Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-07

Seth Jones, who graduates at the
West side school Friday night at the
age of Is years, will 60 to Milwaukee
to join Guy Miller on his trip to New
York. Both the boys will join the
Grand Rapids colony in the great
metropolis who are all working under
the management of Frank E. Comp
ton. This colony consists of E. E.Comp-
ton, his brothers Charles and John,
his sister Celia and Harry Miller.
Later the Grand Rapids force will be
increased by the addition Of Theo.
Brazeau and Fred Alexander.
We see by the Sentinel that L. NJ.
Alexander, vice president of the Wood
County National bank and an officer in
three Of the large paper mills near
here, viz, NekooSa. Port Edwards and
South Centralia, has been elected
secretary and treasurer Of the New
General Paper Co., that we gave an
extended notice of last week. The
object of the new organization is to
handle the entire output of print and
MANILA paper made in Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
The following West side people,
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| subject, have decided to lay brick
sidewalks in front of their residences,
| the brick to be of the better grades Of
common brick: f. MackinnOn, one
| block on French street: Frank Gar
rison, L. NJ. Nash; Mrs. E. B. RoSSier,
three-fourths block, and Mr.. Goodman
one-half block, Dixon House One-half
block on Cranberry street, and Johnson
& Hill Co. in front of their business
properties.
The city is undergoing thorough
canvas by the census enumerators this
week, who began their laborS on the
| first of June. Were it not for the
rigid instructions from government
| headquarters they could probably a
''tale unfold" that would be Of inte-
rest and profit to us all, but mum"
is the word that keeps them shut up
like clam shells on the subject of CEN
SuS information. We will, however,
have it all in five or six years hence.
Mrs. Goodman improved her valuable
corner property on Cranberry and
Maple streets early in the week by
| having connections laid with the city
water works and sewer. Lumbermen
will be interested in the fact that the
| shingles on this house are shaved
shingles, now IS years old and in fairly
| good condition.
Hirzy, the German jeweler, is in
| Chicago this week and LuciuS Prader,
his clerk, is spending vacation with
This leaves the establishment in Mrs.
III iruyT n %
occasion.
The ladies on the West side, who
| happen to own nice shade trees along
Cranberry street, don't fancy a little
bit the threatened SpOilatiOn of some
of these trees by the improvements in
| progress there.
Pat Lyon. the we'll known engineer
on the M. & S. E. road, is spending a
short vacation assisting his brother
getting a brick yard started near
Marshfield in which he has an inte-
| rest.
Mcmillan Bros. and the Centralia
| Hardware Co. have removed the large
scales from their positions on Gran
berry street. The Mcmillan scales
Gerhard NJ. Dahl, promising young
attorney of Waupaca, and Miss
GeOrgeana Cate, daughter of Judge
and Mrs. G. w. Cate, were married at
Stevens Point Tuesday.
A big excursion left the Green Bay
depot Wednesday morning at O'Clock
| for a days outing in the city of Green
Bay. Agent Hill sold 70 tickets at
| this point.
The Lanouette building just north of
the Wood County National Bank is
being remodeled for use as bakery.
A man from La Crosse is expected to
occupy it.
The following Pittsville people were
visitors to the county seat the first of
the week: Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Finley,
E. W. Ring, J. Q. Severens and Coole
COtey.
We challenge anyone to show finer
shade tree than the stately elm that
| lends comfort and beauty to the yard
of D. d. Conway on Maple street.
The Reporter has a new correspond
ent in this issue from Bethel, who
will supply the local news hereafter
from that section
Mrs Aleck Robarge, who has been
the guest of Mrs. III. Lambert, de-
parted last Wednesday for her home
in TOmahawk.
Frank Gallagher, ST., a resident of
the town of Saratoga for the past 45
years, spent Sunday with John Dixon
on Cranberry street.
A local ball team played a club from
NekooSa at the fair grounds Sunday,
greatly to the discontinue of the
latter club.
The new restaurant opposite Spaf-
ford, Cole, & Lipke'S, serves meals
and handles home made bakery goods
on orders.
Rev. J. W. Helmuth of Oconomowoc
an old-time friend of Rev. Shaw spent
a few days in the city as his guest this