Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-08-07
Don't fail to go to Miss
" hite's ''readings, "
Monday Evening.

duggery.
May Fisk's English Blondes show
at Writer'S Hall tonight.
Jim Ingraham has a fine line of IN
derstandings.
Miss Lille Grace has been engaged
to teach school near Minneapolis.
Miss Hattie Mosher is spending her
vacation at or near Detroit.
Take good care of the little ones:
there's belly ache in the air.
An alarm of fire was occasioned by
the burning of Bodette's stump pile,
last Monday morning. No insurance.
Paul Fontaine, who has been very
sick with inflammation of the bowels, is
gradually mending
The Eating House kept by Fl. N.
Livermore at Amherst junction was
burned down last Friday.
Frank Mccormick lost fine stall
lion by inflammation of the bowels, last
Thursday.
W. S. Miller is putting up fine
wood dwelling on the hill just north of
his present residence.
The ground is as dry as an old topper,
in Black River Falls. It needs CO.
pious rain to regenerate it.
All dealers in Tobacco on the
marshes must procure stamps covering
such business, before commencing.
A little son of Clarence Warren
burned his feet terribly in the ashes OF
the stump pile near Bodette, last Mon
day.
The river is getting to be as fat as
a pancake A bundle of lath would
find trouble in getting over the rapids
just now.
All parties detected selling liquor on
the marshes without having paid the
government tax will be prosecuted
without ceremoney.
VIM. Gallon it is reported will be
the successor of D. L. Quaw, as Re-
ceiyer in the Land Office at Wausau.
Gallon will make an efficient officer
The Episcopal Church building in
Centraha is progressing finely. 1t
presents charming view from this
side the river.
Married-In Remington, this
county: on the 9th day of July,
1879, by 3. O'Connor, Esq, Mr. Ste
phen Cummings and Miss Anna
Donovan.
Brundage & Ferguson have placed
their very showey circular Store Sign
in position above their awning. 1t as
a telling advertisement.
Married. On the 2Sth ult. in the
N. Il. Church. of Grand Rapids, by
Rev. 2. s. Bennett. Mr. t. w. Fl.
Baths to Miss Sarah j. Millenback
both af Rudolph.
Coppin, one of the engineers on the
G. B. & NJ. Road, is going round with
his foet in sling, having dropped a
bar of iron upon it. We suppose the
bar couldn't very well strike the
ground thus he got his s'foot in it, >
Bowel complaints arc prevailing to
an alarming extent in the county
Several are sick in our two cities.
People cannot exercise too great eau
ton in their diet at this season of the
year.
The cranberry crop we fear will suf-
fer from the dry burning weather ex-
pierienced the past two weeks. If
rain come very soon, the crop will un-
doubtedly be good, though not so
large as has been predicted.
A large amount Of building is going
on in Grand Rapids, and it will con-
tinue till snow flies, only to be resum-
ed with greater vigor in the spring.
Our two cities are feeling the effects
of the good times, and will make rapid
progress from this forward.
The reports from the wheat harvest
in Minnesota and furthet west are
more encouraging than for years be-
fore. The yield is very large in some
localities, ranging from % to 80 and
even So bushels to the acre. The
average is unanimously large, and the
weather has been most propitious for
the engathering of the crop. The i'm
mense fields in the great west, and
north will have been all harvested by
the 10th, and it is safe to say that
never before has the kernel been so
coed nor the crop less damaged either
by rust, bug, excessive heat, drought
OF untimely rain. than The present sea-