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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
NEWS ODDITIES.

There are nine cables connecting En-
rope and America, which utilize $4,000
miles of cattle.
Benz. Hopkins pardon papers have
peached him. The doctors say ne oan
not live thirty days.
Publishers say that there has been a
great growth of recent years in the mar
ket for CarIstian literature.
Alleged White Caps have threatened
the Chicago aldermen with severe punish
ment # they vote for the elevated road.
Oaly eight counties in Kansas are now
without railroads. Five of them are Ia
the extreme south western part of the
state.
Three hundred coal beavers of Duluth
had lively fight with the police yesser-
day. The police and their clubs were
victorious.
Permission has been granted the Mani
toba government by the DOmini gov
eminent to cross the track of the Cana
dian Pacific.
William Hunt, of Connecticut, kissed
his girl while her mouth was full of pins.
The doctor is working over her still, and
William is paying the bills.
Some forms of dyspepsia are caused by
a deficiency of water IN the system, as
the drinking of too little water 9is much
more injurious than the drinking of too
much.
Geo. A. Baker, one of original stock
holders in the Standard OIL company
sucided Thursday. The loss of milton
dollars through high living was the
cause.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO Jan. 7-Flour-Steady and unchanged.
Wheat-Firmer; 1915 for seller cash; LOIS for
seller February: LOIS for seller May. Corn
Firmer; 33A for seller cash. 334 for seller
FEBRUARY; 81 1916 for seller May. Oats-Firm; 42M
for seller cash; 251s for seller February; % for
seller May Rye-4S. Barley-Noihing doing.
Prime timothy, no trading. Flax seed l.62. Whisky
Lea Pork-H Higher; 10 90 for seller cash; 1925
for seller February; 10 571z for seller May Lard
Steady; T.45 for seller cash; 750 for seller
February; 1913 for seller May. Shout
ders, 63715 $3.50; short clear, 7.i21< a7.25;
short ribs, 6 95 q 200 Butter-Easy; creamery
17a27; dairy, 16a24. Cheese-Steady; full cream
chedders, 1034a11; fats 1924 0111s; young
Americas, 11Ma12. Eggs Lower 151aa1S.
Flour-Rece,pts, 10000; shipments, 10000
Wheat-Receipts, 1900; shipments, % 900.
Corn-Receipts, $4,000; shipments, 2i30O
Oats-Receipts, 114,OO0; shipments, $4,000.
CHICAGO Jan. THE Drovers' Journal re-,
ports: Cattle-Receipts, 10000; steady; choice
beeves, 50a4 G5: steers. 80; stockers and feed
ers 24o033O; cows bulls and mixed, 40aS.00;
steers, 32Oa3 Is. Hogs-Receipts, 14,GOc; strong,
5a1Oc higher; mixed, $40 $50; heavy, 5 15a5so;
light. 510a5.3O sklps 3006 5.35. Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 1000; strong; natives, GOa475;
western corn fed, 4.25 g46:1a; Texans 2.5OQs50;
lambs, AIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Swallows are Good Birds.

The swallow is one of the few birds
of which nobody ever complains. No
grain, fruit, or flower is ever injured
by swallows. Their busy lives are
spent in the pursuit and destruction of
mvriads of insects. All through the
season we have watched them at Way
wood on clear days circling high above
the grove, and at other times Swimming
along the surface of the pond, up and
down, hither and yon, in zig-zag lines
and spiral curves, but always in mo-
ton, on wings that seem never to tire.
One afternoon of last week a cold blast
swept down from the north, with
snow. followed to chilling rain.
During the night the north wind drove
the clouds away, the cold increased,
and the ground was slightly frozen.
The next morning the sky was cloud
less and the air was still. The change
that few hours had wrought was
wondrous. 1t was if nature had turn
ed new leaf, or a great many of them.
Rain and frost had stained the foliage
of the NAPLES with bues of the sunsets
ruddiest gold. The early sunshine
lighted up scene of sadly bright and
unapproachable beauty-the hectic
glow of swift decay.
Noting the changes since the dav
before. the new things which had
come, and the familiar things that had
gone, we missed the swallows. No
glancing wings between the treetops
andthe sky. For hours they remained
invisible, and we had little expectation
of seeing them again. But about noon
one came fitting along, and soon
another, until before night they SEEM
ed nearly as numerous as ever. Where
they had been cannot say. If they
had flown southwark before the storm
do not know what brought them
back. Perhaps their fine instincts, su-
perior to human wisdom for the pur-
pose designated, taught them to linger
for warm Indian summer DAYS vet to
come. At any rate, while they stay
they are welcOme-Hnrtf0,.6 Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
MAYOR M. 3, DOYON,
President of the day, made the following
introd uctory remarks:


