Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-03
Past Events OF the City.
FROM THE REPORTER SEPT. 1872.

Seth Reeves and wife departed for
Hannibal last week to visit Hnery
Rablin.
John Edwards ran a feet of lumber
from his mill last week-the first that
has left on low water.
Three corps of surveyors arrived
simultaneously at Nasonyille TO lay
out lines for their respective COM
| panies.
| The First National bank has pur-
chased fne set of iron blinds. The
bank is now what may be called
burglar proof.
The Liberty pole has been raised by
Messrs. Hamilton and e. LaVigne.
1t is fine and when the old flag floats
from it's beak, it will be complete.
The city depot was located Wednes-
day, the site chosen being at the
function of Main street with the road !,
as good location as could be selected.
The county convention met at the
court house Tuesday to nominate a
county ticket. but had to adjourn on
account of the poor attendance OF the
delegates.
Street lamps are erected in the
lower portions of our village in the
vicinity of Neeyes and Sons store.
The idea is a worthy one and worthy
of imitation.
The frost has worked terrible de-
VISITATION among the cranberricS.
| Henry W. Jackson, has a fine marsh
near Centralia, lost between 1900 and
1000 bushels.
The brilliant cavalcade which gave
our streets gala appearance on
Wednesday morning, told of the
wedding of Oswald VOyer to Miss
Lena Lefebvre, at the Catholic church.
e. Dutruit presented us few days
ago with stem of cranberries about
four inches long with tributary shoots
bearing over one hundred of the
choicest berries we ever saw. The
stem was picked on the Lyon &
Dutruit marsh.
Those who think there is no business
doing should have been on the streets
Saturday. Between the post Office
and the Rablin house we counted
thirty-nine teams at one time belong
ing to farmers. The same activity
was noticed on Monday.
A new growth has taken possession
Of Centralia and Grand Rapids-a
growth inStilled and nurtured by the
glorious prospect of rail COM
munication with the outside world.
We believe we will have at least five
lines before the end of the year.
| The democratic convention nomin.
ated the following county ticket
Treasurer, E. Dutruit; clerk. G. o.
Baker; register of deeds, Lemuel
| Kroner; clerk of court, T.. G.
| ST. Amour; surveyor, Chas. O'Neill
coroner, Nicholas Smith: sheriff, Jack
| Mccarthy.
The work of grading On the Greer
Bay road prosecuted with all possible
energy. Only a short distance
remains between this village and
Plover. A large force is at work on
the bluff in Mr. Woods meadow, and
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have been completed to the Yellow
river.
The following county ticket was
nominated by reclamation at the
adjourned meeting of the county
conventions: Treasurer, w. FL. Jackson
county clerk, FL. B, Philleo; clerk of
court. f. W. Burt; register of deeds
}. G. Pomeroy; surveyor. William
Scott; coroner, j. B. Shaw. The
convention recommended P. 0. Cassidy
for the position of district attorney
| We are Informed by Mr. Robb that
MesSrs. Bosenwein and Clinton have
left orders at the foundry to make al
the necessary implements for mining
it being their intention TO Immediately
Sink shaft on the Wolf farm. 1t is
claimed by scientific men that large
quantities of ore are imbedded in
Rudolph, that it exists in the lodges
an0 that it can be found fifteen feet
beneath the earth's surface.
The list of pupils of the intermedi-
ate department who have neither
been absent or tardy during the
month ending Sept, 81, 1872, are:
Sarah Warner, George Witter, Eva
Roch, Caroline Smith, Willie Dunaven
Josephine Perry, Peter Love, Eva
Crawford, Minnie Spafford, Eddie
Weller, Habbie Robb, Fredie Athrop,
John Dolan, Hattie Kline, Mamie
Brewer, Annie HaSbrouck, Ladusky
| Kennedy, Leonard Snyder, Minnie
Brown, Harry Burt, Cordelia Stain
brook.