Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-02-21
Notes gathered while up North.


resided in this city, holds a prominent
position in Bamlin & Browns real
estate office, Minneapolis, MINI.
s. H. Quimby, contractor and
builder in Minneapolis, Mimi, is
nicely located there and enjoying q
good business. He is lin law of
NJ. G, Woodwork. of this city.
Mr.. W. HALEY an old resident of
this city, is pleasantly situated in oak
lake addition, at Minneapolis, and
owns beautiful residence. Himself
and family are spending the winter in
the south.
Miss Katie and Nellie Beveridge,
of Minneapolis, who visited in this
city at the residence of f ]. Tlbbits
last summer, enjoy the comforts Of a
beautiful home on Royal ston Avenue.
We spent an evening with them and
were pleasantly entertained.
We learned while in Minneapolis
that Mrs. Phillips, of this city
was going to start a dressmaking
establishment in that city on Nicollet
Avenue.
The large West Hotel is fast ar-
preaching completion. The proprietor
hopes to have it opened to the public
for the G.. A. r. reunion which is to
be held in that city in July or August
next. The building when completed
will cost $1,500.000.
The new capitol building in St. Paul
is magnificent structure, yet, it docs
not compare with the Wisconsin State
Capitol. Its location is not near so
picturesque.
While in Winona we were entertain
ed by Mrs T. H. Seymour in their
pleasant home on 5th street. Mr..
Seymour is passenger conductor on the
Winona & St Peter Railroad with
headquarters in that city.
The Minnesota State prison build
ings are rapidly being re- constructed
and the prisoners properly taken care
Of in the mean time We clip the
following conversation from the
Pioneer Press which tookpIace between
their reporter and the Younger
brothers
elbow do you feel to-day" asked
the reporter. since the excitement Of
Friday night and Saturday morning ?''
ooh" replied Cole, eve feel very
comfortable under the care of
Sheriff Holcomb, who, by the way,
was very attentive to us. AS to the
FIRE, we were no the ground floor and
had nothing to fear except the gas
which was almost unbearable, and We
were afraid to strike any lights, fear
ing an explosion. When we were to
be taken out, the deputy was about to
put Fob, James and myself into the
chain gang, but we told him if he ever
trusted us, he should trust us in this
hour Of disaster. We were taken out
under the dry shed, where we we're
we'll treated, and obtained a gooi view
Of the fire. We decided to act honor
ably to the warden and deputy. The
latter we are sorry to hear, has lost
everything he had, as have also Mr..
and Mrs Dodd They exerted them
selves to the uttermost to save all Of
US, with our clothing. and left their
own property to the fire."
81 think" said Cole and Jim in the
same voice, "that the state ought to
make good the loss sustained by these
noble people, "Peopie, continued
Cole, little know how hard these tel.
lows worked. [ think that the deeds
done by Deputy Hall and the guards
were Of a heroic nature, for which
they deserve great credit, while Geo.
Dodd and w. Hall did one of the brave
st acts | ever witnessed in taking No.
200 from the suffocating fate that
awaited him. On Saturday when we
were taken up to this place, it was
seven years and three months since we
saw the outside of the prison walls.
Of course We could govern our feelings
as men, but if it had been a child.