Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-12
GOING AND COMING.

business in our town on Saturday.
Arthur Arpin went to Chicago Sun
day evening for a few days absence.
VIM. Downing and Samuel Hiles
were over from Dexterville on Mon
day.
DR.. J. C. Commit, the Centralia
dentist. spent Sunday with his mother
at Dancy.
Miss Florence Bailey of Waupaca is
| the guest of Miss Winnie Podawiltz in
Grand Rapids.
We are informed by w. E. Gardner
that his son Walter is expected home
from Alaska in about three weeks.
F. MacKinnon returned to his home
in Centralia Tuesday evening after an
absence of three months in England.
Edward Akey, travelling solicitor
for the Chicago Record, stopped off in
the twin cities for short while the
| past week.
A. w. Rumsey, employed in the
subscription department of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, spent Sunday and
| Monday at home.
| Mrs. F. L. Rourke of Centrala went
to Chicago Monday evening to stay
| about two weeks as the guest of her
sister, Mrs. j. E. Jewett.
Miss Louise Brown, student last
year at Hamlin university, near st.
Paul, Minnesota, began work Monday
morning as principal of the Sherry
schools.
Miss Jennie Ward of Necedah
stopped here over Sunday, the guest
of Mrs. Geo. W. Davis, on her return
from Stevens Point, where she had
been on business.
MeSsrS II. G.. Hamacker, B. S.
Fleetwood and Otto thinner of Stev-
ems Point wheeled down to Grand
Rapids last Sunday and spent few
hours in the city.
John G. Love of St. Louis was
guest in Grand Rapids Monday and
Tuesday, here to attend the funeral
of John T. LaHaie. Mr.. Love went
south Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. H. Barnett of
Seattle were entertained over Sunday
at the home of Andrew A. Carter in
Grand Rapids. Mr.. Carter and Mrs.
Barnett are brother and sister.
L. B. Kelly, representative of the
| Northern Paper Co. at it's extensive
shipping station at Long Tail Point,
near Green Bay, visited with his
family in Grand Rapids over Sunday.
Frank Starr, principal of the Cen
| tralia schools last year and who is
now studying medicine at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons in Mil
waukee, is at home for short visit
with his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Kroner of Ashland
stopped off in Grand Rapids WedneS-
| day noon on their way home from
| Chicago. They will visit at the old
homestead and with relatives here
until Saturday.
Mrs. Samuel Church, wife of the
Centralia druggist, departed for Mont
fort, Grant county, Tuesday noon to
| be guest of her sister, Mrs. G.. T.
butcher, for few weeks. Miss Lucille
accompanied her mother.
Chas. TibbitS of Milwaukee, who is
selling lumber on commission for the
Wilbur Lumber Co., Bradley of Toma-
hawk, and others, has been paying his
| respects to the many friends in Grand
Rapids during the past week.
Mrs. Sarah Williams of Tomah,
grandmother of Mrs. Geo. P. Ham
brecht, arrived in this city Friday
evening and is being entertained at
the pleasant home of our city superin-
| tendent of schools, Geo. z. Hambrecht.
A number of Marshtield residents
and business men have visited the
county seat this week. On Monday
we noticed Messrs. e. II. Upham, G.
A. Johnson, Herman Stracker. On
Tuesday E. C. Pors, w. d. Conner and
II. Schildbauer.
c. c. Parlin, principal of the Wau-
sau High school, came to Grand
| Rapids Friday evening to arrange pre-
liminarieS for the football game which
took place in this city the following
day. He returned with the eleven
Saturday evening.
Edward J. Whitney returned home
Tuesday evening from his business
trip down the Mississippi river. Mr..
| Whitney was confined to his hotel in
ST. Louis for day with slight touch
of malaria. Mr.. Joseph Whitney
accompanied his son on the homeward
journey as far as La Crosse.
Geo. w. Davis returned from his
business and pleasure trip into the
state of Iowa, Monday, after an alb
Sence of ten days. His wife met him
at Necedah, Saturday, where they
spent Sunday with friends and arrived
home Monday. While away he pur-
chased carload Of good winter apples
J. r. Decker. editor and publisher of
the Columbus Republican. was in the
city Tuesday on his return home from
| Pittsville where he has some business
interest. This office acknowledges a
fraternal call. While here Mr.. Decker
Waited our electric light plant, tele-
phone exchange and other public
buildings.
| Donald Murray, Walter Flieth,
Eugene Parker, Bano Flieth and
Gilman Hanson, substitutes On the
| WauSau High football team, were
registered at the New Central for
dinner with the visiting eleven last
Saturday. Gus w. Remcking of
Wausau and coach Smith also accom-
panied the team here.
Chas. e. Blodgett was in Grand
Rapids few hours on Friday last.
| Mr. BlOdgett has recently added, by
purchase, Il couple more forties to his
stock farm located southwest of the
city of Marshtield. He now has over
400 acres of land almost in one tract
upon which he is engaged extensively
in raising blooded cattle, hogs, sheep