Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-08-29

Our second fall shipment of the
celebrated "La France" shoes fol
ladies will be in this week. The
Muir Shoe Co. Agts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Nieman, and
their son, spent Sunday in Seymour
This was the first visit to that village
in twenty-seven years, yet MIR. Nieman
found many of the friends of the
olden days and spent pleasant day
with them. He attended church in a
structure that he himself helped to
build nearly thirty years ago, and
which he had been in but once before
and that the first Sunday after it was
quilt.
The Scott Library.
Will be closed every Tuesday and
Thursday evening during the months
Of July and August. 3O-2rn
Mrs. Joseph Hinmann, whose home
is in Kansas, has been visiting in Wood
county for the first time in twenty
years. She is this week guest at
the home Of Charles Ecklund in the
town of Sigel. She, like all others
who visit this county after many
years, failed to recognize many of
the old land marks; the country
seemed all new to her, and her visit
was not like a visit to her former
home.
For sALE-T@o good lots together
with a nice four room house and barn
This is bargain at $4,000. Inquire
of G.. e. BOleS. TT
Mrs. Kate Townsend, who is the
owner of a farm in the town of
Rudolph, adjacent to the scene of the
present mining operations gave an
option this week to an interested
party, in the sum of S2O,0G0. We all
hope that Mrs. Townsend will be
able to sell the property for that
amount, and if iron is discovered in
paying quantities, she will undoubt-
edly have that privilege.
Gun Metal calf shoes are the new
thing in ladies fall street shoes, we
have them. Button or lace. The
Muir Shoe Co.
A small piece of steel became
inbedded in Emmett McCarthy's hand
Saturday while he was at work at his
blacksmith shop on Oak street, and it
is causing him great deal of trouble.
No attention was paid to it at first,
till the hand began to become swollen.
A physician was then consulted, and
the wound examined. 1t was dressed
and is being taken care of, to prevent
blood poisoning from getting started.
Wood and Coal.
Hard and soft coal and all kinds of
wood for sale. Prices right Phone
No. "a. BoSsert Bros. and Ebert. If
Mrs. George M. Huntington received
word from Mr.. Huntington this week
in which he sent the good news that
he was promoted to the position of
general superintendent of the Panama
Railroad cOmpany'S electric light
plant, with a salary of $3.50 per month.
He has an ideal place to board
overlooking the Pacific ocean, and is
very well satisfied with the country
and his position. He describes the
plant as even better than that
here.
The man behind the gun is n. G..
without good shells and ammunition.
We have them; Centrala Hardware
company. lS-4t
A fishing party consisting of Emil
Rasmussen, Fred Stamm, Bert Bever,
Henry Demitz, Arthur PodawiltZ,
Henry Bever, and Freeman Gilkey
left on Saturday evening for down
river TO spend couple days camping
out and fishing. They went as far as
Port Edwards and putting up tent.
stayed for the night. The rainy
weather made camping rather dis
agreeable, but they caught quite a
nice string of fish, and SO were salts
fed with the trip.
Scandinavian Church Services.
Morning service at 1890, Sabbath
school $50 a. M, Junior Christian
Endeavor 2:3O, Christian Endeavor in
the evening at 1870. If.
Different reasons are assigned as to
why Mcpherson made the successful
attempt to break Jail, and as to how
he was able to get out through the
small aperture he had made Some
assert that the reason he left was to
finish his harvesting and to earn
money for his family. AS for his
getting out through so small hole,
the fact was that he felt so small for
having beaten his wife that it would
have been easy for HIM to go through
an even smaller aperture.