Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-30
Brevities.

A demoerat-anything for an office.
The band boys are furnishing excel
lent music for our people.
Z. c. St Amour is selling goods in
large quantities. Clothing a Speciality.
The exhibitions of stock, goods, etc.
at the fair is small out good.
--latest style stiff hats just received
at T. c. St. Amour's.
A fine line of Repellants and fan
nels just opened at j. E. Ingraham
& Co.'s.
August Bandeline has had his dwell
ing painted brown. 1t adds materially
to its appearance.
Ladies and Messrs. fancy croquet
rubbers neat and durable, at J. E.
Ingraham & Co.'s.
The Tribune editor is trying his
best to force his paper on some Of our
citizens, and is receiving them returned
accompanied by fiat refusals.
Frank Pomainville has purchased a
lot of rock from Henry Osterman and
will rebuild his cellar which was ruined
during the high tide last June.
MARRIED On Sept. Il, 1880.
by Rev. J. S. Norris, Mr.. GEORGE
W. NUTTER and Miss KATIE H.
RUMsEY, both of Saratoga, Wis.
There will be no services at the
Cong. church next Sabbath, as Rev.
Norris is in Milwaukee attending con-
ference. Sunday school as usual.
Those Siltz shoes and boots-we
can't say too much in their favor.
You who have tried them know how
it is. J. E Ingraham & Co. keep
them.
aM@Prices on Dress Goods marked
clear doacn, to close out. Room mast
be made for new stock 10 aariUe ne1t
aoeek at
j. e. INGRAHAN & 60.
The Greenbackers of Maine have
swallowed up the handful of democrats
left in that state and now we have
only two parties there-Republican
and Greenback.
The appeal for this month came to
US the other day and is bristling full
of good, interesting reading matter
Bro. Templars subscribe for it, only
SO cents per year.
Uncle Joseph Wood has attended,
fairs at Madison. GAINESVILLE and Mil
waukee says he never saw as nice
a lot of potatoes as is exhibited at
our fair.
The city has completed pier and
platform on which to place the Engine
in case of fire. To all appearances it
will remain this time food or no food.
VIM. Brown and Fred Horton did the
work. Tis good job.
A Republican caucus for the second
ward will be held on Saturday evening
at Bslknaps shop for the purpose of
electing delegates to attend the county
convention to be held on the fifth inst.
to put in nomination county ticket.
Be sure and attend.
On Tuesday evening the Republican
Senatorial Convention of the Eleventh
district unanimously nominated Thos.
B. Scott for their standard bearer.
Senator Scott is the very best man for
the position in the district. His in
tegrity as man is unquestioned, and
he will be reelected to the position he
has SO faithfully filled for the past
eight years, with an overwhelming
majoriy.
The Tribune is hard up for subscri-
bers. Its editor has been mailing
extra copies to various citizens accom-
panied by note in which he gives it
to them for three months and yet they
are being returned to him with rather
expressive requests to keep his paper.
Tie following is sample, coming
from citizen in Centralia:
CENTRALIA, Sept. %, 1880.
arthur Il. Braudoge Esq.,: Dear
Sir:-I return you your cd id
lying paper with notice that have no
use for it. When [ want it I will or
der and pay for it. Until then send
no more to me.
A sickening tragedy occurred at
River Falls this week. A father
brutally murdered one of his daughters
aged II years. and a second one es-
capped only by miracle as she too was
numerically pounded. The father
has disappeared and as yet the author
tiles have not found him. He is