Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-08-19

Guy Nash spent some time at Arpin
and Marsllfield the fore part of the
week in the interest of Nekoosa Paper
Co.
Geo. Booth left for his home in
Stevens Point Monday morning, by way
of Marshfeld, after spending few days
here midst friends.
Ray Love is in Stevens Point this
week carrying on some private investi-
cations at the Normal school library be-
fore going to his school at Tomabawk.
E. T. Tucker, photographer and copy
list, Hebert's gallery. All work guar
anteed first-class, taken either in clear
or cloudy weather. Telephone lis.
Miss Julia Harrington Smith, pro-
fessional nurse and niece of MIS-. Chas.
| Dougherty, left the first of this week
for Duluth where she expects to remain
permanently.
| J. W. Cameron, of Milwaukee, was in
the city Wednesday and made social
call at this office. Mr.. Cameron's many
friends here, are glad to know that he
is enjoying better health.
Fred Alters, Rob Houston and Will
Nash, Centralia, started down river
by boat Tuesday morning to be gone
two weeks. They expect to float into
the Mississippi. They will have to
pull hard and steady to cover the dis
lance in the time allotted.
Mayor Geo. w. Baker, Will Martin
and Geo. N. Wood departed Wednes-
day morning for trip down the Wis
consin river as far as Barnum. They
| will fish and hunt along the way. We
warned them not to be caught shooting
chickens, either tame or wild ones, for
it was against the law before the first of
September. They will return Saturday
morning.
Mr.. Albert Cowan and family of Min
neapolis have located in Grand Rapids
for permanent residence. We under
stand that Mr.. Cowan is sign painter
of marked ability, also an artist at car
riage painting and fresco work as his
speciality. He intends 10 bid for work
along these lines in our cities and we
wish him well in his undertaking. The
family occupies one Of the A. L. Gross
houses in this city.
Miss Mayme Conway, of Rudolph, is
en- route to Orient, South Dakota, where
she expects to remain year at the
home of her two brothers. Miss
Conway has been engaged to teach
nine months term of school at Orient,
and says she prefers to take up the work
there because salaries are much higher
than in this section Of Wisconsin. She
is at present guest of Mrs. Weaver,
nee Alta Powers, at Algona, Iowa.
Stevens Point Journal: Albert Gray,
the man from Grand Rapids who has
just returned from the Klondyke with
S50,000 in gold or it's equivalent, and
who was reported lost, arrived at the
Rapids Saturday morning and it is
reported that it took him four hours to
run the gauntlet of his friends between
the depot and his home.
S. J. Green, who is connected with
the Spencer Reporter, Iowa, with his
wife are guests of A. Cole and family
in the town of Vesper. Wood Co.
While in the city Monday he called at
the REPORTER office and we enjoyed
pleasant visit with him. We learned
that he used to work for Geo. A. Neeves
30 years ago and remembers the Twin
Cities in their primitive days. While
here i'll those days he boarded with
Uncle Grace who was we'll known by
the boys who used to run lumber down
the Wisconsin river.
Arthur Doud and Chas. McNie. of
Winona, have been entertained in
Grand Rapids this week by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Muir. The young men
wheeled to our city from Winona
covering the distance, 155 miles, easily
in two days. They made a century
run on Saturday to Neillsville, and
left that city Sunday afternoon at 3
O'Clock, reaching here at II o'clock in
the night. They report the roads ex-
cellent as far as Blair, and in fairly
good shape all the way. They will
probably go from here to Portage by
bicycle.