Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-03

Go to i. B. Warmers the leading
Hardware store in Wood County, for
Nails.
TURK AND RUSH, have met and
the first blood is drawn by the Turk.
Eight hundred Russians were slain.
Only the beginning of the end.
The Stevens Point Journal notes
the preliminary examination Of J., p.
Barker, postal agent on the Portoge
branch of the Wis. Central r. R., on
the charge Of adultery. The bashful
Adonis gives bail in the sum of 5000,
to appear before Judge Park and as
certain whether or no he be guilty.
The Democrat says that resi-
dent Of Fountain Prairie for 81 years,
and always strict observer of the
Sabbath, was out in the field with two
teams on Sunday last. He had for
gotten what day of the week it was,
and when told it was Sunday was
astonished, and quit work at once.
One of the severest snow storms
of the season came down upon US last
Saturday and Sunday, covering the
earth to the depth of several inches,
and making garden seeds in their lit
tie beds feel exceedingly comfortable.
AS many as twelve inches of snow
must have fallen, and the air would
have done credit to blue January
day.
The Juneau Co. Argus says:
Cranberry growers are already feel
ing very cheerful over their prospects
for the coming season. They say the
past winter was very favorable one
for the vines and all indications about
the marshes are favorable for good
crop. The indications may be all cor
rect, but We think it is a little too ear
ly in the season to make calculations,
with any degree of certainty, as to the
kind Of crop they will have.
Hon. MATT. CARPENTER is out
with an open letter addressed to Hon.
Cadwallader G. Washburn which for
plain unadorned rhetoric, good horse
sense, and unvarnished truth is mod
ell for Blair, out times Dexter and dis
counts Bynuan's Pilgrim. If Cadwal-
lader had more euphonious name we
should feel sorry for him, but any man
who will go to bed with such striag
of letters and play hog instinctively
deserves no pity; but Matt. does
hetchel Cad. majestically. Exit Cad.
Only small quantity of lumber
compared with former years is passing
the rapids this spring. The falling off
is owing to several causes, principally
to the facilities for shipment offered by
the railroads which are daily carrying
away thousands of feet and partially
to the low stage Of water which is a
positive drawback to the successful
shipment ria. river. The days of the
''jolly raftsman" on the raging Wis
conse'' are past and gone. The snort
ing iron horse does the work now with
less swearing and more speed.
The Sabbath School Supcrintend-
ents OF the several schools along the
line of the Central Railroad will meet
in convention at Dorchester next Sat
urday and Sunday to discuss the Sab
bath School interests, and devise ways
and means for furtheriag the Sabbath
School work ''along the line" A
commsndabIe enterprise, and all who
feel an interest in the moral prosperity
of this newly developed section of our
state, which is being overridden by
those debasing influences incident to
the development Of new country, will
heartily rejoice. and wish tho conven-
ton a God speed,
). Some twenty-five years ago, when
FRED DOUGLASS was in London, he
became acquainted with young lady
whose father took an interest in him
and treated him with great kindness
The young lady married in London,
and her son was last Wednesday in
Washington on his wedding tour. At
ter arriving in the city the first call
he and his wife made was upon Mar
shall Douglass. He accompanied them
to the White House, and they had a
very pleasant call upon the President.
"A serious opposition is being car
ried on against the Western Union
Telegraph Company. the result of
which has been to reduce the tariff to
competing points far below the cost of
performing the service. The North
western Telegraph Co. although not
affected by this ruinous competition
desires that its patrons shall have the
benefit of these reductions and have
reduced the through rates largely and
in combination with the Western Union