Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-25

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ion that she would have used some
time ago but for the reason that she
saw he was poor just then and felt as
if she ought to economic to help him
along. Noble self.denial like this usu-
ally fetches things.
The water is doing terrible devas-
tation this spring everywhere. Only
last Thursday night a certain tene-
ment under the shadow of the school
house and nearly opposite the resi-
dence of'eur Mayor, was overhowed.
Although ION the hill" the waters
reached it. Somehow. it seems as
though our fire engine is getting
around lively putting out fires before
they are kindled. This seems little
paradoxical, but it isn't. The fact Is
the tenement mentioned has been
known as oagnio for more than
year past, and being in so conspicuous
locality, on one of our finest streets
directly under the shadow of our
school building where the youth of
the city are wont to assemble to be
taught morality as we'll as science, and
almost directly opposite the residence
of the Mayor of the city, it was
thought best, we presume, to baptise
the institution, inasmuch as its occu-
pants had been entreated and COM
manded to "move along" but had
persisted in remaining. Of course the
engineer didn't know where the water
was going. and the pipemen couldn't,
prevent its flow, and then it was as
black as tar, and the consequence is,
the 'shebang" was numerically
sprinkled. This is summary way of
melting out justice to such hell holes.
but we believe it is about the way to
serve 'em. We agree with Judge
Taney-that house of prostitution
Eve believe it was the "nigger" that
bothered the Judge) has no rights
that white man is bound to respect.
Dr0Wned.-Last Sunday morning,
there were three batteaux above the
falls at Wausau, which the Barnum
Company's men had been using above,
on the log drive They desired to fol-
low up their logs; and Mr., r. NJ.
Lunt, of Grand Rapids, hos. Of the
gang, with Thomas Grant, pulled out
to run over. The water is about
foot to high for safe avigation, any
way; and some claim that the wash
out Of about 40 feet of the east end of
the slide or chute of the dam throws
the current into peculiar swirls that
rivermen know not how to calculate on
Grant took the bow and Lunt the
stern, each with a paddle. When the
boat plunged into the very first mad
swirl, it capsized. Grant couldn't
swim; and even if he could. it might
have ,availed him nothing. in such a
terrible place. For nigh half min
nte Lunt was under the boat, but sue
ceeded in getting out and clinging to
the peaked stern. He saw Grant
grasping to the boat near the other
end; but at that instant the project
ing peak of the capsized boat struck
rock, and Grant was swept off and
sank, never to rise alive. This was
the last seen of him by anybody. AS
the boat struck. Lunt's body was
square atop o. the pointed stern, and
the shock tent his pants and vest and
famed his body considerably.
Then indeed was a struggle for life {:
Whirled and thrown and tossed from
surface to bottom, he chung to that
boat with all the strength he could
master, as the merciless waters hurled
him and beat him into unexplainable
and inconceivable positions-driving
and plunging. Those who never saw
those rapids in high water can form no
kind of conception ; of the terrors
of his situation; and those who have,
consider it a perfect marvel that he
lived to come ashore. For about sigh-
ty rods. he was dashed through that
fearful torrent and when nigh Lum-
Der Yard rock, at place where the
water was more calm, he let go his
hold and struck out for shore. 1t
required all the strength of very
strong expert swimmer to make head
way shoreward in such current; and
Lunt was about as nearly dead as alive
when he gained foothold on terra
frma. It made US fairly shudder to
hear him relate his experience. He
has been boatman all his life; and
says he had no misgiyings about the
entire safety of the undertaking; but
considers it "a chance i'll thousand
that he now lives.
Grants body has not yet been found
He was a man about SO years old;
and came from Calais, Me-. near the