Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-22
Our Small Change.

Court sets the 9Th OF Feb. A
large number of cases are on the callen-
dar.
The effort of Milwaukee Reform
ers to West-ernize the Assembly was a
failure.
The old Central Union Depot at
Chicago was burned last Monday Even
ing. Loss 100000.
1t is reported that Mr.. A. D.
Tenant, and his son Joel have disposed
of their farms on the four mile creek.
Fifteen hundred and FIVE hundred are
the respective sums received.
The Siamese Twins are dead.
Chang died first, Eng following in about
two hours. ''In life we were one, and
in death we were not divided" How's
this for an Epitaph2
: Ora q. Akin, of Ripon, was
elected Sergeant-at-arms,- "a frst-class
selection
And the lawmakers said CORA Z.
Akin for posish 70 and Ora said Il
are.'
We publish letter from Mr.
Harry Grace who IS attending the
State University at Madison. Mr.,
Grace will, with experience, make an
interesting correspondent.
We were away last week when the
Reporter was struck off, and very many
errors typographical and otherwise are
observable. We shall endeavor to be
on hand in the future and will strive
to present a more presentd5le sheet.
-Kilbourn City claims to be the
largest county hop marked in the Uni
ted States. It is stated that twenty
two million four hundred and thirty
three thousand and eight hundred
pounds Of hops have been shipped from
that point within the past ten years.
-Farnham of the Madison Journal
has become interested in the Fond du
Lac Reporter, Farnham will make
the Reporter an excellent paper. He
brings to it experience and ability,
We wish him abundant success. Let
as have the Reporter Farnham, and We
will let you have the Reporter.
We observe every day since the
foes of ice have clogged up the eddy,
squads Of boys skating where they are
in imminent danger of breaking through
Boys, if you would not be food foI
fishes, keep on the thicker ice. Enjoy
the rare sport, but DON t tempt US to
write obituaries.
In coming from New Lisbon last
Friday We met dozen or more teams
hauling lumber from the old Carroll
mill Two Of the teams, driven by
Mr.. Freeman and Mr.. Burns, we be
lieve, were l,oa5erjag along with the
reepective amounts Of $500 and 4, 500
feet The lumber is being RATED just
below Mr. Il. G. Lyon S residence.
A Sunday School Scholar-a lit
tie boy, whose father runs grange
down near Portage City struck up
I'm liberal. and [ IN a granger"
the other Sunday when it came time
to sing. Home influences are power
ful. He hoe8 it down right smart,
till informed that those were Mt exactly
the words.
We understand that at the meet
ing at the City Hall last week it was
proposed to amend the city charter rel
atiye to license, and that it was pro-
posed to fix the figures at $500. Ii
saloons are to be granted license let
the figures be $500, and even then the
city will be out OF pocket at the end of
the year for verify these factories
make heap o goods in twelve
month that the county has to pay for.
1t is reported that Harrington and
Ramsdell, contractors on the Wiscon-
sin Valley road, have been arrested in
in Minnesota, charged with defrauding
Wausau Observation-Disclosures Sen
tinst
Grand Rapids merchants are the
victims not Wausauans. We are not
so easily taken in and done for. .
Central, Wausau.
Don't boast, Bob. As no railroad,
as yet, has ever reached you, the OPP
portunity has not presented itself. Be
not wise in your own conceit. You
remember the peanut stand that sus
pended in Tomah, when the tidal wave
Of ''panic" swept over the country
It's hard to tell what day may bring
forth.
Now that our legislature is in ses-