Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-11

to find remedy.
"A suit for libel against the James
vile Recorder has been commenced
by Nathan Friedman. He wants
$40, 900 for damages.
The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can says: Mrs. Judge Hoadly is a
sprightly little lady who makes
friends wherever she goes.
-Guiteaus brother-in. law, the
illustrious Scoville, offered his SER
vices to defend O'Donnell, but they
were declined without thanks.
Samuel Cranfeld disappeared from
his home in New Lisbon two years
ago. His remains have just been
found a few miles from Necedah.
The empress Of Russia has just
ordered cloak Of sable fur trimmed
with gold and enriched with precious
stones, the whole cost being placed at
S43, 600.
The royal baby Of Spain has a
cradle in the form OF shell, lined
with pink satin and having a canopy
Of the rarest and most costly lace.
But it cries rs often as any other
baby.
A newspaper correspondent, who
has been sampling the cities in the far
west, says: Helena, the capital OF
Montana. is accented orally and NOR
ally on tie first syllable. It is proba-
bly, the richest and wickedest city Of
its size in the country"
George Augustus Sala pays a De
lightful compliment in saying:
" America may be a republic, but So
cially and sentimentally it is the Wo-
mans Kingdom From Cape Cod to
the Golden Gate the American woman
IS queen. There are, of course, some
exceptions, and these exceptions inva-
rally want to vote, and thus spoil the
queen business for the others. 1
noted that the would-be voters were
those who did not have, and probably
never would have, any children to
educate
An interesting question has arisen
IN the New York newspaper war, and
the courts will be asked to decide it.
a Mr.. Daley went to a private news
stand, threw down cents, took up
Herald and walked off. The dealer
captured HIM, insisted upon another
penuy, and when Mr.. Daley refused,
the paper was forcibly taken from him.
Daley now brings suit against the pa
per as a public fraud" because it
advertises its price at 2 cents and can
not be purchased at that figure.
"A scientific journal records a late
invention by which ladies are to be
made taller. The woman who is to
undergo the process is encased in
very tight corset, and her feet are
placed in shoes weighted with fifty
Dounds of lead each. She is then
placed in a machine consisting of a
ring, which encircles her waist, and
suspended from the ceiling at such a
hight as to prevent her feet from
touching the ground. The pressure
Of the corset forces the upper part of
the body upwards, and the weight OF
the shoes stretches her from the waist
downward It is estimated that the
extreme length to which the spine
can be stretched by the process thus
pescribed is two inches, and that the
knee and hip joints can be stretched
an inch and a half more. Thus three
inches and a half can be added to the
height of almost any woman who has
the courage to undergo the trouble
and pain necessarily connected with
a stretching process lasting, with
brief intervals, during the five or six
months.
J. A. Wales, in the current issue
Of the Judge, gives us, III cartoon, a
glance into the future Of the newspa
perwar. Weare introducedt to ''News-
paper Row the dirtiest and seediest
place imaginable. The great ones of
the New York Press are rushing back
and forth in q vain attempt to sell
their wares. Bennett has a rickety
stand, upon which a brick holds down
a pile of Heralds and also this an
nouncement: New York Herald,
Price One Cent, with War Map" The
venerable Jones offers the New York
Times, Eight Pages, for Nothing. "
Carl Schurz cries a "G7rman poem +"
as the bonus for those who buy the
Evening Post. Henry Watterson's
premium is a "Box of Prize Candy"