Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-05-08
Our Small Change.

ache.
Now is the time to play croquet.
Uncle Ike Mosher is also having his
dwelling re-painted.
Prospects are good in our city
for an increase of the population.
France is not liable. ander present
circumstances, to resume relation with
Mexico.
The Cincinnati police commenced
general raid on the gambling dens last
night
The Terre Haute coal miners strike
remains unchanged, and trouble is
feared.
The dwelling of Win. Tylor is
being painted with fresh coat of
slate colored paint.
Go and see the new goods at Brun-
dage & Ferguson's before you make
your purchases in hardware.
The fence around the school house
is completed. 1t adds good deal to
the appearance Of the surroundings
The value of COW depends much
more upon the length of the milking
season than upon the quantity Of milk
given for few weeks.
| The JOY of life is health. If you
are troubled with rheumatism. pains
in the side or back, use DIR. Marshal s
Arabian Oil, Sold by F. J. Wood.
See our stock of plows and cultiva-
tors before purchasing elsewhere.
BRUNpAGE & FERGUSON.
Brundage and Ferguson are just
opening the finest line of table and
pocket cutlery ever brought to this
city.
If you want first class cook stove,
you will find it at Brundage & Fergu-
sons, and the prices will surprise you,
they are so lew,
Gray, who attempted to assassinate
Booth, yesterday pleaded guilty of
assault with intent to kill and was
remanded fer sentence.
Potatoes cut ten days or two weeks
before planting, and sprinkled with
plaster, will sprout earlier and grow
better than when cut and planted on
the same day.
Frank Wood came very near selling
out his drug store, the first of the
week. We were little anxious to
know whether Frank would vamoose
or not. Glad he didn't.
D. w. Compton, has taken the job
of grading down and re-planking the
hill near 81 affords. He is to receive
$24 for the labor and the city is to
furnish the necessary materials.
DR. T. T Mayhan left here on the
midnight train Of this date for Atlanta,
Georgia The Doctor is delegate
from Wisconsin to the United States
Medical association which convenes at
Atlanta, on Tuesday.--F'ond du Lac
Ec.
Mr.. W, B, Neeves has just received
from Illinois, one thoroughbred Dur
ham bull and heifer, imported from
France also a full-blooded Norman
stallion. He intends to undertake
stock raising, so says our informant.
1t is step in the right direction, and
we hope to hear Of more Of our large
land owners going into stock raising,
Charlie Compton was instructed by
his father to grease their delivery
wagon, then hitch up, and drive down
to the store. He did so and when he
arrived in front Of the store it was
discovered the nuts which hold the
wheels on, were both left off one side,
and they had come all the way from
Compton house to the store. What
might have happened can better be
imagined than told.
Our editor, Mr.. Philleo, has been
very i'll for the past three weeks and
has not written a line for the paper
during this time and is still unable to
attend to the writing. Therefore we,
the foreman, are responsible for what
ever defects may have appeared in
our last issues. We have been over
rushed with job work and consequent
ly ask our readers to be easy on us
for short time and all will be we'll.
Mr.. Hayden has moved his law
Office in Centralia, in Dr. Whitney s
building. The County Judge Office is
still at the old stand, but we learn the
lot on which the building stands has
been sold by Mrs. Jackson to Chas.
Poderille. Mr.. Hayden will move
his building on his lots south of the
building in which FELTON, has his tin