Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-12-04

VIM. Nash, of Grand Rapids has
been engaged by the Nekoosa Paper
Co. to act as assistant boOk-keeper to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Walter Graves
Messrs. H. E. Herrick and Will
George while hunting the two last
days of the season saw several
deer and got some shooting but failed
to kill anything.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles RobeIy, of
Milwaukee. who were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Lapham the past week
departed Tuesday for Loyal, Wis,
where they will visit other friends.
Geo. G. Stitzel, of Chicago, repre-
senting S. NJ. Little & Co., commits
sion merchants, is in the village buy
ing potatoes for his firm. The high
est price paid is 81 cents per bushel.
Alfred Brooks, sold his potato ware
house in this village The past week to
Mr.. Starks, the Potato King, of Plain
field. The warehouse will store
twelve thousand bushels of potatoes.
Consideration sll00 cash,
w. Cool, d millwright visited his
family here in the village Thanksgiv-
ing and returned Tuesday to his work
in ShaWanO. where he is employed in
the erection Of the Wolf River Fibre
& Paper Co.'S. new plant.
Theodore Larson was busy the fore
part of the week putting in cement
sidewalk in front Of VIM. HOOperS
general mercantile store. The snow
and cold weather which arrived here
on Tuesday prevented the cOnlinu-
ance of the work.
MeSSrS. G.. P. Thompson, Eli, Emery,
and Frank Taylor, aud VIM. Nicholas,
returned Monday from their deer hunt
at Arpin, with only one deer to their
credit. They saw Il large number,
but were unable to get d good Shot at
them.
Lovers of dancing will please bear
in mind the Masquerade Ball to be
given in Brooks hall on Thursday
evening, Dec. /. Refreshments will
be served in the hall and prizes will be
given to the best dressed lady and
gentleman. Be sure and attend.
Walter Graves, member of Camp
No. 1916 Modern WoOdmen Of America
held life policy for $1,000 payable to
his mother as his beneficiary. The
proofs Of death were sent in Novemb Der
Is and the draft for the full amount
was received by H. E. Fitch on the
2lSt day Of the same month. This
was a very prompt payment.
Ii. f. Ostrum and ten other wit
nesseS of the town of Armenia were
in NekOOSa last week for the purpose
of having their dispositions taken in
the Ostrum divorce proceedings
which are to be tried in Waushara
county, Dec. 4, before Judge G. NJ
Webb, Messrs. H. E. Fitch and ID.
d. Conway are attorneys for the
defendant.
1t is rumOred about town that Dan
Edward st, James, back tender. who
formerly were employed by the
Nekoosa Paper CO. but recently
employed in the East. have both
been killed; the former by a
lot Of pulp falling upon him, the
latter in d train wreck, We are
unable to learn the particulars con-
nected with their deaths
William Summit, young man
seventeen years of age, who was
employed in the NekooSa Paper Co.'S
mill met with serious accident here
Thursday evening, November p, just
before quitting time in which his left
hand Was caught while putting on a
belt. twisting it off from the arm at
the wrist and also breaking the bones
of the same arm just below the
shoulder. Just how the accident
happened no one knows except the
boy himself, who was alone in doing
this work. The foreman was not far
off and Immediately came 10 the boys
rescue. DR.. S. A. MacGregor was
summoned Immediately and had the
boy conveyed to his home where the
arm was dressed and the broken
member set. The young man says he
was reaching over the pulley with his
left hand and thus trying TO get the
belt on when in some manner his
hand was drawn in with the above
results. 1t was done SO quick that he
hardly knows just how it occurred
The boy has suffered considerable
pain and is weak from the loss of
blood, but he is now getting along
nicely. He carried no accident
insurance.