Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-08
NEIGHBORlNG NOTES.
Taken From Our Exchanges and Con-
densed For Local Readers.
TELEPHONE POLE BREAKS,

| TELEPHONE POLE BREAKS.
Stevens Point Journal: Chas. H
| Pearson, one of the crew at work
| putting up the metallic system for the
| Wisconsin Telephone company, met
with severe accident, last Thursday
| morning. He was at work on pole in
front of the Lutz house at McDni. The
pole had been gnawed by horses and
when Mr.. Pearson was about thirty feet
| from the ground it broke and fell. Mr.
Z. tried to save himself by catching on
to tree, but had to 90 down with the
pole, and unfortunately when it struck
the ground he was on the under side.
His left eye, that side of his face and
his left hip were quite badly bruised
He is now confined to his bed at the
Hotel McGregor, but hopes to be out in
a few days. DR.. Won Neupert is attend
ing him. Pearson lives in Boston and
has been in the employ of the tele-
phone companies for a number OF
years.
Marshfeld News: A. j. Maultra left
for Grand Rapids Tuesday. He goes to
that city to take charge of the paint
shop for the Hatteberg Furniture Co.
Marshfeld Times: Mike Vincent, of
Grand Rapids, stopped off here for a
few hours Monday. Its hard for Mike
to find road leading around this city
and its just as hard to get into another
place where he has more friends.-
Sheriff Lindahl was in town over We'd
nesday night. He was searching for a
fellow who will soon be needed at Hew-
lit to accept fatherly position. The
young man is quite well known here but
just on this particular occasion was "out
of sight"
STREET PAVING REaUN.
Marshfeld Times: Central avenue,
between the Wisconsin Central tracks
and End street, looked like wreck
Tuesday morning. 1t was the COM
mencement exercise of street paving
and as the street has to be lowered two
feet or more before the stone is laid, it
was ploWed up and carted down into the
4th ward where the street has to be
raised. There will be no let up to the
work now until two blocks at least have
been paved which no doubt will be all
that can be done until next spring.
Engineer Chase finished the survey of
the city Tuesday evening, which in
cludes, when finished, diagrams for a
system OF sewerage and paving. Mr..
Chase, after looking the city over, stated
that the cost of the system of sewerage
contemplated would be less than $4,000.
1t is barely possible that the question of
putting in system may 60 before the
voters for their adoption yet this sum
mer, and if carried work on the same
would begin at once.
LOOKING FOR JUDGE WEBB.
Madison Democrat: Peter Hodge, an
itenerant peddler from Hancock,
Waushara county, was in the city
yesterday looking for Judge Webb. He
said he knew the judge was here be-
cause he had a newspaper that stated
he had come to Madison to live. Hodge
wants lawyer to instigate suit against
a northern county for malicious prose-
cution. He was accompanied by his
wife, a large lank woman carrying a
red-headed baby, and by boy II years
old and over SIX feet tall. They have
two 'prairie schooners" and six horses.
They make and sell clothes racks.
Business is no good in this section" :"
said Hodge. "We're trying to get back
to Hancock which we left June 4. Well,
if Webb isn't here | suppose Madison
has some lawyers pretty near as good.
Give up the name of the BEST" he
continued to the citizen he had accosted
near the court house. They were
directed to John A. Awkward and went
off up Main street STOPPING now and
then to escape awnings and low signs.