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

that brass band was to be born unto
u.s.
Geo. Boyington, Of the Valley
Junction House, accidently shot Geo.
Turner Of Elroy while out shooting
last week. Mr.. Turner received TWEEN
ty eight shot in various parts Of his
tabernacle and one in his eye. For a.
few minutes be didn't know whether
he was a prairie chicken or Turner.
He is all right now. but don't fancy
being known as a portable lead mine.
The Congregational Church has
been undergoing repairs the past
month. It has been replastered; new
chimneys have been builded from the
foundation walls and the whole roof
reshingIed. which, with repainting in
It's interior have made it look like .
new structure The repairs were sad
ly needed
Tremendous fires, sweeping in
their destruction every dry shrub or
tree are raging all about US. The heav-
ems are lighted up with lurid glare
all the night If rain does not come
soon, the destr uction of lay and other
property must be very great.
Somebody has started the story
that the public lands available for cul-
tivation are already disposed Of. This
Is absurd. There are great districts
in the west that have not been survey
ed or explored even. 1t is estimated
that not more than one-fourth of the
surveyed lands have been disposed of,
and the unsurveyed public lands in
the different States and Territories
amounts to l, I32, $50, pa acres.-Reg-
lister.
We have received the new paper
published at Wausau by Mark. H.
Barnum, which has for its title. 1.-THE
Torch of Liberty. Its live paper
in every way, dishing up locals
in savory manner and 50 far as we,
can learn is most acceptable to the
Democratic stronghold, Marathon
County, which is wearing q greenback
plaster as big as the enclosure of a
race-course. The greeDback theory is
Bro. Barnum's forte, and The Torch
is expected to throw a glare of light
upon it. While we cant agree with
Bro. B. we give him credit for get
ting up one Of the best local papers in
the state, able in its editorials, and
very fair in its treatment Of those
journals not in sympathy with its fnan-
cial theories. We welcome the new
paper,
The fires upon the marshes west
Of Centralia assumed terrible proper
tons under the brisk wind, last Mon
day, and the whole horizon was belt
Of smoke sweeping to the northwest
nearly all day. Of coarse all manner
Of rumors are affoat Of damage done
to hay and buildings. 1t was current
ly reported that Lara Ward had lost
100 tons Of hay in the stack, and a
later rumor said that over 500 tons
were consumed in the neighborhood Of
Smiths Mills Undoubtedly facts have
been greatly exaggerated. We heard
Monday night that Bearss & Co. had
great trouble to save their buildings,
and that their marsh was on fire, all of
which proved to be a canard, Uuless
we have rain soon the losses must be
enormous.
The editor Of the Reporter is just
learning his A B C's Of the financial
alphabet, and oh, what work be is
making Of it!-Trjbne.
Would to Heaven we had the illum,
mated intellect of the financial editor
of the Tribune which so readily solves
financial problems that would have
staggered the brain Of an Alexander
Hamilton. Would We could look into
the future as can Jack, and see how
easy those things are made to appear
which to a Webster were wrapped in
mystery.
4 Man is fool who aoont see IN ten
seconds that millions upon millions of
greenback8 will make the nation SO
rich that every laboring man viii be-
come a portable bank of issue to his
friends. But the thought will ever
come back to Us that just as able fin
anciers as Jack Brundage are opposing
his greenback scheme-that the ablest
minds in the nation are disagreed as to
what is the better policy for the Gov
eminent to pursue upon the money
question, To Jack all these moment
Gus questions are as easy of solution as
a sum in simple addition. It is big
thing to be gifted. It is big thing
to possess prophetic vision. We are