Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-03-01
Our Small Change.

-.Bunyan's Pilgrims Progr ess' at
the Cong. Church this evening.
The smoke is making a Cronin's
nose of the engine house tower.
Grant uas the "cu.sedsst meanest
man living" noso Bradley is that indi-
yidual.
Mr.. Clement of the Inter Ocean,
delivered an excellent lecture at Wit
ter's Hall, last evening.
Judge Strope says: "You can
stick your finger in democrats eye
now and he wont wink
Our baby wants some maple sug-
ar. Under the circumstances we Il
take cake or two on subscription.
We learn that Miss Fannie Baker
is seriously i'll at her sisters near Rip
on, with inhammatory rheumatism.
We hope a thousand shade trees
may be transplanted this spring. Do
not neglect to set out eleven or eight.
The large mill and lumber yard
belonging to J. 2. Ladd & Co, of Ft.
Howard, was burned last evening.
Loss heavy.
/
How sharper than a serpent s
tooth to have a thankless child" and
thus the democratic buzzum is filled
with anguish.
-Cronin calls for the Hayes and
moze. on the Oregon vote. The Hayes
have it, so let the nose run. Cronin
is a snaughty man.
--Wallacks troupe will give an en-
tertaInment at Writer'S Hall next
Thursday evening. The Press speaks
in very fattering terms of this "com-
bination."
| Lie StuIdI OdH 'AbWOou, Ocu 1
Pass. Agt. of the G. B. & NJ. R. R..
is in the city. He received the tele-
gram announcing the disastrous fire at
! Fort Howard.
We heard democrat say the 9TH
er day. "We set trap for the Repub-
licans. and then stepped back and put
our foot in it, They aoiW tell truth
once IN while.
"A logging party in Clark County
found twenty-seVen stripped snakes
out summing themselves one day last
week Maybe snaix don't know when
springs coming.
Rev. Henry Ward Beechsr recent
ly prayed in the lower House of the
Wisconsin Legislature, and the Demo
cratic aem5 ers wondered what the
ceremony meant.
-John 2 Williams, who stands
along side of Parkhurst in the vocal
rendering of the historic roles Ahas-
aeaus and Belshazzor made the Repor-
ter call last week, but unfortunately
we were away after bre very.
The soul narrowing notes Of the
Thomas (cat), orchestra may be heard
now nightly. Why, you would think
the Reformers were holding caucus,
and insisting on fair count, if you
didn't know absolutely the facts rsla-
tive to the cat question.
The bridge is so far along that if
the same rate of speed is kept up that
has characterized the work thus far,
we will have bridge abut the next
Centennial. The boys say that the
timber don't come along fast enough.
Timber is now being procured from
Smiths mills on the Valley Road.
Only 80 cents will be charged for
reserved seats--a popular hard time
price-at the performance by the Wal
lack Combination. John Dillon, Thurs
day March s at Writer'S Hall, afford
ing everybody chance to witness the
greatest treat in theatricals we have
ever had.
Its as good as circus to see the
little squads of our Democratic broth
ers here and there congregated. and TO
hear them cuss the boy (whose other
name is Arbitration Bill) who struck
his dad, (whose other name is Democ-
racy.) We sympathize with them, of
course. but We can't cry.
Local items are the scarcest COM
modify in the market. We might get
down to business and scribble columns
of "Phiileo's lies," and maybe interest
some OF our readers, but, we wish to
impress upon the minds of our friends
in the outer towns the fact, that they
owe it to themselves to send in the lit
tie "happenings' in their localities,
and then we can present news that will
be news to everybody. just try it
and see
Miss Lucinda Amanda Daft