Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-22

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Mrs. Ella Henderson of Richland
| Center is 4 guest at th- A. J. Bovles
! residence in Centralia
Mrs. G. 4. Porter, who has been the
! guest Of her sister, Mrs W. T. keU0 gr.
| for about five moths, went TO Necadah
Saturday evening for Il VISIT Of six
weeks.
Will Schultz came home from Mime
apolis Tuesday night. lie has been
employed in thatfavori1e cjtv for nearly
| four months and may 20 back there
! this winter.
! Mrs. James Dawcett OF Seattle, Wash,
/ who las been visiting her SISTER. Mrs
! D. Green. and her brother, :. Kingston,
! departed for home Monday, after i
! pleasant visit.
/ F. Wordsworth of Pittsylle, was in
| town Monday afternoon on his way to
PIaiufiejd whittier he went as Wiper
man delegate to the 9Th district senator
| iai convention.
Mrs. Il. \. Crosby of 1Iuscada. Wis.
sister Of c. e. Lester, and Mrs. John
Shaffer Of Richland county, sister
| tn-!aW Of Mrs. Lester. are guests at
their home in the town of Port Ed
wards.
Mrs. 7. J. Cooper departed Tuesday
forenoon for Spring Green, Sank county,
to pay her mother, Mrs. r. II. Douglas,
a visit Of about ten DAYS. Mr. Douglas,
father OF Mrs. Cooper, died about two
years ago.
Philip Sheridan of Green Bay, demo
cratic candidate for member of congress
from this district, was in the twin cities
q few days the past week looking al the
ID Il. !
condition.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank J. Cameron and
son Adrian departed for Milwaukee
Monday afternoon to be entertained at
the j. w. Cameron home. 5000 Wells
street, while they take in the state fair
| this week.
JOS Thomas, bookkeeper for the Ne
koosa Paper Co, was in town a short
while Tuesday afternoon prior t. his
departure for Appleton, where he will
friends for few days.
DR.. G. W. Whitney and Mrs. Whit
ney, old residents ofCentralia, departed
Monday evening for their home in
COokville, Tenn, after a pleasant two
They will stop few days with their son,
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Arsin 7. Arpin and Joseph COrriveau
stated on their boat trip from New York
city 10 Ponce, Porto Rico, on Wednes-
day, September 81 The boys weighed
anchor a few DAYS later than anticipated
on account Of delay in steamer on which
they secured passage. They should
reach Ponce i'll about five days.
Theodore Steinmetz, apprentice in
the Anton Hirzy jewelry store for a
long time, has returned to his home IN
Marshfeld. Theodore is a clever violin
list and will be missed in the orchestra
organizations of the twin cities The
young man was always familiar figure
onthe music platform at our dances,
Jesse Sipes and son Robert came down
from HazelhUrst Thursday evening fora
few DAYS recreation in Centralia. The
father spent several days hunting prairie
chickens with +. c, Rossier, and the son
visited with his brother who is attending
school here and living with Mrs. f. B.
Rossier. Mr.. Sipes and Robert went
home Wednesday.
Glenn II. Williams and Richard
Wipperman intend to take their de-
parture Sunday evening for Madison.
the former to take up bis second wear
studies at the state university law school
and the latter to enter the three year
course i'll said institution. Mr.. Wiper
man is q graduate of the Howe High
School, class Of 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Kruger and daugh
ter Mildred visited over Sunday at
Walker with J. I. Searls and family.
The Searls' cranberry marshes were in
the midst of the harvest season. We
don't know whether our clothing man
put in the day as boss of crew of
pickers or not but We do know that he
proved master of a good quantity of
cranberry sauce.
Attorneys D. D. CONWAY and w. f.
Wheelan will leave for Madison this
evening to transact legal business in the
United States court relating to bank
ruptcy proceedings of the firm Callahan
< Co. of BabCOCk. Mr., Conway is attor-
ney for the petitioners in the case and
Mr.. Wheelan will represent the credi
tors before the referee. CONWAY will
60 from Madison to Milwaukee.
Rev. Geo. Gibson and wife arrived in
Centraiia from St. Paul Monday after
noon and will reside in the Love resi-
dence on French street. Rev Gibson is
retired Episcopalian clergyman. Him
self and wife have come to our cities
daughter. Miss Charlotte Gibson, an
accomplished musician and pianist who |
will conduct a class in the twin cities |
The REPORTER bids this family warm
welcome.
The Warrens Index, published in
Monroe county, Wisconsin, states that |
Mrs. G. O. Baker gave a talk on the |
Mountainous Of the Middle South" at
a church entertainment in that city,
Wednesday evening, Sept. q. Mrs
Baker is at Warrens visiting her son,
DR.. Julian G. Baker. and she kindly
consented to tell Of Ter acquaintance
with the boys and girls Of this peculiar
and isolated class of people as she has
seen and known them as students in the
American Temperance University at
Hartman, Tenn, of which she is Fiscal |
secretary, Mrs. Baker viii probably
visit her friends in Grand Rapids before
returning south.
Ovid LaBreche came home from the
Dakota harvest fields the past week |
decidedly disabled boy. He had been |
at work in the threshing country only |
one week when his face was poisoned !
about the eyes by some unknown sub |
stance. He doctored with a physician
at Buffalo but became practically |
blinded and was then sent to a hospital |
in Fargo, where he remained in bed !
two weeks. Coming home Ovid had to |
be led along the streets Of st. Paul like |
blind man. Weare glad to state that |
his left eye is almost we'll and the right |
one is mendine rapidly. He suffered |
much pain and his labor trip proved |