Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-28
Our Small Change.
Christmas was a glorious day.

Now try and pay your taxes
The snow has spoiled for time
the tip top skating.
cold Probability will hereafter
be known as ssOld Indications
Our little ones and all our House
thank Mrs. H. HI. Compton for we'd
ding remembrances.
Good business pants made to or
der at I. c. StAmour's and Co. from
$500 to $1,000 if
Will Santa Claus Jr. have a toy
Nut and Candy store at the basement
tomorrow night? We guess SO.
Good dress pants made to order
at T. C. StAmour & Co.'S from $40, 90
to $1,000 If
We have large suficiency of the
beautiful snow" now. Several stan
zas tell on Sunday night.
We'll now, It's catching. The
Methodist Choir has got it. Miss.
Carrie has enlisted in the married lie
gion.
Christmas Anniversary has been
bound in the closing volume of the
year.
The last lecture of Prof. Chitten-
den was so sparsely attended that fur
Their lectures need not be expected.
Miss. Hannah Hanifn who has
been engaged in teaching at Medford,
returned home on Saturday, and will
sojourn with us during the holidays.
Welcome.
"A man with a blue muffl err and
bombazine overcoat tells us that little
Georgewood while recently visiting the
new stave mill on the Valley road. had
to dig out lively cause the boys went
for the pegs in his boots for stave tin1-
Der. -ssfsz
The corn yield of Illinois, which,
earlier in the season, was estimated by
the official reports at 162,000,000
bushels, it is now estimated will fall
short of those figures by 50,000,000
bushels. This is falling off Of more
than one-half as compared with the
crop of the previous year.
We learn of the destruction of
the Blair House at Meridian last Sat
urday week. The house was kept by
Davis Brothers, and was one of the
most popular hotels in northern Wis
consin. The loss IS put at $4,000.
We have not learned whether or not
it was insured. The fire caught from
a defective chimney.
We notice by the Sentinel the
decease Of Harry Wheeler, only son Of
L. A. Wheeler, the Dry Goods mer-
chant of Milwaukee. The funeral
ceremonies were held Sunday at 2
O'Clock at the residence of his parents
on Cass Street. Mr.. Wheeler was
known to many of our citizens. he hav-
ing spent portion of last season in
this vicinity, guest of Harry Worth
ington, hunting and fishing in hopes
to recuperate his failing health. He
died true christian, with the hope of
a glorious Immortality.
We have heard it stated that Il .
G. B. & NJ. r. r. Co. have made a
proposition to give both trains, for
meals, to any party who will erect an
Eating House and Hotel near the de-
pot in this city, For the correctness
Of the report we cannot vouch; but if
such is the fact, it behooves some en-.
ergetic man to look after the business,
for there's money in it. Here is the
center of the line; here are the ma
chine shops, and here is the most nat
ural point on the line for the establish
ment of central head quarters for the
employees, and general business man
agement Of the line.
The new stave mill of Messrs
Doud & Son will be ready Cor opera
ton early in the Spring The. boiler
is in position and the work Of placing
pulleys and machinery in position is
progressing. The company already
have large pile Of bolts out. and pro-
pose having 5000 cords ready for the
saws when the mill starts up. They
pay s. 80 per cord, which will make
disbursement Of $500 ne cessary
for timber, alone. A school house has
been built for the accommodation of the
children of families connected with the
mill and adjacent thereto: Miss Olive
Bishop has been hired to teach the
young ideas how to stu0e up the al
phabet. Olive is stave-ing good
teacher.
Election of Officers. -The follow
ing is the list of officers elected by