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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CONGREGA g[ONAL.-
Services every Sabbath at half past 10 A. NJ,
and half past I, N. Sabbath School at IL n
Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening.
HRTR0DTST EPTSC,-Rrv. P. S. BENNETT.
Services every Sabbath at half past !0A N. and
r u. Class Meeting at P. u. Sabbath
School ct Il Il. Prayer Meeting every Thurs
day svenins.
ROMAN ClTHOLTC.-Rev. CHAs. BETERLE.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock,
Catechism at p. N. Vespers at Pm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22

CHICAGO N. W. RAILWAY.
Times sf departure of Passenger trains from
Fort Howard.
Leave for Chicago and the East, 700 A.. N.
$40 NJ.
the North $40 a. N.
III. A. FAMOUS, Agent, Fl Howard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22

H. n hANVboy Agonf, RI. howard.
DR.. CT. Witter, residence Drake
St, Office P 0. building. If.
There will Union Services at the
Cong. Church Sabbath morning next i.
The cash will get you good suit
Of clothes at McRaith's for $50.
Rev j. S. Norris has been to
Tomah for the last two weeks on bust
ness.
Mr.. Simons is pushing the erection
of the basement to DIR. Writer'S new
brick block.
Henry McClatchie reports lively
sales at A. Prentice & Co.'S. store.
Spencer Tribune.
Mr.. Simons is happy over the arri-
val of little girl baby at his home
Tuesday morning last
To get a frst-classsuite of cloths,
call on NJ. j. McRaith the tailor.
VIM. FL. H. Edwards is quite sick
with dysentcry. DR.. Demars is at
tending him
s. l.. Mason, will deliver an address
before the Association on Wednesday,
Sept %. Subject, Sorghum raising
in Wood county
Mrs. S. L. Knapp leaves on Thurs
day evening for Windsor, Vermont.
Her son and daughter will accompany
her as far as Chicago.
NJ j. McRaith has seven hands in
his tailor shop and they are kept
busy continually. This shows Mac
is doing we'll
Mr.. Luckadoe was taken with
severe pain in his left lung Monday
and has been confined to his room ever
since.
DR.. G. F. Witter raised the Ameri-
can flag on his building Tuesday
morning in cornmemoration Of the
death of President Garfield
A. E. Long, of Grand Rapids, was
in the CITY yesterday and to-day can
wasting the place for patent car
mover.-Spcncer Tribune.
President Garfield suffered so days
and so nights, and at last died all for
the satisfaction of wretch who failed
to get an office.
In another column We give an item
lied account of the Senatorial and
Assembly conventions, that were held
in this city Thursday evening the 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. Griffith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Tibbitts will leave Monday even
ing next for Chicago, where they ex-
pect to visit friends, aud attend the
Chicago exposition.
The full corps of teachers of the
Centralia School and Howe High
School have arrived. The query with
the children will be. | wonder how
we will like the new teachers.
D. J. Cole and wife returned from
Chicago on Saturday morning last
with praise of the Chicago exposition.
Mr.. Cole also purchased large stock
of goods.
j. D. Witter, of Grand Rapids,
where he owns a bank, has and inter
est in the new bank at Appleton, of
which he is vice president, Elk Mayor
4. g. Golf, being president. MI
t0Guhee Telegraph.
Rev. ?. S. Bennett, left on Mon
day last,for conference where he will
receive his appointment. Mr.. Ben
nett has given the NJ: E. Church So
ciety of this city good satisfaction; as
he has been pastor of that church for
three successive years. Mr.. Bennett
is getting to be rather cid, and is de-
serving long rest.
Appleton has new bank-the
Commercial National. The following
names of officers and directors indicates
that it has rock foundation: Direc-
tors, J. D. Witter, Jehn "a. Whorton,
Is c. Goff, w. G. Whorton, s. K.
Wambold, HI. Ell. Ievins and Geo.
w. White; President, E. c. Golf;
wee President, J. d. Witter; Cash
Ter Il. G. Freeman. Ntl,oauEee
Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22
Correction

