Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-11-29

oscar Potter continues very sick with
typhoid fever.
Edward Whitney transacted business
in Stevens Point two days this week.
Mrs. H. H. Voss returned to hel
home in this city Wednesday morning
Edward Hougen is visiting his brother
DR.. 0. [. in this city. He was present
at the Thanksgiving dance last evening
Miss Minnie Brown and Miss Hattie
Moberg of Amherst, are in the city to
spend Thanksgiving at the home of the
former
Miss Ella Perry, teacher of the End
Primary department IN the Howe High
School, left Wednesday evening to
spend the Thanksgiving vacation at her
home in Tomah.
DR.. Simorson, the popular and oblig-
ing official physician of the st. Paul
road with headquarters at Wausau was
in our city Saturday.
Attorney T. S. Woodwork of Pitts
vile, was in the city Saturday and
Sunday TO attend the funeral of his
father who died on Friday night.
Miss Effie Kirwin, of Stevens Point,
is in the city guest of Mrs. E. Mennet,
Centralia. She attended the concert
and ball Wednesday evening
Mr.. James Slowey. of Briggsville,
Wis, Win. Slowev, of Portage City,
brothers of Mrs. VIM. Quinn were in
the city Tuesday to attend her funeral
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Woodwork, of
Chicago, were in the city the fore part
of the week and attended the funeral
service of his father Judge NJ. c. Wood
worth
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Witter who were
called to Michigan last week on account
of the death Of Mrs. Writer'S brother
came home via of Madison to see their
son Isaac.
Miss Pinnie Trahern visited relatives
III the city the latter part OF last week
and again the middle of this week, when
she came TO attend the Tha nkseiving
party,
Mr.. Fritz Bundy, who came home
sick with typhoid fever about four
weeks ago and was restored to good
health, returned TO his duties as tailor
in Minocqua Tuesday morning.
Miss Anna Rocheleau is teaching
school i'll the Blake district, town of
Rudolph, and is boarding at home with
her parents in the town of Grand
Rapids on the east side of the Wisconsin
river.
Mr.. Frank Steib resigned his position
with John f. DAILY on Saturday and
will begin work Monday for H. H.
Noss. Frank is an accommodating clerk
who is rapidly getting to the front in
the drug line.
Mrs. VIM. Bisbee and Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Quinn, of Merrill, were down
Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
VIM. Quinn. Mr.. Peter Quinn is Il
brother of VIM. Quinn and Mrs Bisbee
j. a niece of MIS- VIM. Quinn.
Miss Nettie Wheelan arrived home
Sunday evening from Rhinelander
where she visited about month with
her friend Miss Nellie Cole Miss
Nettie reports a delightful time while
away.
Geo. w. Ward has been seen on our
streets considerable Of late due to the
fact that he is pulling extra frelghts on
the Green Bay railroad in and out of
this station. He has been engineer on
this road for good many years.
Walter Burns, engineer on the Green
Bay railroad, now has charge of the
switch engine in the yards of this city.
He moved his family here from Green
Bay and has rented the John James
Canning house in the first ward
Miss Leona Mahoney returned from
Stevens Point the past week where she
has been attending the business college
there. She graduated from the short
hand department and is now ready to
accept a position in her line. Prof.
Allen say; ''She proved to be very
diligent and apt student while there"
Messrs. A. w. Patten and John
McNaughton, of Appleton, were in the
city Tuesday and went to Nekoosa to
attend meeting of the directors of the
Nekoosa Paper Co. Mr.. Patten, one of
the heaviest stockholders is we'll
pleased with his Investment in that
plant and is in fact with all his invest
ments in Wood County.
Wilbur Kellner, son of Ernest
kellner, Centralia, tried joke on
Thursday last which came very nearly
resulting seriously to himself. He
picked up bottle at home which he
supposed TO be empty and went through
the act of drinking from it. Before he
was aware little ammonia which had
been in the bottom Of the bottle was
in his throat and Wilbur suffered