Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-23


lates the kidneys, liver and bowels. |
For sale by John E DAILY, druggist.
DR.. D. A. Teller, dentist, office over
Wood County National bank. Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin, Will be out of town
every Monday and Tuesday. If
Whe1, you feel a sense of weight, I'M
easiness and oppression after meals,
means Indigestion. Better take Rocky
Mountain Tea. For sale by John E.
DAILY, druggist.
/ Members of Club House organization
are requested to meet in the X. P. club
rooms, Friday evening, September q,
for the purpose of passing upon i'm
portant matters. \ large attendance is
requested.
E. F. Tucker, photographer and copy
ist, Hebert's gallery. All work guar
anteed trst-class, taken either in clear
or cloudy weather. Telephone us.
The dance party given last Thursday
evening by the order Of Catholic For
esters at their hall in the Spafford
block was highly enjoyable function.
Attendance was large, music by the
Symphony Mandolin Club good, and
the evening cool enough to afford pleas
ure for all in the merry mazes. Reports
mention very successful event.
The German Lutheran society of the
town of Rudolph have purchased of
VIM. Scott $4,000 red brick manufac-
tured in the town Of Sigel. These
brick will be used in veneering the
church building erected last summer by
this society. When completed this
society will have one of the most at
tractiye church buildings in said town. |
John Martin and crew of men are
at work re-modeling the opera house. |
The change IS principally in enlarging
the stage to give adequate room for the
presenting of plays which require more
room than was had in the old place.
New scenery will also be purchased by
Mr.. VIM. Scott so that hereafter Grand |
Rapids will be provided with first
class opera house. The change will be |
appreciated
A special election was held in Plover
to determine whether high license or
low license should be paid by saloons
doing business in that town. Low |
license was set at 500, high license at |
800. Low license carried by an over
whelmIng vote and beer drinkers had
hilarious time over the victory Tuesday |
night, saloon keepers having tloated a
free barrel Of beer into human tanks in |
celebration of their success.
The Misses Schmitt have re-opened |
their millinery store this week and are
now ready for business. They have q
large stock of goods with the latest
styles and designs in headwear. They |
have engaged a first-class trimmer in
the person Of Miss Barnum from Chi |
cago who comes to them highly recon-
mended as an artist in her line The |
fall and winter opening will occur on
Wednesday and Thursday, September
% and go The ladies of the twin cities
are cordially invited to call
1t would seem to us that the sheriff
house and jail was public building of
sufficient importance that the city would
deem it advisable to build walk across
the street leading to that structure. In
the spring and fall the clay road in
front of that building is very muddy
Il 4 H.
| the sheriff have to cross and re-cross
| through the mud. We speak from a
personal knowledge May the sheriff
and his family and public generally ex-
pect decent crossing?
A. NJ. Freeman, manager of the Col
den Rule Portrait Co. of Chicago, and
| G.. E. Wilkinson, artist for said COM
pany, with their families have located
in this city for the better carrying on of
their work The former rented house
of A. L. Gross Oh Water street, while
the latter rented the Emmons house on
| the hill. These gentlemen came here
with their families for the purpose of
| being on the ground where their can
vassers are at work. They expect to
make Grand Rapids their headquarters
for the winter.
The Wisconsin Business University,
of Lacrosse, open ed it's fall term with
the largest attendance in it's history.
Students from nearly every city within
one hundred miles of Lacrosse were in
attendance. Grand Rapids was repre-
sented 10y Miss Meacham and Mr.. Ed. |
DAILY. Quite number of others expect
to enter in the near future. The w. B. |
U. has won an envlable reputation.
Although the Youngest school in the
northwest, it is unquestionably the
largest. Fully 80 per cent. Of it's grad
yates secure desirable employment.
Geo. H. Smith, sheriff, met with a
severe fall from his bicycle Saturday, |
while riding down River street. He |
struck an obstruction in the street in |
the form of a prOtruding slab which
threw him head formost into pile of
rock bruising his head and shoulders
and spraining his right ankle badly.
He will he LAID I'D for two or three