Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-05

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holder has been moved to the Kick
busch building on Main street.
Paris green that does its work effec-
lively and places the potato bug hors de
combat for sale by o. G. Callies. Sold
in any quantity.
Jas. Allen, of the town of Hull, who
for several years has acted as capitol
policeman at Madison, has returned
home and it is said will again pursue
farming
Avery violent thunder shower passed
west of the city Sunday At the farm
OF Louis Schmieden in the town of
Maine, a valuable horse was struck by
lightning and killed.
| Reports from the farming settlements
indicate that the crops of all wild
berries will this year be unusually
large. The recent frequent rains have
helped the growing crops immensely.
Fred Sense, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Sense, of the town of Maine, was
engaged in work on a new barn last
Thursday when he fell off the staging
and was severely injured. His spine
was hurt SO that paralysis may result.
He is about 81 years of age.
We wish to buy hemlock and hard
wood timber lands: any farmer wishing
to sell timber and keep the land should
| come and see us. We want, more espe-
cially, hemlock timber, and logs that
will come to Wausau by rail or water
| BARKER & STEWART LBR. Co.
mir me Wausau. Wis.
| Spitfire, one of the lionesses owned
by the Mundy Carnival Co., gave birth
| to male and two female cubs while
the company was showing here last
| week. The mother showed no parental
affection for her young and they are be-
ing reared by another lioness, which
gave birth to litter while the company
was showing at Fond du Lac the week
| before.
Prof. Perry, who was to have made
balloon ascensions at Columbia PARK on
the 4th and give exhibitions of hippo
drome riding, failed to keep his date all
owing to a mishap at Edgar week ago
While initiating his balloon for an ascen-
sion there on the 25th of June the ball
loon caught fire and was destroyed and
a new one could not be secured in time
for the Wausau date
About thirty boys and girls left the
city this morning for the sugar beet
farm of the Wausau Mems club, located
in the town of Stettin, and are engaged
in thinning out the plants q. McCor
mick, of the Menominee River Sugar
Co., who visited the plant last week, it
is said was not very much impressed
with the outlook for the crop. There
has been too much rain.
Saturday evening, while the Winnin-
ger Bros company was playing in an
opera house in Waukesha someone in
the gallery yelled Fire" which caused
panic among the audience. Adolph
appeared on the stage playing slide
trombone and Charley came out and
sang song, while cool heads in the
audience succeeded in finally restoring
order. There was no occasion for the
alarm.
Machine oils that will run anything
from watch to a threshng machine
at Pardee's.
The people of the enterprising village
of Edgar it appears are tired of wander
ing about their streets after dark with
lanterns and have determined upon
system of gas lighting. At the last
meeting of the village board a COM
mittee was appointed to visit several
cities where gas is used and make
report on the ACCESSIBILITY of installing
a plant.
The Marathon County Training School
for Teachers will open Sept 18th.
With the close of the fifth year the
school has been more successful in
raising the standard of our teachers,
even than anticipated at the time it
was established. Country teachers are
quick to observe its advantages and
there are few new teachers who do not
take course in the school to fit them
selves for higher educational advantages
and better salary
o. G. Hammond, who conducts farm
near Rib hill in the town of Weston,
last Saturday presented this Office with
some of the finest strawberries we have
seen this year. They were mostly of
the dark Warfield variety, all large,
lucious and tempting to the palate. Mr..
Hammond does not raise berries for
sale but enough to supply himself and
friends. He was formerly engaged in
the berry business in the southern part
of the state.
The cannery of the Wausan Canning
CO. was started in operation this morn
ing, commencing on the early crop of
peas. The company has peas so plant
ed as to be able to run continuously up
to the time the first corn crop will be
ready for harvesting. About 600 acres
are planted to peas this year and 100 10
corn, the acreage being several times
greater than last year Both crops
give promise of abundant yield.
The Stevens Poiut Gazette has the
following to say regarding parties all
we'll known ia Wausau: rs. &. Knox,
w. c. Winton and Zelina Winton, of
the Knox Lumber Co. of Duluth, have
filed a petition for the dissolution of the
corporation. The company has not
been engaged in manufacturing lumber
for some time and is closing up its af-
of this city, and number of yeals ago
was engaged in the lumber business
here with his brother, Wan. Knox, the
firm closing out their interests to Bos-
worth Il Reilly Mrs. Winton is