Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-08

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"A couple Of burglars attempted to
burglarize the residence Of Seth Reeves
last Saturday week. Mr. Reeves dog,
usually savage, seemed to have been
influenced in some manner by the ras-
Gals. He was averse to attacking the
thieves, who ran away upon being seen.
We acknowledge pleasant calls
from quite covey Of Reformers last
week. Let's see, there was GARRISON
and Park from the Point, Lameraux.
Of PIover, Bro Loomcr, Of the Shaw
ano Journal, and T. T. HOLSTER. Of
the Chippewa 4ralancAe, and several
others. They were all looking little
care worn, little lank, except CLARK
son, not having had pull at the Gov
eminent teat for years, and mighty
poor prospect st airing them in the face,
for the future. They are all capital
fellows, and We think the Lord had
some excellent design in making them
such for if they were formed of com
mon Kaolin they never could survive
the terrible defeat just before them
IT'S blindness to the future kindly given.
That each might fill the circle marked by
Hcaven.'
So general has the public conf
dence become in Dr.. Ayers medicines,
and so great the demand for them, that
unprincipled villains are attempting to
deceive the unwary by imposing upon
them their worthless nostrums under a
similarity of name. Cherry Pectoral
Lozenges, DR.. Ayers Troches, Ayers
PastiIes for Coughs, Cherry Pectoral
Cough Drops, Ayers Fever and Ague
Cure, Ayers Indian Pills. etc, (none
of which are oe DR.. Ayers manufac-
ture or composition) are specimens of
this yillainy and deceit. They not on
ly defraud the sick Of their money, bat
of their health, or the recovery of their
health, which is far more important
than money From actual counterfeits
the people are protected by law which
the Doctor promptly enforces, but
these eyasions sometimes elUde the law,
and purchasers must protect themselves
by refusing to be deceived by them -
Docer en- HI Bee.
KAoLlH.-For many years the ex-
istence Of large beds of this material,
at and in the vicinity of Grand Rapids,
in this state, has been known to the
people Of Grand Rapids and a few
people outside Of that locality. At
the last Worlds Exposition, held at
Paris, d specimen OF this clay was
sent there for exhibition, at which
time it was found that the finest kind
OF porcelain ware could be manu-
featured from it. This fact was men
toned in several OF the leading me-
papers at the time, but it
did not seem to attract any special
Lately, the completion
of the Green Bay 4 Minnesota and
the Wisconsin Valley Railroads to
this point has brought this article IN
to notice, and it occurred to the man
ayers of the Rolling Mills and Fur
naces at Bay View, near Milwaukee,
that it might be profitable to test the
quality OF this clay for the making Of
ire brick. We are informed by
credible parties that this has been
done, and that the test has proved in
every respect satisfactory. In fact,
it is confidently asserted that pgacti-
cal experiments have demonstrated
that the fire brick manufactured from
this clay are superior in quality TO
any other material in the United
States. Whether this is true or not,
parties have already negotiated with
Mr.. L. P. Powers, Of Grand Rapids,
for location on the right bank Of
the Wisconsin river, near the city,
and are preparing to invest a large
capital at once in the manufacture Of
these brick. This will bring the mat
ter to test that will soon satisfy the
furnacemen Of this vicinity and the
Northern Peninsula.
While at Grand Rapids, we visited
one of the partially developed beds
OF this clay, on the property of Mr..
G. B. Garrison, near the city. This
bed was discovered while grading for
the track of the Wisconsin Valley
railroad, which runs through the To-
cation. The clay is of a BLUSH white
color and very pure at this point, and
in quantity almost fabulous. In tact,
the quantity Of this material here is
practically inexhaustibIe. The strata
of this clay, so far as has yet been
explored in Wood county, is from
FIVE to sixteen feet in thickness and
extends over thousands Of acres. We
hope that the attention of all who
use this article in the iron regions
and iron manufacturing districts, both
here and north Of US, will be called
to this matter, for we are fully salts
fed that it Will be for their interest
to foster and support this newly de-
veloped industry here in the vest
lHariaotte Eagle.