Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
NEIGHBORlNG NOTES.
Taken From Our Exchanges and Con-
denSed For Local Readers.


ing paragraph: Mrs. Taylor of
Rudolph, Wood Co., also contributed to
the fun by running her horse a half
mile heat and making speech before
the judges stand in which ? size chal-
lenged any female rider to cefsa forth
She offered to run another half mile
heat but was thrown near the gate.
Mrs. Taylor was game, however, and is
a good hOrsewoman."
Stevens Point Journal: ~ Starks,
the potato king of Plainfield, has COM
menced the erection of a potato
warehouse at the foot of Clark street
adjoining the Wisconsin Central
tracks It will be 4Sx100 feet and
calculated to hold 10000 bushels of
potatoes. Mr.. Starks has nineteen
warehouses scattered about the adjoin-
ing country and along the Central road.
Instead Of hauling to the adjoining
towns, potato growers In this vicinity
will be able to find market in the city.
Plainfeid Sun: Miss Grace Gets, of
Grand Rapids, arrived in Plaintield
Saturday, and commenced her duties
as primary teacher in our schools
Monday y.-Chas. King, of Grand Rapids
has opened bakery and restaurant in
the room west of w. r. kelley's saloon.
Lindsborg (Kansas) News: Vivian
Henmon left yesterday morning for
Lincoln Mo-, where he goes to fill the
position of principal of the public high
school. Henmon is an able young man.
He passed the county examination with
great credit, when but twelve years of
age. He entered Bethany in '91 and
graduated from the classical department
with high honors, in the spring of '95.
He was the youngest member of the
class. Vivian is promising young
man of eighteen.
Necedah Republican: Miss Matte
Stowell is to teach in the Peten-well
district. The term begins the last week
in September jenkins, of Grand
Rapids has been visiting with Geo.
Douglas at Armenia few days.-Miss
May Weston went to Grand Rapids
Thursday morning.
Milwaukee Telegraph: at low
estimate the potato crop of Wisconsin
will reach t 900, 900 bushels.
Wausau Central Wisconsin: The
Wausau Telephone Co. has, through it's
board of directors, fixed specific rate
for subscribers. 1t viii be $500 per
month for business houses and $3.50 for
residences. With this rate in force, it
is expected that the company will be
able to declare monthly dividend that
above rates somewhat to shareholders
The poles and wires are all up, and the
instruments and cable are expected by
the first of next week, and by October
1st the company will be ready for busi-
ness.
Madison Democrat: The Chinese
exclusion law must be amended. 1t is
said that Chinese book keepers and
cashiers are honest and do not steal
from their employers. We must have
few thousand imported for bank
cashiers in this country. 1t is good
political economy to allow free importa-
ton of such things as we cannot
produce at home.
Six workingmen of the Johnson
Electric Co. in Milwaukee celebrated
Labor day according to law and the
Governors proclamation, and were
discharged for doing so.
Amigo Republican: A woman with a
covered wagon drawn by mule and a
pony arrived in this city Saturday
night and for three days was the lead
ing attraction. Her name is Mrs. Sarah
Brazell. She started from Dallas,
Texas, March Is for Elcho, this county.
company on the road, and when they
reached here they were in destitute
circumstances. Her destination is to
her brothers Chas. MaXwell's home,
which is about twenty-five miles from
here.
THOUSANDS OF EGGS BROKEN.
Thirty cases of eggs on their way to
market were broken and distributed
along the streets of Plover by run
away team, making one of the most
remarkable instances known of paint
ing the town." The eggs were loaded
on wagon and on their way to the
depot for shipment when the horses
became frightened. The driver was
pulled down from his high position on
the load of eggs but was not injured.
The egg cases however, were strewn
along the streets and broken open,
covering the roadway with a sticky
mess of thousands of dozens of fractured
eggs. People living along the route
| taken by the runaway team picked up
a few eggs that were merely cracked,
but nearly the entire wagon load of
eggs was completely destroyed.
Milwaukee Telegraph: We want to
commend Congressman +. S. Miner, of
Sturgeon Bay, upon his decision to have
his bright, winsome, competent daugh-
ter act as his private secretary. Who
will take more interest in her father
important official duties than his own
loving daughter, and who is able to
perform those duties better or even as
well?
BAD RUNAWAY
Marshfeld Times: Herman Petrick
who recently purchased the Peter
Weber farm northeast of the city met
with a bad accident in a runaway
Tuesday morning. He was engaged in
| hauling water in a large tank drawn
! by spirited span of colts Something
| frightened the team and they started to
run. Mr.. Petrick was thrown under
! the water tank the wheels passing over
| his body crushing one rib and decorating
| the lung on the right side. Mr.. Petrick
! is brother-in-law of Editor Pankow of
| this city.
| \ DEGENERATE SON.
Marshfield Times: VIM. Marohl a
| farmer living six miles out on the
| Rockville road lost his barn and
granary together with the grain raised
| this year and his farm machinery, by
fire Wednesday afternoon. From
reports the fire was set by his 1S-rear-
old son i'll a spirit of revenge. The
| boy had been away and returning on
! that day nuarreled with his father