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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-11
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THE WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINES

l have received the agency for this superior
Machine, for Grand Rapids and Centralia The
merits of the Wheeler and Wilson Machines
are to wei known to require display of their
merits, other than through their workings
am prepared to supply hemmers, ruffes fuckers.
needles and machine oil to all parties desiring
these things. Persons DESTROYS of procuring a
sewing machine are requested to cali and exam
the Wheeler Il Wilson before purchasing, at my
residence just uorth of the Roche House
MRS. KIRK PATRICK.
hfand rapids, June Eth. 1873 emo.
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The Victor Machine,
And the Wilcox & Gibbs.
O. G. NEEVES, Agent.

If you want to make your lady a present that
will make her face look like picture,
Just bend down and whisper in her Ear that you
have bought her Wilcox or Victor.
| sell the Victor, because it is the best.
the rest.
Some men there are engaged in trade,
Anc think that they know full well
The virtues of the Sewing Machine, they have
on hand to sell
Have fortunes in their business made, they talk
ed so much and we'll
That there was the only place good Machine
would sell
They made their customers believe, the place to
trade was there,
And if they bargains would receive they must
not trade elsewhere.
They have domestic that is some, A Davis
that is more,
Some cheap machine they are offering, And
some we have had before
that lasted just about two years, two years
and nothing more.
We have had test Of all Machines, that sews
with the lock stitches
And the Victor beats the best of them to make
a pair of (anything.)
1t has the movement of the Howe: the Singer
for its feed.
There is no better known Machine | don't ex-
cept the Weed.
And you will find the best single thread Ma
chine in the " Grid,
The Wilcox and Gibbs Mahcine Sold at
MRS. JAS. HAMILTON'S,
Grand Rapids, Wis.
Gall and see them before you buy 27-m6
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BATH The World Moves!!

DOTARY SAWS are superceding the old up
III and down saws of twenty.fv years ago
like q tri W eekly stage, up one day and down the
next. Ho! all ye who would buy Lumber for
your fences, or Shingles for your houses, or Latin
or Pockets for your various structures. oo TO
RABLlN'S to procure them.
THE VIENNA EXPOSITION
Has opened, and from the million and one vari-
cites of the worlds goods there exhibited,
HAS FURNISHED
the spacious shelves Of
John Rablin's Store
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ADVERTISING RATES

One inch, ol.fraction ofan inch, constitutes a
square.
Loaded NOTES in reading columns, or utier
head of Business Notices. 10 cents per line for
first insertion, and cents per line for each sub
sequent insertion.
Marriages and Deaths inserted Free
Transient advertising payable in advance.
Legal Notices requiring proof of pu bIication to
be paid for before said proofs delivered-al 9TH
ers payable in advance.
All advertisements will be inserted until for
Did, unless some specified time is stated.
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POLITICAL.

y post-ottice was recently established at
jamestown, Va, for the first time, although
jamestown was the first place permanently
settled on this continent
AT the recent municipal election at Trenton,
\. j., the Democrats were successful, elect
ing their entire city ticket including the
Mayor.
Colonel John Wood, Republican, has been
elected Mayor of Cairo, Illinois.
Governor Hendricks, of Indiana. denies that
there is any political significance to be attach
ed to his recent trip to Washington.
The Illinois State Senate, on the 18th, bv a
unanimous vote adopted a joint resolution
eensuring the Indian peace policy pursued by
the Administration, and requesting the Gov
eminent to take speedy measures to mete out
adequate punishment to the Modocs
A call has been issued for the Iowa Republi-
can State Convention to be held at Des Moines
on Wednesday, June 25, for the purpose of Sc
lectmg candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Judge of the Supreme Court, and
superintendent of Public instruction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24
The Seven Wonders of the World.