In printing the Premium List for
the A. & NJ. Association, a mistake
was made in regard to the admission
fee on page s of Premium List which
reads so cents instead Of % as it
should be.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22

The President died upon the ami
versary of a notable event in his life.
Eighteen years ago he saved the day
at Chicamauga.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22

and much more picturesque. 1t is
surrounded By high wooded banks
which slope gracefully to the waters
edge. A wide roadway circles the
shore, on one side Of which are the
many elegant homes of every style of
fanciful architecture, the grounds
tastefully laid out with rustic seats,
vases trailing over with vines and
brilliant flowers, croquet, lawn tennis,
swings and hammecks. Opposite to
every cottage is little pavilion paint
ed like the house to which it belongs,
with a boat-house of similar eonstruc-
ton and color, nearer the waters edge.
Spirit Island nearly cuts the lake in
twain and his long and irregular, slope
ing TO the centre and covered with a
virgin growth of grand old forest trees.
It has recently been purchased by a
party of wealthy gentlemen from St.
Louis, St. Paul and Saltwater for the
small sum of $4,000, with the pur-
pose of erecting summer homes and a
grand park to be run On cooperative
plan.
A party of twenty-five of US. taking
advantage of the favorable condition
of wind, went out on the lake in a
sail boat. We went racing and tear
ing along in mad glee with the waves
as they dashed their spray all over US,
1t was exhilarating; hearts bounded,
eyes sparkled, the wind filled the sails
and she darted through the white cap
ped waves like thing of life. The
far off shore was only suggestion of
its loneliness but Spirit Island at the
left and the wooded banks at the right
were sweet and smiling in the gracious
sunlight.
Six miles from Hudson are the Will
low River Falls. They are a good
illustration of the wonderful power
of water and what an important agent
it was In forming the features of Wis.
Willow River glides placidly through
the meadows of the farmers and all at
once it gives a plunge and lands 40
feet below on the rocks. On each
side of the falls are huge towering
rocks through which for centuries the
water has cut and ground its way,
until the present level was reached.
The different periods of storm and
food have left their impress on the
rocks, each succeeding period cutting
deeper and deeper, until they jut out
and form deep caves at their bases.
The passage way between the rocks is
a smooth ledge, over which the water
spreads out and falls in thin vail, a
height OF Is feet, and after gliding
over another rock level as the floor,
the waters leap in succession Of falls
until the bed of the river is again
reached, thence it goes noisily on
through delightful glen singing as it
runs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22

Scott, Of Wood Co., for DELEGATE to
the State Convention, Mr.. Scott was
unanimously elected
Mr.. Ring Nominated Mr.. Pierce, of
Chippewa, for the second DELEGATE to
the State Convention. Mr.. Pierce
was unanimously elected.
The Assembly Convention was CALI
ed to order by DR.. G f. Witter, and
a motion was m de and seconded thlt
he act as chairman, Carried.
Motion made and seconded Chat Ed.
L Wheelock act as secretary carried.
Motion made and seconded that tho
chair appoint committee on creden-
tials, carried. The chair appointed as
such committee, NJ, c. Ring, of Clark
Co j. K. Parrish, of Taylor Co., ;
and w. Fl. Cannon, of Lincoln CO.
Nominations for assemblymen being
in order, j. K. Parish made O short
speech with choice and appropriate re-
marks in nominating Dir. f. Barrett.
Mr.. Wheelock also made short speech
in behalf of Mr.. Barrett, giving sew
eral reasons why he should be nomin-
ated.
W. II. Cannon, said it was useless
for him to give any Introductory re-
marks in nominating NJ. H. McCord,
for assemblymen.
M. G. Ring in a few we'll chosen
remarks nominated himself. He
said that the other two delegates from
Clark Co. gave him the power of
Proxy and authorized him to vote for
himself.
An informal ballot was then tax en-
with the following result: NJ. c.
Ring, 4, M. H. McCord, 8, F, Barrett
4.
On first formal ballot NJ. G. Ring
received 4, McCord. 4 and F. Barrett
81 ballots were taken and the re-
suit of the last gave DR.. F. Barrett.
of Taylor Co., a majority over ALL
and be was duly declared elected.
Mr.. Barrett was then called on for
speech, and responded most hearty.
but not complimentary. Mr.. Barrett
is an earnest, powerful and convincing
speaker, We expect to hear good news'
from him while at Madison. For there
is no doubt but what he will get there.
NJ. G. Ring and J. K. Parrish were
then elected delegates to the State
Convention, after which the conven-
tior adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22
81 chatter, chatter as l go
To Join the trimming river.

