Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-01-13

Mrs. VIM. Hooper returned home
Monday night from pleasant weeks
visit in Centralia with her mother.
The Nekoosa Paper Co. is building
a side track between the Port Edwards
and G. NJ. & st. P. lines for their ex-
! elusive USE They have also decided to
do their own switching and have an
engine for that purpose. Heretofore
they have done their switching with
horses at considerable expense.
The paper company are receiving on
an average of seven car loads OF wood a
day over the Port Edwards railroad,
taken off the Wisconsin Central at
Marshtield.
Messrs. Joseph Thomas and Landlord
H. E. Herrick have both been quite
poorly with colds the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Short were blessed
with the arrival Of a little daughter
Tuesday morning. Both mother and
child are doing nicely.
Cordwood is coming into the COM
panv's yard quite rapidly now days.
There will be rush of it as soon as
snow comes for good slelghlDg.
a son has come to bless the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Stenke. He ar
rived Monday night and is doing nicely.
The Port Edwards railroad is making
daily trips into Nekoosa with freight,
and passenger traffic will be opened up
some time in the near future.
r. A Hayenor, county superintend-
ent Of schools, was in the village Tues
deg visiting the schools.
Anton Christman and John Flanagan
of Grand Rapids were in Nekoosa
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Vincent of the
town of Grand Rapids were guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. L. Guthiel on Tuesday.
Miss Sumerton, one Of the teachers
in the public schools, returned Satnr-
day night 10 resume her school duties
Monday. She was met at the depot by
a large delegation Of her lady friends.
Dr. NJ D. Barbour, dentist, of Maus-
ton was here on Tuesday.
Casper Getler, who owns the III
FlewelIing farm, brought in hog the
past week which weighed 610 lbs.
A. e. Lapham and daughter, Nora,
leave Saturday for a few days visit with
friends in Westfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Taylor returned
home Tuesday morning from Baraboo
where they were called to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Taylor's brother.
The most fashionable hotel in this
village, known as the Ponce de Leon"
has recently been opened specially for
the 400 of Nekossa. 1t is su pplied with
French cook in the person of Will
George and is landlorded over bv W.
II. Blystone. 1t is run on the Euro
pean plan and they make speciality of
fancy bills of fare. Last Sunday they
served oX-tail soup, potato salad with a
beef heart, SOW belly and ham, pig
fritters with beer sauce, vegetables,
roast with yellow gravy, mutton with
hair dressing, and pastry in variety.
The champagne was very dry and ovs
ters were upon the top shelf out of
reach. This hostelry is the envy of all
old bachelors in the village and their
mouths water every time they pass by
the place.
Frank Sweeney & Co. started 123
head of cattle from Mrs. Femling's
place overland to Necedah where they
will be loaded on cars and shipped into
Missouri. These cattle were purchased
in the vicinity of Grand Rapids and
driven to Necedah on account of the
lower rates from that point. Why this
is possible is the question we would
like to know?
Geo. n. Wood sold three forties of
land the past week adjacent to Nekoosa
One to August Pohrman, one to Philip
Iurfluh and one to John Zurfluh. Con-
sideration, $500 per forty. This land is
to be improved the coming season.