Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-20
Our Small Change.

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He's Offenbach all the time.
This boys shouldn't call Slocum
Sitting Bull cos he married Siouxie.
Miss Lizzie Clapp was killed by a
clap of thunder, by lightning, in Mass.
last week.
John Norrissey is letting his hair
grow and studying French, 50 says the
Toledo Blade.
As we went by Jacks Office last
night we saw Jack eating his crow
. with an Iron spoon.
The river is fearfully low and yet
they viii handspike lumber over its
rugged rocks, on the Rapids
Our hanging about 5reweries and
cigar factories, last week must be our
apology for SO thin a Reporter.
Those wishing to improve their
stock Of cows will do well to patronise
A. G. Cary's blooded stock,
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Barnes makes the choicest candy
sold in cur city, and the most delicious
cream, He is erecting large oven in
Al ,.a.., T. T. L., I'LL -.
Jim NcGraw, (not our Jim) was
badly scooped for Mayor in Chicago
last week by Heath, straight Repub
lican; McGraw was hummer.
Mr.. Swogtzcr, Of Alton, His, will
not operate in Wood County the pres
ent season. You see he don't want to
interfere with Bulls interests.
Nothing conduces more to domes-
tic happiness than light running,
quiet, convenient, ever ready sewing
machine The American fills the bill.
John Hamm is receiving choice
new goods of every description direct
from Chicago and Milwaukee, anG he
is selling the same way down tor
cAsn.
Prof Cooke VIII knock the bot
tom out Of spirituaIism at Writer'S
Hall, Friday and Saturday evenings,
July y, % He promises big things.
Go, see and hear.
Boston has the most intellectual
girls, New York the most stylish,
Brooklyn the pretticst, Baltimore the
most refined, Chicago the smartest and
s. Louis the most frolicsome. Tn
like rs they are in characteristics, the
"Domestic Paper Fashions" are the
universal preference Of them all.
Mrs. Widow Arnold long known
to nearly AL Of our citizens, fell asleep
last Monday. She was good, simple
old lady whose eighty-four years Of
pilgrimage have made many a heart
clad, aud as we verify believe, not one
sad. She was buried from the Meth
odist church last Tuesday, a large body
Of friends attending.
The minutes Of the proceedings
of the Board Of Education read in
such way that it is to be inferred
that we were in sympathy with the
list of pupils who endorse Mr.. Stew
art. We simply handed in the en-
velopc containing the list, for che &C
commodation Of one of the signer<.
We wish it distinctly understood that
we haven a sympathy, not one, in
sat direction.
The berry crop is simply enor-
nous in Wood and adjacent counties
the present season We hear that a
party on Yellow River proposes to
gather :, 900 bushels of blackberries,
while every boy and girl will rake in
from one TO a hundred bushels each.
The berry crop Of Wood Co. alone if
totally gathered and sold could easily
wipe out our county Indebtedness.
Let's go and wipe 'er out.
The present is the time to EN-
bark in business. Although times
are hard, yet it Is fact that has been
demonstrated that after a presidential
election prospects brighten and bust
ness revives. Goods CT every des-
cription are way down, and the firm
that buys for cash now, lays the foun-
dation for fortune if proper business
foresight is exercised. Grand Rapids
! is as good a point too to start business