President of the day, made the following
Introductory remarks:
Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
men: We have assembled at this time
to participate in one of the events that
divide the history of our grand state in
it's several parts. Each successive ad-
ministration in many things is complets
in itself, conseq uently when We refer to
any event, we mention it as taking place
during particular Administrations. 1t is
a source of pride to every loyal citizen
that we can call to mind the noble men
who have been placed in the distinguish
ed position as chief executive of our
state. We are glad, today, to be honored
with the presence of some of our worthy
ex-governors. (Applause)
The people will prosper whose good
fortune i. is to have a counselor who
comes from the active duties of life with
a varied experience, who has been tried
and never found wanting.
It has been our good fortune for the
past seven years to have sdch one; hon
est, brave, quick to understand the needs
of the occasion, and fearless in apply ing
the remedy; and it was by his firm and
determined stand that anarchy was for
ever driven from our state. Tue funniest
citizen has never been denied hearing
and with carefulness and kindness of
hea {, he has listened to his IT her appeal,
and when duty caused him to
deny their request, he has
made them feel that all has
been done that he could rightfully do. He
was near the people, their interests we're
his great incentive to duty, conseq uently
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

Thus the total wine produced in
Europe fairly may be estimated at
125, 084, $50 hectoliters, equal to about
2,752,O00.O00 gallons, which, at six
bottles to the gallon, is 1862, ZOO, 900
bottles of wine to each inhabitant of
Europe.
a two and half story cottage in
Carroll County, New Hampshire.
shields four persons whose united ages
amount to 333 years. They are Char
les Drew, aged eighty-six; Mrs. Drew,
aged ninety; Jesse Thomas, aged sew
enty-eight, and his wife, Nancy, aged
seventy-nine. Mr.. Drew is very strong
for his years, travelling afoot daily the
two miles between his house and the
nearest town in all sorts of weather.
Mr.. Thomas declares that he is able to
dance a double shuttle as well as the
next one, and his actions verify his
statement. Mrs. Thomas is really a
wonderful woman for her years. She
performs the household duties for the
family, and the ease and rapidity with
which she gets around is really as
tonishing. Without doubt she is as
smart as large majority of her sex at
SiStV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Nationality and Dress.

An observant traveller, who seems to
have taken note of the ''tricks and
manners" of the most civilized peo-
piles. asserts that in a certain way and
to certain extent American women
are the best dressed women in the
world. They have more money and
more leisure than the women of any
other country, and more freedom in
the use of both; and not being much
hampered by the circumstances and
tradition, they can draw from all sour
ces and collect, in the sum total of
their dress, somewhat of all other
women's best.
The German women, for example,
have an exquisite perception of color.
They excel in color combination. They
produce the loveliest embroidery in
colors upon linens and other fabrics
for household uses; but they do not
put it into their dress-that is, there
is nothing of it seen IN the ordinary
dress of the masses. There are two
reasons for this: One ise their poverty,
the other public opinion which con-
dennis the workingwOmani if she shows
any evidence of willingness to attract
attention by the gayety of her attire.
If she is above the rank of a peasant,
and must be seen upon the street or in
public in her efforts to earn her daily
bread, her dress must be black. OBJ abb
solutely neutral, to preserve herself
from remark, or at least from the in
ferences that she is frivolous.
The wOrkingwomen of France are
bound in very much the same way;
but they have acquired more pecun-
larry independence; they control al
most all the retail business of the
country, and if they had the taste for
which they receive the credit would
have worked out beautiful ideas. But
at this moment France is very much
like America, it receives its ideas Sec
, ond hand, and only imposes certain
sumptuary laws through the wicked
ness of its men, who procure whatever
is made attractive to their eyes and
Imagination. In England it is differ
ent. EnglishwOmen are a type by
themselves, and with the energy of the
Saxon and the tenacity of the Briton,
originate ideas and create conditions
which influence the rest of the world.
The American woman is French and
English when she is not wholly irish
or German, while the Austrian woman
is French and German, and in her in
dependence and activity is constant
reminder of the American. But the
American woman has little of all her
dress. She will wear lace like the
Austrian, practical walking dress
like the Englishwoman, all the drape-
ries and caprices of the French, blends
colors like an oriental, and loves fur
like Russian. Sooner or later, more
over, she gratifies her tastes. The girl
who dreamed dreams in cotton sun
bonnet wears $4,000 worth of lace in
a London drawing-room, where as an
American, she is the equivalent of a
duchess. The woman who spent half
her life cooking upon a rickety stove
in log cabin is a serene old lady in
later years, who takes her niece to
Europe and wears sealskin coats and
India shawls worth small fortune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Two Muscular PreIates.

