Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-29
BRIEF ITEMS.

sheridan IN 1854.
Maine has lost her lat man, weight
400; Joel Barry.
Senator Pendleton's family have
gone to their Newport cottage.
Blaine's family are going to Maine;
Blaine seems to have taken a through |
ticket to a much warmer country.
Congressman Horr has only to be |
serious to appear ridiculous; when ne
tries to be funny he becomes funeral. !
The Hennepin cannal project has
fallen through so far as Congressional
appropriation this session is concerned. |
81 want twenty-four teeth filled with |
the best you've got In the house." is
the way cowboy gives his order to a
restaurant waiter.
| Halfbreeds recall the fact that in
Hayes time employees on small pay
were not asked for SIS apiece; but the
party wasn't in desperate straits then.
The recent sale of pictures at Hamil-
ton Palace, London, realized f43, 206.
For the picture of "Daniel in the Den
of Lions,'' e5, 145 was bid.
Mrs. Blaine, her daughter, and Miss
Dodge (Gail Hamilton have left Wash
ington for their home in Maine, to be
absent during the summer.
The Rev. DR.. John Hall, pastor of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
and acting chancellor of the university
of the city of New York, will sail for
Europe next Wednesday.
Horatio Seymour has been appoint
ed road commissioner in the town of
Deerfield, n. Y. The Office is the only
one the ex-governor cares to hold.
Ex-President Mark Hopkins, of Will
liams college, will deliver a memorial
address on the life and character of the
late President Garfield in the Congre-
gational church at Williamstown, Mass,
at II M, July 4.
Hanover college, Indiana, has con-
ferred the degree of IL. D. upon Miss
Maria Mitchell, professor of astronomy
at Vassar college. She is the sister of
the late General O. M. Mitchell, and
as woman and scholar deserves the
, honored title
The bathing suits worn by the oys
along the river front fits we'll and is
simple and expensive. 1t consists of
wad of cotton in each ear.
A conversation was overheard at
: Margate between two children who
were playing on the sand together
The small boy said to the little girl:
: ''Do you wish to be my wife," The
,, little girl after reflection, said, Eyes"
! The small boy: "Then pull off my
E boots"
. EYES," said the doctor. 'T'm wretch
. ed; absolutely mis- cradle. What's the
matter Why, predicted that Gal
lagher couldn't live anyway, and here
he's gone and got well. No, haven't
any personal feeling that | want Gal
: to die, but there's my reputation ruin
2 ed.
. A literary reviewer says: Edward
? l.. Anderson has written book 'On
2 Horseback Some authors are very
: eccentric. If the horse was trotting at
the time, his manuscript must look
like the inscriptions of the Egyptian
obelisk
| Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Teller visited the Indian school at Car
isle, Pa, yesterday, and were present
! at the marriage Of dusky educator
and his bronze-hued sweetheart. The
, secretary addressed the students, and
pointed out to them the great advan-
tages of education.
The idiot who eats oranges and ban
anas on the public street and throws
, the skins on the sidewalk for folks to
slip down on, is not dead yet. That sort
of fellows out live their usefulnenss very
; early in life, and yet, for some unknown
reason, Providence prolongs their exis-
tence long after everybody else wishes
them either dead or in Tophet.
General 90. Howard, now Superin-
tendent of the Uuited States Military
Academy at West Point, despite his
austere reputation, heartily enjoys
dancing, and improved his opportuni-
ties during the recent gayeties at West
. Poitit. AnOfficer who was with him in
the Indian country says that he has
seen General Howard in an Indian vii
lage join IN dance with the squaws
with all the zest of a young man.
Michael Davitt, the Irish agitator, ar
rived at New York and was immedia-
tely driven to the Everett House. The
steamer Germanic. upon which
he took passage, was detained
by fogs and icebergs, and the
committee of Reception failed
to meet him at the proper place. To
the members of the press he explained
the state of affairs in Ireland, and his
plans for two weeks lecturing tour in
America.
Mrs. Langtry is now negotiating with
Mr.. Abbey for dramatic tour in Amer
lea. 1t is expected that it will begin in
October next, and continue for six
months. Mrs. Langtry's recent English
provincial tour proved almost unprece-
dentedly prosperous, the receipts ex-
ceeding $1,000 weekly in some cases.
The American repertoire will include
''She Stops to Conquer" 1.-THE Une-
quail Match" and Rosalind in GAS You
Like It."
The health of Count Bismarck, the
famous Chancellor of Germany, is re-
ported still infrm. He suffers chiefly
from rheumatism, and fort night ago
his malady took turn for the worse,
the cause being his disobedience of his
physicians orders strictly to obstain
from mental labor. He has been advis-
ed to seek change of air, and according
| ly decided to go soon to Kissengen.
Commenting on this news, the Pull Mall
Grsette says the Princes health, not to
say his life, is "still far the most impor-
tant factor in European politics" His
lorx 60,