Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-20
COMING.

COMING.
/ Charles G. Burton representing the
Westing House Electric Co.. the
| largest concern of the kind in the
world. was in the city this week con
| ferring with the city officials and
prominent business men relative to
the city water works and electric
light plant. This has come to be re
garded the cheapest and most con-
venient way of handling these public
utilities. and where the business is
conducted by cooperative company
it is more than ordinarily the part of
wisdom to combine the service into
one system and give the people of this
city light and water at cost.
At the NJ. E. church on SUNDAY Sept.
| %. Rev. F. A. NimitS will preach in
the morning on THE Influence of the
Cross of Christ" Love Feast will be
held at $50. Communion service will
follow sermon. This will be the last
Quarterly meeting for the year. In
the evening he will preach on The
Great Eternal Gulf, What is it,"
You are cordially invited to attend
IIICcC NCt ' lNOno-
The Young men of the High School
have begun training for the football
team and prospects are that Grand
Rapids will have winning aggrega-
ton of players this season. Coach
Oswald assisted by former quarter back
mccarthy are doing all in their power
to get the boys in shape for the open
ing game against Waupaca, to be
played on the home grounds on Sept.
Rev. A. Peterson will speak at the
German Moravian church. West Side,
Sunday evening Sept. %, 1900 in Eng
liSh on the subject: Almost per-
suaded." The service will begin at
40. AS we have only limited
number of hymn books, you are kindly
requested to bring your own along.
Sacred Songs; No. l are used. A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
The picking of the cranberry crop
will be finished with the close of this
week in Wood County, and while the
crop is light it has been well cared for
and practically no damage has resulted
from several heavy frOstS that have
occurred during the picking season.
1t may be regarded as fairly prosper
Gus year among local cranberry grow
erS.
A. p. Hirzy has just finished dark
room in the rear Of his jeWelry store
to be used in testing the eyes of pa
tient in his optical work. 1t is con-
structed in the regulation style and
dimensions used by the Northern H.
inois College of OphthalmolOgy, of
which Mr.. Hirzy is a graduate.
DR.. O. T. Hougen has traded his
store building and lot on River street
to Paul Locksteadt for the henderson
farm of so acres in Rudolph township.
Mr.. Locksteadt has moved his family
into one of A. L. Crosses houses on
River street and is working in Ober
beck Bros furniture factory.
Bat O'Day of Milwaukee street.
East Side, has purchased the Lutz
Bros. farm, one mile east Of the city
in section 10. 1t contains POO acres of
land with exceptional good buildings.
Consideration 81, 200. 1t is one of the
finest farm properties on the East
Side.
VIM. Hike and Lolita Burroughs
were united in marriage Saturday
afternoon, September 10. at the Ger
man MOrayian church in this city,
Rev. A. Peterson officiating. They
have a nice home in NekOOSa where
they will begin housekeeping at once.
1t is rumored that Dan'l J. Arpin,
the we'll known lumberman, will build
a fine modern brick home on Front
street, East Side, adjoining the John
Arpin homestead property on the
south, the building to be erected this
fall.
Guy r. Wood returned Wednesday
from two weeks duck and goose hunt
with John Brundage at Eureka, South
Dakota, and reports the shooting fairly
good. On his return he took in the
Minnesota state fair at st. Paul.
Reader bear in mind that the Re-
publican caucuSeS for the election Of
delegates TO the county convention to
be held in MarShfeld October End, &C.
ours on Tuesday evening, the 18th
inst. Be sure and attend.
RumOr has it that there is to be Il
double wedding next month between
two prominent young men of the West
side and two beautiful girls of the East
side. The parties have long been ar
dent lovers.
The Rev. Shaw's subject next Sun
day morning at the First COngrega
tiOnal church will be Jacobs
Dream" In the evening he will speak
on This WorldlineSs. Anthems
and solos.
Members of the Rainbow Chapter
No. 81 Order of the Eastern Star, are
requested to be present at the next
regular meeting, September 26. Mrs.
r. E. Mcfarland Worthy MatrOn.
T. H. Norton the stove man is still
in the stove business located in the
Pariseaubuilding opposite HasbrOuck's
livery stable. When you have stove
work to do call on Norton.
Z. II. Norton the stove man is in the
stove business located in the Pari-
Seau building opposite HaSbrouck'S
livery stable. When you have stove
work to do call on Norton.
The little 1O-year-old girl of Chris.
Favor who broke her leg couple of
weeks ago is reported doing nicely and
will soon be out again.