Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02

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last Pilot Mr.. Chubbuck started the
Central Wisconsin" in 1857 instead of
1866, as published Potatoes were made
to appear worth only Is cents per
! bushel; the figures should have been
/ 81 so.
ITEMS OF wAUsAU NEWS, PUBLISHED
ON THE DATES GIVEN
Wednesday, April 18th, 1857: Wednes-
day evening, April 18th. meeting was
called at Forest hall, to commemorate
the starting of Wausau's first paper,
the Central Wisconsin" The speak
ers were: Hon. VIM. FL. Kennedy and
Eli &. Chase. A number of toasts were
read by DIR. Gordon at the close. Three
of which are given to the readers of the
PILOT. viz:
Our CHUBBUcK"-May he entwine
the rope of literature around the horns
of the Big Bull and lead him out into
the "greenfields" of wealth and re-
nown.
The VILLAGE OF WAUsAU-May its
great natural advantages be Improved
by art to their utmost extent, and
where the forest pines now stand, may
the spires OF city rise-the home of
thousands and a great center of inland
trade and commerce.
"A The BOYS OF THE PINERY-The bones
and sinews of Central and Northern
Wisconsin-may they be worthy of the
pinery girls.
After the exercises tn hall was cleared
for dance.
In the locals news, of April 29th, 1857,
we condense the following: The ice
has gone out and six RATS of timber
and three of lumber, belonging to Sol
.omon Huntley, of Boone Co., ILL.,,
started out on Sunday; that two fleets
belonging to w. D. McIndoe; two be-
longing to g. N. Lyman; two belong
ing to ID. A. Barnes; two belonging 10
r. H. Walroad and one belonging to l..
Doolittle, have left; that during the
week, Chas. Shutter sold village lots to
the amount of 81, 500; TIA. the mills are
beginning to do brisk business; that
ehO AOe> VOUAo SOOA OC uOWA anu tu6
mills would be cutting 100000 day;
that the editor had been shown plans
for the Barnes block, which was to be
erected at the corner of jackson and
Main streets.
The news items of this issue tell of
the massacre of white settlers at Spirit
Lake, and the exploding of Steam
boiler which had been put into the
State Sentinel office at Indianapolis.
The loss to the building, presses and
type was about S12, ,0OO
Il May 6, 1857: In this issue appears a
communication, the writer of which
was termed al old resident of
Wausau, having come here in 1S4l,
but he does not sign his name. He
says that in 1841, Wausau was known
as Big Bull Falls; that the land .on
which Wausau stands was claimed" by
Wakefield in 1888 and sold to Geo.
Stevens, who built, in 1838-39, the first
double mill, about where the Stewart
mill is located, also the guard lock and
dam across where the old Plumer
mill and electric light plant are now;
that the mills in operation in 1841 were
the Stevens, Woodw ard & Baker and
Barnes mills; that they cut about $500
600 per annum; that the only road to
Stevens Point was by river and only
conveyance re dug out;' that in win
ters road was made over the ice, on
the river.
The news items of this issue. report
an Indian battle in Blue Earth, Mime
sofa, and some six or eight Indians
killed.
Local news, May 6, 1857: That DR..
Gordon was preparing the foundation
for building on Third St., and Chas.
Shutter one for a building on Jefferson
St.; that VIM. Bradford was building
d dwelling house on Third street, (this
was across the street from where the
First National bank is now that the ice
is out above Wausau and Jenny Bull;
lumbermen have their fleets here and
are running the falls; that the bank
of the river above is lined with RATS;
that the saw mill of VIM. Scholfield, on
the Eau Claire, three miles below Wau-
sau, was rebuilt last year on the site of
the one burned year ago last March;
it contains an edger a gang of q
saws and is the only gang in this
vicinity. Recently the gang cut 2l.OOO
feet by day light and is capable of cut
ting 100000 feet per month; that Mr.
Barnes has the contract for building a
turnpike road to Mosinee, which he
hopes to have completed in July; that
w. G. Blair and w. P. King operate
hotels in Mosinee; that Little Bull Falls
has been run with considerable success
the past week; that shree rapids pieces
belonging to j. G. Goodhue broke loose
became unmanageable and passed
through the jaws of destruction; that
on Friuay, two pieces belonging to g
L. Judson, became lodged in the Roths-
childs rocks; that sixteen men left
Grand Rapids for Grand Father Bull
Falls to drive logs for j. F. Luut, April
4th They arrived on the 10th, but too
early to drive and desiring to do some
thing to pay expenses, they went to
cutting logs on the ice. They made a
logging crotch" and with ropes
harnessed themselves in and put in
i00, 900 feet, selling the same to Frances
Biron at 81 so Thousand, amounting
to $4,000.
May 1s. 1851: In this issue was pub
lished the fact that the books OF the
Milwaukee and Horizon Ry. Co. had
been opened at the Co.'S Office in Mil
waukee, and calling for subscriptions
for the 81 ,2OO, ,OC0 additional stock which
was to be applied to extending fhe road
from Stevens Point to Lake Superior.
Local news, May I3, 1857: That relig