Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-07-15


Tuesday evening at meeting of the
Sharpshooters it was decided to enter
two teams in the shooting contest to be
held Sunday, Aug 3D., under the aus
spices of the Central sharp shooters as
sociation which is composed of 27 clubs
AS the tournament is to be held next
year ia St. Louis the officers OF The
association reside in that city and these
will furnish each contestant target
numbered and signed with the sigma
lures of the officers Each club will
do its shooting on its home grounds
after which the score will be telegraphed
to headquarters and the targets mailed
as soon as convenient and later prizes
will be awarded The first team selec-
ted by the locals to compete is COM
posed as follows: VIM Hoppe, Otto
Mueller, Otto Mathie, Henry Binzer
Albert Lipinski and Frank Mathie.
The second team will be made up of
the following gentlemen: John Ringle,
Frank Ritter, John Dern, Sigismund
Karas, George Merklein and Gus Muel-
Ter.
When you awake in the morning
feeling like the end of misspent life,
your mouth full of fur and your soul
full of regrets, take Rocky Mountain
Tea. Great medicine. W w Albers
Judge c. c. Barrett, of Edgar was in
the city Saturday and completed deal
comes possessor of all the lands hereto
fore held by Robt. Freeman, of the town
of Emmett, in the towns of Rietbrock,
Haisey, Rib Falls and Hamburg COM
prising total of nearly 1000 acres, 1t
is estimated that there is at least
1900 900 feet of pine and hardwood
timber on this tract, a few forties of
which are the best timbered of any un-
cut lands now in the county The price
paid for this tract was S27 900 and as all
or practically all of the timber will be
sawed at the mill Of the Wausau Lum-
ber Co, at the village of Edgar it is fig
ured that with its present capacity this
mill will be given ten years saving by
the acquisition OF this land, in addition
to its other saving. which means much
to the village aud its citizens who are
employed in the mill.
The trustees of the cemetery assoc;f-
ton have offered a reward of SIS for
any information that may lead to The
arrest and conviction of anyone destroy
ing property in the cemetery, and it is
hoped that this will have the effect for
which it is intended. Recently three
more trees were found dead -deliber-
ately broken off by some misereant.
Such work is little better than that OF
ghouis, and these vandals if caught
should be prosecuted to the fnll extent
of the law. II is surmised that it is not
confined to the acts of boys alone bat
shat some of maturer years have had a
hand in the matter. Ii has been going
on as long rs patience viii forbear and
hereafter watch will be kept on the
cemetery property and the first one
guilty Of any depreciation therein will
be given sueh a measure Of the law
that be win remember until he fills a
spot in those grounds himself
Call on A. B. Wheeler < Son If You
have anything In the line of hot water
or steam heat. plumbing or gas fitting
all work promptly attented to- IT,
H. T. Young well known freight
conductor on the Northwestern was
murdered Saturday night north OF
Rhinelander by three trasnps whom he
put OF bis train. one the number shoot
ing him through the head. he dying
from 81 operation performed for she
extraction of the bullet Mr. Young
lived at Amigo and was a popular con
dactor. The tramps made their escape
and reward has been offered for their
capture While bringing the body to
Amigo brakeman fell of The train
and bad both legs taken of and il IS
feared he cannot live.