Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-25
OLD HISTORY.


and Health, p. 28l.
OLD HISTORY.
A Few Names and Incidents Familiar
to Old Residents.
In searching through some of our old
relics one day recently, we came across
an old pamphlet entitled. "The City of
Wausau," compiled by H. B. Crandall
i'm 1872, and printed in the office of the
Oshkosh Northwestern. Itmakes curl
Gus reading at this time-thirty- five
years after publication-especially to
an old resident. AS reminder of old
personages we will this week publish
some data taken from this pamphlet
The population of Wausau at that
time YVES 1000 and of the county. 6,O0O
The census of 1905 gave Wausau 4,459
and the county, 50,249, so that it is
apparent the county as whole is grow
ing faster than the city.
The legislature of 1912 had issued a
city charter to Wausau and the officers
were Aug. Kickbusch, mayor; clerk
John Patzer treasurer, j. Dahlman !;
marshal. Geo. Stetz; justice, 3. Ringle;
city engineer, E. I. Abbott; city attor-
ney, c. IL. Mueller
There were three hotels here, the
Forest House, Chas Single, Prop; the
Winkley House, Chas Winkley, Prop,
and the Central House, John LeMes-
surfer, Prop. Peter Hunt. A. Olson, Jos.
Noiseaux, Casper Sem, Jacob Nelson,
+. Trantow. Chris Baerwald and DIR.
Smith were conducting boarding
houses.
The mercantile interests were repre-
sented by Jas. McCrossen, Otto Sie-
grist, Aug. Kickbusch, c. Anthem, M.
Duffy, ,Leander LaChance, 4. E. Parch-
er, VIM. Barteld, VIM. Drost, dry
goods, groceries, etc.; &. Woessner, d.
A. Mccullough, G. Pagenkopf, tailor
goods Mueller & Quandt, boots and
shoes; John Schneider, Il. Bau-
man, hardware John Egeler. tinware.
The stores in those days did not special
ize as they do today, as witness the fol-
lowing; Frost q Schneider, dealers in
drugs, paints and oils, stationery and
Yankee notions. r. E. Parcher keeps
a full supply of drugs. M. Sweeney,
prescription clerk, understands his bus
mess" Here is another excerpt :
News room-None in town where the
popular weeklies and dailies can be
had. When the cars come, then such
an institution would pay"
Only three saw mills are mentioned
in the pamphlet, those of w. ID. McIn-
| doe, j. e. Clarke and b. g. Plumer.
These were all operated by water
power From twenty five to fifty extra
men were employed.in the spring of the
year in rafting the lumber sawed in
them. The pamphlet says:
IF those who are engaged in the
numbering business in Wausau could
have the benefit of a railroad, the value
of their property would be increased
fully fifty per cent, and the lumber
| which could be shipped every week
would afford an opportunity to use the
capital invested, many times during
the year. Now, about once or twice a
year is all that this can be done. This
waiting for high water in order to get
lumber to market by the clrcuitous
channels of the Wisconsin and Misss-
sippi rivers, is quite inconvenient,
many times very uncertain and un-
profitable and is not calculated to cul-
tivate the grace of patience very mucn." !"
Other parties who were logging and
having their logs cut at other mills
were: j. +. Leahy, Ed. Nichols, M.
Stafford, Jas. McCrossen, j. Peters, W..
Lawrence, A. Andrews, John Gallon,
r. E. Parcher, VIM. Reid, H. Allen,
Jas. Single.
Werheim & Kickbusch were operat-
ing steam planning mill, and M.
Daniels steam shingle mill.
There were only two barber shops in
town at that time, operated by Henry
Dern and Chauncey Poor.
There were sixteen saloons, "all do
ing spirited business, having plenty
of customers. No more needed at the
present time''
G. Oswald run bakery and ice
cream stand.
Brick then sold for $40 per thousand
and lime at So per barrel.
The Bank of Interior was then in
operation and Silverthorn q Plumer
were doing banking business in the
j. Kolter block, ID. l.. Pluner, one of
the firm, being county surveyor
Land agencies were represented by
Chas. Hoeflinger, B. Ringle, John Pat
ger, Jacob Paff and Jos. McEwen and
the insurance business by w. c. Silver
thorn. Jacob Paff, c. H. Mueller and
V. A. Anderson
The practicing attorneys were w. G.
Silverthorn, Z. l.. Bump, G. H. Muel-
Ter, M. M Charles and M. H. Barnum.
The physicians were, W. H. Searles,
d. B. Wylie, A. H. Frost, T. Smith, H..
Kristen and E. q. Clark.
The Wausau cemetery comprised but
five acres and the Pine Knot Literary
society lad a library of about 700 books.
1t cost 500 to become a member Of
this society.
| The Masonic, Odd Fellows and Good
1emplars are the only frarernal socie-
ties mentioned.
There were five churches: Methodist,
Rev. II. B. Crandall; Episcopal, Rev.
Thos. Green; Lutheran. Rev. Reinecke;
Catholic, Rev Fr Spitzleberger; Uni
versalist mot quite completely Rev. E.
Schultz.