Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12

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A large number of people spent Sun
day in picking blackberries.
Circuit Court will convene on Mon
day Oct. It'll.
Miss Byrl Thompson left fer Ripor
Tuesday to enter the college.
AEmarriage license has been issued II
Peter P. Laylaw and Sarah E. Burn.
of Babcock.
The VIM. Pouse family, have moved
into the house No. COL Fremont St
WANTED-A nurse girl apply to Mrs
Geo. w. Mead. St
A marriage license has been issued
to c. d. tombstone and Lec;e Reilly
of Sigel.
J. n. Roberts arrived Friday from
Chicago with three head of horses, a
pair of grays and dark bay.
The Majestic Theatre picture mach
inc was sold at public auction Fri
day to pay debts.
Casper Gnos who has been building
a house at Port Edwards, has disap-
peared leaving the house half COM
pieted. t
The music furnished by the Bliss
orchestra at the Opera House Mon
day night was one of the pleasant
features Of the performance.
BoSsert Bros. baVe completed their
cement sidewalk work at PittSville,
having laid over four blocks of walk.
The Wisconsin Congregational con-
Vention will be held in Oshkosh at
the First Congregational church. Oct.
TO 3.
I'm. j. McRaith has rented his store
building next to J. j. Hazard to the
Renne-Nugent Tea Co. which expects
to open a retail tea and coffee store.
Arthur Putnam's pen of Silver
Spangled Ham5urgs won first place in
the poultry show at the Central Wis.
State fair.
Two chariyari parties in the east
end of the city Monday, kept the
air resonant with horns and cow
bells until late into the night.
The window display at j. L. Schu-
macher's Department store is assum-
ing very pleasing aspect under the
management and care of Fred Trader.
S. L. Stevens of Nekoosa, has sold
his farm implement business to Chic
ago parties, and will move to this city
where he will make his future home.
Emil Rasmussen. of the Wood
County Drug company, Grand Rapids,
was the guest of George P. Meyer in
this city Friday, coming from Marsh
.-Wausau Herald.
There is a scarcity of teams for city
work. and in consequence there is
great delay in getting the filling done
preparatory to the laying of cement
sidewalks.
Circuit Court Clerk a. B. Bever is
being kept quite busy these days pre-
pairing the papers for those who seek
to become American citizens at the
next term of court.
The work of painting the two band
Sandstone in Library Park and one
in the west side park-has now been
completed. The stands are a neat
white with green lattice work around
the bottom.
Teams were kept busy last week
hauling dirt to the corner of Baker
and Twelfth streets, preparatory
to the laying of cement sidewalks in
front>Of the Brunke and Rawson resi-
dences.
A crew of painters have been busy
the past week painting the exterior of
f. j. Woods brick block at the east
end of the bridge. 1t freshens and
beauties the appearance of the entire
block.
There seems to have been some mix
up in the dates OF the Green Bay Lea
que team which was scheduled to play
in this city Friday afternoon, and in
consequence the game did not take
place.
Geo. N. and Guv r. Wood now have
their real estate office with the law
firm of Wipperman & Hambrecht,
over the Wood County National
bank 3-3t.
A cement side walk bee was held
Sunday by Henry Brunke and Sam
Rawson, as a result of which new
sidewalks have made their appearance
in front of their residences on Baker
street.
The REPORTER press has just finish
ed the annual book for the Women's
Club of this city. The book has been
highly spoken of by all who have seen
it, and it contains such information
as is of value to the club members.
1t is remarkable how freely people
are acquiring the habit Of depositing