Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-02-13
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

DIR. Turbin, the eminent German
specialist and surgeon, will be at thu
Bells House, Saturday. March 9th.
John Block lost two fingers of his
right hand last Friday while working
at cutoff saw at the Curtis & Yale
factory No. l.
John Stewart, son of Mr.. and Mrs
II. G. Stewart, was confined to his
home by illness the past week. He is
now all right again.
All of the public buildings and
many of our business houses were fly.
ing the national colors yesterday in
honor of Lincoln's birthday.
Next Friday evening the Wausau
high school will play the Fond du-
Lac high school basket bail team in
this city.
Mrs. John Foster is critically i'll at
her home at the corner of Forest and
Second streets. Mrs. Foster former
ly lived at Mosinee and is one Of the
old settlers of that place.
Tomorrow is st. Valentines day,
the day set by many years of custom
for lovers to exchange missiles show
ing their hearts condition toward the
other party. Did you get valen-
tines
James w. Mccormick, formerly of
Rhinelander later of Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, died in the latter city Jan. 81.
Mr.. Mccormick was an attorney and
was known by many of the profession
and had many other acquaintance in
Wausau.
All passenger trains on the st. Paul
road coming from the South have
been off schedule time the past week,
some days these trains being two and
three hours late. Such a state of
affairs causes considerable annoy
ance to the travelling public.
In every ward of the city citizens
meetings have been held the past
week, at which speakers explained 20
the taxpayers the benefits of COM
mission form of government for our
city. The people are taking much in
terest in the coming election and in
dications point to large vote.
Our merchants association ought
to join in the appeal of the people
living along the Northwestern rail-
road between here and Marshfield,
asking for Sunday passenger service
on that road. 1t would be of great
convenience and help to local bust
ness If the Northwestern company
would grant the request.
DO you know that more real danger
turks in common cold than in any
other of the minor ailments? The
safe way is to take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, thoroughly reliable
preparation, and rid yourself of the
cold as quickly as possible. This
remedy is for sale by all dealers.
At Appleton citizens committee
has employed member of the Burns
Detective agency TO investigate the
mode in which the saloons of that
city are being run. Three saloon
keepers have already been caught in
the meshes of the investigation, and
others are said to be i'm danger of
like predicament. The charges
brought against the three are selling
Intoxicating liquor to minor.
Attorney General Bancroft in an
unofficial opinion given recently, holds
that the practice in vogue for many
years of having carriages or automo-
biles to transport voters to the polls
in an election is prohibited by the
corrupt practice law passed by the
last legislature. So if any voter
wishes henceforth to ride TO the polls
he will have to pay for his ride him.
self. The attorney general gave out
this opinion in connection with the
election held at Madison on the COM
mission form of government.