Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-05-14
Our Small Change.
Have yor tried that fragrant tes
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1t IS shought the seventeen yesr
locust viii hold festival this year
Scores Of improvements about
town tell of the enterprise Of our peo-
pie
A cOpious rain or Sunday has Sar-
TALLY put out the fires, for which all are
thankful.
Remember the renting of she pew.
at the Cong. Church to morrow at z
o'clock.
-Ssw-Iogs have been running brisk
" the past week. The drives cannot
be far away.
Milwaukee is getting it hot too.
The thermometer indicated Sc IL the
shade last Friday.
Mrs. Bogus keeps choice canned
and dried fruits, besides every article
! IN the grocery line.
-Willey's baggage wagon team took
scoot around the corner of the Rsb-
lin House Saturday. No damage done
to speak of.
THAT enhancing season has ar
rived when every front gate hiss its
! two guardian angels, whose sole nis-
sion is to keep burglars FROM stealing
the hinges.
She wanted a perambulasor, 20
she resoEgcd to get one and asked for
"one of those preambles.' 1t was ak
right enough, but she ought to have
got the preamble before the resolution.
The only impeachment to supreme
happiness with the average Boston
man is, that he can't quote Telemaque
by the hour and talk Hebrew to his
children. With the Grand Rapids
man it is that perhaps he can't BIO
Sheriff.
"A young lady looking at bald
headed man the other day, remarked.
What nice croquet spot that would
make" He didn't hear her, else her
back hair would have drifted from Its
moorings.
Much excitement was occasioued
last Friday by the report that the for
est fires had communicated to the Hur-
leyville lumber yard 1t proved to be
false report. though "all hands," vs
learn were fighting the enemy with
water buckets.
We humbly ask our city fathers
to pass an ordinance prohibiting bald
headed men from walking with uncov-
cred polls these sunny days. These
dancing reflections upon walls and cell
ings are provocative Of smiles, espec-
tally at church.
And now our D.-the ssucy imp
wants to know if High Biddy Mar
tin 0 ! is any relation to Harriet Mar
tineau, she who has written so many
beautiful things. @! the perverted
taste Of the age will some one chas-
tise him gently?
The Land Office at Eau Caire
Wis, which, together with all the
books, maps and plans, was destroyed by
fire in December, will be opened again,
on the 18th Of June, at which time q
duplicate Of all the records destroyed
will be furnished from Washington.
The Uentralia Common Council
agreed at its session last Saturday
evening to grant no licenses except it
be done at full meeting IF the Board.
We predict that Grand Rapids will
be acting as wisely as our sister city.
another year
=: Buffalo Bill" attended the dedi-
catory service at Madison, and contrib
uted 10 dollars to the extinguishmento Of
the church debt. The Madison Jour
nal says:
Mr.. Cody is a liberal hearted gentle
man, and it is as easy for him to do q
generous deed as to shoot buffalo on
the plain.
John Y. Smith, of Madison, .
man noted for his literary attainments
and general knowledge, died at that
city last week from bruises received by
kick from horse. Mr.. Smith waa
the father of Hayden K. Smith, ex>
editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel, The
State Journal contains a lengthy and
very interesting obituary.
While Mr. James La Bseehe's.
son was driving psss tie Frechetta
House last Friday, On bis way to- Mr.:
Berons, with several 81 the younger
ones of the family, by some mishap