Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-23
State Items.

1t is announced that until the water
rises, La Crosse will be the head of nav
igation on the Mississippi river.
The West Wisconsin Annual Confer
ence OF the N. E. Church, which is
composed of five Presiding Elder Dis
tricts, lying in the western half of the
State, will convene at Eau Claire, Oct
3, 1877, Bishop Andrews presiding.
The yield of cranberries in Juneau
county promises to be an enormous
crop, the ground being literally cover
ed with the fruit, and growers believe
that all danger from worms is past. 1t
is mooted question where pickers are
to be obtained to harvest the crop,
hence, posters and circulars are being
distributed offering pickers 70 cents per
bushel, " and more if others pay more"
The woods in the vicinity of Suami-
co have been on fire, and the inhah1-
tants of the district have been fighting
the element. The saw mills at that
point were in danger, and trains have
been delayed in consequence of the
fires, and travel by the road through
that portion Of the country was stopped
for a time.
An enthusiastic Oshkosh man return
ed from the Doty Island camp meeting,
and was loud in its praise, saying that
1t was the greatest success on record
A friend said: Were there any con-
verts -" He stopped a moment and
said: "WelI, Iswear, [ forgot to ask
But the baked beans were bully, and
the sailing and rowing were divine, and
there were some of the handsomest
girls that [ ever saw
While out hunting on the flats, near
Valley Junction, last Friday, George
Boynton, of the Wisconsin Valley June
ton House, accidently shot his COM
paniOn, Geo. Turner, of Elroy, road
master on the West Wisconsin Railway.
Mr.. Turner received tWenty-eight shot
in his body; one penetrated his eye,
and it is feared will destroy that organ.
1t is claimed by those who happened
to be watching that there was an i'm
mense water-spout at the head of the
river, during the storm of Monday eve
ming, and that it lasted at least ten min
utes, causing great cOmmOtiOn in the
water and carrying a heavy column up
into the clouds.-Green Bay AdUocate
The dam on the Wisconsin river at
Wausau is to be raised six feet, which
will throw the river back four miles and
give booming opportunity for the stor-
age capacity of 100000, 900 feet of logs.
A Racine dispatch says the schooner
lain off that port since Tuesday, waiting
fo1 +l,1I 70 IL
can come into the harbor. She will
probably have to be lghtened before
making the dock.
Walter Ward and James Garnett
have been arrested for robbing the room
Of Silas Richardson, at Waukasha, Au-
gust 18th. The apartment was entered
through Il window, one of the prisoners
being cut by the glass, leaving a blood
stain on the window.
Gen. Crawford's residence at Wauwa-
tosa was entered by burglars on Tues
day last, who took 81, 800 in gold and
United States bonds The bookstore Of
West & Co. was entered, and several
hundred dollars worth of fancy cutlery,
pens, etc, were taken.
The members of the United States
board of examining engineers, Col J.
n. NJ. Comb. stationed at Rock Island,
Gen. G. Weitzel, stationed at Detroit,
and Col. W. E. Merrill, stationed at
Detroit, arrived in La Crosse Wednes-
day. The same train brought assistant
general manager John c. Gault, attorn-
ey John w. Cary and chief engineer
Don ]. Whittemore, of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway company
The United States engineers and c., NJ
& st. 2. officers will view the channel in
the Mississippi river, to investigate the
cause of the change of current.
Following are the list of patents
granted to inventors of Wisconsin for
the week ending August 11th.:
A Cunningham. Milwaukee, milestone
drivers.
J. L. Ovens, Cambria harvester.
[. E. Smitbank, Utica, washing ma
chimes
B. Town, Fond du Lac, bracing cult
vatOr teeth.
J. Bacon, Medina, vehicle wheels.
]. d. Cameron, Chippewa Falls, gate
latches.
w. Jones, Berlin, horse detaching ap-
paratus.
J. Loft, Whitewater, cloth measuring
machines.