Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
PERSONAL.


S. A. Connell, Of Waupaca, was in the
city Wednesday counting.
Miss May Short, of Topeka, Kansas
is the guest of her friend Miss Stella
Jackson, Centralla.
E. M. Platt. of Manitowoc, and Mr.
Ramsey, of Appleton, were in the city
the first of the week.
Mrs. Meredith, of New Lisbon,
mother of Mrs. Demeroe, is in the city
visiting her daughter.
Miss Eva Jones and Mrs. L. R. Doud
of Pittsville, we're guests of Mrs. A
Muir on Wednesday.
Mrs. J. w. Young, of Winona, was in
the city Thursday guest of her friends
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Davis.
Miss Carolyne Pendell, of Fond du
Lac, is visiting her sister Mrs. F. W.
Crapsey in Centralia.
Nellie and Hattie Schnabel, of Cen
tralia, left Saturday to spend the
summer with their aunt in Neenah
Mrs. Nell Dixon's new residence is
now about ready for occupancy. She
will move therein in the near future.
Phil Ward left Monday night for
Madison where he was called to serve
as juryman in the United States Court
which is in session there.
Will Dustin, Centralia, has had his
house re-modeled and an addition
erected on the east side. His father
did the carpenter work for him.
John S. Beringer is just completing
the job of painting the meat market
building in Centralia near the Port
Edwards depot. He did good job.
Godfrey Bruderli entertained a
company Of friends at his home last
Sunday in honor of his guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Otto, of Pittsville.
James Blow is reported as gaining
slowly from his injuries. There may
be some occasion for the amputation of
the hand If it continues worse.
Prof. Alex Zenier, of Appleton, and
his friend DR.. Hans Dessauer, of
Munich, Germany, spent Wednesday in
Centralia the guests of Geo. E. Hoskin-
SGT and family.
Frank Giesler is having new house
erected in South Centralia. The
carpenter work is being done by
Wilhelm Leather and Reinhart. Frank
Howe is doing the plastering.
S. Cleveland, of Port Edwards, one
of the genial characters of that village,
was in the city Tuesday on business
and renewed lis subscription to the
REPORTER.
Miss Mary Douville leaves Saturday
night for Madison on an extended visit
with her sister. Miss Ada <Dwinnell
takes her place in the Telephone
exchange during her absence.
c. L. Duncan was elected night-watch
at the last session of the common
council Centralia. This move is an
excellent one as the city has long needed
such an officer. We hope Mr. Duncan
will prove the right man for the place.
j. w. Cochran left Monday night for
Chicago on business. On his return he
will stop at GAINESVILLE to attend Com
mencement exercises on Friday and
will be accompanied home by his son
Orson who has been attending the
institute there for the past year.
Celia Compton closed her nine
months school at Port Edwards last
Thursday evening with a free concert
| by the pupils Of the school. The
parents and friends showed their appre-
citation of her work by filling the
building with an attentive audience.
Nicholas White is at work erecting a
house for Ben Hanson on what is
known as the Kipp lots, Centralia. The
dimension of upright 16x2S with IS
foot posts; wing 16xl6 with 10 foot posts.
When completed Mr.. Hanson will have
a very fine residence property.
Theo. w. Brazeau left for Madison
Sunday evening to spend the week
tusseling with examinations of the
past terms work in his course. Theo
missed the last term of his junior year
at the University by accepting the
school work here and hopes to make up
the lost time by passing the prescribed
exams. We wish him success. He
was accompanied by his brother Stephen
who visited in Madison few days.
DR.. D. D. Bishop, of Chicago, has
been circulating among his many friends
in the Twin Cities for the past three
days. His reception here has been a
cordial one and he realizes that his old
friends are much pleased over the
success he is meetir with in that city
They feel that he is fully entitled to
the higher honors he is receiving in the
practice of his profession. We UNDER
stand his services are greatly sought
after. The REPORTER is proud of his
success for he is Grand Rapids boy.
Walter Buchanan returned Tuesday
from the southern part of the state
where he formerly resided. The boys
of Waterloo say that Walter is dandy
on drinking buttermilk. He went
from one creamery to another on his
bike while he was away and sampled