Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-26

troller Eckels' Office the other morning
and took a vacant chair by the desk
at which Mr.. EckelS sat writing. He +
pulled out a paper, but Eckels kept
on writing. Finally the man, tired of |
waiting, damned the paper into his |
pocket, calculating rs he did so:
''That-Senate beats h-r'
Mr.. Eckels looked up.
7 say" the man repeated, that that
- senate beats h. Here | thought
it would have passed the Voorhees, bill
long ago
so did T. Mr.. Eckels replsed,
What did the comptroller Think"
the man asked
Mr. Eckels sighed. The comptroller
is of the same opinion" he replied
Il am - glad to hear it." the man
said. Shows him Il man of sense.
Comptroller's pretty good man. I hear
Is that 500"
''Oh, he'll pass in crowd, 1 guess"
Eckels replied.
The man was aStOnfShed. Not very
respectful, my boy" he said. Then he
pulled out his paper and began TO read
again. 1t was a dull morning and no
one CHANGED to come in. The man
read for an hour or so, during which
time he pulled out his watch every
few miutes, looked at it, grunted, and
then resumed his reading At last, hav-
ing read even the advertisements, he
threw his paper down and exclaimed:
We'll, this is a nice how dye do.
Say. my boy. what time does the comp
troller get down."
about O'clock" EckelS replied.
well. its now after H. the man
sail. Where is he today?"
Il am the comptroller" Eckels re-
piled
| The man looked at him for a moment,
turned red in the face and gasped:
'Well, I'm -. Say, don't say word
Of this to any one and the dinner
on me. l am Mr.. -, president of the
National bank of Boston"
Jefferson Levy, of Monticello, Thorn
vile, is in the city. His business is
said to be of Il political nature.
Miss Katharine Foot, who made her
debut in Washington society few
years ago, is now on the stage and is
reported by English papers as Il popu-
lar London actress.
Governor Thomas Jones, of Alabama
is stopping at the Metropolitan and
says that the folks in his state are all
anxious for the repeal Of the Sherman
bill and uphold the administration.
i Ivan Ottlek, of Hungary, who is &
sort of agricultural minister in his
country, is stopping in the city, his
visit to America being for the purpose
OF studying our farming industries. He
says Indian corn is being raised in
Hungary for food for hogs and horses
but not for consumption by people
The monument to be erected at Fred
ericksburg, Va, to Mary Washington is
nearly completed, but there are moi
meet the payment In digging Il few
days ago beneath the old monument
the lead box placed in the cornerstone
was found, but the papers were a mass
of pulp.
One hotel in town can boast of four
teen bridal couples as guests. Washing
ton always has a good supply of that
article on hand, for the sights of the
capital beguile all newly-fedged Bene
, diets who are on their honeymoon an(
every hotel table has generally a guilty
J looking pair.
The old cottage on the outskirts O.
town once occupied by Joaquin Mile
is Still intact and surrounded by {
clump of sheltering trees
Miss Edith Thomas, who has woI
fame as a poet, has government Pc
sition here in town which pays a higf
SALARY. Miss Thomas served some
years as a member of the Catholic or
der of Sisters Of Charity, whose mother
house is at Emmitsburgh Md.