Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-09-10
LOCALS.

LOCALS.
Druggist John E. DAILY returned yes
terday afternoon from business visit
of two weeks at st. Paul
The Ladies' Aid Society of Unity
church, Centralia, will meet the coming
week with Mrs. A. l.. Ridgman.
Be sure and attend the Mckinley
Club Monday evening September l4th.
Addresses will be delivered by local
speakers. large attendance desired.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Mac Kinnon are en-
tertaining at their pleasant home in
Centralia this week the Misses GLADYS
and Sadie Kaufman, of Marquette,
Mich.
Mr.. L. KRONER and large family who
are all at home in happy reunion, spent
II jolly day Tuesday as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin Lynn at their home below
NekOosa.
Messrs. &. S. Biron, Will Scott and
I. A. Taylor closed deal this week
through which they came into posses
sion by purchase of what is known as
the knight tract in Rudolph consisting
of about 700 acres of land
very interesting meeting was held
Monday evening by the Twin City Nc
kinley Club at their rooms in the DAILY
block, Centrala. They meet there
again Monday evening and desire
large attendance.
Mrs. E. A. Tenant, who accom-
panied the q. A. r. eXcurslOnists to
st. Paul, returned Wednesday after
noon. She tarried a few extra days
IN the encampment city among rela-
tives.
The children of Unity Church Sun
day School had Jolly picnic at Kipp's
Hill Tuesday of this week. About
eighty of the young people were driven
TO TINS pretty outing place in wagons
gayly bedecked with bunting, and a
happy time is reported.
Mr.. Frank Corriveau is spending
this week at the old homestead in Cen
tralia. Frank halls from Butte, Mon
tara, and of course has inclinatons
toward free silver, but he was given
number of golden lessons while here
by his father and brothers who are all
strong Mckinley men.
Mr.. M. Lemense, carriage maker in
Centralia, has just completed a very
neat medicine wagon at his shops,
made for a party at Stevens Point in
completion with the carriage works of
that city. Mike has been demonstrating
by practical work of late that he is an
expert, natural carriage maker and the
trade is getting onto him.
Pupils of the NJ. f. Sunday school
were given Il picnic at the popular
merry-making grounds in Centralia-
kipp's Enthusiastically afternoon. The
young people tell what picnic" they
had. 1t was happy diversion just be-
fore the opening of public schools and
will be remembered several days for its
pleasures.
Mr.. and Mrs. SEQ. P. Hambrecht
arrived in the city Wednesday morning
with their household effects and are
now domiciled in the Pomainville house
on High street formerly occupied by H.
IT, Noss. A few days allowance to get
comfortably "settled" and then they
Will be lat home" to their friends.
The assignment of teachers at Howe
High School which opens Monday next
is.complete as follows: High School
Geo. Z. Hambrecht, Senior assistant
Miss Etfie +. Lindsey, Jr. assistant !;
Eighth and Ninth Grades, Miss Ellen
Minahan; 9th and eth grades, Miss
Josie Barker; 2nd intermediate, w.
Curtis Green; LIST Primary, Miss Laura
Reeves and Mrs. II. H. Noss. Congre-
gational Church basement until Ward
school is finished, Miss Walters.
Briere and PomainvilIe are gathering
cranberries on their marsh near City
Point and expect crop of about IS
barrels this season. They have picked
over thirty barrels up to this week.
This is one of the few marshes in our
former large cranberry district that es-
capped all the ravages of forest fires.
They have few acres of native vines,
but most of their tract is planted with
Berlin vines. What berries have
grown are very fine, and the samples
which they have grown of this now
scarce fruit were beauties.
Lucian Berard Jr., best known among
the boys as plain Molly" is home
from Arbor Vitae, where he has been
employed with lumber firm for more
than II year back. Lucian is an indus
tious, active fellow who seldom re-
mains idle, and he is not particularly
impressed with the present Demo
cratic good times" which have closed
the mill that employed him. As conse-
quence he knows just where to cast his
vote in November. He said that
nearly all the laborers where he came
from would join the loaded wagon fol
Mckinley.
The Buffalo Courier keeps standing at
the head of its columns the platform OF
the New York democrats adopted June
"a, 1896, one clause of which says: 'We
favor the rigid maintenance of the
present gold standard as essential to the
I. preservation of our national credit, the
redemption of our public pledges anc
the keeping inviolare of our country
honor" The democratic press of New
York state is unanimously OH the side
of honest money.