Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-31
ITEMS or INTEREST,

WILLIAM kUPP, who recently died at
Douglasville, Pa, weighed $50 pounds.
Not Kupp one would care to raise to
the lips very often.
NEWELL ROssER committed suicide at
Winnemucca, New, because he seemed
too verdant for this life" He feels blue
enough now, probably.
TWENTY-FIVE cents apiece is all the
Centennial Commission asks of the peo-
pie of the United States to pay for the
peep-show of the universe"
AN ingenious Vermonter has invented
a catapult with which he can storm for
tilcations at a great distance, and is
practicing with it on mountain near
by.
RATHER than dodge behind the wheel
house when the collector came around,
a St. Louis young man jumped from a
ferry-boat, when asked for his nickel.
and was drowned.
The New York World says the
Catholics have population of 81, 900 in
Boston" which is rather steep, consider
ing the fact thai the entire population of
the cityis only 100000.
IT costs fifty dollars to kick dog in
Fitchburg, but when the dog is sensitive
and pugnacious, and reflects that you
are not old enough to know better, the
damages are not exclusively pecuniary.
brooklyn Argus.
For full dress Kalakaua wears a fash
ionably cut black broadcloth swallow
tail coat, studless white shirt front, boots
Of the bOX-toe pattern, a parti-colored
ribbon in his button-hole, three immense
plain gold rings, bracelet on his left
wrist, a rundown collar and black tie.
He also wears pair of pants-Boston
Post.
OMELET SoUFFLE.-Break SIX eggs
separate the whites from the yolks; to
the latter put four dessertspoonfuls OF
powdered sugar and the rind of a lemon
chopped exceedingly sn all; mix them
we'll. Whip the whites to a stiff froth
and add the rest. Put lump of butter
into the frying pan over a slow fire, cook
carefully and serve.
A MAN took seat on the head Of an
empty four-barrel on Michigan Grand
avenue Saturday, and remarked: q
got down the gun and loaded her up
heavy, and just as l was" At this
point the head fell in and the man, or
about half of him, disappeared, while
hislegs loomed up like a schooner's masts.
He was helped out and a boy hired to
rub sweet oil on his back. but in spite of
the earnest entreaties of the crowd he
would not go on with the story.-Dotr0it
Free Press.
WHITTIER recently wrote as follows
concerning his literary works: L have
not felt able to place very high esti-
mate upon my writings. / know too well
their deficiencies. But I have given the
public the best l had to give, and the
measure of favor with which ii has been
received has been a constant surprise to
me. This, at least, l can say truly, that
| have been actuated by higher motive
than literary success, and it has been my
desire that whatever influence my writing
may exert should be found on the side of
morality, freedom and Christian charity"
MRS. ELIZA BROoKBANKs, residing on
Western avenue, who has mourned as
widow for the space of twenty years,
was recently surprised, as also delighted,
at the receipt of intelligence denying the
death of her husband. On yesterday
she was notified that he was en- route
hither, and before the close of the week
she will doubtless clasp her long missing
Abraham to her heart He left Chicago
nearly quarter of q century ago, and
RENTED regularly for several seasons,
when he suddenly ceased and all trace
of him was lost. He is said to be the
proprietor of two silver-mines in Arizona
and rolling in wealth. --Chic0go Inter-
Ocean.
A YOUNG married woman in Worcester
dreamed twice lately that she Would die
at midnight on the first anniversary of
her wedding-day, and so strongly was
she impressed with the visions that she
actually made preparations for her fun
eral, and even gave sum Of money to a
friend to purchase mourning Her hus-
band, becoming alarmed at her condition,
consulted a medical friend, stating all
the facts of the case. The astute doctor
after a minutes cogitation discovered a
way out of the difficulty Telling the
husband to keep the patient amused as
much as possible till late in the day, he
went down to the house in the afternoon
and administered harmless narcotic,
which kept the lady asleep until the
dreaded moment was passed. She is now
in good health, and joins with her friends
in laughing at her superstitious fears.
THEY are noted for queer things on the
Pacific slope, and the following is a curl
Gus instance of a strange mother: q Alex
ander Harmon, who resides on his farm
in Green Valley, few miles from Wat
sonville, owns twenty-four ducks which
were Matched in June last. The ducks
were left motherless when a few weeks