AalthOugh every school boy and girl in
the land has read of the seven wonders of
the World,' and every person Of any intel
llgence has either read or heard o. them,
the New York Star thinks that ninety
nine persons out of hundred who might
be asked the question could not name
them. They are the pyramids, the mystery
OF the past, the enigma Of the present, and
the enduring for the future ages of this
world. The temple, the walls, and hang
ing gardens Of Babylon, the most celebrat-
ed city OF Assyria, and the residence Of the
kings OF the country after the destruction
OF Nineveh, The Chryselephantine statue
OF Jupiter Olympus, the most renowned
work of Phidias, the illustrious artist of
Greece. The statue was formed Of gold,
and was sitting on a throne almost touch
ing the summit Of the temple which was
seventy feet high. The temple of Diana
at Ephcsus, which was 22O wears in build
ing, and which was 425 feet in length and
22o in breadth, and supported by 1877 mar
bic columns Of the Ionic order, sixty feet
high. The mausoleum at Halicarnassus,
erected to the memory of Mausolius, the
King of Caria, by his wife Artemesia, B
{. 353. The Pharos at Alexandria, light
house erected by PtolOmy Softer at the en-
trance of the harbor of Alexandria. 1t was
$50 feet high, and could be seen at dis
lance OF a hundred miles, and upon which
was inscribed king Ptolemy to the gods,
the saylors for the benefit of sailors.
Lastly, the Colossus at Rhodes, a brazen
image of Apollo, 105 Grecian feet in
height, and which was located at the en-
trance Of one OF the harbOrs of the CITY of
Rhodes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The hens Of this country dO'S60000.
600 worth of business year.
-Watertown, Wis, owes a railroad debt
OF $500, 600 on an assessed valuation of 81 .
100000 Of property.
According to the census there are
nearly half million compulsory bachel
ors in the country.
Kentucky produced in the year 1872
according to the Auditors report, 97,2O7,.
261 pounds of tobacco, 30,236,37S short OF
the product for 1871.
From carefully prepared data it ap.
pears that = per cent. of all the land in
the State of Illinois is within five miles
of railways in actual operation.
More than S25O00,OOO was paid bv
residents Of the United States for paint
ings and statuary, last year, most Of which
came from Europe.
Prof. Henry says that fifteen tons of
anthracite coal burned in the furnace of
one of our best engines, eXerts an energy
equal to that of an able-bOdied slave
working ten hours a day for thirty years
of his active life
Figures, although they do not lie
often tell strange stories. Thus the follow
lIS lCldliilS W tHC SoIl1Hc1Cldl
marine Of the world, are surprising, to say
the least. The whole tonnage Of the world
consists of 56,127 saiI-vessels, measuring
14,563,S3 tons, and 4,333 steamers, mea-
surfing 3,6SO,67O tons. Great Britain stands
first with 1912 sail-vessels, of 5,366,3
tons, and 1888 steamers, of 1882, 145 tons
The United States comes next, following
long way off with 1902 ships, of 2,272,-
100 tons, and 400 steamers, of 4O1 Dab tons.
Norway, strange to say, comes next in the
fourth place. Germany comes next, and
France still next; but in the list of steam
crs, France is third and Germany fourth.
The London Daily Ners, in a long
article upon the meat supply of Great
Britain, presents some interesting statisti-
cal facts. The actual number of cattle,
sheep and swine in the United Kingdom
in 1872 were as follows: Cattle, 1924 1894;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24
PHUNNYGRAMS.

A, editor NAV not be religious, but
ho generally has an umbrella which keeps
lent
What is the difference between a
caiIor and a neer-drinker? One puts his
saiI M, the other puts his ale down.
What is the difference between
cloud and beaten child? one poufS
with rain and the other roars with pam.
Governor Jewell has appointed
Friday. the 11th for day Of fasting, hui
initiation and prayer. Posters for ratfies
neatly printed at this office.-Dnhbufy
Neers.
AS the coming season promises to be
a GOOD season for book canvasscrs and sew
ms nlaabine agents, Il pistol gallery has
been established in the basement OF the
Wooster House, where our citizens are
ncrvously practising.-Ib.
Spring Isn't very far advanced, but yet
children are out digging up roots to put
the blood in order That is great notion
people have about fixing up the blood
when spring comes. They are very par
ticular about the blood. They want to get
it in good order When mosquitoes get
around they will regret that they have
done so.-Ib.
One of our citizens owns a pet dog
which was recently taken very sick. A
friend prescribed a sweat, and he wrapped
the dog up in blankets, and suspended
him over an alcohol bath, and sat down to
wait for the result The dogs face was
covered up so that it it could not be seen,
but we can imagine how he laughed to
himself when he thought the matter all
over Sweating dog is a good deal like
bringing down Il weather vane with a
handful Of stcWed corn, only a tritfe
harder-I6.
A pair of fashionable lovers met on
Main street on Monday evening. Good
ebening, sweed," said he. Good cbening,
ub,' said she. She takes out her hand
kerchief, and he steps up to the curbstone.
Then he returns. "Howd's your code,
sweetness $50 he asks. Nod nudge bet
ter, lub,' she answered, again applying
her handkerchief. Does my sweetness
Tub her devoted Zohn:" 80 Zohn. 'ow
cad you ask id? You know I Tub you
tibet be b-ker-chew." Then we left.
IN
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24
PERSONAL.

