Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

hall door Post Office Building.
Have you heard from Maine: -
Is very seldom spoken, now.
When you smile at greenbacker
lie don't yrinbacl; worth fiat cent.
= Barnums roosters were all fat
ROSTERS, They we're more Krow thai
anything else
The greenbackers don't make =
very grand display of poultry thl>
year.
The schools of New London have
been closed in consequence of the
prevalence of aiptheria.
Marathon county printed $4,000
election tickets. WHAT ii they 10
with the surplus? Why BArnum o.
OF course.
-SDafori and Cole will sell Dr.
Goods Their increasing business will
demand ..stone front another year.
i'hey deserve it.
wa Bro 8arnam please spell
ar n.a.c with two lis. We are
,:raid she people ",s- knoN "A' ne Is
trying 80 JACK guard j; he uses on'y
one bel.
The greono4ckers Thought Of
having q torch light procession. 1t
now looks as though somebody would
have Torch like possession pretty
soon.
Say, Bro. Bsrnpm, let US ask We
conundrum What profteth 1t a
Greenbacke if ne gain good vote IN
his own county, and lose the whole
business
When Barnum surveys the field,
we are told he says, "Well, a bird in
the hand is worth two in the * (hic)-
bush. We've got the Sheriff, but no
knowing how soon the (hic) Sheriff
will have u.s."
We saw BarHum when At Wausau
Just after election looking as though
he had somcthcng heavy on his stom-
ach. The poor dmarf had better buy
ten cents worth of p;zen and US: 1t on
himself. We would advise him to be
sure and give it to no one else.
Bro. Sackett Of the Phillips
Times has been on dear Hunt down
at Weyauwega We met him on the
cars returning last week; he had hls
doe with him. and was as happy as
! Thad Pound when be looks al that
Marathon majority. Bro. Sackett,
shake long life ana lots Of fawns.
The Wise Valley Road. we learn
Is making active preparations for the
building OF the line to Jenny. The
freight and passenger business of the
road is Increasing rapidly with the
excellent management The increase
the coming year, with the opening up
OF business must materially eclipse
that of any other previous season.
The Central Road now runs pas
sengcr trains through to Ashland only
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. We arc informed that another
change will be made in the time table
shortly, and that the run will be made
through to the bay weekly. Trains
run to Phillips daily The business
of the road is increasing though the
dcarth of snow the past season has
materially lessened its earnings. We
hope to see the road prosper, for the
enterprise that built two hundred
miles of road through the primitive
forest ought TO be rewarded. In the
near future the Central will be one of
the best paying roads in the state.
The G. B. 4 NJ. Road is opening
up tue western part Of our county to
an extent to many, unexpected. All
that region lying west as far as Merrl-
ian is feeling the effect of railroad en-
terprise. The forests are disappearing.
and tasty structures are rising at Wa
rious points hitherto known only as
"stoppin5 places or flag stations.
Railroads are always clvIiizars. Our
people, We venture to say, would be
exceeding Iothe o give up the two
lines running through our two cities.
upon any terms, though they paid a
good round sum for them The Green
Bay road has materially reased the
running time of its trains, now max
ing the transit OF the state in about
ten hours The business of the road
is perceptibly increasing both in its
passenger and carrying business, under
the new management
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