To join the trimming river,
For men may come and men may go
But go on forever"
We spread our shawls on the bowl
ders at the foot of the falls and listen
ed for hours to the song of waters.
This thought came to me; it is such
scenes as these that bring the heart
nearer to God, and wake in the mind
better appreciation of his greatness,
and, if the humber works of nature
can swell the heart and dim the eye
with emotion, how can the skeptic
stand unawed before the grander scenes
of earth and not contemplate in silent
awe His handiwork To me the name
of God is written on the bosom of the
lakes; laundering from the rocks, it
is echoed back by the hills; reverber-
ating through the forests, it is whisp-
cred softly by tie grasses in the
meadow; every where His eternal
presence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22

Read the Hudson letter. It is good.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-09-22
senxtoria sad Assesab,y ccohhsse1.t t,lea

Ed Z: Nkseseck. Of Medford, CALI
ed the Scx.tsrial ConFess5isa ss erdet
whea the 7reper tiu.e arrived: Mo;
tion sas made and seconded That Mr.,
Pierce. Of Chippe3. County, act as
chairman, carried.
Motion msdc and seconded that Mr.,
Jeffrey, act as Secretary, carried.
Motioa made aud seconded that tho
chair appoint a committee of three on
credentials Tie chair appointed j.
K. Parrish. Of Taylor. w II. Canon
of Lincoln, and NJ. G. Rinlg, of Clark
as such committee
Mr., Cannou nominated Hon. T. b.
Scott, Of Wood Co., for DELEGATE to
the State Convention, Mr.. Scott was
unanimously elected.
Mr.. Ring Nominated Mr.. Pierce, of
Chippewa, for the second DELEGATE to
the State Convention. Mr.. Pierce
was unanimously elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20

Ihere Is reason to believe that i'm future all
poiiticai trials In Russia will be conducted by
pending.
An Albany mother. being displeased by some
fhing that one of her sons had done, ordered
another son TO shoot him. She was obeyed but
the DuAet did not make a dangerous wound.
AT cattle show at Milan, which was opened
oy the King OF Italy, the management attempted
10 exhiolt camels as well. but their pre-
sence so alarmed the horses that they had 10
be sent away.
Cara Louise Kellogg said when asked bv
Boston reporter about American girls going
abroad to study music: 1T is next door to utter
I11n-morally especially. / say to all American
girls, Stay at home, there are enough good
teachers here Itisa good plan to go abroad and
sfnish' q little, but 1 should advise them to be
careful when they do So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
WhiStling to q Squirrel.
From the Forest and Stream

from the forest and Stream.
One afternoon last summer, when ont looking
for game sat down on pile Of rails to rest.
Pretty soon discovered, in an oak tree. some
twenty yards away. red squirrel stretched at
full length on limb taking sun bath Instead
OF raising my rifle aud sending ball
through the little fellow Otis mighty mean
sportsman that endeavOrs to kill all he
sees) l decided to give him little pleasure
if could, SO l commenced to whistle the air of
the once popular dtty, II love thee, sweet
Norah ONeill." In a twinkling the squirrel was
up on his hind legs, his tail over his back his
head cooked to one side, listening to me; a
moment of irresOlutiOn and then he scampered
down the trunk Of the tree to the ground, and
started toward me; he came few yards. stop
ped. sat up on end, and listened again. l was
careful not to move and kept on whistling: after
waiting moment the little beauty came on.
Jumped up on the pile OF rails, ran along within
four feet Of me. halted, went up on end again.
made an umbrella Of his tail, tipped his head to
one side. looked at me with all the gravity of a
justice of the peace at his first trial. and vet if
ever creatures eyes beamed with pleasure, his
did.
l did not move. but after a little abruptly
changed tine tune to the ''Sweet by-and-bye.h
Chut! Why, with the first note of the different
tune, away went the squirrel. l did not move;
only shook with the suppressed laughter, and
as well as could, kept on whstling. In a min
ute or two back came the squirrel, going
through all the cunning manGuvers Of his first
approach, and once more took o seat before me
on the rails. / watched him and actually
thought he was trying to pucker up his mouth
and whistle.
Once again changed the tune, this time to
Yankee Doodle" and, as before, with the first
note of change away scampered the squirrel
Unable to control my risibilities longer laughed
aloud. and after that l couldn't call my little
friend to me.
wonder how many of the so-called "true
sportsmen" ever seek or think of any pleasure
In connection with such beautiful little crea-
lures save the savage and unmanly pleasure of
taking away their liVesl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
The Lime kiln-Club.
From the Detroit Enae press


