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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
DEATH OF Q. 5. HAMILTON.

Word reached this city recently
announcing the death of Mr.. O. B.
Hamilton on Friday January 1st, 1892,
of heart failure.
1t will be remembered that Mr.
Hamilton left these parts last July for
the purpose of visiting his sister in
EImira, n. Y, whom he had not seen
in 10 years. When he left he was not
enjoying the best of health and thought
visit to his sister might prove bene-
fic1al. On the day of his death he had
been out for walk and on his return,
while walking to the house he fell
PROSTATE upon the sidewalk-dead Mr.
Hamilton was in his 10Th year. He
had always been man Of robust health
and his sudden departure was a
surprise to those who new him best.
Mr.. Hamilton came to Wood County
in 1853 and resided here until his
departure for the East last July. He
was constantly in the employ of John
Edwards, at Port Edwards, for at least
thirty years. He was mason and a
member of Grand Rapids Lodge No.
| 12S, T. & A. NJ and at one time served
as Master therein. He was highly
thought of by those who knew him
intimately and his death is a sudden
shock to his many friends in this city
and vicinity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
Are You Going to Florida

We are to-day in receipt Of the
Florida Schedules of the Western &
Atlantic r. r. between Chattanooga,
Tenn, and Atlanta, Ga This is Justly
called the Great Battlefelds Line. 1t
was Gen. Sherman's line of march to
the sea, and you pass through the
great battlefields of Chickamauga,
Rocky Face, Ringgold, Resaca, ALA
toona, and KennesaW Mountain. We
had the pleasure Of going over this line
on our recent ENJOYABLE trip to the
South, and take occasion to say to all
our friends who contemplate trip to
the South to be sure that your tickets
read over the Western & Atlantic r.
r. between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
The road bed is well ballasted and its
cars and service are excellent. Leaving
Nashville at 7:30 a. 10. you get into a
most elegant Pullman Buffet Car, and
arrive in Jacksonville, Fla, the next
morning, at 7;45 a. m. without change of
cars-maklng the ride between Nashville
and Atlanta in daylight, arriving at $40
p. m.
If you prefer to 90 via Cincinnati,
the Western & Atlantic r. r. furnishes
you with as equally fine Pullman Buffet
Sleeper from Chattanooga to Jackson
vile, Fla. Leaving Chattanooga at
500 a. M. and arriving at Jacksonville,
Fla, 40 a. M, the next morning. For
Sleeping Car reservation, map, or any
other Information, call upon or write
to Thos. McGill, Agent Of the Company,
1914 Clark St., Chicago, or to C. Z. Har-
man, General Passenger Agent Western
q Atlantic r. r. Atlanta. Ga.
Be sure that your Tickets read via
The Western & Atlantic Railroad be-
tween Chattanooga. Atlanta, and our
word for it you will have SAFE.
COMFORTABLE AND ENJOYABLE TRIP. The
road is Of the greatest historical interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28

divided up into five departments, one
of which will be used for calaboose
purposes. The extreme dimensions Of
the building is 55x65 feet. The first
floor consists of & treasurers office 1924
feet, city clerks Office 16x24, with q
vault 5xS feet. The front hall is 17x21,
with q winding stairway which leads
therefrom to the second floor. The
engine room is 26x55 feet and has &
large double door outlet to the North
and South sides. The fremens' room
is 17Xl9 with d battry room off ski feet
Wood room 8x17 feet. The second floor
consists of one large business mems
room 1Sx21 feet, three library rooms,
one 17x21, one 24x26 and the third 16x17
feet; council chamber 22x40 with the
Mayors office l2x13 and a wood room
10x12 feet. at the head of the stairway
is a room 11x17 which leads to the bell
fry and tower. On each floor is wash
stands and closets with water service
throughout the entire building. Each
room is finished in oil and polished,
leaving the natural grain of the wood.
The council room is the the only ex-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
POOR GIRLS.