Bishops Potter, of New York, and
Dudley, of Kentucky, are both disci-
pies of muscular Christianity. The
former knocked down two or three
cowboys in Nebraska several years
ago. and prevented them and their
followers from lynchin9 a fellow who
had committed an offense c0mpara-
lively too trivial to justify such severe
punishment as Judge Lynch metes out.
Bishop Dudley, while on a tour
through his diocese, arrived one Sun
day morning at settlement of the
toughest backwoodsmen. He went to
corner grocery to ask for the use of
the school-house. The spokesman for
the crowd there assembled, through
occasional trips to town, had become
enlightened concerning Episcopal
WAYS.
1--WE will let you have the school if
you will agree not to wear them petit
coats of yourn, he said.
The bishop refused to agree to this
condition. II intend to wear my gown
this morning, and if you object l will
preach to you in my shirt sleeves to-
night"
Both sides showed fight. but the
pluck of the bishop impressed rough
blacksmith, who insisted that they
should give the parson show, and
they did.
After the morning service the same
horny hand was held out to the bishop
with, '.Parson, jest call on me if them
fellows tries to stop your carvings on
tonight" That evening and always
thereafter he wore his gown in that
place, and could have commanded
its inhabitants to march into burn
ing furnace if he had wished. Charles
p. Bryan ia -dnaeffcG.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Is Marriage a Failure?

Is marriage failureT the newspapers
ask"
Said Shocks with grin like a comedy mask
well. it's my opinion. j freely onfess,
That as far as I've seen it's bowling success,
To be sure as you say, my engagement is of,
And people, no doubt, In their ignorance
scoff.
But she was widow. my fair fance
Now triste as the twilight, now dazzling as
day.
For awhile, sweet season as short as the
spring,
Rut as soon as our marriage appeared sure
thing,
Then t rrents Of temper and simoons Of
spite,
Reproof and reproaches from morning till
Made such blizzard-lfkc blasts round my
bachelor head,
That fanci d at times was actually wed.
But fate one day checked the widows wild
course,
By all of a sudden repairing the lcss
OF her husband. supposed to have persisted at
sea,
But who really was rescued and now rescued
me
From this merciless mermaid, soon proving
her match,
Since the sharks and sea serpents had taught
him dispatch
In the matter of dealing with TWO active
Jaws.
30 bound by our sacred and strict marriage
To take back the partner she'd sworn to
obey,
The widow, now wife, had for once naught to
say.
And twas the blessed bond. this time-honored
tie,
That saved me from woe; so always shall
cry,
All honor to marriagei And freely confess,
That as far as I've seen it's bowling sue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Handkerchief Spouted by the Gey.
ser.

