Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31

ATTEST outings of his life and visited ;
big section Of picturesque cOuntr.
wholly new to him. He was yer,
much pleased with the big timber O.
that country, but as il is not in the
market at present he does not think
OF going there to secure some of it very
soon if at all. At Spokane, Wash, {
little girl thirteen years old named
Minnie MargrOve going to ManiStee
Mich, was put into the care of Emile
and his party and she proved genera
fayOrite and made the long trip as
safely and as we'll as if her father haC
accompanied her.
August Coleman, who clerks in the
Milwaukee Cheap store, had narrow
escape from drowning Sunday after.
noon. He and a number of other boys
| were in bathing just below the Jackson
Milling Co.'S mill. He swan out into
| the stream where the water was quite
deep and was observed by his com.
| paniOnS to be in trouble. When he
| had gone down for the third time and
| had lost consciousness, Wilbur Kellner
and Sidney Dennis reached him, and
each Selling him by an arm, succeeded
in bringing him safely ashore where
| he was soon reSuscitated. He eX-
| perienced all the uncomfortable SenSa-
tiOnS there are in drowning and yet
| lives.
A puzzle expert hands US in the fol-
lowing problem that on it's face looks
to be as hard as they make them, but
is in fact easy when understood. Any
bright boy, girl, man or woman who
makes correct solution will be given
the credit and publicity that the &C
mpllShment deserves. Three people
have a number of eggs. They sell
them to a grocer at the same rate or
price and each receives the same
amount Of money. A has 15 B has 80
and G has So eggs each. What is the
rate the eggs are sold for and what the
amount Of money that each receives.
The town of Grand Rapids has let
the contract and work will soon COM
mence for the opening and grading of
a new road from the end of Washing
ton avenue east past LutZ'S corners to
the Portage county line on the South
side of sections 10, II and y. The
Eberhardt settlement in the town OF
Grant will join the town of Grand
Rapids in this road, which will
shorten the distance for that settle
ment on trip to town nearly four
miles. and it will open up valuable
new lands for settlement.
Judge Webb is not satisfied with
the present means of exit from the
Stevens Point court room, and has
written to the county clerk to that
effect. Last year an iron fire escape,
leading from one of the court room
windows to the stone steps below, was
placed on the east side of the building.
This escape, however, is quite narrow,
and the judge thinks another and
wider means of egress should be pro-
vided.
Bonnie Closuit has purchased the
old home of tie ClosuitS near the
Green Bay depot and is remodeling
the house and improving the appear
ance of the grounds. The saloon
building will be moved to the east side
of the street near the depot, and Mr..
ClOsuit will join ThOs. Love in build
ing brick sidewalk from the Union
House to the railroad. They will park
or re-SOd the sidewalk rights, a width
OF about six feet, along this walk.
Talmage sayS:-A newspaper whose
columns overflow with advertisements
of business men has more influence in
attracting attention to building up
the town than any other agency that
can be employed Capital and labor
60 where there is an enterpriSing com
munity. No power on earth is sc
strong to build up town as news
paper well patrOnized, and its power
should be appreciated.
1t is claimed that the enforcement
OF the dog tax on the East side has
reduced the number Of dogs in this
part of the city about 80 per cent. 1t
is suggested that if the new city
officers have the power that they en-
force the tax on the West side. II
they have not. that they enact an
ordinance that will abate the dog
nuisance on the West side.
The Ladies Aid society of the
| Catholic church will hold an ice cream
sociable in their hall, over Spa ford
Cole & Lipke'S store, which has just
recently been nicely fitted up, Thurs.
day evening, June I. The entire
second floor is now in use by Catholic
societies and they give this sociable
as opening to their new quarters
You are cordially invited to attend.
F. MacKinnon has removed the
house on the cor of French and
Fremont street, adjoining his resi-
dence property to lots on the opposite
side of the block on Maple Street,
giving him the full length of the
block on French street for his resi-.
dence grounds which he is otherwise
improving this spring.
A relative of NJ. j. Favel, the car.
penter, is considering the subject OF
putting in Z line of small steamers tC
| ply between the town and the islands
| below town. During the summer
months he could probably do quite an
excursion business, evenings and
Sundays and on all picnic occasions.
Jas. E. Ingraham of Babcok was in
town the first of the week. He has
returned to his first love. that is tC
the REPORTER. In 1857 Mr. Ingraham
set up and printed the first copy OF
! the REPORTER which clearly establish.
eS his precedence in the ranks of the
newspaper fraternity of Wood county
Otto ROeniuS now drives a beautiful
bay horse recently purchased from
Frank Kern. Frank recently pur
chased some horses in Sparta and they
were beauties.
Nothing has ever been produced tC
equal or compare with Tabler's
Buckeye Pile Ointment as a curative