Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-07

-Centrsiis has a Good Templar
Lodge, numbering over an hundred
members. Success attend ssem IN
their efforts TO throttle the tyrant. 4
grand public sentiment IS. growing i'm
Centralia. We wish it 3 Sod speed,
If there is one thing prettictt
than another in this vale Of tears.
it is the average Green Bay Girl. We
don't care if the Fort Howard girls
do get mad. Its so, and if they want
TO rank with the feminine Green Bsize-
why, they must 'annex, annex"
Frank Layigne, one of the ''Cru--
soes," went over the Rablin dam in a
skiff last week. He told the boys that
he never felt so much like praying in
his life. Maybe it wonld do him good
to go over once every twenty-four
hours.
1t is rumored that Geo. Hiles has;
bought all Of Mr.. Kelley's interest in
| the various towns west to Winona.
The sum is put at $4,000. Mr..
Ketchum retains his one third interest"
/. Who will own that one third or the
whole three thirds the Lord only
knows. It'll be an awful 'swrassel."
DIR. JohnstOn's many friends will
be sorry to learn that he is very sick.
with typhoid fever and in all probabill-
ty will not be able to be out again in.
many weeks. The DR.. was getting
large practice when taken sick, and
had made many fast friends.
The Tribune says that after the
installation ceremonies at the Good
Templar's Lodge next Saturday, Mr..
Philleo will read an address. That ad-
dress will be very brief, simply a priut-
ed address sent to all Lodge Deputies
in the state to be read to the members
after the ceremonies of Installation.
1t will probably occupy tVo minutes.
If one wants to secure ''rare OPP
portunity" to swear and say unpretty
things he wants to edit paper and
leave it in the hands Of compositors
while he goes to Green Bay to witness
"Belshazzar. We know whereof We
speak Blunders? Mistakes? Why J
you couldn't get 'eTn all in a circus
tent, and when we write so distinctly,
too, but it can't be helped now.
Death seems to be claiming tribute
with as much positiveness as last win
ter, when nearly every household gave
into its treasury. Farley Eaton died
last Monday morning, having been sick
with Lung Fever nearly two weeks.
Lung fevers seem to have become cpl
demic, and the mortality is almost as
great as when the scarlet fever was
raging.
Passing a certain residence the
other day we heard baby singing old
hundred like blazes, and then we heard
we guess it was an old maid-"O,
dear I wouldn't have a baby for a
thousand dollars" just as though
thousand dollars would help matters
any. Poor thing she can't bear the
little cherubs.
A lot of boys outside the Hall on
the night of Thursday, while Cliford's
troupe were playing Ingomar, started
the cry of fire much to the dismay of
the large audience. The boys being
unable to get in, resorted to this shame
full course in order 70 avengc their
wrongs.
The little rats ought to be put in the
cob house back of Millers' store. The
cry made things just "red Aot," for
few minutes.
Three Suckers, one from the Repor-
ter Office and two from the Tribune Of
fee went fishing for speckled trout just
below Edwards dam last Saturday
night The river being only about ten
feet above low water mark they sue
ceeded in catching nothing but severe
colds They stayed out all night wrap
ped in blanket and the chatter Of their
teeth was heard at Port Edwards,
sounding like car load OF corn pass
ing through an elevator. We saw one
of their fish-hooks and mistook it for
cant-hcok.
AT Grand Rapids, the other day,
we locked in upon Philleo, the editor
and druggist, who was just taking a
seidlitz powder He complained Of a
severe headache and other aches, and
said that the Doctor had ordered him
to take seidlitz powder every Is min
utes. We judge from this that his
last 'sspell'' must have been bad one