Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-02-17
Our Small Change.

! Good sssugar weather" last week
and this.
Monday was ST. Valentines Wash
ing Day.
Dubuque is less hogglsh by 90
900 than last year.
Railroad travel is extremely light
just now all over the state.
Remember Prof. Chittenden' S
Lecture this evening at Writer'S Hall.
Spring is preparing to put on her
velvet slippers Wen bet she'll have
corns yet.
We have received valuable docu-
ments and reports from Senator Scott
for which we extend thanks.
Are your taxes paid? Remem-
Der that it is only just that this species
of Indebtedness be promptly cancelled.
The chinch bug, it is feared, will
destroy the ice in the southern part
of the state. Paris green it by all
means.
Count your almanac fraud. 1t
says February, but if it isn't March
We don't want a cent. Ask that
dutchman.
Mr.. Cleveland intends opening
another singing school. we would
like to see Mr. c. prosper in this
direction Give him full class
Miss Gordon has moved into her
new rooms just below Spafford, Cole &
Co.'S where she displays variety of
choice goods in the millinery line.
Tax payers have been red hot the
past week fixing up those little ''items''
with I'D. d. D." City Marshal, D.
D. Demarais D. D., deliberately de-
signs doing duty dumbdafe don't.
--Talmadge of the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle says tobacco chewer can't so
to heaven, and so the Louisville Cor-
Ter Journal editor feels skeery and
wants to know, since "Tal" has the
say about it, if fellow can't get in
on, say, three little chews day.
Talmadge, like all men except the edi-
tors Of the Tribune and Reporter, says
now and then foolish thing.
The Centennial year is upon US,
and Young America fully appreciates
the fact Last Saturday the Grand
Rapids Lilliputian Home Guards pa
raded our streets with martial music
and colors flying. At the head of the
corps was carried banner improvised
out of a -four sack upon which was in
scribed "PAY Your TAXES The
boys played we'll, marched well, and
we hope that motto did its good and
perfect work.
Real estate seems to be rising in
value in old Juneau Co. Mr.. Jesse
Searle. of the old Halfway House, so
we are informed on reliable authority,
was recently offered $1,000 for his
place in exchange for Chicago property,
which he refused The old gentleman
has very recently bought the old Pin
cry House for the sum of fOe dollars
The place included 40 acres with all
the appurtenances of house, barns, &c.
How's that for high? The Pinery
House didn't look up worth a cent.
No little excitement was occasion
ed in the city last week by a report
which was generally circulated that
Mr.: who had been stopping at
the "Rablin" had very suddenly dlsap-
peared. He was last seen in such and
such place, and in the company Of
such and such an one, as report had
it, till it came to be veritibly believed
that stranger had been 'taken in. :"
Mr.. man has turned up. He conclud-
ed during sober moment to arise,
and 60 to his father" and so ''skun
out" SO uncerimoniously however as
to excite the worst apprehensions for
his safety.
We frankly state to our readers
this week, that we have been appoint
ed Dept. Revenue Collector for the Sd
Division of the 9th District of Wis
consin. 1t is position we have not
sought but we are thankful for it, if
so we can discharge the duties incum-
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