Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-01-11
Our Small Change.
Good sleighing now.

The deaf mutes of Milwaukee
had a social gathering on New Years
day. They had loud time.
Good business pants made to or
der at I. G. StAmour's and Co. from
$500 to $1,000 If
Another candidate for the Temple
of Honor; the fellow who says that
continual libotions of gin and juniper
threatens to be the urination of him.
" anderbilt was buried with little
ceremony last Sunday, and still the
brakesmen on the y. 7. Central Road
shout. "Change Cars for Saratoga"
Judge Park adjourned court last
Saturday over to Monday. A large
number of cases yet remain to be dis
posed Of, many of which will of neces-
sity SO over the term.
Found, black shawl with heavy
fringe, between the Cong. Church and
the Rabl1n House. The owner can
recover the same by applying to War
ner's Hardware Store, and paying for
this local
The week of prayer is being OBJ
served by both churches in a series Of
Union Meetings. The meetings the
remainder of the week will be held at
the Methodist church with closing
sermon Sabbath evening by Rev. l..
NJ. Foster.
We counted over fifty teams in our
streets last Saturday, between the Rab
lin House and the Bridge, 1t is safe
to put the number of teams in this
city and Centralia on that day at one
hundred. Don't this look as though
business was picking up?
We learn that the Supreme Court
has approved the decision of Judge
Stewart in the Wood County Bridge
suit. Thus leaves the bridge the prop
erty Of the county, to be repaired or
rebuilt by the county, so the quicker
arrangements are made for rebuilding
the structure while the ice is in, the
better.
Now that the bridge question has
been decided, let the Co. Board take
measur es at once for the erection of a
new bridge while yet the ice is in the
river. With the ice for staging and
considering the present price of labor
a most favorable contract can be enter
ed into with responsible parties. Will
not the Board act at once.
A jolly sleigh load surprised Jack
Andrews hearthstone last Thursday
evening at rail f"ctory-piUe. Pop
corn and pumpkin pie, lemonade and
laughter made up the bill of fare. and
they had just ''buckets" full of fun.
They were pail looking crowd when
they returned. but they had a stave-
inc good time. SO Sloughkoome re-
ports.
The New England supper By the
Ladies of the Congregational Society,
at the basement last Thursday was
success. Nearly fifty partook of the
bill of fare; Brown bread, baked
beans, pumpkin pies and sitdownb CT
der and have a good time was the or
der of the evenlng-all for ten. cents.
The sociables are becoming popular
No more cosy place can be found in
our city for social chat, than at the
ladies parlor; so don't hurry away af-
ter the good things have been partaken
of, but stay and be truly social. A
mush-and-milk supper is coming soon.
The near est thing our County
Board ever did, was to impose upon
Co. Treasurer, [. L. Mosher the neces-
sity of obtaining fre more bondsmen
each worth $4,000 above all liabilities
and exceptions, after having received,
as bondsmen J. D. Witter, I. B.
Scott and Seth A. Spafford, who rep
resent good 100000 1t was moth
ing more than an open insult to a man
who has reputation second to no man
in Wood County for integrity, and
honesty. 1t was meaner than the
devil.
Funny dialogues we hears now
and then. Here's one which fell upon
our ears the other day, occasioned we
presume, by the high temperature indi-
Gated by the Literary Society Their
momator.
"Why! did you say he was for us %
"Why, certainly. Didn't you know
it ?"
"Why no. Why, only yesterday 1
made face at him"
Ana then all was quiet except the
click, click, of the types.
= He said the nerve tissues were
entirely under the control of the hu-
man will, and if one only would. he