Rev. Penstock presented written appeal
rom the wife of Kyfustus st. George. stating
tnat her husband was confined to his bed and
sue hadn cent in the house to get her hat re-
Trimmed for Sunday. The reverend backed nm
.ne appeal In speech that brought tears to the
$500 VI zen. Scott and TANNED Samuel Shin in
t between !. me window and the wood-box SO hard
that II TOOK two men to pull him ont.
DIE bfuadef penstoc&, did you investigate dis
case. asked the president N'0
voice of Distress ~ IL al NC
George:" ''' oiuouer 81.
- understood dat he was seizeo wild chill
an de afternoon was in Oar his puls.. WAS nm
to TO hundred, an he was outer his head any, an
talkin' bout wolves an Oars" A'A 81"
''Jis sol see. Maybe kin Gin xor Soma
pints on de case. war out l0okn f1r n, So1 nie
boss de Odder ebenin an l passed Bruddar e.
Georges cabin He an his wife war iau;n; | J.
to which owned de dog, an ten minutes later
when l returned. de dog war runnin' fnr do
woods. Kyfustus war lynn On de grass ali
broke up, and his wife war sittin' on de fence
suckin' lemon. After man has been knocL I'd
into dc middle of Jinuary wild an ole baseball
bat. lie AIN apt to ilab chlls an talk about wild
animals. Isha.i dismiss de appeal wild costs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20

A man was whipped in Chicago for calling
strued to mean ''lar" -
An engineless train is reported to have lately
run fourteen miles in seventeen minutes on an
English railroad.
The increasing frequency Of cases of suicide
among the officers of the Austrian army is be-
ginning to be noticed with alarm. In ninety
out OF hundred of the cases reported. pecu-
mary embarrassment appears to have been the
sole cause of the suicide.
me weekly articles in the Lancet on Presi-
dent Garheld's condition are written by one Of
the most eminent English surgeons, who. it is
notorious in London. disappGoves of much of
the treatment to which the suffering President
has been subjected.
Senator ]. E. Brown, of Georgia, makes seven
per cent on store property in Atlanta valued at
$500, 900.
Captain McMickan, of the steamship Bothnia
has travelled $50. 600 miles on the Atlantic and
never has lost man out Of his 60 600 passengers
Emperor William has sanctioned the accept
ance by the descendants Of Baron Won Steuben
of the invitation to attend the Yorktown CEN
tcnnial. The descendants are all officers In the
PrUssian army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
that Mr. Garaeld. in the House of Renresenta.

