Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21
A severe snow storm visited Ken

osha early on Saturday morning and
continued to increase in violence till
noon.
In Russia, the use of the electric
pen is prohibited. The government
of that country strictly ferbids the en-
ployment by private persons Of any
thing like printing appliances. |
At forced sale of the Bay View
rolling mills on Wednesday, the whole
property was bid of at $3.50. 900.
Alexander Mitchell was the purchaser.
-Winnebago county employs 113
teachers in its public schools at wages
averaging, per month, males S37 80.
fomales S27 16, There are 81 school
houses in the county, while at the last
public teachers examination la GER
tifcates were granted from 800 appli-
cations.
A word to the wise. IF you are
suffering with a severe Cough or Cold,
call on your druggist and get a bottle
of DIR. Marshall's Lung Syrup, and
save large doctor bills. 1t relieves al
most instantly. Price % cents. Sold
by F. j. Wood, Druggist and Book
seller.
Henry Bierbaur of New Lisbon
had a birthday party last week cele-
brating the 50th anniversary of his
coming away from Heaven to dwell
upon this dreary earth. Henry is a
genial young old man who brews lager
and consequently is one of our protag-
es Henry says it is good to beer and
has no objection to remaining here an
other fifty years.
If one could only unscrew his legs
like piano, and lay them up in the
brass rack on the side of the car, he
could get his trunk checked through,
and night travel on railway would be-
come something of a luxery. Nature
missed it when size didn't make us
| fellow creatures like so many jack
knives. But then what would Pull
man and Wagner do? We believe in
new berth.
On Wednesday of last week a
large barn belonging to Rudd & Green,
Rudd's Mills, Monroe county, was de-
stroycd by fire, said to be the work Of
an incendiary, but supposed by some
to be accidental The barn contained
five yoke of very large oxen and one
span of horses, all of which were burn
ed except one horse, which was taken
out after being severely injured. A
large amount of hay and feed in the
barn was also destroyed. We under.
understand there was no insurance.
lHauston Star.
A new bracelet, outwardly of a
most chaste, innocent and beautiful de.
sign, but inwarily.a ravening wolf.
has just been invented and thrown on
the market. 1t has a wicked little
secret spring that reaches olt and nips
fellow by the cuff the moment lie
touches, it and holds him there unit
spa" can come into the parlor, and
gazing sternly upon the affectiorate
and purturbed tableau, demand of the
yonng man what are his intentions. =
Burlington Hl,oheye
One of those smart specimens OF
the genus homo that sometimes intest
respectable society, imagining that
all girls are su sceptable to the bland
ishments and wiles Of biped pups Of
beauty, recently made himself too free
with some Of the girls of Stevens
Point the other day, and the end of the
story is, that ''bis' brother 1nveigl-
ed him upon the new bridge when a
select party of gammins baptized him
with eggs of antiquity till he smelt
like a chemical laboratory. lie slid
out Of the Point sicker and sinking
er man than when he came. He was
selling safes. For what house?