Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

We're not throwing bouquets at our
selves, but wedo claim mai we have
the largest stock of wall paper in the
city.-C. G. Pier, 2O4, Scott So, phone
1926.
Rev. W. E. johnson of St Johns
church, was called to Minneapolis last
week by the illness of one of his chill
dren which has been living with it's
uncle since the death of it's mother a
few months ago.
The Anchor Casualty Co. has rented
offices in the Wisconsin Valley TrEst
building. Since the removal of the
company from Milwaukee to Wausau
the Office heretofore has been in the
First National bank building.
G. G. Parlin delivered lecture be-
fore good sized audience in the NJ E.
church Friday evening. 1t was illus
trated with about 100 lantern views
pictures he had taken on his trips
abroad. Ten pies, cathedrals and other
buildings were shown in their grandeur
and fully explained. and withal the lee
ture was very instructive and enter
tanning.
While a teamster living in this city
was coming down Rib hill Wednes-
day with load of rock for the Wausau
Quartz Co, the load proved too heavy
for the horses to hold back, and they
and the load were thrown over an en-
bankment and one of the horses was
killed. The animal was owned by Don
Murray and the team was being driven
by Geo. Rhodes.
The Liederkranz masquerade, given
in Elks hall on the evening of last
Wednesday was quite well attended,
and thoroughly enjoyed by maskers
and spectators alike. Liberal prizes
were given and there was a fine array
of costumes. There has been a notice
able thing this winter which is that
masquerade balls are not growing in
popularity. A few years ago one of
these functions drew out SO many peo-
pie that there was not hall in town
large enough to accommodate all. At
present conditions are different.
A company which played week
stand at the opera house last week had
a pet coyote. The animal was tied to a
tree near the opera house during the
day and was very playful with dogs
which joined it. 1t showed no DISPOSE
ton to be ugly with dogs, but it was
not safe for person to try to pet it,
except those whom it knew. The ami
NAL resembled collie dog very much
except that its nose was more pointed
and that it had much heavier coat of
fur. Members of the company claim
that the coyote killed a bull dog in La
Crosse which attacked it.
John Boyd and Thos Davidson, two
half breeds, were brought down from
Rhinelander Wednesday and pleaded
guilty in circuit court to the charge of
robbery, in night time. Each was
sentenced to serve a term of two years
in the state prison in Waupun. About
six weeks ago the two robbed the book
keeper of the Flambeau Lumber Co. Of
Flambeau, of valuable papers worth APP
proximately $4,000 to the company
The papers were of no value to the
man and WARE a II raoouarod IN hon tha;,
arrest was made. Shortly after the
robbery they were arrested on suspic-
ion and the papers were found on them
After several weeks confinement in
the Oneida county Jail they decided to
plead guilty.
Those who owned land adjoining the
river in the territory to be overfowed
when the Rothschilds dam is built are
engaged in clearing the same of timber
growth. When some of them sold the
land they retained the right of cutting
off the timber. Rock is being hauled to
the lam site while the sleighing is good,
by farmers living in that section. The
company will get rock from both sides
of the river and as an accommodation,
in giving the farmers cord measure,
wagon scales have been installed on
each side of the river. The dam will
be built below the rapids, so as to get
as large pond as possible and conse
quently greater power than would be
possible if it were built across the river
opposite the pavilion.