Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-09
Our Small Change.

market.
Uncle Peirce is counted the most
sell..fsh man in town just now.
Since the fall of snow, produce is
becoming plenty in our streets.
-"Our Bus" is carrying very many
passengers to and from the depot.
Read the proceedings of the Lum-
berman's meeting at Stevens Point.
Brown is putting up excellent ice
for his customers the coming season.
The school house stone is being
drawn and corded on the school house
lot.
See new advertisement of Butler
& Smith, sash, door and blind manu-
facturers.
Ten teams loaded down with dead
hog and beeves came into our city yes
Ieludy LnOIHlHS
Extensive preparations are being
made in the Yellow River pineries for
logging. The camps are alive with
men.
old Boreas is again making him
self sonorous, and becoming quite up
roarious since the late glorious few days
of respectable weather
The Catholic Festival netted the
Society about six hundred dollars The
gross receipts were in the neighborhood
of one thousand dollars,
Conductor Rose Of the G. B. & L.
?. R'y, froze his face, ears and nose
in fact his whole photograph. "Jack"
says it was the first rose Of winter
--Emmons has fine assortment of
jewelry, pins, ear-drops, watches, &C.,
all Of which he is selling cheap for the
root of all evil, which buys flour and
pertaties.
We are fatting on mince pie "a
luscious specimen presented for our APP
prevail by an estimable lady friend. 1t
was meet that we should eat it, and we
showed it no quarter.
Our Brass Band blowed Hail Co
lumbia' on the street the other mig hit
1t sounded finely. The organization is
making rapid Roadway, and will be able
to give our people some excellent music
by the 4th-if they pay for it.
10. Freeman, than whom no more
obliging man drives yoke of pale hors-
es, gave the School Board a lift over
the snow drifts last week. 10. saw or
dilemma and responded manfully to the
appeal, Freeman, to the rescued"
An efficient Orchestra has been
formed, consisting of residents in Grand
Rapids and Centralia. 1t numbers
eight pieces, we think, and with little
more practice, will compete with any
similar organization in the central or
northern part Of the State.
A man seeming to be deranged
entered the residence of J. D. Witter
last Saturday, who proceeded to inves-
tigate things generally, the family Ca
eating the premises an order to not be
IN his acay. The inquisitive gentleman
seemed to take the house for the 1st
National Bank, and went through the
chambers and cellar looking to see
where the draft came from, having left
all the doors open in his various per-
ambulations. Sheriff Lavigne finally
took the gentleman in custody.
Mr.. L. A. Houston of Wood
showed himself in our place Of bust
ness Monday last. Mr.. Houston re-
ports a slight mishap to the track of
the G. B. Road just west of Mr.. Ira
hern' mill. and eastward Of Dexter
vile, the track having settled to such
an extent as to prevent the passage Of
trains No trains have been running
to Dexterville since Friday last. For
a distance of nearly mile there ex-
tends floating marsh over which the
track seems to have been imperfectly
put down We are informed that the
company are making strenuous exertions
to put it in shape, and trains will, in
all probability, be running to MERRIAM
next week, if not sooner.
Wood County IrOn.-We had
been promised an article giving the
developments in prospecting for iron
in the town Of Rudolph, Wood county,
but have not received it. We met at
Grand Rapids last week Mr. Robb,
who had recently visited the spot and
gives us the following items: The
shaft has been sunk to depth Of IS
feet. The earth was mixed with pieces