Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-26
Our Small Change.

/
ladies and Misses furs for sale
at O, G, Neeves
Dried blackberries at d. j. Cole S
very choice for sauce. Go hither
and buy,
Banks cement for mending earth
enware is superior. Sold by II. B.
Philleo & Co.
The fall term of our graded school
closed last Thursday. The winter term
viii commence next Monday.
Frozen faces, frozen earses frozen
noses, and frozen toeses. were in order
on the memorable Saturday, Dec Dist,
Reliable authority gives the stand
ing of the mercury last Saturday, in
the rear of Geo. Neeves & Sons store,
at 80 degrees "in the shaded"
Rev. j. D. Cole will please excuse
the non-appearance of his sermon syn
opsis in our last issue. 1t was unavoid-
ably crowded out 1t appears this week.
The town of Dexterville has no
school this winter. The school-house
isoccupied as dwelling. Now let the
Co. Superintendent give the audacious
chap a certificate, and he won't have to
board round.
The Chase family inherit 260, 000,-
900 dollars-only 100 heirs. Our old
friend ''H. p" is one of the Chase
family, and we wouldn't feel bit bad
to see him sporting with a host Of the
yellow boys"
We hear that Centralia will erect
a 1000 dollar, brick school-house next
summer. The best weather-proof brick,
it is said, can be manufactured two
miles west of the village.
The Grand Rapids Amateurs per
form at Rablin Hall TO, night, in THE
Momentous Question end That Ras-
cal Pat" The scenery and stage APP
puttenances of the New London thea
ire las been bought by the company.
Sec advertisement Of Partner
Wanted" Mr.. l.. A. Houston, Of
Wood, wants good business help,neot
Also, advertisement contesting the va
lidity Of the bonds voted by the town
of Dexter in behalf Of the G.. B. road.
"A few friends Of Miss Ella Comp
ton presented her with pair of beau
tifuI chromos-'Bue Eyes and Brown
Eyes on Christmas Eve. The young
folks enjoyed petite Christmas tree at
the residence of the recipient, on Christ
mas Eve
The shortest day has gone into the
mast. Dec. Goth did che business -
Old Sol has bid farewell for a season TO
the Southern Gross. and now has his
eve on bleak Arcturns. Welcome, old
friend and coaxer of Strawberries aud
musk melons
Read Messrs. Necves q Som NAM
moth advertisement in our Supplement-,
No larger stock of goods has been re-
ceived Jn our city for years than they
are now ,opening-bought in New York
for the winter and spring trade Stop
in and loel, over the piles of necesst'es
and luxuries
-Messrs. Stowell & Lord have re
ceiyci q large invoice of sleigh bells
which they offer to the public in want
of such musical instruments at very
low figures. The only way to insure a
copious fall Of Stow is to ring 1t IN
without ceremony. Silver mounted
sleigh bells are a panacea for the cpl
zootic and every horse n0se It,
Seven heayily-loaded teams slowly
wendell their way through our streets
last Saturday, dill bearing goods from
the Stevens Point depot sor our mer-
chants. The horses we're testooned
with frost, and the wheels made such
sicklv. cherries music as they crushed
the icy thorcughfare, that all the vibra-
ting strings in ones soul were out OF
unison. The drivers were clad IN frost
armor cap-a-pie- Isn't the 6. b. road
losing deal Of traffic We think 50,
- The Demsrais Bros. Just smile
audibly on such day as last Saturday
proved to be; for warm dinners and tet
coffee, oysters fried, stewed and raw,
are in demand by both merchants and
clerks on such days, who bring stamps
to the till, AM consequently healthy
glow to the business end of the human