Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-09

At present the little ones Of Detroit
as well as the older ones are enjoying
the season of picnic excursions, &c.
not day passes but two or more boats
leave for various points returning in
the evening with colors dying and
bands playing. Putin Bay, roman
tic spot some sixty miles away in Lake
Erie is favorite place Of resort; bus
/ it is rather remote from the city to be
pIeasurable the excursions frequently
returning in the night. Putin Bay
has national history, being the rem
devious Of Commodore Perry's feet at
the time Of his naval victory on Lake
Erle. 1t is said to be most romantic
spot and rich with interesting memo
ries.
[ visited Elmeood Cemetery last
Friday. It is located in the eastern
outskirts of the city in a very beauti-
full undulatlny piece of wood, and most
artistically arranged. The driveways
through the 'ssilent city of the dead"
are surprisingly lovely. Huge elms
bend low their gracefully curving
branches forming arches through which
the sunlight scarcely enters; drowsy
twilight pervading the whole atmos-
phere. Hastily arranged walks mean
der amid stately and beautifully carved
monuments, and lovely tombs. border
ed with lovely shrubbery and hedges,
and along all brightly blooming flowers
make cheerful and pleasant this spot
which otherwise would wear All air of
melancholy sadness. Many notable
men are inferred in "ElmYooi The
tomb Of Gen. Cass IS perhaps one If
the most noticeable, perhaps however
because it marks the resting place of
a man wsose name is a part Of the ma
tional history The famous Bloody
Run, a little stream "a brook which
tradition says was made red with the
blood Of the beliigerents IN the time of
the Pontiac war runs thrugh the Gem
etery. The famous Pontiac tree in
which are yet visible the bullet wounds,
and scars of the memorable conflict,
stands near, mammoth silent sentinel.
as green and apparently as thrifty as
when an hundred years ago it stood
the mute witness of a terrible carnage.
THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION
is an object of interest to the observer
| passed through it recently under the
guidance Of clerk of the institution
To give an elaborate description Of the
building or OF its internal arrangement
would require separate ie ter It is
an imposing strueture-l presume
many of the inmates so think and
covers a block or more of ground in
the eastern limit Of the city. The
present number of occupants is between
300 and 400; several of whom are
sentenced for life ! passed through
the various apartments and saw the
conyicts at work in the manufacture Of
chairs and boots and shoes. The cells
were models Of neatness, and many
ami beautiful were the devices and de
signs fastened Uron the whitewashed
| walls Of the cells Of the female occu-
pants, 1t seemed sad to think that so
many Of the Father children had
wandered so far away as to demand
their Incarceration that society may be
safe and they kept from committing,
perhaps more heinous crime. The
prison is very humaneIy conducted.
, 4 spacious chapel and lecture room
j, where there is preaching once every
Sunday, and lectures on S ,turIay az
, ternoons, Is embraced within the frown-
, ing walls npon whose top seotlnelS are
constantly treading, day and night.
Visitors contribute small sums for
, keeping the prison Library we'll stocked
with books. Among the inmates were
many fine looking men and women
whom it were almost impossible to be-
lieve were tainted with crime Others
were degraded indeed and sin and de-
, pravity were stamped upon every fea-
tire.
/ Detroit abounds in grand AMI impos-
! ing buildings The most imposing i,
! the City Hall; the finest building, /
think | have ever seen. It is CON
structed Of sandstone and is mammoth
, ia its proportions, as we'll as Of classic
beauty n It's design. Its tower in
which is placed tha fire alarm, city
clool, &C., Is elevated some two hun
drad feet above the ground floor, and