Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-04
PITTSvILLE

OoyS I'll Tue ldll.
Geo. w. Brown was one of the
lucky ones that drew a homestead
at Aberdeen. His number was 2218.
He says he intends complying with
the requirements and viii select a
quarter for home. George can di-
vide up his quarter among his sons
and do some extensive farming. He
has husky sons.
Cabbage and potatoes are coming
TO market in fair quantities at pres
ent-the prices are pretty low for
both.
Chas Heuer shipped more stock to
Chicago the past week. Charley keel
the Gamers" moving each fall.
The Pieser-Levin Mercantile Co.
have installed a cash carrier system
in their store.
S. N. Baum is about again after a
tussel with malarial fever.
Robert Gardner recently added a
number of dairy COWS to his herd
Our farmers are busy storing away
their late crops and getting ready
for. Jack Frost who is due soon.
The Crown Orchestra furnished the
music for dance at Babcock on Fri
day evening.
A change of time by the railway
company without warning, has caus-
ed considerable language" by those
who arrived too late for the train.
George Brown was a Marshfield
visitor on Friday. He joined the
committee having in charge the Sc
lection Of a location for the proposed
county asylum.
Fred Brown who was severity in
iured by corn cutter some time
ago, is able to work once more and
is putting in cement work for j. K
P. Hiles at Dexterville.
The roads are in ideal condition
yet but few autos have been seen
about here of late. Have the faddist
tired Of the sport?
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Griffith of Wau
Bau were the guests of relatives in
this city last week
Presiding Elder F. A Dexter of
Ripon held services at the Congrega-
last week.
James McGlynn of Babcock was in
tonal church on Monday evening of
town last Thursday evening
During the past few months there
has been some decided changes in
the telephone service in this locality
Manager George FayeIl has been pref
ty busy too in making these changes.
He has purchased most of the shares
Of the Progress toll line and has
done considerable repairing on the
same. He also has purchased the
Veedum Line and has it in fine work
ing order and constructed a line thru
the farming district north and north
east of town which boasts of fiji
teen patrons. A line to Dawesvil1e
is now ready for the wires and we
will soon be in closer touch with the
DaWeses of DaWesville. The line be-
tween BabcOck and Dexterville has
been taken down but the Dexterville
line is stiM on the map. This makes
4 total of over twenty miles of line
which is owned by Mr. Fave1l out
side of the city limits and which
can be used free of charge by all the
patrons that is no tolls are charged
The change is a very agreeable one
and the patrons fully appreciate it al
Tho the Central is kept pretty busy
answering calls.
Prof. Edward Reyer spent Satur-
day and Sunday at Stevens Point
where he renewed old acquaintance
at the Normal.
John Minister of Grand Rapids was
in town last Wednesday. Come a.
gain Jack, we're always glad to see
you.
Halloween is over once more and
our merchants came down town Mon
day anticipating a hard forenoon's
work in getting things in order af-
Ter the annual visit of the F'Spooks'
Most of them were not very badly
disappointed as doorways were i'm
passable owing to the presence of
boxes buggies plows and various 9th
er articles while several of the win
dows were literally decorated with
u mixture of ashes and lard which
though it may not necessitate the
genius of an artist to use, a per-
son certainly needs experience in re-
moving as Banker Crowly will no