The soldier who does patrol duty
about 'Old Faithful geyser, at the up
per geyser basin of the Yellowstone
Park, asserts that during one month
in August of the present year he picked
up pocket handerchiefs enough about
the bowl of the geyser to last him a
lifetime, and supply all his near rela-
tives besides.
More singular still, all these hand
kerchiefs came out of the geyser; half
a dozen are sometimes thrown out at a
single eruption of the hot water. They
gush up with the roaring fountain to a
height of $50 feet in the air, and fall
on the Steaming rocks outside the
bowl.
1t might be surmised, off hand, that
the geyser was the outlet of some
grand Chinese laundry establishment
on the other side of the world; but the
more reasonable explanation rests on
the observed fact that those handker-
chiefs are purposely dropped into the
geyser by tourists-mostly lady tour
ists-and in violation of the law, which
forbids putting any foreign substance
in the hot fountains.
IL IS quite the custom TO put nanu-
kerchiefs in Old Faithful, for its wa
tiers contain some substance which acts
like soap and cleans the worst soiled
handkerchief.
Then there is the fun of seeing it
spouted out.
1t is usual to tie the handkerchiefs
into knots, the better to insure their
being thrown out, but even then the
geyser takes large tolls. Sometimes
it keeps an entire batch, and it usual
" retains two out of every half dozen.
These tolls are quite apt to be cast
up later on, and here is where the SOL
dier, who makes the rounds early every
morning, reaps his harvest, for Old
Faithful spouts regularly every sixty
five minutes, and during the night has
had to disgorge what it has retained.
--Youth'S Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

gry current. The trestlework fell with
them, and from the middle of the
great water tank on the village side
the bridge was open, with only mar
row plank on either side connecting
the broken fragments.
Ethel glanced up at the clock. Half
past already, and the "fyer" due at
the little station at sharp.
She turned Mortified look upon her
aunt.
at stops for nothing" she said in a
husky voice, land it goes like the wind.
Auntie, must 60 and give the signal;
there is no one else near enough!'
Ethel, you shall notr' gasped Miss
LYNN, starting forward as her niece
caught up ashawl and flew toward the
door. Remember the curse of Lynn
Ethel! Ethelr'
But Ethel was already on the rail-
road track, hurrying toward the river,
and gave no heed to her aunt's voice
of distress.
Onward she flew with breathless
haste, uDheeding the sharp stone;
which cut and bruised her feet at every
step. pausing not until she reached
the bridge and the great brown water
tank doomed up before her.
Clinging dizzily TO the iron railing
plank, not daring to glance down at
the whirling flood beneath, lest she
should lose her balance and fall.
AS she reached the other side, faint
and giddy. the whistle of the incom-
ing train broke upon the roar of the
angry river.
With the sound new life entered
Ethel's veins. Snatching the scarlet
shawl from her head she ran along the
bridge, waving it frantically, as the
fast express swept around the curve.
She saw that her signal was observed.
The speed of the train was slackened,
and with a sound as of roaring waters
| in her ears she fell senseless across the
| track.
"And to think" said pretty Mrs.
Dacre, some six months later, ''thai
! you should prove to be the last of Del.
maine's blood Royce, dear; and in
saving you that awful day l lifted the
curse from Lynn. How little knew
l should meet my fate in one of the
| passengers on that train L slgnaled
Wasn't it stranger"
Every strange" assented Royce Da.
ere, regarding his beautiful wife quiz.
zically. "When | picked you up as
you lay in dead faint across the ties
| knew l had met my fate. But, Ethel
darling, | have no faith in the cure Of
Lynn 1t is moonshine, my dear. II
is not in the power of any mortal tc
pronounce lasting curse. God only
can do that, and His mercy is infinite
Danish the thought, my little wife
Ethels fair face grew thoughtful.
"Yet how we'll it all fits in,'' she said
refectively. 1.-The opal ring was gone
from my finger when | came back to
consciousness, and no trace of it ha:
been found. 1t must have dropped
into the river. Then Aunt Ellen mar
rying that dear old Mai. Darlington
your best friend, and my marriage
with you. brought the fulfillment o.
the prophecy. For the race of Lynn
has virtually ceased, or is at leas
merged in that of Darlington and Da
Gre"
"Mere coincidence, Ethel"
'Well." said his wife, with the very
prettiest pout in the world, IF it wa
only a coincidence, you provoking ole
skeptic, you must admit it was a yer,
singular one. Saturday Night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Fit and Few.

