Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
SHORT news ITEMS.

specialist and surgeon, will be at the
Bells House, Monday, June 6.
Someone entered one of the rear
windows of the Mint saloon one night
last week and stole about S25 out of
drawer
The condition of Mrs. VIM. Cawley
is greatly improved at present, and
there are indications which presage
an early recovery.
There will be sale and supper at
the Uniyersalist church on Tuesday
evening, May 3ist, by the Ladies' Aid
society of that congregation.
if you are in need of shingles cali
and see our large assortment and get
prices before buying elsewhere.
If. BARKER 3 STEWART LUMBER Co.
Earl, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Green,
residing at 7O4 Washington street, is
i'll with scarlet fever. The house was
under quarantine several weeks last
winter when another child was i'll
with the disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alexander,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Armstrong, Ed.
and w. Armstrong and John Shue
came up from Wausau this morning
In the formers auto. They returned
this afternoon Merrill Herald.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will clear the sour stomach,
healthy appetite. They promote the
flow of gastric juice, thereby Undue
ing good digestion. Sold by all
dealers.
Ovid Belanger and family will make
Wausau their home during the sum-
mer. Mr.. Belanger has closed his
Rapids for the season and during the
summer he will have charge of the
management of the street railway
company's pavilion.
The Bells hotel management has
sent out cards TO be posted in the
different hotels of the state, notify
ing the public that the hotels of Wau-
sau will be crowded June "a. Ar
engagements are under way TO have
train run to Merrill each night of the
u. G. T. convention and back to Wau-
sau in the morning, so as to relieve
the WauSau hotels of the congestion
at that time.
The C. NJ. s. st. z. Ry. Co. has
commenced an action in circuit court
to prevent Marathon county and its
treasure, Herman Vetter, from col
iecting macadam tax on four city lots.
The lots face Fulton street and are
located near the intersection of Sew
enth. When Fulton street was macad-
amized the railroad company was
assessed Sl01.S3 as its proportionate
share of the cost of the work. The
company refused to pay the tax, claim
ing that the macadam was of no
direct benefit 10 its lots and that they
are in reality a part of its right-of-
way and therefore exempt from city
taxes
The starting Of the city's rock
crusher has been delayed this year,
owing TO various reasons. Usually it
was put in operation in May The
macadam work laid out for this sea
son is more limited than usual and
less rock was purchased the past
winter than heretofore. Provision
was made some time ago for macad-
amizing Sixth street from the end of
the car line north to'the city limits
10 ioin the work done on the Merrill
read in the town of Texas. The
farmers living up that way are clam
oring for = start TO be made in this
work
The agronomy department of the
state agricultural college win use part
If the Marathon county asylum farm
AGAIN this summer In demonstration
work. LIST year the work was carried
ON on thirteen institutional farms in
wisconsin. This year they have been
increased TO twenty. The tests this
wear will include the planting and
care of alfalfa fields; corn breeding
for better yields; tests of corn for yir-
ility and for best methods Of planting;
FERTILIZER tests and Others. Prof. {.
p Norgord in charge or the work, has
visited the twenty farms and aided
the managers to start the seasons
work.