Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06
NEiGHBORlNG NOTES.
Taken From Cur Exchanges and of
Interest to Local Readers.


some extensive repairs to their mill at
Amherst this summer.
Tomah is making an effort to have the
Goodyear sawmill removed to that city.
1t is said to be the intention of the rail-
road company, to take up the track
between Goodyear and Mather this
summer.
J. T. Ellarson, the new game and fish
worden, has moved from Wautoma to
Portage. He found it necessary to
place himself IN closer reach of the
telegraph wires and also to avail him
self of more frequent mail facilities
than were afforded at Wautoma.
M. H. Barnum delivered the Mem
orial Day Grafton at New London
Thursday. The state cannot produce a
better speaker than Mr. Barnum.
Adams county is distinguished in
more ways than one. 1t is the only
county in the state not touched by a
railroad and has no Jail.
The line for the new branch of the
Green Bay road between lola and
Waupaca is being surveyed. 1t is
expected that the road will be COM
pleted and cars running some time in
August.
w. ID. Connor, who purchased the
Hlnman residence property on Sd St.
Will soon have men at work repairing
and improving its appearance. Mr..
Connor hopes to move into it as soon as
the workmen have finished, which will
add very valuable citizen to Marsh
field.
According to the new state laws,
pharmacists must register all sales of
poison under severe penalty. The
druggist must inquire the name of the
purchaser and learn what use he
intends to make of the poison. Don't
get offended if your druggist seems
lnqulslt1ye when you want to buy
poison of any kind.
Chapter 331, laws of 1895, provides
that every county superintendent in
the state shall charge each applicant
for examination a dollar. The money
to be used as san institute fund. Teachers
should remember that the law is now in
force.
The injunction asked for by Rietbrock
& Halsey of Milwaukee and the Athens
Land Company will not be decided by
Judge Bardeen, of Wausau, until
Wednesday, May 9th, in the meantime
few descriptions will be disposed of
day by day and adjournments taken.
No certificates can be issued until the
matter is settled.
At a recent meeting of the Wausau
Telephone Company the following
directors and officers were elected:
Directors: n. Heinemann, H P. May
nard, g. D. Jones, w. w. Albers and
Jas. Montgomery. Officers: President,
n. Heinemann; President, H. P.
n o,.I.
Treasurer, w. w. Albers.
Large posters are out announcing the
twelfth annual reunion to be held on
the fair grounds at Wautoma, June II,
13 and IA. 1t is announced that Rev.
Stevens Point, Phil. Cheek, of Baraboo,
Hon. Chas. NJ. Webb, of Grand Rapids
and exGov. Hoard will be present to
address the people during the reunion.
State Supt. Emery has decided upon
the cities of Eau Claire, Oshkosh and
Ashland as the places where the three
examinations of county superintendents
will be held simultaneously, us provided
by the new law. The examinations
will be held on July "A, 25 and 26 i1r
those cities and in Madison, Aug. 6, Z
and s.
A J. Empey of Milladore, Wood Co:
81 write at this late date to thank
you for helping us get the Farmers
Institute here. We had good meeting
and [ think good results will spring
from it. The farmers are beginning to
think, talk, and act, ever since the
meeting"
Woods mill in the town of Linwood
met horrible death yesterday by fall
ing onto the rotary saw. He took off
one of his gloves and was in the act of
feeling of the saw to see if it was hot
when he slipped and fell onto the saw.
His body was horribly cut to pieces,
deep cash being cut in his head, the
left arm gone and the body cut in two.
Wausau Pilot-Review: Wausau has
gone Stevens Point several points better
in the matter of dress at High School
commencement exercises. The Wausau
High School graduating class, without
any suggestion from the school board,
voted, some time since, to appear in
plain white muslin during the gradual
Ing evening. 1t is refreshing to see
such common sense in dress displayed
on such an occasion, and we hope
hereafter the custom will be continued
in Wausau.
Waushara Argus: 1t is said that
farmers III and around Plainfield have
II 900 bushels of potatoes stored in the
Alliance warehouse that they have
been holding for higher prices.
The Stevens Point Press is authority
for the following bit Of news:
On Saturday night at about l. o'clock,
as the Jackson Milling Company's
Touring mill in this city was pounding
along to its full capacity, the machinery
of the great plant came to a sudden
stand still. Upon investigation 1t was
found that the fiume around the great
water wheels had given away, letting
two of the wheels out of place. The
gates above the mill were Immediately
closed down and Manager Jerome L.
Barker at once began operations to
repair the break down. Monday
morning he placed crew of men at
work building coffer-dam in the tail
race of the mill, and steamer No was
secured to pump out the water at the