Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-01
piTTeVILLE.

The PittSville school literary society
gave literary program last Friday
evening at COtey's hall. The chief
feature was a mock trial state of
affairs VS.. Myron Raymond defendant.
Defendant charged with stealing a
barrel of pork from L. E. COlvin & Co.'S.
store. Prosecuting attorney, VIM.
Brown; defendants attorney, Richard
Brown; Judge, Prof. j. L. Jones: clerk
of matrimonial court, r. 0. Tarbox:
sheriff and handouts, Floyd Favell:
state witnesses, Geo. Lundy, Joe
Henister, Celia McCuen, Hadie Kelian,
who all told the truth, the whole
truth and anything but the truth.
Witnesses for defense John Sartell,
Lee Doud, Mary kriteS, and Maude
Favell. The prosecutor proved that
the defendant hauled away barrel
from back of COlyin'S store to an IN
inhabited house which he had rented,
also showed that he had matrimonial
aspirations. If he calculated to get a
helpmate in the same way he did the
food there is strong probability that
they would not reside any length of
time in one place; this also shows why
he rented instead of buying, but he
would have bought if he were not
afraid of being robbed himself by the
city in sidewalk tax the coming season.
| The defense claimed that the object
was not a barrel Of pork but was a
round stove. one witness claimedsit
| was a round cook stove which was one
| Of EdiSOn'S latest inventions and that
| his father brought one home like it
when he returned from the hardware
convention few days ago. The jury
| disagreed, four for acquittal and three
gave verdict of guilty. The work all
| through showed good and careful pre-
paration and prototype for future
| litigation. The time is not far
distant when such cases made and
provided can be settled here at home
instead of going elsewhere. and there
will be people here who will have
| justice in stock the year round so that
| people can buy it in cartoons or in
bulk.
On account of the very cold weat her
last Saturday night. the dance to be
| given by Jay Trumbel at Golfers hail.
| was postponed and the young ladies
were not going to be disappointed in
this way and gave party and dance
at the Central House. There were
| eighteen couples and the writer, who
came single handed, present. The
tables and windows were removed in
the large dining room and then the
music struck up near the stove and
began with a tWo-step. The principal
part of the crowd stayed until it was
time to go home but some stayed as
long as the music did. All had most
excellent time and forgot to help pay
the music.
There will be a band saw mill built
here in the near future to do custom
saving. 1t will occupy the space be-
| tween the shoe factory and rolling
mills, opposite the large brick woollen
! factory which will stand in front of it.
This mill, it is claimed by one of the
| prOprietOrS, will saw about 10 or 80, 900
per day.
| Chas. PelO, our tOnSorial artist, has
been asked by some of our leading
citizens to run for cop next spring
election. He said he might if there
was a copper in it.
E. ". Ring has upwards Of 1000, 900
feet OF logs now stocked in his yards
this will keep the mill running full
blast night and day.
| Francis White, who finished the
| PlttSville school last June, was adj
mitted as a sophomore in the Stevens
Point Normal
| Mrs. G. \. Ludwig, who has been
seriously i'll during the past three
| weeks, IS improving very rapidly.