Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-07-07
OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF INTEREST WHICH WERE Publ ISHED
IN WAUSAU OVER FIFTY YEARS AGO

contract for building a new school
house, 2Ox30 feet has been let; that
Capt. P. ID. Marshall has line farm
and buildings about seven miles above
Wausau, on the road to Jenny. Capt.
has lived there since 1S49; that the an
nual school meeting was held on Mon
day, Sept. 2Sth, 1857. and Burton Mil
lard was elected director, M NJ. Charles
clerk and w. S. Hobart, treasurer. A
resolution was adopted to build new
school house and tax of 81, 900 was
voted. Building to be completed in the
summer of 1853. 1t was also voted to
have ten months school in 1858.
In this issue of Sept. Both, 1857, Mrs.
ID. b. Wy.ie announces to the ladies
that she has s'just received well
selected assortment of fashionable mil
linery goods" store on Main street. On
that week there were. two marriages,
viz: VIM. White, who had been clerk
in the Forest House for four years, to
Mrs. Eleanor Bissell, and Charles
Buttke to Johanna Kreuger. Asa Rogers
officiated at the former and Luman
Stevens at the latter
In this issue are reported the failures
of 70 banks, among them was the Wau-
pun bank, at Waupun. Carl Schurz'
letter of acceptance of the nomination
for the Office of Lieut.. Gov. of Wiscon-
sin is also found in this issue, also a
circular to the electors of Portage
county, concerning the issuing of bonds
to assist in building the Mil. & Hori-
con r. K. The circular was plea for
the road and asking the voters to go to
the halls at the special election to be
held on the 18th day of October, 1857,
and cast their ballots in favor of the
issuing of bonds. This circular was
signed by about $50 names of citizens
of Portage county.
The following is an advertisement
that is interesting: Daily line of stages
between WausaI and Mosinee connect
ing with the steamer 'Northerner.
Leaves Wausau every morning (Sun-
days excepted) at o'clock, arriving at
Mosnee in time to connect with the
steamer at that place. Returning, will
leave Mosinee on the arrival of the
steamer at Wausau at o'clock in the
evening"
Tho - HaHfx.al yD;e 0f
Sept. 3Oth, 1867, was printed On green
paper, because, as was stated, the sup
ply of white had given out and failure
to receive a new supply.
The news items tell of Indian troubles
between the Sioux and Chippewas; of
the mormons being reused to fever
heat at the prospect of an invasion
from the U. s. troops, and at a meeting
held in Salt Lake City, on the I'd of
August, Brigham Young said to the
faithful: Now let me tell you one
thing, hail it as witness that God
designs to cut the thread between us
and the world, when an army under
takes to make their appearance in this
territory to chastise me or to take my
life from the earth, lay it down that
right is. or least shall be right with
Heaven, with It's servants and with all
its people on the earth. AS for the rest
we will wait little while to see; but /
shall take hostile movement by our
enemies as an evidence that it is time
for the thread 70 be cut. think that
we will find three hundred who will lap
water, and we can whip out the INDIAN
ties. Brother Heker said that he could
turn out his women and they could
whip them. ask no odds of the wicked
the best way they can fix it."