Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18

birth of a fine Republican baby last
week. The boys say they presume
he will be called Jim Blaine Akey.
We hope his fame will be as illustrious
as his name sake.
Rev. S. Smith has been holding a
series of meetings at Rudolph Station,
the last two weeks. A deep religious
feeling pervades the community, and
between twenty and thirty have pro-
posed to begin christian life. The
new temperance hall is filed night by
night with deeply interested persons.
On Saturday last Mr.. Sutherland
and family moved from City Point to
Spaulding. On the cars the youngest
child, about 18 months old, was taken
sick growing rapidly worse until We'd
nesday night when it had spasms and
at 5 o'clock Sunday morning it died.
Rev. s. Smith, of this city, conducted
the funeral services at Spaulding, the
interment being at City Point.
Something new Look here What
is given away with each package of
Victory Roasted Coffee /! One piece
of elegant hand painted chinaware
such as tea cups and saucers, cream
pitchers, sugar bowls, water pitchers,
tea pots. soup plates, dessert plates.
etc. Call in and see for yourselves at
w. A. Keyes. This coffee is made
from careful selection of the finest
grades of green berry and is warranted
to give entire satisfaction.
Mr.. G.. Bruderlie and Miss Bruck-
man were united in marriage Feb. 10,
1886, by Justice Yetter. Mr. Brud-
erlie will occupy the Levi Oleson
residence, in the first ward, which he
purchased the past week. His shoe
shop will continue to run as usual in
John Wagner's building on water
street. Mr.. Bruderlie is lately from
Germany and is Mrs. John Wagner's
nephew.
Ex-Gov. Nelson Dewey, aged 70
years now a resident of Cassville, has
made application for a divorce from
Mrs Dewey who is 50 years of age.
They have been separated for many
years. The alleged grounds for the
divorce proceedings, by Mr.. Dewey,
are desertion. Mrs. Dewey is resi-
dent Of Milwaukee, and will contest
his claim, for a divorce on those
grounds.
Capt J.F. Cleghorn, Grand worthy
chief Templar Of the l. .. g.. T. of
the state of Wisconsin will speak and
sing in the interest Of the ''Templary,
at the Cong'l church in this city Feb
ruary 22 at 7:30P. NJ. An interesting
program may be expected. Business
men are specially solicited, and all are
earnestly invited t6 attend. Mr.. Cleg
horn has fine voice for singing and
is al excellant speaker. Don't fail to
hear him.
MIR. and Mrs. A. B. Breasted and
son Fred returned from Fond du Lac
Tuesday morning where they attended
the funeral ceremonies of Col. S. l..
Breasted, brother to Mr.. Breasted.
His life was written up in two seperate
issues Of the Fond du Lac daily Repor-
ter which gave the details Of his
successful career in peace as well as in
war. He was 43 years past at the
time of his death. The funeral servi-
ces were imposing in character and the
procession which followed the remains
to their last resting place was one of
the grandest ever witnessed in Fon du-
Lac. Col. Brasted was popular man
and had unnumbered friends. He
was member Of the [. o. O. F., G.
A. r. and A. 0. y. w. Societies.
TANK KEE has just Fl nished a
course of lectures here which, for
general interest and amount Of real in
formation, has never been surpassed
by any course ever delivered in this
city. The pupils of our schools attend
ed the matinee to the number Of 800,
end were so interested that many con-
tinued to the last He is a living
cyclopedia of information; Mark
Twain for drollery: a Bob Ingersoli
for fu uency, and a Webster for solid
argument in other words, is a grand
success, and all his bills purports him
to be. G. G. DUDLEY,
Principal Public Schools, Maquoketa,
Iowa.
The pulp mill enterprise which was
first made public in this paper short
time since has made rapid progress
A stock company has been formed and
is styled 'sThe Centralia Pulp and
Water-Power Co." The amount of
capital stock is placed at $50. 900,
nearly 10000 of which has been SUBJ
seribed. The stock holders thus far
are F. Garrison, j. D. Witter. B. B.
Rossier. N. johnson & Co., F. Pom
ainville, r. Parrish & Bro, Jones Il
Nash, DAILY & Sampson, F. j. Wood,
Chas. Briere, Mrs. Caroline Rossier.
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