Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-01-17
Our Small Change.

-Cleavland's class in vocal music
re-commences next Saturday evening
Rehearsal of Cong. Choir at Alec
Zenier this Saturday evening
james Gordon Bennett will start
daily Herald in London.
What will We do for ice next sum
mer if this weather holds?
The river is trying to close up
again.
This looks about as much like
winter as a COW S horn looks like Cleo
patra needle.
Smith was inaugurated Governor
last Monday week. Mallory is open
ing oysters at Milwaukee.
There will be service at the Cong.
Church next Sunday morning. Prof.
Chittenden will preach if Rev. Foster
does not get back.
-Sam'l. Bowles of the Springfield
Republican having had relapse has
been given up by his physicians, and
must die by gradual decadence.
Miss Sarah Turley, who is teach
ing at Doudville, has been suffering
from hemorrhage Of the lungs, but is
recovering.
The question is, "What will Feb
ruary be?' 1t will be well to keep
the comforter and snow-shocs near at
hand, and we wouldn't advise the
moving Of banking just yet
The Stevens Point girls have as a
motto, "Let not single man escape. "
We weep for Simons, as for Swayze.
he ought to be captured and quartered
in the Curran House.
And now Johnny Meshan is a
married man. John has married Miss
Anna Morrissey, of Waushera county.
Well, John is big enough to make
home the safest place in the world
John says: The Morr-i-ssey of this
single life the more I detest it.
Unless Oshkosh or some other
town does something pretty we'll up in
the line of good looking lawyers, Hon.
CHARLIE WEBB of Grand Rapids,
takes the belt for being the best look
ing lawyer from outside Waupaca, at
this term nf Court.-B,tyhts RspuJ:
Lican.
Where was Gahe Bouck? In his
absence G. NJ. will take the belt.
While the question: 'sIs there a
hell!'' is agitating the public mind, we
just wish to remind the d ar people
that Chicago exists, Texas has not
been wiped out, and Geo. Hiles has
changed his base to Winona. What /!
no ell?
II. r. Farnum once on the State
JownaI, and later on the Chicago
Times is delivering temperance lect-
ures in Main&. We knew Farnum
when temperance lectures were farth-
est from him. May the boy have
success.
Passing through Colby, the ether
day, on the Central road, We stopped
with Geo. Ghoeha, of the Colby House,
and partook Of square meal (and
paid for it, too), that would have done
honor to the table of the Newhal or
the Plankinton The train stops
twenty minutes for dinner ut Colby.
We arc glad to say that our
nephew, Frank b. Brundsge, has Sc
cured the position of night-watch in
THE house at Madison. Frank is a
studious young man, one who will
make the position turn to his intellect,
ual advantage without compromising
the integrity Of the position in the
least.
We were glad to see our old
citizen, Michael Donnelly at Dorchest-
er, the other day. Michael has errac-
ted one Of the finest public houses in
Dorchester, and is securing a good
share of the patronage Of the public
His rooms are capacious, and have
high ceilings. In short the Donnelly
House is one of the best on the line.
The Madison Democrat thus notes
the Inauguration ceremonies:
The Inauguration ceremonies were
gracefully and pleasantly carried out.
Gov. VIM. E. Smith and his associates
Lieut., Gov J NJ. Bingham, Secretary
of State Hans B. Warner, Treasurer
Richard Guenther, and Sup't of Public
instruction ", G. Whitford were pre-
sent and were indicted into office in the
presence Of large concourse of people
Chief Justice Z. G Ryan, administer
ed the oath in an impressive manner.
Preceding and following the brief ex-