Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

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SMALL CHANGE.
Picked Up A'RambIing. Contribute Whe
| Pass Your WAY.
Spring water from the hill now find
its way into the J. A. Cohen store OF
Front street and to the upStair work
room of Chas. G.. POmainville, dentist
Galvanized iron pipe connections witt
the spring at the POmainYille blOcl
across the street were made BY
Gitchell & Lubbock, plumbers. Al
unused private sewer from the base
ment Of the saloon block to the
opposite basement was used to nice
advantage. Pipe was pushed through
| this wooden sewer requiring NJ
| digging whatever to get under Front
street. 4 force pump brings the
water up to the dentists laboratory.
Fred WOlImuth, tailor, successor t(
the Kruger & Cameron tailoring
establishment in the Wood block
Grand Rapids, has decided to move
! back across the river. Mr.. WOllmutl
| has been in business on this side nearly
| five months. He can hereafter be
| found in the Wheelan building or
! Front street, Centralia, one door NORTH
OF PrestOn's wagon shop. Nels Sundet
Of Centralia, former tailor will
Kruger & Cameron, has under con
! sideratiOn the opening Of a shop at the
! old stand in the Wood block.
A heavy gale Of wind, in Kau
kauna Sunday afternoon swept with
! terrific force down the valley of the
| Fox. A heavy freight train on the
! Ashland branch Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railway at Little Chute
was just rounding Il sharp curve when
| the combined force of the moving
! train on the curve and the tornado
prevailing tore four cars from the
train, completely wrcCking one, carry
| ing another into the Fox river and
tipping over the other two.
The families of Otto Nicholson
clerk for Johnson & Hill Co.: Will G..
Scott, jeWeler; and w. II. Barnes,
restauranteur enjoyed a pleasant
picnic outing in the vicinity of Biron
on Tuesday. A. w. Rumsey's ''street
car" transferred the party and its
numerous baskets of provender, ham
mOckS, fishing sets and the like to and
from the picnic grounds, taking them
out at t o'clock a. III. and returning
them in the evening.
Stevens Point Journal: Miss Mary
Langdon on Monday sold her millinery
store to her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Cahill.
Miss LangdOn has been in business for
fifteen years, and now will take rest
for a year or tWO.-MiSSeS Georgia
! Rogers and Clara Moeschler spent
three days visiting with the family OF
YRay Sherwood at Rudolph. Both
eyOung ladies are expected home Tues.
1daY.
Louis FOurnier, the tOnSorial artist
opposite the pOStOt1ice, placed two
Handsome pieces Of new furniture in
! his shop the past week. They are
I patent hydraulic barber chairs pur-
! chased from Theo. \. KOchS company,
Milwaukee. One hundred dollars was
the price required and Mr.. Fournier
! is we'll pleased with the improvement,
his patrons ditto.
/ Mrs. NJ. J. Belanger received tele-
gram Saturday morning announcing
| the arrival Of bouncing nine-pOund
| boy at the homo Of her daughter, Mrs.
Stella Baxter, Crow Agency, Montana.
| The young man registered in this
world on Friday, July II. The RE
POTTER joins with grandma in con-
gratulatiOns.
2. L. Pease, teacher last year at the
main building, eighth grade, and who
had accepted an invitation to return
has resigned his position in the Grand
Rapids school. We understand he
has accepted the principalship of the
t Cumberland high school to succeed
Jay S. Hamilton, resigned.
! J. 3. Last, general passenger agent
OF the Green Bay & Western Ry., ano
! ChaS. W. Grundy, general manager OF
! the MarShtield < Southeastern were
in town Tuesday. In company witt
Agent \. d. Hill they drove to the
paper mills down river looking after
| business matters.
Mrs. }. 4. Chapman entertained {
few of her lady friends on Friday
July II, in cOmmemOratiOn of hcl
birthday. We won't presume to give
away the numerical number that rep
reSentS her age. but we can say thai
the ladies vote her an excellent enter
tainer.
/ Or. J. J. LooZe Of Seymour, Wis.
has rented DR.. lie Grandpre's otfic,
building, barn, etc, and expects t
move and locate here in the nea
future. The doctor comes we'll recon
mended has 10 years experience anC
speaks French, German and English
A cock hight will take place in thi
: city Friday evening between tw,
! thoroughbred gameSters. The partiC
ulars OF this exciting pleasure is no
. fully known to us. but the cock fgh
is an assured fact. Bald heads an,
police to the front.
, The Milwaukee Sentinel is authOrit
for the item that our tOwnsman. d.
. A. Is. CraW ford. has filed an applica
ton for commission in the Yoluntee
army. We hope he may be successful
: in his application.
DR.. McElwee, who is rapidly builC
ing up large practice in Gran
, Rapids, will again visit the city a
the Witter House on Saturday, Jul
%. Consultation is free and invite
: by the doctor.
DR., d. A. Teller, dentist, office owe
:; Wood County National bank, Gran
! Rapids, Wisconsin. VIII be out {
town every Monday and Tuesday.
For SALE-One second hand to
I buggy, one saddle. Enquire at tn