Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-26


day of April, 1857. 1t was an eight
column, four page paper all published
at home, as there was no such thing as
q patent inside or outside in those days.
1t contained something like fourteen
columns of advertising. and its rates
were fully equal of those of the papers
OF today. One column contained list
OF the principal officials of the United
States and Wisconsin and full list of
Marathon county and village of Wau-
sau officials. AT that time
James Buchanan was president.
Roger b. Teney, Chief Justice of the
U. S. supreme court.
James r. Doolittle, u S. senator.
Abraham Brawley, register and A.
g. Ellis, receiver of the u. S. land
office at Stevens Point.
Gales Bashford, Gov. of Wisconsin.
G. w. Gate, circuit judge of this dis.
trict, with headquarters at Stevens
Point.
MARATHON COUNTY.
Co. Judge-H. C. Goodrich.
Clerk of Court-Asa Lawrence.
Sheriff-Garry l.. Judson.
Under Sheriff-Geo. G. Green.
Dist. Atty.-Eli 4. Chase.
Register of Deeds-Thos Single.
Treasurer-James E. Armstrong.
Surveyor-Asa Lawrence.
VILLAGE OF wAUsAU.
Supervisors-Perley Dodge, Chm,
Jacob Paff, Rufus Manson
Town Treasurer-G. G. Green.
Justice of the Peace-R M. Welch, j.
T. Bartlett and Geo. A. Lawrence.
Town Clerk. Stevens.
. Supt, Schools-Eli K. Chase.
Assessor-Albon Clark.
Constables-Renj. Whitaker, JOS
Netherill and Fran Bartell.
A few doing business in Wausau,
1867, as shown by advertisements, were:
w. A. Gordon, "a. d.
Walter Mclndoe, G w. Lyman, Thos
Hinton, d. q. B. Barnes, Hoffman &
Wylie all dealers in general merchan-
disc.
Lawyers-Eli r. Chase, VIM. H. Ken
nedy, Hiram Calkins, NJ M. Charles
and L. w. Thayer.
Hotels-Forest House, corner of Third
and Forest streets, conducted by Chas.
A. Single.
Wausau Home, corner Washington
and Main streets, by John LeMessurier.
The Knowlton House at Knowlton
was owned by j. x. Brands
Plymouth House, at Eau Pleine, by
M. Wylie.
Other hotels mentioned were the
Phelps House, Stevens Point; Buena
Vista House at Buena Vista; Oshkosh
House, Oshkosh; Exchange Hotel, Fond
du Lac and Menominee Hotel, Milwau-
kee.
The death of Mrs. Mary Youles is
chronicled in the issue of April %, 1857
She was the mother of Messrs. Ben,
Charles and Thos. Single and j. T..
Youles. She came to this country from
England 1885 and lived in Milwaukee
until 1855, when she came to Wausau
and was living at Rib Mills, on Little
Rib, three miles west of Wausau. when
she died.
Chas. Shutter purchased of w. ID. Nc
[ndoe, so town lots for s12, 900.
"Tse ice is still firm on the river,
most OF the distance between here and
stevens Point and RATS will not be run
out before the lst of May. The oldest
inhabitant of the pinery never knew
the spring more behind"
245 votes were cast in the spring elec-
ton on that year.
"A large portion of the lands oi
Marathon county are now subject TO
entry at ST. .25 per acre."
Thos. Single was postmaster in 1851
and.in an advertisement he made these
announcements. "Three mails weekly
from Wausau to Stevens Point; weekly
mail from Wausau to Ontonogan and
Lake Superior, Office open on Sundays
frcln to O'Clock q. m. and i2 to p.
m"
This was the first marriage notice
published in Wausau: SAT the Forest
House, in this village, April 1st, 1857,
Mr.. Fred Burgess to Miss Priscilla
Pfdrick, all of this town"
Three columns of.the advertisements
in this issue were for Stevens Point
merchants. Among them we note such
familiar names as VIM. Scholfield, Or.
fiul Maybee aud j. Slothower.
We note in the locals that the steam
er '.Northerner'' is running between
Stevens Poii: and Mosinee and another
like her conld do business between
Wausau and Mosinee; that the southern
part of Wisconsin was covered with
snow to the depth of inches up TO thu
Sth OF April; tAat considerable lumber
was being RATED in; that young man
in the village wishes to change his con.
dition Of single life for the matrimonial
state. the young lady must not be under
- years. and willing to live in q log
shanty for the first year after mar
riage: that the town presents lively
appearance. with the boys paradina
the streets in their red shirts and max