Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-13

W. H. Lake, yardmaster of the
Green Bay yards, is spending the week
at Whitehall.
Mrs. F. L. Kersten of Milwaukee is
in the city yiSitingher parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Goggins.
Carl Oleson agent of the Green Bay
road at Blair is spending the week
with relatives in Grand Rapids.
c. Fl. Brown, travelling freight
agent of the Green Bay road is in the
city looking after the interests of the
company.
T. J. Cameron went to Milwaukee
Saturday, where he will spend the
week with his family and take in the
state fair.
Mrs. Helen Shoblad, mother of Mrs.
". q. Scott, with whom she has been
visiting the past year. departed Tues
day for Seattle, Washington, where
she formally lived.
superintendent Hambrecht of the
city schools, is confined to his home
to-day by sickness. He was taken
suddenly i'll Wednesday night and is
threatened with typhoid fever.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. II. CroswelI of
Appleton and ChaS. T. Wilson of AL
bany, \. Y. were registered at the
Witter House and called upon the diff
ferent paper mill companies on the
river in this immediate vicinity.
J. G. Love arrived in the city Sat
urday for few days visit with relatives
and Old-time friends. His family
have been spending the summer here,
and they returned with him to their
home in ST. Louis, starting Wednesday
evening over the c. NJ. & ST. p. road.
MI. and Mrs. Herman Boetcher
returned Friday from long journey
by carriage, that included visits with
friends in a number of towns between
here and Milwaukee and in that city.
They were absent about a month and
had most enjoyable trip and visit
with many Old-time friends.
Rube Lyon started back to Dawson
City Monday after an enjoyable visit
with Old-time friends and relatives
here Rube takes with him to the
I[lOndike % barrels Of cranberrieS.
This fruit ordinarily sells in that
country for LOO per pound, but it is
expensive to transport such great
distance. so there is more or less
hazard in the undertaking.
Expansionist and Anti-eXpansionist
alike agree that the most lurking
patriotism is spurred by the soul stir
ing situations in Carriers 'Remember
lD ATninO - (OnprD 10l1Sn
tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs G. d. Jones returned
Monday from their visit to Everett.
Wash, and other points in the west,
accompanied by their children who
visited with relatives in Fond du Lac
during their absence. Mr.. Jones says
that the state of Washington and
that portion of it west of the noun
tainS is q very productive farming
country, but owing to the big timber
it costs a fortune to clear land and
that all things considered, he is firm
ly of the opinion that as an agricultu-
raj region it is not to be compared
with Marathon county. In fact he
said that in his whole tour through
the west he found no section of coun-
try that, in his mind, was SO we'll fitted
for agricultural purposes in general
as in Wisconsin. In Everett, WASH,
Mr.. Jones met several former Wausau
people and found them all doing we'll
He says Everett is not booming, but
appears to be enjoying healthy growth
and looks as though it had a good
WauSau Herald.
Phil. Ward of this city has annOunc-
ed himself a candidate for the nOmina-
tion of sheriff subject to the will Of the
Democratic County Convention. Mr..
Ward served DIS sheriff of this county
| during the years 1879 and 1880, and
was undcrSheriff during the McCamley
administration Of 1881 and 1882. He
WAS also sheriff Of Lincoln county
during the years 1891 and 1892 and
made Il good record in 10th counties.
Mr.. Wards candidacy for sheriff is
| the first and only that has been
announced in the papers thus far for
| that office on the Democratic ticket.
! The present county officers with, of
course, the exception of sheriff, who
are all Democrats, will undoubtedly
| be renOminated.