Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-16

evening performances and were in ever,
respect first class. This has been Coll
mar Bros third visit to our city an,
they always brought good show, bu
since their last visit the show has beer
enlarged to twice its former size anC
undoubtedly makes them one of tn,
leading shows of the world The men
agerie alone which is to see, is wortl
the price of admission. The perform
ance under the monster three ting ten
was of a high order and appreciated by
the large crowd. The street parade
whics took place al 10A. NJ. was granC
display and worth coming miles to see
The proprietors are all gentlemen, kind
courteous and deserve the large patron
age they are receiving.-Kewaskun
Statesman.
Will exhibit in Wausau Friday Aug
10.
The crop on the sugar beet farm Of
the Wausau Mems club, situated in the
town of Stettin, is progressing well and
gives promise of clearing expenses and
making little money for the club
The expert engaged in the early season
has returned to his homc in Mencminee
Mich, and all work has been finished
for the present until the time comes foi
harvesting the crop in the fall. About
six acres of plant were ploughed up in
the early season, because the land was
poor and the plants were not doing
well, leaving about twenty acres OF
good thrifty plants. OF the farmers in
the county who sowed beet seed last
| spring all but a few have nice growing
crops to show for their work. A few
nea. the city sowed their seed too deep
and had too plow up their fields and
sow them to other crops. G. s. Curtis
has fine six acre field of beets at Fen.
wood that is being watched with in.
terest by the farmers in that section
Several Wausau visitors to the
Worlds fair who have stopped at the
Southern hotel have met a man who
was a resident of Wausau in an early
day His name is John Overton and
he came here along in the 70's with a
theatrical troupe that got stranded, he
at that time having lately arriyed from
England, and was an actor of some
note. After the company disbanded
here Mr.. Overton secured a good posi-
ton for he was a man of education and
he made this city his home for a Gnm.
ber of years. AT present he is engaged
in the business of selling newspapers
and periodicals and has news depots in
several of the hotels and public places
of st. Louis, and is making a ''good
thing" Of it. He has q good memory
and can recall many incidents thai
happened here at an early period
Atty M H. Lueck, of Juneau, made
an argument before the supreme court
Wednesday for a writ of mandamus
compelling the warden of the state
prison to free VIM. McCauley who
is serving five years sentence
McCauley, it will be remembered
was one of the Amherst bank
robbers captured in this city in the
spring of 1899. He was sentenced June
9Th of that year and Jan 25, 1900, he
made his escape from the prison, and
was not captured until a year or SC
later when he was convicted in a court
in Illinois for a crime and served time
at the expiration of which he was
brought back to Waupun. fairgrounds
on which his attorney asks his release
is that the time McCauley was at liber.
| ty should be deducted from his senten
tence
1t having been reported that | was
not a candidate for the office of district
attorney before the democratic county
convention which conyenes the 27th o.
August, desire to say shat the repor
is unfounded and that will be candi
date before the convention for this Office
and will appreciate the support anc
confidence of all my friends. If nomi
mated and elected shall try to perform
the duties of the Office in manner sat
isfactory to the people of the county.
Signed FRED GENRIcH.
Ed. Hannekradt, of the town of Ri
Falls, was one of those who recently
secured piece of laad in the Ro-ebud
Indian reservation, the lands being
drawn by lottery. Mr.. Hannekrad1
has informed his friends and neighbor'
in Rib Falls that he has refused Al
offer Of SO, 600 for his claim, which con
tains 100 acres The average farming
land in Marathon county stoday selling
for 4 greater price and is better land
nearer 10 markets, free from blizzards
has enough tiD,ier on to pay for clear
ing il. besides furnishing the owner
with fuel for years to eo7ue.
The air is full of paper mill tall
these days, and the latest is that
syndicate of newspapers,-the Scripps
MeRae-is going to establish nam
moth plant involving an outlay Of from
two TO three million dollars, for thl
purpose If supplying their own paper
with print paper. Ii is said that th
plant viii be located probably betweel
Wansau and Rhinelander on the Wis
consin. MemDers of the firm are exam
ining various water powers, and thei
representative 5 been in Merrill look
ing over the water power on tk
Prairie River. Merrill Advocate