The poorest girls in the world are
those not taught to work. There are
thousands Of them. Rich parents have
petted them, and they have been
taught to despise labor and depend
upon others for living, and are per-
fectly helpless. The most forlorn
women belong to this class. 1t is the
duty Of parents to protect their
daughters from this deplorable condi-
ton. They do them a great wrong if
they neglect it. Every daughter should
be taught to earn her own living The
rich as well as the poor require this
training The wheel of fortune rolls
swiftly round-the rich are likely to
become poor, and the poor rich. Skill
added to labor is no disadvantage to the
rich and is indispensable to the poor.
Well-to-do parents must educate their
daughters to work; no reform is more
imperative than this Appleton Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
OPERA House TO Bs RE-BIu

The Wausau Pilot-Review answers
that question in the atfirmative-most
assuredly The city of Wausau must
have q resort of that kind, and, mark
our words, it will be rebuilt on as grand
a scale as the one just destroyed by fire.
Messrs. j. and \. Stewart, McCrossen
and Alexander, who were the owners
of the block, are not OF the kind who
sit down and mourn the loss of few
thousand dollars. They are progressive
public spirited men and during their
long business careers in Wausau have
proven themselves equal to all emergen-
cies. The people of our city in general
entertain this feeling. We are
not authorized to say that these
gentlemen will do this, and Just what
there plans are cannot be definitely
stated for few weeks as Alex. Stewart
Is at present travelling in Europe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
new CITY HALL.
Il Beautiful Structure and a most
Pleasant Home for Hte City
Fathers and Officials.

The new city hall building is located
at the head Of Water St, with q facing
on three sides. It is Antique in style
and contains alIthe latest devices known
to architecture for such buildings. It is
two stories and q half high, with an
eighty foot tower on Southeast corner,
in which an elegant town clock notifies
the citizens the time of day, and the
bell rings out the alarm of fire. 1t is
constructed of solid red brick and rests
upon a massive wall Of masonry. It
occupies commanding view of the bus
mess center and is handy for those who
have business there to transact.
The basement contains the furnace,
wood-room, sewerage, etc, and is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
Happy Hooslers.

Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind, writes Electric Bitters has
done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for the bad feeling
arising from kidney and Liver trouble. !"
John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of
the same place says: "Find Electric
Bitters to be the best kidney and liver
medicine, made me feel like a new
man" J. w. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town, says: Electric
Bitters is just the thing tor a man who
is all run down and don't care whether
he lives or dies; he found new strength
good appetite and felt just like he had
new lease on life. Only 80 cents a
bottle at John E. Daly's and Johnson
Hill & Co.'S drug stores. 2
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
$1,000 BENEFIT.

On Monday, Geo. n. Wood, agent for
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, Of Milwaukee, paid to
Mr. Christopher Keough, of the town of
Saratoga, $1,000, the amount Of policy
carried by his son James N. in the
above Company. The loss was paid
within five days after the proof of death
was sent in. This is one Of the leading
Companies Of the world. There are
none better.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
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COMMERCIAL HOUSE SOLD.

MIR. Damas Rate]e sold the CONNER
cial House, land and belongings, the
past week, to Mr.. Melvin Potter who
takes possession of the property Feb
ruary 1st. We understand that Mrs
Potter has had considerable experience
in hotel keeping, and will prove to be
the right woman fo~ the place. All
those who are acquainted with Mr.
Potter know that it would be hard to
find a more genial person than he.
May success attend their efforts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
SALE OF LAND.

The past week DR.. T, B. Robinson
closed a deal with Mrs. w. L. Wood
whereby he comes into possession of
30 acres Of land lying east of the city.
The Doctor owns several tracts of land
in this city, which indicates that he has
an abiding faith in the future of the
twin cities. He paid $50 an acre for the
above tract, which amounts to $4,000.
This tract has two of the best sites for
any kind of manufacturing purposes.
This sale is another indication of the
upward tendency Of real estate III the
twin cities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Au Excellent Programme 10 b
Reudcrrd at LZmghffld.

