Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-17
On Sunday last the Green Raw &

| western turned over special train to
its employees here for the purpose of
attending the funeral Of the late
W. H. Crane at Green Bay on d5y
above given. George Ward yolgn-
tetred to act aS engineer and Fred
Burlingame aS fireman. The train
consisted Of one tirSt-claSS coach and
one baggage and smoking car. The
following employees from here ayailed
themselves of the opportunity and
attended the funeral: Fred Nelson.
=. LaHare, r. J. Noes, ". H. Lake.
| w. Kenyon, conductor. Peter Love
W. Whiting, Steve Slattery. Jas.
CoSgrove, A. D. Hill, Jno. Empke and
John Ray, also +. Nelson, agent, CITY
Point and Walter Burns and wife Of
lola. The train left here at a. m.
and returned at $50 p. NJ.
Either our young friend, Robert ".
Lyon of the U. S. Fourteenth In
fantry, now in China, has been
| misinformed or the people of this
country have very crude idea of
what our army in China is doing. He
says in d recently published letter:
1.-The low, ignorant whelps of natives.
| especially the women, as they go hob
bling along on their little stumpy feet
only four inches in length, is disgust
| ing in the extreme. The FilininOs
are away ahead of these people in
| intelligence but that is not saving
| very much. They are the most low,
down, treacherouS, cruel brutes on
earth, and our orders were to take no
prisoners, but to kill all we saw and
show DO mercy. Every man was
arrested who failed to do SO, too"
On Tuesday forenoon as the NJ. &
S. E. train rounded curve near
Grand Rapids Engineer Lyons saw a
man mutfied to the ears walking on
the track headed in the same direct
ion as the train. A few seconds after
the danger signal was sounded the
unknown pedestrian was struck by the
engine and thrown headtirSt into the |
snow a few feet from the track. He
regained his feet at once. picked up
his hat and continued on his way in |
an uncOncerned manner as if nothing |
unusual had happened. The train |
was going at the rate of ten miles an
hour at the time, approaching a tank |
where water was to be TAKEN Marsh |
field News.
According to the Tribune. the G. A.
Il. boys of this city have turned over
new leaf at the beginning of 1901.
and during this century will regularly
attend some place of public worship. |
We are glad to note the reformation |
and hope that the end of the century
will find them every Sunday morning |
in their accustomed pews. To our
way of thinking they have all of them
a few treasures laid up in heaven, but
1T is we'll to make assurance dOubly
sure by conforming to the prevailing
idea on the subject of future rewards.
Mayor Vollmar of Marshtield has
appointed committee of three,
citizens Of that city, to investigate
the equalization of taxes of Wood
county and report to the city council.
The committee appointed is composed
of Alderman w. H. Roddis, ATTORNEY
3. G. Pors and ex-County Treasurer
M. G. FleckenStine. The committees
report will be awaited with consider
able curiosity, owing to the discussion
that has already taken place on the
subject.
Mike Dzakan of the town of Sigel.
while working in the woods Friday.
January II, had a close call of loosing
his life. While busy in the act of
trimming the limbs off a tree, another
man was telling tree nearby when
the top broke off and struck Mr..
Dzakan on the right shoulder and
side. His flesh was badly bruised but
no bones were broken. 1t was close
call for him.
Miss Laura Duggan of the Sixth
Ward school was taken severely i'll
Sunday and was confined to her room
at the Dixon House. Miss Caroline
Briere will act as her substitute until
she is able to resume her duties. We
learn that Miss Duggan by mistake
took a big dose Of iodine for some
other medicine. 1t came nearly being
a fatal dose. We are glad however to
state she is getting along nicely.
The school board met Tuesday
night and the time was spent
in discussion of the
subject of location for the proposed
new high school building. No action,
however, was taken in the matter but
it will be the principal item of
business before the board on January l.,
20 when some definite action is :
looked for.