Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-08
Our Small Change.

st. Valentines day--keb'y 18th.
n-hearted, that old bridge
The County Board met yesterday.
The Devils Trio, Maddox Little
field and Pickett.
Who wants to go to Florida "to
spend the winter?''
Tom. Stevenson is boss of the
new bridge. IT'S WELL
Down in the ane-brake-That
Returning Board.
We hope to announce who has
turned Jack before another issue.
Hon. I. B. Scott returned home
from Madison last Saturday.
Gold is down to 104 and there is
talk IF resumption at once.
-Wausau will have brass-mounted
steam syringe to bulldoze configra-
tions.
Let US have day of thanksgiv-
ing, for Cate isn't one Of that Com
mission.
The ice harvest has been excel
lent almost everywhere. In Florida
and Louisiana the sun dried it too
quick.
The corn crop of Kansas for last
year at Is cents bushel will aggre-
gate the sum of 100000 600; and
yet there are children crying for John
ny-cake.
Whatever may be the result of
the labor and inquiry of the commits
sion, Gov. Hayes will come out as
gold tried by fire. The country has
never been treated to a revelation of
purer, nobler, more unsclfsh character
than in the conduct of the Republic
can candidate. Indianapolis Journal.
The man who becomes President
by birth from this bill will also become
representative head Of the powers
that be- and will have our loyal allie
glance. He will reign four years and
God will remain in power forever
Trusting the latter we have no fears
of, but all prayers for the formerly.
w. Christian 1dUocate.
After reviewing the claims made
by the party papers as TO the politics
Of Judge Davis, Illinois new Senator,
the Quincy Wing suggests that it
seems likely that by the time Judge
Davis gets ready to retire from the
bench he will be able to form some
definite opinion as to whether he Is a
Democrat or a Republican. Appar-
emily our Democratic friends in the
Legislature caught Tartar.
Mike Dougherty's heavy dray
horses, came very near running off of
the bank where the old bridge stood
over on the Centralia side of the river,
last Tuesday. The horses were under
the notion of running away, supposing
the bridge still there, lit out for keeps,
but brought up to stand still just in
time to save themselves from horrible
death. The fall, had they went over
would have resulted in almost instant
death.
"A few days ago resolution was
passed by the Assembly calling upon
the Acknowledgement for an opinion
whether a special law letting the coun-
ty printing in any one county to the
lowest bidder would be constitutional
or not. The Acknowledgement has
recently communicated to the Assembly
an opinion that such special legislation
would be unconstitutional Shdwano
Journal
The saw works of Mr.. Turner,
who formerly prosecuted his business
in our city, together with the saloon
of 2. Delany, at Wausau were des-
troyed by ire last Friday. The build
ings adjoining, and particularly the
Grace House came near being cremat-
ed The fire caught from a defective
fue. The loss is not given in the Pr
lot whence we gather the facts
We are in receipt of the Annual
Report ofthe State Board of Charities
and Reform, of Wisconsin. The report
embraces 1SS pages, and is a complete
presentation of the work dose by the
State Board, including tabular state
ments, valuable, though net so inter
esting to man of leisure, as Daniel
Derenda or Helen's Babies. The
board will accept our thanks for the
volume.
Bro. Patchen, formerly of the
Taylor County Star, showed his hand
some face in our sanctum, last Friday.
With all due Difference to the fraternity
there are some Fabsr pushers who are
not patchen to the used-to-bs boy
editor who ran the x. He's good all
over and has pile of brains, and "a
soul as big as Chippewa logging