The farmers Institute will be held in
the city of Marshfeld on Thursday and
Friday, February 18th and 18th. Every
farmer in the county Of Wood is earn
estly requested to attend. An excellent
program has been prepared, and the
people of Marshfield have made prep
arations for an interesting program:
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION, 10 O'CLOCK.
The value of barn yard manure......W. A Cole
Glover fertilizer...... ...........C. II. Everett
AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 O'CLOCK.
Advancement of agricultural interests in
Wood T. Mason
Preparation ofsoil for seeding.~.A. S. Robinson
Butter making on the farm...........C. H. Everett
EVENING SESSION, 7:30
Prof. f. E. Hamlin will furnish a school pro-
gram of short essays, recitations and music
to close with.
"Things are not what they used to be-.
FRIDAY MORNING SESSION, 9:3n
Glover hay making C. H. Everett
NoXious II. Cole
Farming in Northern Wisconsin, &c. 7. s. Norton
AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30
Testing milk by Babcock test.......C. H. Everett
Sheep for H. Cole
SWINE nuSDandry Nyue
General discussion of topics engaged in
throughout the session. Questions answered,
Etc.
Remember that you can find interest
ing news matter on every page of the
REPORTER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
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a CORDIAL RECEPTION.

The reception given the Elite Club, of
Stevens Point, Friday evening was a
great success. The tWenty-four mem
bers who came down were met at the
Hotel Lyon by the reception committee
where a sumptuous supper was served.
They were then escorted by the
committee to the Opera Hall, where
about seventy of our young people were
assembled to entertain them. At the
hail they were welcomed by a few
appropriate remarks from Mr.. Frank
Compton, which were very fttingIy
responded to by Mr.. Burt Copps, OF
the Elite Club. Dancing formed the
principal feature of the evenings
enjoyment, the music for which was
furnished by the Twin City Band of 20
pieces, and games of all kinds were
INDUCED in by those who did not dance
Everything possible was done to make
the strangers feel at home and enjoy
themselves. That they did so was
manifested in the few words spoken by
Mr.. Copps, just before they started
home, kindly thanking the boys for
their cordial hospitality and rendering
an invitation to be with the Club in
Stevens Point on Feb 18th. We hope
they will come again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
NEW BREWERY

just before going to press we learned
that Messrs. r. Schiebe and Peter
Beyer Jr., Of Marshfeld, and Frank
Stahl, Of this city, have formed CO.
partnership for the purpose Of erecting
. brewery in this city. The location
has not yet been decided on but it is
thought it will be located in the first
ward near Geo. Howe's residence.
Required capital $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28

Don't be fooled. See that the name
"Beggs" is on each box and bottle of
Little Giants Pills, as several unscrupu-
lous dealers are getting out limitations.
You can get these wonderful little
pills of H. H. Voss & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
Cost Of berries 5000
O . sugar $50
" . water 600
S10.50

5000 less S10.50 leaves $50 profit
out of which to take the cost of cans
and boxing and other expenses. This
is figuring cranberries at a low price.
When the green berries cost more the
profit will be greater as the cost Of can
ming will not be increased and the sugar
and water go in at the increased price.
At $1,000 for 100 lbs. the profit would be
value of the canned fruit at 10 cts. ID.
5000,
Cost of 100 lbs. berries $1,000
" sugar 100
water 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
THE BEST.
Our best Mixed Candy , lbs for 15cts.
Our best handmade chocolate Il cts ID.
Best mixed nuts Is cts per ID.
Oranges, Is cents per doz
Nobody more appreciates the saw
ing of money than those whose
dollars come by daily toll.

In the whole range of furnishing
goods, fruits and candy we can
save you money. We would not
pay for this space if we were not
certain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28

to b., 1900 or; 100 lbs. sugar at IS OF. to
ID. 1900 o.; Ito part water added at IS
o. to ID. 320 o.; total net weight in
ounces, 1920. Now allowing or. for
the cans and label e ID. cans) actual
weight q OF. less OF. for can - OF. net
1920 divided by y equals 100; showing
that 100 ID. cans can be filed from 100
lbs. Of berries. As there are , lb. cans
according to the canning scales, this
gives us 1G0x2 equals 320 lbs at value
of 6 cents per lb. (the price of the
green fruit we have 320x.O6 equals
1920.
Cost Of berries $500
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
r<.~~SS

The city library books and furniture
will be moved from the Witter Block
into the new city hall on the first of
February. The rooms made vacant
thereby have already been rented by
Mr.. Geo. J.. Williams who will occupy
them for his law office. They are very
pleasant rooms and will be an improve
ment over his present quarters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
Total amount paid.

