Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
Afriend of the Home
a foe CT the Trust
Calumet
Bakiing
Powder
Moderate in price-Makes pures.focd.

Ten Nights in Bar Room"
Watch for the big white tent. A.
w. Rumsey, representative.
A crew of men are employed
under the direction Of the street
commissioner preparing the streets
for the reception Of new sidewalk
material. They are making valu-
able changes in the railroad track
part of the village.
Rev Pinckney, Of Eagle River,
has been engaged as pastor of the
Congregational church in Nekoosa
for the ensuing year. He is a
recent graduate Of a Theological
College in Chicago, and comes to
his charge here highly recon-
mended.
A base ball club has been
organized with F. x. erode Sc
lected as manager and Mr.. Wood
ruff as captain. They expect to
play their first game at Pataske's
place in the town of Port Edwards
next Sunday. This promises to be
an interesting game.
Messrs. Richard Scheibe, Clofus
Marceaux, M. Macstrack, Frank
erode and Frank Boles were in
Grand Rapids Thursday night and
were initiated into the mysteries of
the order Of Eagles, In the cere-
mony Frank erode had his nose
badly scratched This was done
by the Eagle.
The good people in the town OF
Saratoga met at the home of M.
| L. Townsend Monday and decided
to take steps to provide means for
the erection Of a suitable church
building in which the Christian
people Of that town could hold
| Sabbath school and church ser
vices. A subscription list has
| been circulated to this end by
Messrs. Townsend and Van Eta.
Mrs. Mary F. Goodness, OF the
town Of Armenia, has been very
poorly for some time and she has
now decided to submit to an oper-
alton as the only means of relief
On Wednesday she left for Oshkosh
where the operation will be per-
formed. DIR. S, A. MacGregor
will leave Friday to be present and
assist in the operation. Her
friends are all anxious that the
operation will be successful and
| her health be restored to her.
The Nekoosa Fire Co. continue
to do efficient service whenever
the occasion requires. On Tues
day afternoon fire alarm was given
announcing fire on the property
of Chas. Brooks. 1t appears that
DR.. S. A. MacGregor was burn
ing some rubbish in the alley near
his property and a spark was
carried into a small stack of hay,
on the adjoining residence pro-
perty. 1t was but an instance
when the entire stack was blazing
heaven ward. The alarm was
given and IN about three minutes
the fire company was on the scene
and a couple minutes more water
was being applied. A very small
loss was incurred and the wood
shed adjoining the burning stack
of hay was saved. Nekoosa can
well be proud of her fire company.
Messrs. Andrew Zurfuh, H. Z.
Levins, VIM. Doe and VIM B0Vee,
were members of a fishing party
who had quite time getting home.
They engaged Herb. Lapham' S
team of bronchos and drove down
to the Chester creek in the town of
New Rome on Monday morning.
They desired to return home the
same afternoon, everything went
well until three o'clock when they
went to hitch up their team. One
of the bronchos had broken loose
and wandered a half mile away
from the barn. The four men
attempted to catch him and soon
gave that up. They finally fenced
him in with a wire fence and he
jumped that like a deer. They
tried their wits for a scheme to
corral him, but all failed. They
finally caught him by using his
mate, They led him out of the
barn and the stray broncho
followed until they reached and
entered the barn together. The
party reached home at a late hour
that night fully determined that
bronCho's would never go again.
Letter to Mr.. H. {. Herrck.
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