Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-02
sATuRpAY. FEB. lO. lS12.

sATURDAN, FEB. III, 1872.
Here IS what Lutte A. Taylor, editor
OF the Lacrosse Republican and dLeader.
said about Wausau in his visit here
IN the early part of February, 1872:
"Wausau is thirty miles nearly di-
rectly north from Stevens Point and
IS the most northerly town of note on
the Wisconsin river. One would
naturally think that thirty-eight
miles Is quite a drive, but it is not
when driving with Hon. W. ID. Nc
lndoe behind whose team Dan" and
belle" we made the distance in two
hours and fifty-five minutes. There
is poetry in sleigh riding in this man.
ner. Wausau is a solid, substantial
town and is very thrifty and prosper
Gus. We expected to find the rugged
edges and cheap construction of a
frontier town and were surprised not
only OF the size and business of the
place, but at the character of its busi-
ness buildings. Here are stores with
! the city elegance and carrying large
stocks of goods there is a music hall.
surpassed by but few in the state,
and its hotels are commodious and
finely furnished, Charley Single tax
ing the lead. The two papers here,
the Central Wisconsin and the Pilot,
are excellent local papers, and the
office OF the latter is model of neat
ness, comfort and order There are
many heavy lumber firms here, COM
prlsed OF men of wealth, energy and
sagacity. Prominent among these
and the pioneer of them all, is Hon.
Walter ID. McIndoe, equally well
| known in business and political circles.
1t was Mr.. McIndoes good fortune to
| represent this district in Congress
during the greater part of the war,
| and his name is linked with the most
important legislation in American
history. Few men have political
record as enyiable as his own, and no
man in the state has a larger num-
Der of admiring and devoted friends. +"
Daniels shingle mill was started on
Monday with fine crew. The mill
is turning out 10000 shingles day.
The press about the circuit speak
of Judge Cate as though he was just
the person to fill the elevated position
he now occupies on the bench--that
he is an able lawyer, impartial in his
decisions as judge and will give better
satisfaction to the whole circuit than
any other man.
/ Ons A.onuay laso our friend, DIR.
Wiley, gave US seat in his sleigh
and we visited r. p. MaEson's port
able sawmill, 10 miles southwest of
our village. We left at $50 a. m. and
at HOO brought us up at the mill.
We found the mill in tip top working
order every man in his place and
doing his duty. The mill is in charge
of Peter st. Austin, and no better
man can be found to ''fill the bill. ("
1t is lDcated at present between Mosi-
nee and Rib hill and is really in a
romaItic spot. 1t is saving 25,000
per cay and the quality of the lumber
will average so per cent. in the mill
are line men with j. w. Drake,
engineer; Alonzo Stevens, head sawyer
and fler. The whole crew for logging
and 80 forth, comprise thirty-five
men and ten teams-6 span of horses
and Jour yoke of cattle. We also
visited Aucutt's mill where they also
have fine crew of about ten men.
Geo. Q. Aucutt, proprietor; Aug.
Baeryald, engineer; Hugo Peters,
head sawyer and William Hawkins,
filer. Ex-sheriff Jos. Barnard, one Of
the Did substantial pinery men, is