Total amount paid, S9,9Z9.24
Mr. Bever's remittance was among
the first the state treasurer received.
Wood County S prOmptness in her state
taxes is commendable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28

DO YOU want a Fine Hat? Under
other circumstances and by other per-
sons, 4 direct question like this might
be impertinent, but we have the right
to ask it, we have just received a new
invoice
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
Our Fruit { Candy Dept

Is the pride of the hustling Twin
Cities. We don't hunt through
Garret, Loft and Cellar for cheap
goods, but WE buy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
Mems Flannel Shirts

That were G0cts are now 45 cents.
That were 75cts are now 50 cents.
That were 9Octs are now 65 cents.
That were 81 are now so cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
STATE TAKES.

On the 9th inst. the reliable and
courteous county treasurer, Mr.. Peter
Bever, paid the state tax which was
made up of the following items:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28
CRANBERRY CANNING.
Tie T70m Cities just tie place to
locate tie Fact01y.

"A Paper containing excellent suggestions on
starting Canning Institution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-28

Remember that you can find interest
ing news matter on every page of the
REPORTER.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11
Taught by an Insect.

Brunei, the famous engineer, was in
debted to an insect for great and useful
invention. He was in a shipyard one
day. watching the movements of an in
sect known as the teredo navalis-in Eng
lish, the naval woodworm-when bril-
liant thought suddenly occurred to him.
He saw that this creature bored its way
into piece of wood upon which it was
operating by means of very extraorji-
nary mechanical apparatus. Looking at
the animal attentively through micro
scope, he found that it was covered in
front with pair of valvular shells; that
with its foot as purchase, it communi-
Gated rotary motion and forward inn
pulse to the valves, which, acting upon the
wood like gimlet, penetrated its sub
stance, and that, as the particles Of wood
were loosened, they passed through a
fissure in the foot and from thence
through the body of the borer to its
mouth, where they were expelled.
Here, said Brunei to himself, "is the
sort of thing want. Can reproduce it
in an artificial form?" He forthwith set
to work, and the final result of his labors,
after many failures, was the famous bor-
ing shield with which the Thames tunnel
was excavated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11
The Antiquity OF Civilization.

We can not but be struck with the inn
mense antiquity of civilization in west
crn Asia, whence, as a center, trade, art,
and literature spread westward to the
Greeks and Italians, and eastward to In
dia and China. The monuments show
us that at least rs early as $500 B. c. dis
tinct civilizations existed in Chaldea, in
Syria, and in Egypt. 1t is true that the
early date which has been assigned to
Menes, by scholars who reckon 80 years
rs the average reign Of an Egyptian
monarch (whereas the dated reigns often
do not exceed five or six. rests on no Sc
cure basis, and extravagant estimates,
based on equally unsafe deductions, have
been offered by some of our cuneiform
scholars, who would carry back Aka
dian civilization to 1000 b. c.; but these
extravagancies do not discredit the facts
which are deduced from better data, and
which show that even earlier than the
period usually assigned as the time when
the pastoral Hebrew patriarchs found
their way along the Euphrates and
through Syria to Egypt, there were or
ganized States, walled towns, chariots
and horses, riches of gold and silver,
bronze and iron, of corn, wine, and oil,
not only among the Akkadians and in
Egypt, but also in Phoenicia and in Pal
estine. Edinburgh Review.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11


