Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-08-01

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the city to remain several days Will
her parents.
Mrs. Madge P. Kinney, of Sioux City
Iowa, reached our city to-day, called by
the serious illness of her mother.
Mrs. NJ. 0. Potter, who has beer
seriously Ill few weeks back, is so fan
improved that she was able to return tc
the Potter cranberry marsh near Bearss
Sunday afternoon. The little sen born
to her is doing nicely.
Geo. Ward, of Milwaukee, is with his
young friends in Grand Rapids for a
few days. George looks hearty and
well tanned and said he spent a week
haying for his father near Babcock He
will be given a start with law firm in
the Cream City as soon as he returns.
Ernest Andrewsi is nursing pet hand.
the result of fall from a box car while
handling -four into the Will Scott feed
store, Centralia, Tuesday. His trousers
caught on a nail and Ernest landed
hard on the left wing. No bones
broken.
Mrs. B. r. Goggins gave delightful
tea at her Centralia home Tuesday
afternoon for her guest, Mrs. DR.. D, J.
Hayes, of Milwaukee. About forty
ladies were present to enjoy the good
time. Mrs. Hayes departed for her
home Wednesday noon via Clements
vile, where she will make a short visit.
Mr.. James Blow, so badly bitten on
the left hand by stallion two months
ago, is again able to be around, and
thanks to capable treatment will have
the use of this member. 1t was at
first thought the hand would have to be
amputated.
ID. d. Conway came home Tuesday
morning from a short business trip out
of town. Dennis is one of those
mysterious travellers seldom caught on
a reporters note book, and the poor
scribe could only learn that he had
been away. Well, some day we will
meet him on one of those "business
trips out of town" and then there'll be
a tale.
Will and Theodore Brazeau start
Monday on bicycle tour through
Adams county and the southern part of
Wood to the Dnlls at Kilbourn. They
will be away about week or ten days.
Stephen Brazeau will accompany them
part way leaving off to fish when a good
place is found.
Miss Celia Compton, assisted by Mrs.
Kilburne, took thirty of her Sunday
school scholars out for ride Monday
afternoon on the new ''street car"
They drove down to Port Edwards
where they were met by the school
pupils at the school grounds. All
exchanged greeting and the treats, after
which they returned home
Mrs. Geo. w. Davis left Wednesday
evening for Milwaukee and Chicago to
receive treatment from some of the
leading physicians of those two cities.
She was accompanied by her sister
Mrs. LOUIS Fournier and son CLAYTON,
also Misses May and Celia Emmons.
Mrs. Davis will not return until per-
manently benefited, while the rest of
the party go for week or ten days
pleasure trip. We wish the patient
success and restored health.
Mrs. John DAILY and children, Miss
Jennie Hasbrouck, of this CITY, in
company with Mrs. E. S. King, of
Merrill, are enjoying an outing at
Conover Station, Villas county, in the
north of the state. They are "house-
keeping" in one of Daly's logging camps
and expect to stay about one week.
Fish are reported quite plentiful in that
vicinity and we are sure these ladies
will make the most Of their short rural
life.
T. A. Taylor and S. S. Peckinpaugh
expect to leave for Detroit, Mich,
Sunday to present the merits of their
improved camera recently patented by
the latter gentleman, before the
National Photographers Association in
convention at that city. They have
been executing especially fine work
with their camera in this city and will
undoubtedly meet with encouragement
and success at the photographers meet
next week. We wish them the best.