Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-27

Rapids and CentIalia in Wood county. 1t is OH
the G. NJ d St. p Ry running north from New
Lisbon to Tomahawk The Nekoosa Paper COM
pany, have their Pulp, Paper and Sulphite
plant located here and its thriving institu-
ton and a promising village.
The guests Of the Herrick House
have been feaSting upon goose" for
several days the past week, This
delicaCy is a little out of season and
respondent Of the landlord for an eX-
plation. The story runs like this:
Sunday night when the moon was
shining its brightest and the clock
was striking eleven, three persons,
known as the millwright, blacksmith
and machine tender in the Nekoosa
Paper Co.'S mill, were homeward bound
when one of the party spied the three
geese swimming upon the mill pond.
Two of the party remained to watch
the game while the third one hurried
to secure a shot gun. On his return
with the gun the millWright fired the
| first shot and killed goose number one,
the blacksmith fired second and
| GOWned goose number two and the
machine tender followed suit with the
same accurate aim. Three beautiful
geese lay upon the water as their
trophy. The fact that two Of the
geese remained after the first one
was shot did not appear to cause any
suspicion on the part Of the sportsman
until they had killed them all. Then
! the idea struck them that possibly
| they were domestic geese. The idea
was correct one and some hen house
! is minus three poor innocent geese
who apparently were enjoying the
night out after the extreme heat of
that day. The owner Of the geese is
| hereby notified to present bill to the
| Herricl House landlord who will pay
| the same.
The Centralia Lumber company has
! its lumber office enclosed and it will
soon be ready for occupancy. MesSrS.
w. Z. Kellogg and A. J. BOyleS have
been here all the week upeTintending
and assisting a crew Of L men in the
construction Of two lumber sheds, one
enclosed l04 feet long and a second one
covered POS feet long, adjacent to the
st. Paul railroad. This firm will have
an ideal yard and will keep their
entire stock in sheds. \. J. BOyles
will move his family here into new
cottage to be erected on lots near the
cOmpany's office.
Messrs. ". Alpine, Matt Ludwig,
James Jelley, Thomas GrignOn, john
juicy and August Detiere engaged
two teams Of S. l.. Stevens here on
Sunday and drove south Of the village
about six miles for picnic outing.
| They report mosquitoes SO bad that
during the day they attacked the
harness and when they started fol
home it looked more like frillS then
anything else.
J. V. Hobbs. NJ. D., Fort Valley
Ca. says: Il have been practicing
medicine twenty-five years and known
piles to be one of the most difficult OF
diseases to cure, but have known
DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salye to cure
numbers Of cases and do not hesitate
to recommend it," Be sure you get
"DeWitt's;" there are injurious
counterfeitS on sale. Wood County
Drug Co.
The local band boys assembled il
Long Johns barber shop Monday
night for prac tice, during his absence
While playing some of their difficult
and heavy pieces they Jared the large
French plate glass out OF its fdSteningS
and fell out and was broken. Now, ;
new pane is needed.
\. L. Gross, while here in NekOoSa
purchased over 100 crates and 1.20,
baskets of bluGberrieS for his son Viii
and shipped under his orders. These
with the number Peter Huber and l.
Guthiel shipped, proves this point
quite a market for this crop.
MeSsrs. Eli Taylor, John Brennan
Guy and James Nash departed Satur'
day for an extended trip in Canada.
They will rendezvous at Port Arthur
and expect to be absent four weeks.
Among those who had to answer
summons for amounts due to |. Q. 9.
f. for life insurance at MarShtield
were Geo Pratt, Geo. HinlIley, Mrs.
Mary Cook and VIM. Hodges.
T L. Starks' potato warehouse, 30X6C
fleet with 12-fOOt posts, is in course OF
construction, adjacent to the Port
I Edwards railroad instead of st. Paul
road as noted last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Gurdy are guests
of friends at the club house near
Merritt'S landing this week. Miss
Leila Treat accompanied them.
MISS Martina Rea IS absent TINS
week on a visit to the DellS at Kill
bOurn and she will also visit in Mil
EWaukee before she returns.
Peter Huber has accepted the agency
for the MarShfield Steam laundry
Orders left with him will receive
prompt attention.
The Misses OlesOn, ChaS. HalverS0n
and Hugh Miscoll Of Port Edwards
spent the Sabbath with Mr.. and Mrs.
II. A. Morgan.
Miss Bessie Huntington and Miss
Arvilla Demarais of Grand Rapids
were guests of Miss Edith Lynn
Friday.
Miss Van Duzee, a blind graduate
gave one OF her entertainments Tues
day evening in Brooks Bros. hall
Mr.. and Mrs. \. Gilbert are de,
lighted over the arrival of a son and
heir born Friday, July p.
Miss Amelia Lapine departed Tues,
day for Fond du Lac where she will
visit relatives.
Brooks Bros. received a carload OF
salt this week from L. j. Petit & Co..
Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. II. Lynn returned
Monday from visit in Fond du Lac,
r. Schiebe is out again after his
serious illness.
RUDOLPH.