Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-07-22
Brevities.

Locals scarce.
Garfield is forty-nine and Hancock
is ffty-siz.
Miss A. NJ. Gorden has card this
week in another column Read it.
Cool, almost cold weather on Sun
day and Monday last. What next.
It is believed that the House of
Lords will ultimately reject the Irish
Land bill now absorbing the attention
of the House of Commons.
! R. W. Lyon has erected his black
smith shop and the work of compile
ton is going on rapidly.
R. S. Wells, Dentist is now at the
Roche House and is rushed with bus
mess.
| Several loads Of our young people
went to Stevens Point, on Monday
morning to attend the Inter Ocean
Circus.
We regret that Miss Lille Grace
is still i'll with fever and ague, and has
been confined more or less for two
months. Her friends will find her
by calling at her mothers.
Hon. Gabe Bouck will speak at
Writer'S Hall, Friday evening on the
, political issues Of the day. So says
} the Tribune.
Fred Closu1t, has his stone founda-
. ton once more well under way, and
! says, that he hopes it will be the last
) time he will have to rebuild it.
Spaford & Cole, are having theil
3 new addition painted both inside and
2 out They have more room and g
Q much pleasanter department than ever
Q before.
0 Sidewalks are being built all along
main street. The different individuals
owning property should build theil
walks as soon as possible, to prevent
pedestrians from walking in this clay
mud.
The rise in the prices Of American
securities is due in considerable de
gree to the apprehension that the
state of exchanges will soon necessi
tate shipments of money to New
York.
T. C. st. Amour, is debating the
s. { feasibility of carrying column ad. II
the REPORTER, Say, Santa we know
it will pay you. 7. G. has one of tn
largest and best assorted stocks in thi
county, and should advertise it.
We publish in this issue both tn
e. letters of acceptance of Gen. jaime
A. Garfield, and Chester A, Arthur
on first page. We invite everyone t
read them and then next fall to vot,
for them.
Mike Vaughn, has tasty ad. il
another column. Mike says his bust
ness is good deal better when he ad
verti8es. We believe every bushes
man in Centralia and Grand Rapid
would be more successful in business
if they would advertise.
The sociable given by the Cong
Choir and Good Templars societ,
= Thursday evening last was in ever,
way a success, The parlor was mos
k handsomely decorated. A good gath
:, ering assembled and partook Of tn
) good things, both for the palate AM
intellect. They Melted $3.50 to eacl
society.
o. It is announced that Elk Governo
Vance of North Carolina-the sam
/ man who wanted the war continues
e "until hell got so full of Yankee
It that their legs would stick through
r the gratings" called to congratulate
Gen. Hancock last week, and 10 he'll
him map out the general work of tn
: campaign.
The Green Bay Gu9ette says of tn
fire at Eft. Howard on Thursday even
d ing last:
: About eleven o'clock fire was dis
covered in the Fort Howard North
western Hotel. The building wa
almost completely enveleped in fam
before the alarm was given. Those il
. the hotel barely escaped with thei
: lives. Mr.. and Mrs. Gallagher, pro
prietors, escaped only in their nigh
\ clothes. Some of the guests escaped
> by leaping from the windows. Moth
ing to speak of was saved. and tn
n building Is total wreck. Loss esti
mated at $4,000. No insurance
Origin Of fire unknown.
Of The article appearing in the las
: Tribune written by the reporter 0
!. that organ, was very unjust and won
derfully exarerated. The renortn