Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-31
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER
PERSONAL.

BgE o. T. Hougen NJ. D Office over
Daly's Drug store. Telephone Is.
Mrs. j. D. Cutter returned to her
home in Tomahawk Sunday morning.
AID. Daggett, the typewriter sales
man, spent Sunday and Monday in our
city.
L. NJ. Gates. proprietor of the Oak
land Hotel at Babccck, is in our cities
today on business.
Mrs. A. A. Mcintyre, wife of the
foreman at this office, came down f"0m
Stevens Point and visited with her
husband in Centralia over Sunday.
Miss Lillian Smith, who has been
attending the Oshkosh Normal. was
called home last Saturday on account
of the severe illness of her father.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed King and son came
down from Merrill Sunday evening and
visited in our city until Wednesday
morning as guests at the John DAILY
residence.
r. NJ. Bush, United States National
Bank examiner made one of his peri
Odical visits this week spending the day
with Cashier Wood at the Wood County
National Bank.
Harry and Hattie Whittlesey of
BearSS Marsh were guests at the f.
Garrison residence in Centralia few
days this week while attending teach
ers' examinations.
Max Cohen went down to the cities
Monday evening to select stock of
new goods for the Milwaukee Cheap
store. He will spend the week in
Milwaukee and Chicago.
Geo. P. Hambrecht, principal at the
Howe High school had an accidental
fall Tuesday morning which injured
his left hand so that be was kept from
his school work on that forenoon.
Miss Emma Arpin returned Saturday
evening from studies at Villa Maria
academy in Montreal, Canada. Arthur
Arpin, who accompanied her back from
Canada, stopped over in Milwaukee
until Sunday morning.
Christ Larson, clerk for Kruger &
Cameron, left today for Marshtield
and Eau Claire on three days vaca-
ton. He will visit a few towns in
the interest of the Kruger & Cameron
tailoring department while absent.
John n. Brundage arrived in the twin
cities from Eureka, S. D., Wednesday
morning and is now busy packing house,
hold goods preparatory to taking his
family back with him to the above
mentioned prairie city. They expect
to move some day between Friday and
Monday next.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thee. A. Lipke went
to Chicago M 0nday evening to spend
the week. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Harriet Iout, who will visit the
large city dressmaking places with an
eye on the alert for new styles and
ideas. Mr.. Lipke is selecting stock
of new things for their Grand Rapids
store.
Edward J. Whitney departed Sunday
evening for La Crosse to assist his
father in getting their cut of lumber
ready for shipment down to Mississippi
river markets. Mr.. Whitney and son
anticipate fairly good season this year
in the lumber trade and Edward expects
to be absent about three months, or
until the fore part of July.
Frank Dudley, barber in Centralia,
was obliged to give up work at his
chair about four O'Clock Saturday after
noon and take to his home where he
was confined until Wednesday suffering
from a swelling of the eyelids-that
painful little disease called pink-eye.
Mr. Dudley's shop is again opened and
the barber keeps on shaving. Pink-eye
seems to have gone the rounds in this
family, visiting each of the children.
Only Mrs. Dudley has escaped it thus
far.
John Grignon came home Sunday
morning from Niroqua where he has
been employed several months in a
photograph gallery. John expects to
start out as travelling salesman soon
With Nash & Smart's patent hItching
post. Louis Closuit will also go on the
road as representative of the Centralia
firm, and third party of this vicinity
has been given territory in Ohio. The
Nash & Smart hitching post is one of
the finest things of its kind on the
market and the boys will undoubtedly
meet with success in lis sale.