treas.-MIss Dorothy Wheeler
Directors Mesdames, f. A. Gooding,
c. c. Yawkey, j. p Young, f w. Burt
and Miss Wheeler
Refreshment and Entertainment com
mittee -Mesdamcs, i H. Pardoe, A. V.
Gcarl.art, +. Becker, w B. Scholfield
and Karl Mathie.
Geo. Sexton sent to the Waupun
| prison from here for eighteen months
for conducting house of ill repute
near Mosinee, has served sentence and
is again in the county. During his
confinement Sections wife died under
pitiful circumstances and an effort was
made to have him liberated for few
days that he might see his wife before
death, but the effort proved unsuccess-
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| There is a spontaniety, freshness in
the scenes and character in ''The Min
I
isters Son" apparent from the moment
the curtain rises in the first act, which
cause a melting effect on the cynic.
Frills, roundabout methods and worn
out mannerisms do not abide in this pro
duction. A quiet, restful atmosphere
pervades the piece, and it follows one
from the theatre into the street. At
the Grand Opera House Friday night,
Oct 18th.
Burglars wrecked the bank building
at Almond, Portage county, last Thurs
day morning. Three charges of nitro
glycerine were exploded and prepare.
tions made for another when the men
were frightened away by citizens. The
burglars only got about $3.50 with
which they escaped. They are said to
have spent the night previous in Plover
and are described 10y the Stevens Point
Journal as follows Tall, slim man,
light complexion, thin face, dark
clothes; short man, dark complexion,
dark clothes; tall, slim man, dark
clothes The front teeth of one of the
tall men are made noticeable by their
gold filling.
Next Sunday, Ocl. 10Th, lions Evan
geheal Lutheran church will be for
mally dedicated The morning service
will be conducted by Rev. H. Erck, of
Oshkosh and the afternoon by the Rev.
Theo. Bretscher, Of Reedsvile. Both
of these will be in the German language.
In the evening there will be an English
service, conducted by the Rev. Kret-
man of the Indian mission il Shawano
county. The newly received 2S-stop
organ will be presided over by Prof.
Kaeppel, of the Addison (Ill) Teachers
Seminary. A special musical program
has been prepared and citizens of Wan
sau in general are invited to attend.
In the cast of "Alice of Old Vincen-
neS," which will be seen at the opera
house, "Wednesday night, Oct. 18th,
with Gertrude Goghlan in the title role,
is lie historical character of Captain
Helm, the officer whom General George
Rogers Clark, after capturing Detroit
from the British with a force of about
goo rugged patriots, dispatched to Vim
eennes alone and on .0ot TO wreSt that
town from the relocated enemy. His
tory sadly relates that the gallant cap
tain was himself snmmarily captured
by the superior force of the British who
outnumhered him 40 to L. For his
daring and ready wit, he was paroled
to do as he pleaseii, TO remain or escape,
just as Maurice ThompSon's novel re-
lates. Prices sI.5(As1 90 1850 25c. Seats
on sale at the -Philbrick drug
store.
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