Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-05

January.
The beautiful play 1.-THE Little
Christian is one of the best drawing
attractions on the road this season.
Coming soon
The factories of the Curtis & Yale Co.
Wausau Box and Lumber CO. and the
Goodwillie Bros. Co., have been closed
down the past week taking inventories.
The city council meets in regular
session this evening. One of the i'm
portant things coming up for considera-
ton will be the awarding of contracts
for the construction of the new bridge
Ernest F Curtis. proprietor of the
Merrill News and Miss Louisa E Bailey,
of Schuyleryille, N Y, were united in
marriage on Dec 26th Good luck to
you, Ernest.
Louis Schaefer. of this city, and Miss
Alma Lambrecht, of Merrill, were
united in marriage Saturday evening
at st. Stephens church. A reception
was held later at the home of the
groom's mother on the west side
A. b. Roe, who has been an inmate
of the Marathon county poor house
since 1890. died early last week He
was eighty-six years of age and for
several years had been blind. He was
a charge of the town of Kronenwetter,
had no relatives in this section and was
buried in the potter's field
The Masonic party given at the
Temple was one of the most successful
dances ever given by that order; fully
20 couples were in attendance, and the
music by Cones orchestra was excep-
tionally fine, and the supper furnished
by Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Mumm could not
have been improved upon.
Alphonse DeLisle and Miss Ida
Hewitt, both of the town of Weston,
were united in marriage Wednesday at
st. Mary's parsonage in this city. The
groom is prosperous young farmer,
living east of Kelly and the bride is a
daughter of w. + Hewitt, formerly
chairman of the county board, and well |
known in the city.
Mr., Clarene Weber, of Wausau, was
married to Mrs Eta B. Wallace, OF !
this city, Thursday morning, in the !
parlors of the Spring Brook House, in
the presence of . few immediate friends. |
The newly welded couple left on the
morning train for Milwaukee and Chi
News Item
Miss Ida Werner, who won many
laurels with Marion Manola, Jeffries
Lewis, Madam JanauscheE, and other
eminent stars. and is reputed to be the |
most beautiful and talented of the
actresses, will appear this sea
son as Eleanor in the beautiful play, |
''The Little Christian" that Charles |
H. Clarke will send out this season
Miss Werner was selected for the part
of Eleanor over the heads of many as
pirants to the role Grand Opera
House Wausau Jan. 10.
The Lincoln county board of super
erecting work house at Merrill for the
of tramps, DRINKS, etc. The
place, if built will be bountifully sup
piled with rock for its occupants to
crush. The Star, published in that city
also advocates whipping post being
placed near the center of town for the
benefit of wife heaters. work house
might rot oe a bad thing for this COM
In very short time we would
be rid of the tramp class.
Fred Kroes and Mrs. Andrew
Hofweger have been arrested on a
charge of adultery. 1t seems that they
nave resided in the town of Plover
Last Thursday they went away to-
gether. A warrant was issued for their
arrest and on New Years day Sheriff
Chellis started in pursuit. He located
them in Chicago and took them in
his charge in that city and returned to
Wausau with them on Saturday. They
we're brought up for examination and
rial set for tomorrow. Mrs. Hofweger
has four children at her home and has
been let out on bail.
OF the many hundreds of aspirants
who flood the offices of Charles H.
Clark in New York, probably one in a
hundred were in any way equal to the
of part of Eleanor in
The Little Christian" A score or
L. |
promise to warrant trial at rehearsal,
)ut there the greatest stumbling block
vas found. The character of Eleanor
'equires and demands the most versa
lie art, as the part runs the gamut of
ife's emotions. Miss Ida Werner,
7oung and beautiful actress, was final
y selected over the heads of older
celebrities to play the role this season,
N the Grand opera houSe Januarv 10 |