Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-12-02
IN A NUTSHELL.

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The Earl of Airlie and his daughter
Lady Maud Ogilvie, are in New York.
Gov. Long, of Massachusetts, has de-
against Senator Dawes.
Miss Mary Garfield, daughter of the
president-elect, is at school in Cleveland
| for the winter
An aged female servant at Winder-
mere, England, has fallen heir to ST.
| 100000.
The New Orleans hotels are substitute
ing white girls for cOlOred walters, and
like the change.
Michael Davitt, the Irish agitator,
who left this country for home a short
time ago; has arrived home in Ireland.
The latest thing in scarf pins is
gold candlestick in which is minia-
ture candle with diamond for wick
Solicitor Raynor, of the treasury de-
partment, is put forward as proper
person to represent the south in the
next cabinet.
The czar has again had narrow es-
cape from assassination. His life had
become quite monotonous for some
time before this.
Ute Commissioner MeaCham has
been arrested by Colorado authorizes
as an accessory to the murder of Jack
son, who was killed by the Indians.
Mr. Reuben R. Springer, Cincinnati's
great benefactor celebrated his eighth
eth birthday on the 23d inst, and was
heartily congratulated by his friends.
The New York San says the coming
winter promises to be the finest, most
luxurious, and most brilliant season of
social gayety New York has ever
known.
The New York Herald says that excl
ly's degraded thralls are rebelling
against his malignant rule" In the
meantime Bennett is sailing on the
ocean Europeward
In selecting his cabinet, Mr.. Garfield, |
it is said will not take a man who parts |
his hair in the middle. This bars out |
DIR. Mary Walker and thousands of |
others of our young men.
1t is now reported that Justice Clifford |
of the United States Supreme Court |
has so far lost his powers that he can
not write his own name, and does not |
even recognize his friends.
Mr.. Lanter, editor of republican |
newspaper at Lake Providence, La, |
dare not leave his house for fear Of as
sassinatiOn. Truly, the southern peo- |
pie seem to be disgusted with politics. |
Colonel Mcclure, of the Philadelphia |
Times, says that the rule for all after
dinner speeches is the rule OF every
newspaper office: "Cut it short"
Mrs. Hastings, the presidents niece,
the young lady who was married at the
white house two years ago, has named |
her little daughter Lucy Hayes Hast
ings.
Hon. Walter March, Of Muncie,
Ind, who has been named in connec- |
ton with the United States senatorship |
of that state, is unconscious from a !
paralytic stroke.
The old volunteer fire department |
of Philadelphia is to be organized to |
participate in the celebration of the |
city's bi-centennial. We shall look for
a lively fight.
Christmas cards are alreads beginn-
ing to appear. The designs are even |
more beautiful than last year. Among |
them are the prize competition cards |
secured by Prang
The Royal society has awarded Pro-
fessor Sylvester, the mathematician of
the Johns Hopkins university, Balti- |
more, the Copley medal, the highest
distinction in its gift
Rev Edward Everett Hale has Or
ganized, in Boston, Il class of young |
men and women to study the science |
of civil government, on Sundays, under
the tuition of Theodore Tyndall.
Charles Merriman, of Springfield,
Mass, has built a library building for
his native town of Brookfeld, and
given $4,000 as fund, the interest on
which is to be used in the purchase of
books.
Rev. George F. Pentecost the Bap-
tist evangelist, of Boston, has been in
vited to take charge of the Tompkins
Avenue Congregational church, Brook
lyn with Il $1,000 salary and six weeks
vacation.
Among the ladies who presented
viOlets to Mile. Bernhardt, Saturday
night, was one who according to a New
York paper spoke, exasperating
French and New Jersey English. The
latter dialect is novelty.
Leona Dare, the daring trapezist, is
now Mrs. Grunebaum for Il fact. She
has been twice married to Mr.. Grune-
baum, the first ceremony having been
performed in England. The last knot
is supposed to make it more binding"
The resignation of President Chad
bourne, of Williams College, announc-
ed during the last commencement week
has not yet been acted upon by the
college trustees, and Il strong effort will
be put forth toward urging him to re-
main.
One of the most brilliant audiences
ever assembled in Haverly's Fifth Ave
nue. New York; heater greeted the re-
appearance of John Mccullough as
Virginius Monday night The occasion
was his 43d birthday Many valuable
presents were given him.
Mrs. Charles T. Blake, d daughter
of the late General John A Dix, will
give tea at her residence in Thirty-fifth
street, New York, on the afternoon of
the Both instant to serve as an occasion
for the debut of her two daughters and
several other young ladies.
Hon. Smith stillwel, of Ogdensburg,
n Y. is said to be the oldest Mason
living, and perhaps the Oldest voter,
in the sense that he has voted most
times He first voted for Thomas
Jefferson. He is 96, and has eighteen