that MI Garfield, in the House of Representa-
ives. after prayer by Chaplain Boynton, moved
70 uispe.ise with the reading Of the Journal and
SAID: Mr. Speaker. / desire to move that this
nouse 90 now adjourn. And before the vote on
anat motion Is taken desire to say few words.
Ih,s day, MI. Speaker. viii be sadly memorable
80 iong as this Nation shall endure, which God
grant may De till the last syllable of recorded
tihe' Wnen the volume of human history
shaii De sealed up and delivered to the Omnipo-
.ehe 1udee In all future time on the recur-
renee OF this day, / doubt not that the citizens
OF this republic will meet in solemn assembly to
Ienect on the life and character of Abraham Lin
Soln, and the awful tragic event of April IA.
Iooo-an event unparalleled i'm the history Of
nations certainly unparalleled i'm our own. 1t is
ehainently proper that this House should this
Jay place upon its records memorial of that
event. After brief euogy upon the late Pre-
sldent, and a pathetic alluson to the circum-
stances of his death, Mr.. Garfield concluded:
Sir. there are times i'm the history of men
and nations where they stand so near the veil
mat separates mortals from immOrtals, time
from eternity and men from their God. that
they can almost hear the beatings and feel the
puisations of the heart of the Infinite. Through
such time has this nation passed. When 25O.-
W. brave spirits passed from the field of honor
that thinveil to the presence of God and when
at last its parting folds admitted the martyr
PRESIDENT to the company of the dead
heroes of the republic, the nation
stood so near the veil that the whispers
of God were heard by the children of men. Awe
stricken by His voice. the American people
kneit in fearful reverence and made q solemn
covenant with Him and with each other that
this nation should be saved from it's enemies
mat all Its giOres should be restored and on
the ruins of slavery and treason the temples of
freedom and justice should be built and should
survive forever. 1t remains for as cOnsecrated
py that great event and under covenant with
TOD, to keep that faith, to go forward in the
great work Gitil it shall be completed. Follow
ing inc lead OF that great man and Obeying the
high bebests OF God. let us remember that
He has sounded. forth trumpet that shall never
call retreat;
he Is sitting ont the hearts of men before His
Judgment seat
he swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubiant,
my feet
For God is marching on"
At the conclusion of this perOration the House
silently adjOurnd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
The Communicating Power of Ants.

From the Popular Science Monthly
Huber, FOrel, Kirby and Spence, Duiardin,
Purmeister. Franklin and other observers have
all expressed themselves as holding the opinion
that ants are able to communicate information
to one another by some system of language or
signs The facts, however, on which the opinion
OF these earlier observers rested, have not been
stated with that degree Of caution and detail
which the acceptance of their opinion would re-
quire. But the more recent observations of
Bates, Belt, Moggridge, Hague, Lincecum Nc
Cook and Lubbock, leave no doubt upon the
subject. Two or three instances will be
enough to select In order to prove the general
fact Hague, the geologst kept upon his
mantel-sheH vase of flowers, and he noticed
nile OF small red ants on the wall above the
shelf passing upward and downward between
the latter and q small hole near the ceiling. The
ants whose object was to get at the flowers.
were at first few; but they increased in number
Turing several successive days, until an I'M
br oxen succession was formed all the way down
tn O wall. TO get rid Of the ants Hague then
lied frequently brushing them off the wall
Upon the floor in great numbers but the only
Jesuit was that another train was formed to
rhe flowers ascending from the floor. He,
therefore, took more severe measures, and
truck the end Of his fing er lightly upon the de-
scending train near the flOwer-yase, so killing
ssOme and disabling Others ''The effect OF this
was immediate and unexpected. AS soon as
those ants which were approaching arrived near
to where their fellows lay dead and suffering
they turned and fled with all possible haste, and
in half an hour the wall above the mantel-shelf
was cleared of ants" The stream from below
continued to ascend for an hour or two, the ants
advancing ''hesitatingly just to the edge of the
shelf, when, extending their antenna and
stretching their necks, they seemed to peep
cautiously over the edge until behOlding their
suffering companions, when they, too, turned.
expressing by their behavior great excitement
and terror" Both columns of ants thus entirely
disappeared For several days there was COM
plete absence of ants; then q few began to re-
appear; but instead of visiting the vase which
had been the scene of the disaster they avoided
it altogether" and made for another vessel con-
tanning flowers at the other end of the shelf.
Hague here repeated the same experiment, with
exactly the same result. After this for several
days no ants re-appeared, and during the next
three months it was only when fresh and partic
uiarly fragrant flowers were put into the vases
that few of the more daring ants ventured to
struggle toward them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
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