Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-07-09
PERSONAL MENTION.


down to celebrate the 4th with old
time friends.
Rev. Chas. BeyerIe attended COM
mencement exercises at the Academy
OF Lourdes, Marinette, the past week.
Thomas and Henry Frechette came
home on the Sd Of July to help cele-
brate the 18th in an old fashioned way
Miss Lizzie Douglas, sister Of Mrs.
Cooper, who has been teaching school
at Fargo, Dakota, is home again on
vacation.
Charley Lemley, of Merrill was
down celebrating the 4th with rela-
tives and friends in this city. Charley
Is the same old boy as of yore.
A brother of Mrs. A. Smith. and his
wife and child are guests at the NJ. g..
parsonage this week. They are from
Appleton.
DIR. Robinson has purchased the w
l.. Scott barn. He has also changed
boarding places and is now at the
Commercial Hotel, Centralia.
Mr.. Chas Pomainville who has been
a partner in the firm of 0. B. Prime
& Co. of Marinette, for about three
years has severed his connection with
the firm and will probably soon make
this city visit.
Crosby Grant, red hot Blaine re-
publican from Stevens Point, spent
some holiday money in our midst on
the Fourth among his friends in this
city. Crosby is brick and SO is Geo
Hungerford.
@. j. Carman returned home from
Iowa, Friday morning and remained
until Tuesday. We notice in the
Iowa Cresco Times that Mr. Carman
is doing splendid work for the Com
pany as general state agent.
Mrs. A. l.. Fontaine will leave on
Thursday morning for St.Paul and
spend two months with her parents in
that city Mr.. Fontaine will accomp-
pany her and return the following
Monday.
Messrs John SHUTS and VIM. Crit
fifth registered at the Central and
spent the Fourth in this city. They
are clerks in stores at Stevens Point.
Mr.. Morton Mosher assisted them in
finding a good time during their brief
stay.
Prof. Aleck Zenier returned home
last Friday and will remain here until
Monona Lake assembly opens when he
will serve as pianist for that occasion.
Aleck is growing more popular
every year as he becomes
better known. He is bound to sue
coed.
Mr.. Dennis Bishop has severed his
connection with the store of st. Amour
& Demars, Centralia. He has several
good offers abroad which he is holding
under Amusement. Dennis is bright
honorble young man and we trust will
do better than ever before in new
fields
Mr.. John Landry is engaged this
week moving his household goods from
the Purdy place on high street to their
new apartments in the Commercial
Hotel, Centralia. Their neighbors
regret very much that they are obliged
to lose them. Better ne1ghbors than
Mr. Landry and family are not easily
found.
Mr.. Byrde Vaughan has secured a
position in the law Office of Messrs.
Gardner and Gaynor Of this city and
will persue Blackstone as a profession.
He is a steady, deserving young man
and will no doubt prove success.
Mr. Vaughan graduated from the State
University this year and stood high
with the faculty of that institution.
His record there is excellent.
We ommitted to notice brief call
made this office by Mr.. y. i. NORM
Milwaukee attorney and nephew of
Mr.. Michael Mathews of the town of
Saratoga, where he has been spending
the past three weeks. Mr.. Norm is a
pleasant conversationalist and is well
posted in public affairs. He is here
recruiting his health,
Mr.. J. G. Hopkins. a daily Sentinel
reporter and solicitor, spent the fore
part of this week in this city and Cen
tralia. Mr.. Hopkins represents one
of the best, most newsy and complete
papers in the west. The price of the
daily has been reduced to So No
wide awake citizen should be without
it. 1t furnishes the latest news at
the earliest morning hour possible.
We read in the Dubuque Daily
Times a very complimentary article
about Mt. ST. Joseph's commence
ment exercises which took place in
their academy at DUBUQUE. We quote