Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-21
PERSONAL MENTION.

MISS Lima daSOr0uck mas gone TO
Remington to teach school.
Mr.. E. j. Fuller has gone to Bos-
ton to spend the summer with his
relatives.
Mr.. R. P. Bronson has returned
from his protracted stay in California
and the territories.
Mrs. E. S. King and two children
and Miss L. Baker, of Merrill, are
visiting Mrs. Scri5ner at Remington.
Mr. H. W. Lord has returned home
to stay. Uncle Sam has no further
need of his services. Civil service
reform you know?
Col. S. l.. Breasted of Fond du Lac,
Wis, will address the Grand Army
Boys of this vicinity on Decoration
Day, May 50th.
Miss Lizzie Waterman died Wed
nssday noon May Goth. of consumption
Her remains will be buried Friday
afternoon. Services at M. E. Church.
r. Conner the lumber King of
Auburndale attended the delinquent
tax sale held at the Court house in
this city Tuesday. A goodly number
were In attendance.
Mr.. Henry Osterman carried 81, 500
insurance on his farm property. His
loss by fire recently amounted to about
$500 and he received by adjustment
the past week $536.70.
Mr.. A. E. Tenant will soon break
up house keeping for the summer.
He will 60 to Iowa. His daughter
Carrie, will spend the season at Reming-
ton and Miss Lille Tenant will returo
to her home.
Mr.. Pratt and family have moved
into their new home near Chase's, the
former Norton house improved. and
have rented their old homestead to a
family from Plover. Mr.. Pratt is a
worker.
Mrs. John McCann has gone to her
home in Decera, Wisconsin, for an
indefinite time to assist her people who
are quite i'll with typhoid fever. Her
father and four of the children are
down with this severe fever.
d. E. Carey with a small crew of
men is doing some valuable work for
the city in the second ward digging
up stumps and grading streets. The
average cost to the city thus far, for
each stump removed, is only zoe.
Miss May (Chase) Norton has gone
to Elgin Illinois to spend the summer.
She will stop on her way, at Milton
and visit Rev. Barrow's family Mays
absence will be felt in many places but
none more so than at her home and in
the choir of the M. E. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard, late from
Marinette, will soon occupy the
Whitney residence. We hope our
people will treat them with courtesy
and not be tardy in showing them the
right hand of fellowship. Mr.. Willard
is foreman of the Wis. Wood Pulp Co.
They come highly recommended.
Mr.. Frank Rourke of this city
received a liberal "wind falp' from
relatives recently and has formed
copartnership with Messrs. Jones &
Nash and opened general store in
Briere's new building this week.
Frank is industrious and will undoubt-
edly succeed.
Mr.. G. A. Coon publishes his vale
dictory in the last number of his paper
and introduces Mr.. t. S. Norton as
his successor. While we regret ex-
ceedingly to lose our frank spoken
friend Coon, who is true blue, we
gladly WELCOME Mr.. Norton as a
member Of the Wood Co. fraternity.
Mr.. E. T. Harmon and wife were
called to Berlin the past week
and arrived in time to see their relative
Mrs. Porter Yates and her new born
babe pass from life to the unknown
world. Her death was particularly
sad and solemn. They accompanied
the remains to New York and are ex-
pected home this week.
Mr.. 7. Latourell who is one of John
Edwards right hand men about the
mill assisted in getting in his last drive
of logs. He says there is still about
100000 feet on Mill Creek which
cannot be driven now owing to lack
of boomage for storing them. L is
estimated that Mr.. Edwards has about
100000 feet at the mill for this
seasons saving.
Under the head of GA good subject
for tar and feathers Editor Coon of
MarshGeld gives Judge VIM. Bartels
of that city a dreadful going over.
He charges him with deceivirg a Ger