General Sherman has issued an affectionatC
memorial of General Canby's life.
Enoch Ferdinand Sham was recently hanged
at Preston, Ga, for the murder of his wife
May I, 1872 His paramour and accomplish
Susan Eberhart, is under sentence to be hanged
May 3
a Washington dispatch of the 14th saws
General Jefferson {. Davis, then in Indiana,
had been directed to Immediately assume the
command made vacant by the death of Gen.
Candy.
H. G. Gam, editor of the Warren 0ll)
Sc,tinc2, while preparing for It hunting excur-
sion a few days ago, handled his gun very
carclcssly, not knowing that it was loaded,
when it accidentally went off, shooting his
wife, intlicting serious, and perhaps fatal,
wounds.
The Supreme Lodge Of the World Knights
Of Pythias, convened at Richmond, Va, on
the 18th. Representatives from thirty States
were present.
Dorman B. Eaton, of New York, and Sam
uel Shellabargcr, of Ohio have been appoint
ed by the President to fill the vacancies of the
Civil Service Board caused by the resignation
Of Messrs. Curtis and MedilI
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has sent a
check for his back pay to the State Treasurer,
stating that he wishes the amount applied to
the reduction of the State debt.
The President, his wife and daughter, ac-
compancd by General Babcock, left Washing
ton on the evening of the 10th for St. Louis.
The r'mains of General Candy and DR..
Thomas reached Yrcl<a on the 18Th They Law
in state all day on the 14tll, and were visited
by nearly the whole population.
Commodore Watson, of the United States
Navy, died in fit of apoplexy, at San Fran
cisco, on the 10Th.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24
Whisky and Crime in Chicago.

The Temperance Bureau has recently
been hard at work compiling statistics of
the liquor traffic in this city. The figures
they give indicate that during the current
year S12S,O00 has been paid in Chicago
for licenses and $4,000 in fines, total of
1912 600. On the other hand, the Bureau
claims at least one-haf Of the expenses
for polcc-$2J0, coos caused by the
saloons; also, Ee-half of the expense of
sustaining the Criminal Court-S25 600
TO this sum must be added $4,000 for feed
ING prisoners, and one half the annual
pauper and insane eXpenses-S90,00 600.
This gives a grand total Of $4,000 di-
rectly chargcable to the traffic in liquor
Dcducting the amount received from IL
ccnseS and fines, there IS Il balance Of
S21S,000 against the license system. In
addition to this, the officers say if we take
into account the 100000 to S1J00000
annually spent by laborers in the saloons
of Chicago, we have an appalling balance
against the license system. They say it
should also be borne in mind that the
sales of liquor in Illinois amount to
S14O,O00,OOO per annum-an amount equal
to the value of all the capital stock of all
the railways in the State. The vacuum
thus created must be filled by foreign cap
ital, There are now in Chicago 1850 IL
cenSed saloons, or about one saloon to
every sixteen voters. The officers claim
that under the present law only few con
victions have been obtained in Chicago,
and few indictments are pending. The
provisions of the law have been so mar
rowed by judicial construction or legisla-
ton that not one case in thousand can
ever be proven to the satisfaction of a
court, and this construction has been
adopted for the sole reason, as declared
by JUDGES, that licenses are granted
Ljcnoo Tn,,n,,oJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24
The Family Hammer.

HERE is one thing no family pretends
to be without. That is hammer. And
yet there is nothing that goes to make up
the equipment of domestic establishment
that causes one-half SO much agony and
profanity as as hammer. 1t is ALWAYS an
old hammer, with handle that is inclined
to silver, and always bound to slip The
face is as round as full moon and as
smooth as glass When it strikes nail
full and square, which it has been known
to do, the act will be found to result from
combination of pure accidents. The
family hammer is one of those rare articles
we never profit by. When it gldcs off a
nail-head and mashes couple of fingers,
we unhesitatingly deposit it in the yard,
and observe that we will never use it
again. But the blood has hardly dried on
OF that hammer, and ready to make an
other trial. The result rarely varies, but
we never profit by il. The awful weapon
goes on knocking off our nails, and mash
ing whole joints, and slipping off the
handle to the confusion of mantle orna-
ments, and breaking the commandments
ana cutting up an assortment of astound
ing and unfortunate antics. without let or
hlndrance. And vet we put up with it,
and put the handle on again, and lay it
away where it won't get lost, and do up
our mutilated and smarting fingers, and
yet if the outrageous thing should happen
to get lost, we kick up regular hullaboo-
loo until it is found again. Talk about
the tyranizing of bad habit! 1t is not
to be compared to the family hammer
Danbury Neus
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o-oo, so1. ewipe 2771 ,449.

