Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-04-19
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Nieilsvllie; secretary and treasurer. D.
R. Freeman, Colby; censor, F. A.
Southwick, Stevens Point. Arrange
ments will be made for a ioiat meet
ing in the fall with the Fox River as
ISOLATION.
Edward e. Bates Of Edgertou. it is
said, is about to bring suit against DR..
LoI .uolIeSpH. 10 osIg spIgddeuc II II
$4,000, for the alleged aliepafino 6f
his wife's affections. Mrs. Bates was
granted a divorce from her husband a
few weeks ago. Then DR.. Sheppard
and Mrs. Bates were married in the
Palmer house, Chicago, by the Rev. DR.
Thomas. DR.. Sheppard's former wife
died last August.
At Hartford John Wiley died aged
IS. Mrs. William Meyerperteo droDDed
dead while dressing. She was X
years of age. H. Brown died, aged 81.
The funeral of Emma Jonas. daughter
OF Rev. Edward Jonas. took place at
Hartford. Miss Jonas was a teacher
in the Beaver Dam high school. Her
brother, Prof Edward Jonas. is a
member Of the faculty of Purdue uni
versity.
Cooper, Simmons, Nelson & Walker.
attorneys, have presented a bill
against the city of Racine for s2.S06,
for services in the recent suit of the
Racine Water company against the
city. Attorney James Flanders of
Milwaukee has also presented a bill
for S2,lOS, making a total of s6,014, and
the litigation is not ended. The peo-
pie Of Racine are astonished at the big
costs.
The Milwaukee Carriage and Wag-
| onmakers union will hold a meeting
to decide what action will be taken bv
the union on lockout which was in
stltuted at the plant of Charles Alb
resch company. 1t is possible that
there may be a general strike ordered
through the city and a meeting of the
union declared formal strike at the
Abresch plant. If the strike is made
| general 2S5 men will be out.
Though labor is in good demand il
the cities, people are seeking land for
settlement. Already about fifty fam
lies have moved upon land in that
part of Lincoln county adjacent to
Merrill. More people will settle on
Lincoln county land the coming sum-
mer, if presents indications hold ont,
n 1nl h.
The rise in the price of all kinds of
timber has no doubt stimulated peO-
pie to seek timber land, of which there
is an abundance.
Capt. Frederick Pabst has bought
from George Z. Calhoun a $50 acre
farm at Calhoun station on the Chi
| cago & Northwestern railway, five
| miles east of Milwaukee The electric
railway line extension from Milwau-
kee to Waukesha passes along the
south line of the farm, so that it has
ample transportation facilities. Capt
Pabst, it is said, proposes to put up
stables upon the grounds and make of
them stock farm. The captain now
has a stock farm of about 100 acres in
Wauwatosa, but this is said to be too
smaA.
At Cambria a telegram has been re-
ceived announcing the death at Den
yer of David Owen. Mrs. David Rich
ards died in the town of CORTLAND.
aged 70 years. Henry Phillips, 83
years Of age, died at the home of his
son, E. B. Phillips, in the town of Lis
bon, near Waukesha. He was born in
New York Nov. u, 1917. He was mar
ried to Sarah Miller in 1871, and a
year later they came to Lisbon. Mrs.
Phillips died in 1893. John Eising
died at his home in the town Of Brook
field at the age Of 81 years.