Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-10-25
Our Small Change.

Who can remember whether the
sun is round or square.
Millions Of tons of water has fall
len upon our city the past week.
Mitchell Sweeney started feet
of lumber from Point Basse last Fri
day.
The improving times ought to
prompt our merchants to advertize
largely.
We will publish the prize list of
our County Fair, as soon as it is hand
ed in to US.
: "A few cords of dry wood will be
just the thing at this ofice-on sub
scription.
Rehearsal at the Cong. Church
this Saturday evening. let there be
a good attendance
The spire of the Catholic Church
IS nearly repaired. and the staging is
being taken down.
Soaking rains have coaxed the
river to get up on its ear and look
"down in the mouth"
The railroad from New Lisbon to
Necedah has been completed, and lum-
Der is being shipped over it
-Spaford and Cole recently bought
about 1000 bushels of potatoes near
Plover, receiving by railroad
Seth Spafford has gone to Cleve-
land to visit his mother who is very
low, and not expected to recover.
Bring your job work to the Re
PORTER office. We are prepared to do
it in quick order and in excellent taste.
j X. Parish, of Medford, J.
ONeal, Of Neillsville. and Lawyer
Hurley, of Wausau, were welcome Wis
itors at the REPORTER office last week.
A. c. Clark, druggist of Wau.
sau, has been appointed Assistant
State Geologist. in place of Moses
Strong, who was drowned in the Flam-
beau
Thanks to Mrs. Sterling for some
of the finest peppers we ever saw--as
large as pound sweet" We feel
that they have made US smart in our
sickness.
MIR. and Mrs. A. B. Sampson will
please accept our thanks for jar of
the incest strained honey palate ever
saw or eye tasted, and We don't taste
through a glass darkly, either
Ed. Huban's yoke of fine cattle
broke the yoke under 69G5 u lbs, Of
stone on a stone boat, and Clark &
Scott S cattle walked off with 1922 II
lbs. dead weight at the Fair.
The Fair filled our city with
strangers, and yet nearly all were our
county residents. There is nothing
like fair to get people out where they
can get acquainted one with another.
The very good looking Chinee
gentleman attracted large crowd on
his first appearance in our city. Some
of our young men were peculiarly
struck. Why, boys don't imagine
that every thing that wears a dress is
a woman
The Methodist conferences have
assigned W. c. WaIdron to Grand
Rapids Rev. Mr.. Haskell going to
Plover and Bnena Vista, Mr Evans
remains at Stevens Point, Rev. Jesse
Cole goes to Brandon and j. D Cole
to Sun Prairie. Rev Mr.. Waldron is
spoken of as live man, earnest in
his work, genial and able.
When DAILY & Kings butcher boy
threw down a mammoth hind quarter
of beef upon meat block the other
day with the remark; That's the
last rump, wicked little gamin with
more brains than shoes remarked -
''l ou'd better kill that old blue bottle
then, afore he blows it." And some
thought that urchin was wicked.
Business shows that the good
times are coming. The Valley road is
doing Tremendous freight and passen-
ger traffic and the G. B. & NJ. is run
ming extras without number-all the |
rolling stock available being pressed
into the service for the transportation
of wheat. The same epidemic has
struck the Central road also. Its
business all over and every where.
The river is up booming and
thousands of logs hitherto ''tied up"
are coming down with the food. A |
jam of 100000 on Tomahawk has
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