an the swailing swirl of the soughful
wind, MS the gust goes glooring by. sit
by the bole of the baneful borch, with a
moan and soulful sigh. The mellow
ing mists Of the eve are low, and the frog
in the dankful marsh chirps chirpingly
sad in the goulsomc gloom, in swiver-
ing voice and harsh:
"'oh, where is the swing of the swoonful
swish.
And the voice of the fiim-nam foul2
Methinks 1t means from the murky mould
And the home of the hootful OWL
"Now swivel me swift from the surg
ing spring, I'm weary of wold and wind I;
the grewsome graik of the jobberwock
comes jimmering to my mind. The fee
BILE song of the sportsome frog comes
solemnwise, soughing slow, and again
hear by the bournful birch the wall of his
wimpled woe:
-'oh, where is the swing of the swoonful
swish,
From the land of the springful sprole?
Must the blue mists blur on the drinkful drale,
And freight with their frought my soul?'
"Idreamed dreamed of Amelle Rives,
in the dim of the danksome dark, and
methought I rode on a moonful main
in the prov of pullful bark. wrought
a rhyme as | roamed along, in the stream
of the startful grote; woke at dawn in
the dimpled day, and above is the rhyme
/ wrote. "-Bradford Era.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11

Wife--How in the world can you Of
ford to buy those expensive cigars2
Husband-I don't buy EN-.
Dear me! You don't mean to say any
friend of yours is rich enough to give you
such cigars, do your"
well, not exactly. That young man
who has got sn.itten with our daughter
Huh! No more than she is with
him."
"Well, he's an agent or something for
big firm Of cigar importers, and gen.
orally has his pockets full Of their best
samples. Well, after we go to bed, and
the lights are turned down, he takes 'em
out Of his pockets and puts 'em on the
mantelpiece-to keep 'em from getting
crushed, suppose. Then when it comes
to leaving, between the desire to skip out
without making any noise at such late
hour and the pain of saying goodnight to
our daughter, he forgets all about them
! tell you, Maria, our daughter has been
a pretty heavy expense, but she's sort O.
paying for herself now. New York
Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11

Does your daintily fashioned summer
ahoe bother you with trailing shoestring
threatening to trip you up? Then tie it
rs follows: Proceed exactly as if you
were about to tie an ordinary bowknot,
but before you draw it up pass the right
hand loop through the knot; give a
steady and simultaneous pull ON both
loops and you may tread the sands of
time or the ocean beach all day, and
waltz into the wee sma' hours of the
morning, and that shoestring will never
trip you up. In untying be sure to pull
the right hand line and the string will
readily loosen, but il you pull the other
you will find it as hard to unfasten as
some hastily tied matrimonial knots.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11

A clergyman of Buffalo said, in a re-
cent discourse on character, that he once
visited farming community to solicit
funds for an educational institution. He
was accompanied by shrewd old farmer
who knew the people, and as they ap
preached the first house the farmer said /:
If you want to get any money out of
this man you must appeal to him on the
highest motives; that's the only way to
reach him."
Coming to the next house, he said:
Here's a man whose pride must be
touched. If you hope to get a subscrip-
ton from him, tell him what his neigh
bors are giving"
AS they neared the next farm he said .
IF you want to get any money out of
this man you must talk to him in his
barn."
I'm his barn?' cried the amazed do
mimic; why in his barn?"
you must get him out of the way of
his wife," answered the farmer. "She
has such dominion over him that he
does not dare say his soul is his own. So
get him in the barn, dear brother, get
him in the barn."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-03-11
The Dividing Line or Loquacity.

1One of the greatest differences be-
tween the east and the west, says a vet
eran conductor, "is in regard to talking
with strangers. The Missouri River ia
the dividing line in regard to talk. The
very minute passengers get east of Omaha
and Council Bluffs they freeze each
other.
Strangers are strangers, and they
grow more so until they reach the coast.
The difference is just as marked the
other way. Passengers who would not
dare to speak or be spoken to, quit play
ing CLAIMS as soon as they reach the west
end of tho Union Pacific bridge. From
that point on, clear to the setting sun,
the tongues get nimbler and nimbler.
You can ask any man for his past ex-
perience, present feelings, and future ex-
pectations, and he will give up every de-
tail with smile. But get even little
ways east, and if you ask man the time
of day he will look at you as if he was
sure you intended to snatch his watch.
Yes, the Mississippi River is the line of
loquacity. Omaha Bee.