Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-10
Better write the Rhinelander Boat

Better write the Rhinelander Boat
Company before buying boat. Their
catalog is free and you will find the
prices Interesting. m13-t
In Minocqua last Tuesday Chas.
Barnum, VIM. Ruder and Gus. Melang,
all former Wausau people, were elected
to office. Several other former Wau-
sau people who were candidates, did
not fare so well.
Oliver w. Stewart, of Chicago, will
deliver lecture tomorrow evening IN
the opera house on THE Enforcement
of Law as Applied to Saloons" He is
said to be one of the greatest temper
ance lecturers on the platform today
and is sent here by the Prohibition
party. The lecture is free.
John A. Kirkpatrick, who died Mon
day at his home, 1896 S. Second Ave-, of
consumption, was buried Wednesday
afternoon, the Rev. +. HI. Brigham
officiating. He was nearly sixty years
of age and had been a resident of Wau-
sau for the past five years. he is sur
vived by his wife and nine children.
A meeting OF the Winnebago Presby-
tery is being held today in Stevens
Point and will continue tomorrow and
Thursday. On Wednesday evening
Rev. j. A. Steman will be formerly in
stalled as a pastor of the Stevens Point
church at which time Rev. S. n. Will
son, of this city, will deliver a sermon.
An old residence building at the rear
of the McIndoe property is being torn
down, preparatory to fixing up the
grounds as site for the free public
library. The bus barn will also be
torn down shortly Just as soon as
conditions will permit, the work of
building the foundation walls for the
library building will begin.
VIM. r. Chellis, of the city, and
Anthony Guenther, of Knowlton, APP
pointed by the county clerk to canvas
the election returns, met Saturday at
the court house and footed up the fig
ures. They were assisted by VIM.
Kregel, ex-county clerk. In several
towns there were tie votes which were
settled by the contestants themselves.
During the past week Mr.. Brayton E.
Smith, lawyer, has been fitting up an
Office in the Lawrence block, on Third
: street, for the practice of his profession.
Mr.. Smith comes here from St. Paul,
where he has had his headquarters for
the last six years, while holding posi-
| ton in the United States civil service.
He will carry Ona general law practice.
Gustav Ludwig, young farmer liv-
= ing in the town of Halsey, was found
dead in the woods one day early last
week by his wife, after he had failed to
make his appearance at the dinner
table, He had cut tree off the stump
and it lodged in another tree; when he
cut the second one both fell on him,
crushing his head He leaves, besides
his wife, two children.
Old Hicks, the weather prophet, came
as near hitting the mark with his prog
nostications for last week as some old
maids come to catching a husband.
He had storm all fixed up for us from
the I'd to the 9TH, but the storm, as a
shuttle" He has a lot more storms
booked for this month and may posi-.
bly, accidentally strike it right once or
twice. Any weather prophet can.
While a c. & N. w. freight train was
being run in on the Barker & Stewart
spur Friday from the main track, an
axil of one of the trucks of ear broke
in two. This allowed the car to fall
down onto the track and the wheels OF
the broken truck worked their way
under the wheels of the next car
damaging both trucks and throwing
the car off the track. 1t was several
hours later before the track was
cleared.
On next Tuesday the old council will
hold IFS last meeting and the new
mayor and council will be ushered into
office Mr. Duncan will undoubtedly
announce his appointment of com
mitteeS at this meeting and it is quite
likely that the appointive offices-city
clerk, water superintendent, city Taper
poor superintendent and dog catcher
will be filled. The present incumbent,
ChaS. +. Beck, will without any doubt
succeed himself as city clerk.
Chas KeSSner, of this city, charged
with attempted murc or, was on Friday
bound over for trial in municipal court.
kesSner, it is claimed, attempted to
send Robt. Treu, of the town of Stettin,
to Heaven by the Winchester rifle route
recently, but failed because of poor
craftsmanship. His story that he was
, shooting at crows instead of at Treu
was too thin for the court tn believe and
: he was bound over, his bail being fixed
at $500. If reports circulated recently
about KesSner are trse it would appear
, that his mind is unbalanced.
Rib hill, in this county, is now stated
: to be the highest poi 1T of land in Wis
consin. 1t is nearly SO feet above che
water surface of the Wisconsin and
Rib rivers, flowing at is base, and 500
feet above the fiat topped uplands of its
surrounding region. Holy Hill, near
Hartford, for many years was believed
entitled to this distinction. Later, one
lof the blue mounds near Madison was
believed to be the highest point in the
state. Now it is discovered that neither
of these statements are correct and
THAT Rib hill is entitled TO the honor.