Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-13
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to have about a weeks work in the
national capital.
Wausau Central: Governor Upham
has recovered his S165 diamond pin,
which was stolen from him during the
inauguration ball at Madison last
January. The gem was birthday
present from Mrs. Upham. 1t was
recovered through the efforts of Chief
of-Police Jansen of Milwaukee and
returned to the governor.
Wausau Herald The Injunction
served by Reitbrock & Halsey to re-
strain County Treasurer Paff from
selling their lands at tax sale, alleging
the assessment TO be illegal, was up
before Judge Bardeen for hearing
Wednesday. The injunction was
dissolved to take effect at ten O'Clock
| Saturday forenoon, at which time if
appeal is not taken the sale will go on.
Wausau Pilot Review: The man
known here as jacobson, and who was
supposed to be from Rudolph, Wood
county, who was taken to the Riverside
Hospital early in the week, turned out
to be named Holbrook, from junction
City. The chairman of the town of
yesterday, paid all charges and took
him away. Holbrook is farmer, and
owns valuable place near Junction
City. He is partially paralized and
entirely insane. He is widower with
one child, a boy, who will be sent to
the home for INDECENT children at
| Sparta.
| Yes, these are hard times, says the
Reedsburg Press. We let our timber
rot and buy fencing. We throw away
our ashes and grease and buy soap.
We raise dogs and buy hogs. We let
manure go to waste. We grow weeds
and buy vegetables. We catch FIVE
cent fish on $4 pole and reel. We
| build school houses and send our
children off to be educated. And lastly
| we send our boys out with a $40 gun
and $40 dog to hunt 10 cent birds
| Oh, yes, these are hard times.
A. L. Arpin, of the Arpin Lumber
Co., and Peter McCourt who has been
in that company's employ for a number
of years, have recently patented an
improved sheating lath machine which
promises good returns for the nventors.
The machine has been at work in the
Arpin mill for some time and it's work
is perfect. 1t is claimed by the inven-
tors to be superior to any invention of
the kind in the market. 1t is simple of
|
the most rapid planer and can be
adjusted to any machine. 1t will be
manufactured and placed on the mar
ket by these gentlemen.
| Hudson Star and Times: Chapter
203 of the general session laws of
| Wisconsin provides that in every county
where there are habitual drunkards
who are so far under the influence of
| thnu 10 Of
reasonable control of themselves, they
may apply to the county and be sent to
an institution for the care of drunkards
provided they have no funds to defray
| the expenses Of the treatment Two
subjects under this act applied for aid
down i'll Chippewa County. The cost
of each will be about $3.50. This law is
likely to be far reaching in its effects,
for its direct influence upon the treasury
can not fail to have reflex power up
on the saloon and those who become
topers therein.
Marshfeld Times: A sad accident
resulting in the death of the three
| year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Balling, residing on their farm two
miles west of Yellow river bridge,
occurred last Saturday. AS the story
reaches us the mother was engaged in
scrubbing and had set a pail of boiling
water on the floor while she went to
| the well to get water to cool it with
While out the little girl which she had
left at play accidently fell backwards
into the pail. Agonizing shrieks were
heard by Mrs. Balling who rushed to
her rescue but too late to save the little
one who in its struggles had broken the
hoops on the pail and lay on the floor
gasping for life. DR.. VIM. Schulz of
Lynn was sent for, but his efforts to
save the sufferers life were in vain and
on Monday morning it breathed its last.
| Who can censure the mother? Who
can offer an excuse? II only adds
another note of warming.
Waupaca Post: Mrs. A. E. Gurdy
and Miss Miller displayed genuine
cycling enthusiasm by making a run to
lola and return last Sunday. The
former, especially, made the return
trip at good pace over the muddy clay
roads that bothered many Of the
veteran riders. Miss Miller was
obliged to make the last half of the
road IN buggy, on account of a broken
chain.
Stevens Point Journal; Four of the
Timian children, the youngest, were
ldhCh W huuOlp pu idSG IIludN, where
they will live with their uncle Miss
Myrtle and Master Roy will probably
60 east to live with an uncle, who has
offered them good chance.
The Tomahawk-M. LaFonde. the
eight year old son of Alex. LaFonde,
was drowned in the Wisconsin river
near the Fourth street bridge, Thursday
about O'Clock p. N. In company with
another boy they were padding around
IN boat, when Young LaFonde acci-
dentally fell overheard with the results
as stated above. The BODY was
recovered after being in the water Is
minutes.
Suppose man takes sack of wheat
and an ordinary checker board and sits
down just for want of something better
to do, and undertakes to put grain of
wheat on the first square, two on the
second, four on the third, ETC., how
many grains would be use before all the
81 squares were filled? 1t does not
seem possible, but Kansas CITY mathe-
matician figured it out the other day at
8, ,223. 81 ,3S5 ,654 bushels, allowing one
million grains to the bushel or as much
wheat as the United States would pro-
duce in 1916 years.-Ex.
The Green Bay Advocate saws: 1t is
| likely TO strike the average reader that
Wisconsin never before had governor
SO unpopular with his own party as
Governor Upham.
Two Johns Coming.
Tol, Il L.