Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-11

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that Byron Naylor, our old townsma1
has received the appointment of Rout
Mail Agent on the Wis. Valley r.
Uncle Samuel will find Byron an eff
cient and faithful officer.
Select School. Owing to the pre-
vailipg sickness Miss Shoemaker ha
done the right thing in closing he
school for the present. The schoo
however is not closed permanently, anc
will resume probably in a week or te,
days.
Providers AbOut.-On the night
of Monday of last week,-the night
the circus exhibited here,-two men
very cozily took possession of DR.. Whit
ney's kitchen. The DR.. s little one was
sick and the watchers hearing footsteps
In the kitchen, and finally observing
the door knob turn as though an effort
was being made to open the door which
was locked, they called the Doctor, who
Immediately proceeded to the kitchen
with revolver in hand, where he found
his guests, though one dissolved him.
self in the darkness instanter, the other
claiming preemptory right to remain.
The Dr. insisted that he had deed to
the property anu proposed to hold to
1t and taking his untimely visitor by
the arm and asking him politely to look
into the muzzle of that shooting iron
and see the size of the cartridge. he
led him out into the cool air, and under
the black vault of heaven minus his hat.
In the meantime warning him that any
resistance would insure change of
venue to that higher court where the IT,
tie to that homestead would be decided,
and from which there could be no ap-
peal. The Spectator saw fit to not
contest the case, though he did want
to return and get that hat. The Doc
tor never before had had an introduce
ton to the plaintiffs
Another Little One Safe
Home. Mamie Pomeroy, whom all
the school children were wont to call
playmate and associate daughter of
our esteemed and afflicted townsman
}. &. Pomeroy, passed cover the river
into that better land last Friday, The
disease which closed the period Of her
little life was malignant Typhoid Fever
She was sick only few days, and dur
ing those few days of suffering her lit
| tie soul as though not cognizant of an
guish spent itself in singing the sab
bath school songs she had learned IN
days of health, when all the world was
full Of cheer and gladness Her last
words were her ''little prayer" and the
song entitled "Beautiful Mansions, "
| and then she went home, her escort the
angels, her Fathers reckoning hand
the heavenly incentive to her going.
| All of us who have known Mamie had
learned to love her. She was spright-
", full of love, at times impulsive and
sometimes little petulant, but always
good and careful for the feelings and
| affections of her brother and sisters, as
we'll as the father and mother love
which like a halo was shed around and
about. Let all the little ones say only
ssgood bye" as though she were gone
on a short journey, hot as one long
way off =; but as living in another coun-
try amid more beautiful scenery where
shall come no more sickness or sorrow
forever, and where they shall meet by
and by and sing with a richer melody
and with an angel chorus the loving
songs they oftentimes have sang SC
sweetlv here below. Mamie had beer
stopping with us nearly ten years.
Since writing the above the baby
little Lima aged four years has gon
too: a victim of the same disease
Hand in hand the angel twain roam
amid grander scenes than earth can ev
err give to Flooding mortals. The
abide with their Father in hcavenl.
mansions.
As we go TO press we learn tina
frankie, the eldest daughter, has son
too. All gone, We have no heart t
write another line.
(Wausau papers please copy
The Graham Liquor Law has bee
declared constitutional by the Suprem
) Court. Now let it be enforced. In
Graham law is not prohibitory law
| 4,.+;r, ordinance 1t