Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-22

Si CellS d IIe VI udheS d idiSe sCdle-
ment. 1t is hard shelled, and mails
from three to five copies weekly.
G. P. Haseltine & Co.'S. large saw
mill at Scofeld, near Wausau, was
burned last Monday morning. Loss
$4,000 with no insurance.
w. S. Scofeld and wife, of Wausau,
were in this city Wednesday, W. s..
is doing a good business in Wausau of
which all his friends in this city are
glad.
The trial of Messrs. Botker and
Dalke for selling liquor and keeping
open their saloon on Sunday, resulted
in allowing them to go scot free, every
member Of the council present voting
in favor of it. La-da-dah !! Too, too.
For warm weather a glass of cool
soda water is just what suits them all.
At Slocum's.
This Thursday evening the Howe
High School hold their graduating
exercises at School Hall. Parents
should not fail to attend. Prof. Cool
ey is taking great pains to make the
entertainment number enc.
w. R. Pierce, of Augusta, Wis,
who is with the Crawford Tippman
Concert Company made the REPORTER
brief visit Tuesday. He is special
correspondent for the Milwaukee Re
publican from Augusta.
A grand celebration will take place at
Rudolph Station on the Fourth of July
under the supervision Of Mrs. John
Albee Grand dinner at Levaque's
Hall and big dance and supper in the
evening at same place. Everybody
invited.
Baker street has been opened and
it adds greatly to the looks of that
part of the city. Mrs. Baker is also
having nice new picket fence built
on the south and west sides of her
lots.
The sloshy, lick-spittle compliments
which the little Tribune passes out
each week to its subscribers about
some citizen or other, in the hopes of
securing a little sweat-teat in return,
almost gags those who are unfortunate
enough to read them.
The Good Templars held very in
teresting session last Monday evening.
The company plan was again taken up
and will be carried out during this
quarter. It is hoped that all Good
templars in good standing will be pres
ent during this quarter as regularly as
possible.
Comptroller Knox says, if the re-
ceipts or payments of the banks of
the country were to be made exclusive
ly in gold and silver coin, the total
coinage of the year, amounting to
S106, 100000, would be sufficient only
to supply the banks of the country in
making payments for one hour and
forty minutes.
A class of sixteen has been obtained
by Mr.. L. Shaver, in this city and
Centralia, to attend his night school
in bookkeeping and penmanship.
Glass room next door north of the law
office of Powers & Briggs.
Assistant Post Master Burt handed
us the first Chinese Newspaper it has
been our pleasure to see. It was Vol.
l No. 2, and published by Horn, Hong
& Co. in the city Of Sanfrancisco, 731
Washington st. It would have been
interesting no doubt to read it, but
we postponed it for while.
Good Queen Victoria receives a
salary of $1,000, 900 per year, or
1920 per day. King William Of
Germany receives 100000 per
year, or over 5000 per day. Frances
Joseph of Austria has $4,000 daily,
and the poor Russians have to pay
their Gar $25, 200 per day, or S.
$500 per year, or twice as much
as it costs to support whole Ameri-
can congress.
The cruel war at Neilsville between
the editors of the Republican and
Press and True Republican ended in
a hand to hand combat, in which the
wiry little Hoffman came off victor
ious. Newspaper wars are not very
respectable affairs to be engaged in
boys, and you had better pull in your
horns. Remember it takes two to
make a row, and that the most manly
person always withdraws in preference
to disgracing himself.