Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-07-26
Persons and Things.

4a Persons and Things.
There are many people who feel
that our government should send a
whaling" fleet over to Cuba ua-.
Senator Conkling is sojou1ning in
Scotland, and writes to his friends that
his health is steadily improving.
Russia has been sending canned
beef to her soldiers in Bulgaria: and
now we see she has sent Gen. Cancow-
sky, too.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is a great
lover of the "home" system, and de-
clares that boarding houses kill patri-
otism."
Idaho citizens are furnished with
old army muskets to fight Indians with.
The Indians are furnished with sixteen
shooter breech-loading rifles.
General Joe Johnston and Senator
Cockrell will attend the fourth annual
encampment of the Soldiers National
Reunion at Marietta, O., September f.
The death of Professor Sanborn
Tenney breaks up the Williams College
Rocky Mountain expedition for stu
dents, of which he was protector and
leader.
A Nevada mountain is rumbling
and growing and shaking, and there is
a chance that this republic may turn out
something to knock the heels off of old
Vesuvius.
Somebody, probably competing for
the prize for wits, says that the trains
worn by ladies at Saratoga are consider
ably longer than those that come into
the village depot. a
1t has been SO cool in the Adiron-
dack region that Boston lady, one of a
camping party, had her toes frost-bitten.
They didn't think of her feet when they
selected the tent.
OF the first seven Presidents of the
United States there were only two who
were not elected to serve second
term, and these two were both Adams
es. Charles Francis Adams often
smokes this thoughts in his pipe
"A rich but economical farmer at
Athol, Mass, stopped his paper because
he found it was on file at a hotel read
ing room, where he could, by driving
two or three miles, read it gratis. I'm.
fortunately, the next thing was the ho-,
tel stopped the newspaper too.
Darwin believes that birds have re-
hgious distinctions. OF course: hens
belong to the laity.- Piasb,ry Commercial
The time-honored allusion to the Diet
of Wurmz is not inappropriate here.
That is a good idea about chasing
Sitting Bull over into Canada and then
demanding of Great Britain that he be
delivered over under the extradition
laws. While Great Britain is capturing
him we have only to look ON and watch
the fun
The 'aon-seq,tittr is thus feelingly
displayed in the posta[card letter of a
wife to her absent husband: 81 am
most sick, baby is under the doctors
care, and James and the other children
have the measles. All the women are
wearing back combs, and don't forget to
write often. We all send love, and our
house almost got on fire last night.
Jane"
"A st. Louis journal tells story of
a disconsolate widower, who, on seeing
the body of his late wife lowered into
the grave, exclaimed, with tears in his
eyes: Well, I've lost gloves, I've lost
umbrellas-yes, even COWS and horses;
but L never-nO, never-had ANYTHING
to cut me like this" t. ..ss -.
Mr.. Surgeons i'll health has reach
ed such a point that his physicians
have forbidden him to make any en-
gagements outside of his regular work
as pastor of the Tabernacle. His son.
Thomas Spurgeon, who is pastor of
mission congregation in London, has
sailed to Australia for rest and recuper-
alton. -
In the Berlin Geological Gardens
the royal tigress lately added two fine
cubs to the collection, but, strange to
say, she utterly refused to take care of
them. They were therefore placed
amid the family of Newfoundland
dog, which animal received them cor
daily, and bestowed upon them all
needful maternal attention.
Mr.. Ed. Stone, of Bloomington,
Iowa, arrived at Clinton Saturday night,
accompanied by Miss Dote Dawson, of
that city. They had run away for the
purpose of committing matrimony,
and succeeded. They were married,
and returned to receive the benediction
of the lrate parents. Both parties are
well known IN society at Bloomington.
in some sections of Pennsylvania
and Delaware the tramp nuisance
has become so alarming that citizens
are holding meetings in various towns
to consider what measures must be
taken in regard to this evil. Vigilance
committees have been organized in some
places, and the first tramp caught COM
mitting any crime will be likely to be
dealt with severely.
/ Philadelphia Catholics are a good
deal excited over circumstantial state
ment in the Sunday World, seriously
rejecting upon the ecclesiastical stand
ing and personal character of Right
Rev. DIR. Wood, archbishop of Philadel-
phia. 1t Is said that the archbishop
who has gone to Rome with $4,000. a
jubilee gift from his archdiocese-ha
fallen into disgrace at the Vatican, not
having been permitted to say mass in
private.