Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-05-02
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running shanty near this mill with
crew of fifteen picked men, teams,
logging for Herman Miller and John
L. Gallon. The logs are hauled to
Aucutt's mill for saving.
I'll. Dern and C. IL. Miller left here
on Monday as delegates from Wausau
Fire Co. No. l to meeting of the
State Fire convention which was held
in Menasha on Tuesday.
Bother Johnson of the Central has
just put in new job printing press.
This makes two fast running Job
presses in our town.
Chas. Fuller, recently on employee
of Aug. Kickbusch, is about to open
a store in Jenny.
About II o'clock last night the port
able mill of +. p Manson, ten miles
southwest of the town, was totally
consumed by fire. Mr.. Drake, the
engineer, and some of the other men
had to jump from the window of their
sleeping rooms in order to save their
lives. Loss was $1,000; no insurance.
SATURDAY, FEB. "a, 1872.
The editor of the Pilot in this
issue gave an account of a trip to
Jenny of which we give the salient
points: On Saturday last we took it
into our heads to take a little ride
and accompanied by II. E. Wright
and our little daughter, started for
Trappe river mills, NJ. De Courseys,
expecting to return the same day
But at Billy Schwaff's, in the old
Marshal place, aye, haven't we had
some fine times there?) we over
took Cyrus Strobridge with his bays,
accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter and Miss Jones, assistant teacher
in our public school, and made broad
head pressure on us to make the
through trip to Jenny, to which we
finally consented, arriving there at
one O'Clock and putting up at the
Space hotel. 1t is two years since we
were there and improvements haG
sprung up like magic. Fine residenc.
es, large business establishments and
50 forth, three good hotels-Space's
Norway's and julie Poses; two stores
-Parcher's in charge of Fred Norman
and Frank Andrews. In the evening
we attended the theatre in Parcher's
new hall where Walters star dramatic
troupe gave rich performance, after
which came the dance. We were all
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Here followed a long write up on the
mills and future possibilities Of
Jenny In our walks about town we
crossed the new bridge which opens
up a large trade to Jenny from the
fine regions of Berlin and Maine with
other advantages. 1t is going to
make Jenny the second place in the
county for business Wausau cannot
be outstripped. On our return, we
took a seat in Mr.. Strobridge's rig
and came down on the west side of
the Wisconsin river, which was heav-
lily timbered, principally with hard
wood, the entire distance, but we
passed by large farms, fifty and one
hundred acres each, with as good a
soil as there is in the state. They
had fine harms. stock and COSY and
comfortable residences. In due time
we arrived in Wausau well pleased
with our trip and the country and
with the conviction that our sturdy
farmers were making money, and
that Jenny is one of the liyliest towns
this side of sun rise and made up Of
wholesouled men and women, too, as
were ever permitted to step upon
Gods footstool. May their sun never
set.