sheep, 1891, 5O7 swine 2,"n ,44y lo'i IN
sGe a1Fs25o. There has been decrease IL ID
the number of swine IN lrelana at ln OF
me- r;rs from foreign countries; botii
1 11ve eau causes however being more than Ia,
b alanceu II bacon and hams The hope
p pPt the foreign meat supply the Ns states
is in the importation of dead meat s ana MOI p
of living animals 19 aes ; 745 cwt of Which
were pai imported in 1872, principally from
this meats meatsupply question is the decline in
nork It averaged sevenpence pound IN
1869. fell half farthing in 1879, made "a
further fall of farthing in lon, anu III II,
1879 averaged sixpence farthing, whlle "a al
n.Ior meat rose as much as pork fell
Beef Beef is cheaper than mutton; veal only
two.thirds the price of lamb; and pork the
cheapest of all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24

A 1ITUsvILLE father, who sold his oil
before hard times struck the region, and
VINO has quartette of beautiful daugh,
tiers, wore out the toes of four pairs OF
ooots last winter, helping the young men
down the icy steps of his residence who
called to chat with the girls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-24

The Boston Commercial Bulletin in
forms us that Boston is a good place to
get light harness, since traces of fire may
be found there.
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CoNsUAPTIoN.-Ro>
tressing disease tb wi The e, -
yet discovered that %. rs ~ ~
of real merit than sH Eaa Shea NH
ton, and all diseasaass Tor G;
affections of the t6ro se. lead 1t, II
eases Of the pulmonssTTys' lug
to the suffering publ :. 9!Fgsl; rx,j
cure of such diseea aa..c aitera; Ss
by the medical faculty '' E ~
sequently, recommen55,., I-e
have become acqusint uee By
cess. 'ea With
disease in which the ii ol>os ''
less impregnated WITH @'' ~, bps
ter, and the direct, in ino, eae S.
preparations containin. yp 2,
CHANTS is to increase t5o =
in the veins, and there . bill
prolong the malady, ny N9
pepsia, bilious fever cI 1'yl.- It's e
complaints, govt, dr no
nervous disorders, and " eco
local debility, original ar.
{.
frequently rendered en-. eac
Gus by dosing the suffr '.o s in'
holic bitters ADVERTISED tlu
ulants. As d counter1,i a. S.,
put forth by the proprin.,. ST
nicious compounds, II.
philosophical Statements s 8
WALKER, relative to the r.. :
OF his CALIFORNIA w. it'll
are doing a world 81 W
opened the eyes Of the =. ar
portant fact that a Dur &c
and Alternative, Unpoilu,es s.,
not an absolute specific a.
of disease, is the ncare~- -. ,yl
attained. His VrNEG,r -
questionably working g ~
affections Of the stomacb 81
and muscular systems, a,a
respiratory organs.
a COUCH, Cold, OR SORE : So,
immediate attention, as n, !
results i'll some incuraH4 "
"Bro,en's Bronchial Tyoc4. Blu
yariably give relief.
| JOHNsON's Anodyne Lia;.o %
istcrcd to children with mr. *,
cases OF Group, whoogi7s
and almost any Of the disc. So
are liable.
| OPPRESSION after eating /
| debility are the effects Of jn5 A,
two at most, of Porsm.'e p
| give Immediate relief. AZ
| CRTsTspOEo's EXCELSIOR -.- -.
| unrivalle" and alone; its arr.-, 20
versIlly acknowledged tnat II
| cation 10 descaat On them sgr .- in
| beat Il. '~-. [
| FLAGGs INSTANT RELIEF }..
| test. l. warranted TO give ins.
Rheumatic, Neuralgia, Head. Z, o
Or neOltey TeJuaded. 3
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BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY ":
Lirer' Itrj9OrdtO1-a purely Ncge
IOnic-fOr Dyspepsia. COnSt!pa.
Headache, Bilious Attacks. and .
Liver, Stomach and Bowels. =:
it. BetCdre Of limitations.