"Tm somewhat astonished, Carper."
remarked Bigbee, as he looked around
the room, ito find that so great book
worm as you should possess so small a
library
"Ah. my boy returned the other;
sit takes great deal of reading to find
out what isn't worth keepingr-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

At cost of S3,0OO,O0O or more a
deep water ship channel has been COM
pleted in the st. Lawrence River to
Montreal. The work on it has been
in progress for several years. The
river bottom and the character of the
stream are such that the channel can
be kept clear at moderate expense It's
importance TO the commerce of Mon
treal and the Northwest is very great.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10

Atkinson; Theodore w. Golden, of Janesvils;
JESSE Stone, of Vatertown; Frederick Becker, Of
Mn towoc, and Henry Cssson, of viroqIa
Gov. Hoard then proceeded to the east
entrance of the capitol and was saluted
by the military az
CoMMANDER-IN-oHIHF.
BE was then driven to the executive
residence, escorted by the military, thus
ended the mornings ceremonies.
At $50 dinner was given at the Park
hotel by ex Governor Rusk TO his staff of
whom the following were present:
Adjutant general-Briga6ier General Chandler
P. Chapman, of Madison
QuarteFmaster general-Brigadier General Earl
NJ Rogers, of Viro qua.
Surgeon general-Brisadier General HENRI
| Palmer. of GAINESVILLE.
| Acting -chief-Colonel William 8.
| Stanley, of Milwaukee
| Acting assistant inSpector-seneral-Co lone
Charles King, Of Milwaukee, and Colonel Fredex-
| lex A. Copeland. of LII Crosse
Acting assistant inspector-general of RITA prac-
tice- Colonel NJ. Aldrich. of Mi raukee.
AideS-de-camp-Co Colonies Calvin E. Morley OF
viroqua; n R. Nelson, of Eau Claire: f. j. Bor
chardt, of Milwaukee; John Hicks of Oshkosh;
Henry P. Fisher, of Milwaukee; James A. Cole,
| of Madison: W. A. Wyse, of Reedsburg; Charles
| w. Mott, of Milwaukee; Otto H. Falk of Miwau
nee; Chas. H. Cooley, of Madison.
Aide de-camp and military secretary-Colonei
Henry Casson, of Viroqua
| Acting assistant qusrtermaster genersl-Hajor
]. W. Curran.
Acting assistant adjutant general dajor F. L.
Philips.
Immediately after the inaugural cere-
monies the assembly chamber was closed
until eight O'Clock in the evening when a
reception was given from to 10.
THE RECEPTION.
| At 8 O'Clock the doors were thrown
open and rush was made for the as
sembly chamber, and in short space of
time it was filed to OVERLOOKING. Those
who received were, Governor Hoard and
wife, their three sons and wives, ex-
| Governor Rusk and wife, state officers
and their wives, and the reception com
mittee.
Daring the reception, which was from
to 10, the First Re- iment orchestra dis
cou1sed the most enchanting music that
was ever played in the capitol. That
musical organization is an honor to
Madison, and Prof. Vsas and his band,
justly receive many words of praise.
After the reception the insue ural ball
took place and twenty numbers were
danced; the First Regiment orchestra
playing in the assembly with the genial
Fred as prompter and the Second Regi-
ment band, of Jefferson in the senate.
| Thus ended the inaugural ceremonies
| of William ID. Hoard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Envious Meddling Charged Against Amer
leans.

BERLIN, Jan. THE National z eitung
sees IL the Samo disaster traces of envious
meddiing on the part of rivals to the
German power in Samoa, especially
Americans. The Zsitnng says il trusts
the government, will once for all seek to
obviate future troubles of the kind by
making serious and energetic represen-
tations on the subject at Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
serions Floods and Laudslides.

PARIS, Jan. 7.-Serious foods and land
slides have occurred in the south OF
France. Trains have been blocked on
railroads and numerous houses have been
flooded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
HiIWaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. Wheat-Firm: OPS for
seller cash; 975s for seller May. Corn-Steady;
Boast. Oats-Steady; No. 2, white, 2Sa2S1s Rye
Quiet; No. 1, 4S. Barley-Firm; No. 2 6S. Pro-
visions-Frm. Pork-13.15 for seller cash.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-10
Boulanger S Return to the Chamber Believed
to be Insured

PARIS, Jan. Tat meeting of the social
lists held tonight to choose candidate
for the vacant seat IN the department. of
Seine, Gen. Boolanger was unanimously
selected. This action, 1t Is believed in
sures the return OF Gen. boul anger to the
chamber OF deputies by great N ii ority