Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-22
Our Small Change.
.'Rah for New Hampshire.

- Rah tor New hampshire.
Chicago is chock full of snow.
We haven't seen a smich Of maple
sugar this season.
You may cross the new bridge on
.hanksman next week.
Send in your local items from all
the towns in the county.
Tom. Scott will accept our thanks
for the Blue Book for 1877.
This is the way Judge Bradley
writes to David Dudley Field.
Yours Affection Sly
March came in like lamb, but
she shows every indication for going out
like a bulldozers.
Spring loiters like a school girl
sby the way" picking dandellons. The
first bell rang in February.
The snow fall seems to have e1-
landed southwark. The further north
one goes the less snow one finds.
About four inches of snow fell last
Sunday night enough to grease up
things beautifully in the logging camps.
We want 1000 cords of good dry
hard maple wood, and 1000 cords of
green. Now, maybe we'll get a load.
The Congregational Choir will
meet for rehearsal at the residence of
Mrs, Ladd, on Saturday evening.
Henry Jessey met with slight
accident upon the bridge last Tuesday
whereby he limped off with bruised
leg
Charley CLARK, son of B. E.
Clark of the Rablin House has been
very seriously sick, the past two weeks
but is now recovering.
Bill Miller sells spring bed that
beats anything we have seen in that
line. 1t looks like a ARP and lulls one
to sleep '.just as natural"
A man named Mcdonald fell
through the bridge last Saturday, but
sustained little injury. lie was a
workman thereon.
The Black Hills and Texas are
attracting cheap o. folk this Spring
A company will leave Stevens Point
for the "Hills" next week
Our kingdom for wood pile, who
of the score or more that have prom
ised to "wood us up will respond be-
fore the snow gets down into the dirt :?
--Messrs. Trow, Coleman & Co. are
making a further addition to their
Touring mill in Centralia, preparatory
to putting in another run of stone.
The editor is away this week so
we devils are running this issue. If
the paper is any more interesting than
usual, why, 60 to the devil with your
praises.
The revival meetings at the Meth
odist Church are attended with good
success. Large audiences gather and
an interest is manifest which betokens
bountiful harvest. if not to-day" to-
morrow.
The city council at it's meeting
Saturday evening elected Chas. NJ.
Webb City Attorney, and reelected
Ell. w. Lord City Clerk for the ensu-
ing year.
Frank Frazier has made an i'm
provement on his halter which will be
a good thing, and better, for both
Frank and the people. We hope
Frank will make big thing out of his
inventions, and we believe he will.
Mr.. Cleveland's singing school we
understand, is progressing finely. The
attendance is good, though not as large
as it should be, and good progress. is
made. We hope Mr.. Cleveland may
be encouraged, for he is deserving of
success.
"A rascal, or rascals attempted to
burn the block between Public square
and third street, at Stevens Point, last
week, by dropping lighted match
under stairway near Hungerford's
bank. Fortunately the match went
out.
Charley Slocum, he who has cot
a baby,-jammed his hand badly last
Friday by catching finger ring upon
the head of nail of box of wall
paper. as he was tipping it, preparatory
to opening, making bad wound He
is all right, but he can't handle that
baby worth cent.
On visiting Wausau a fortnight
ago, we found most earnest and prot
liable work being carried on at the
Methodist Church, Rev. Jesse Cole,
Pastor, under the direction of Presid