Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-08-30

sister OF Mr.. /. POmainville, who has
been spending the past two weeks
among relatives and friends in this
city, returned home Wednesday
afternoon.
The Daily Press of Menasha is one
of the late improvements ia that live
city. The Menasha people know how
to stick together in all their enter
prises. We predict that the new
Daily Press will succeed.
Mr.. Harry Burt has resigned his
clerkship at the Fair Corner store and
engaged his services TO Mr.. Clifford.
He will act as advance agent. Harry
is a worker and will undoubtedly sue
ceed in the future as in the past. His
brother Fred will assist Mr.. st. Amour
and Smith in the store.
Stevens Point as we'll as several
other neighboring towns are suffering
greatly from too much saloon business
How much better it would be for all
concerned if these citizens would
adopt high license-say $500 for
beer and wine saloons and $1,000 or
$500 for whisky shops.
G. Fl. Slocum has had an Egyptian
ornament in his drug store this week.
Ask Charley to tell you how he came
by it. On Tuesday we were in there
and cit was brushing flies and cob
webs off the ceiling and shelves.
Charley says it was like Top8y, it
''growed."
The Anglo-American circus last
Thursday was very good. The
number Of games of chance which
accompanied it however, are too
numerous to be healthy. It was
regular fools day in this city. Our
old citizens were the ones who were
made victims.
A AZ page brief in the case of Hof-
man VS.. King, has just been completed
in this Office and will soon be called at
the Supreme Court. Attorney Geo.
r. Gardner is managing the case as
Counsel. MIR. Gardner is one of the
most successful attorneys who appears
before the Supreme Court. The
Whorton- W ebster, and Blake cases
are late instances Of his success there.
We call attention to the ADVERTISE
ment of the Wausau School of Teleg-
raphy. This school has just been
newly furnished and equipped through
out and everything neatly arranged to
give students thorough knowledge of
Railroad and Commercial Telegraphy.
Young men who wish to become teIe-
graph operators and railroad agents
can do no better than attend the
Wausau School of TeIegraphy.
The REPORTER calls the attention
Of its readers to the fact that Mr..
Walter Wood is selling organs rapidly
and also the fact they are the best the
market affords. The Smith American
and George Wood organs are consider
ed the most durable and cheapest.
Mr.. Wood takes pleasure in showing
these organs to parties whether they
buy or not So don't be bashfuI, but
give him call before purchasing
elsewhere.
1t is pleasure to note the continued
prosperity of cur sister city, Wausau
They do net drop one public improve
ment before another is set in motion,
and so it goes year in and year out,
all attributable to the life and enter
prise Of it's people. The latest neces-
sity was a daily newspaper and
accordingly the enterprising Daily
Central supported by the people has
made its appearance in Wausau and is
fixed fact. Robt. Johnson is pub
Usher and the lively Art. J. Dodge its
editor. May it succeed. make money
and friends is the REPORTERS worst
wish. Wausau is booming.
Second Land Excursion of the
season to southwestern Minnesota,
southern Dakota and northeast Neb-
raska over the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore & Western, Green Bay,
Winona & st. Paul, Wisconsin