Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-03
NEIGHBORING NOTES.
Taken From Our Exchanges and Con-
denSed For Local Readers.

Stevens Point Gazette: Ule Bros,
who are doing the mason work on the
new paper mill, above Grand Rapids,
together with their employees who live
here. spent Sunday in the CITY. They
have some seventy men under their
charge at present, including thirty-fve
masons, and it has been difficult to
secure as many of the latter tradesmen
as desired. But three hours have
been lost on account Of unfavOrable
weather since they took the contract.
Marshfield Times: B. G. Lesh is one
visits this city. He is not alone interest
ing. but one of the best posted men on
hardwood lumber that comes to this
market. Mr.. Lesh is one Of the firm of
Ferguson & Palmer, of Chicago and has
the management of that firms large
business in Wisconsin. His lumber
purchases in this vicinity includes hard
wood stocks amounting to 3,00O,OO0 feet
from the John Edwards Manufacturing
Co., 100000 from Clark & Scott,
Rudolph; 500, 900 from Larry Nash,
Centralia; and about 100000 along the
line of the Lake Shore at Hartley,
Edgar and Stratford.
A. NJ. Lesh lives in Centralia and
looks after the shipping of the above
fms S lumber in Port Edwards.
NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE WORLD.
Appleton Post: There are 10000
newspapers published in the world
The United States alone publishes
| $4,000, which is nearly three times as
many as any other country. Germany
$500; Great Britain, 5000; France, 1000.
About halfof the newspapers published
in the world are in the English language.
The Marshfeld Times in its last issue
had the following compliment for our
enterprising lumberman E. ?. Arpin
who attended the meeting Of lumber
men in Marshfeld last week:
E. P. Arpin, of the John Arpin
Lumber company, Grand Rapids, came
up on the noon train and took in the
afternoon session. Mr.. Arpin seldom
| misses a convention in which he is
interested. He is a worker too, and
takes a great interest in affairs effecting
the trade. They run their mill at Arpin
the year around, and this year are at
work on 100000 feet of pine and
100000 feet of hardwood. This mill
is located in the midst Of tract of good
timber so they don't have to worry
about supply.
| CONVERT TO SPIRITUALISM.
Wausau Record: Dr. Russ Lyon has,
until recently, been regarded as one of
the most practical men in town, and the
least liable to entertain belief in
spooks, ghosts of all kinds; and kindred
uncanny spiritual being, but events
have recently transpired that have
somewhat changed his ideas. On his
return to his office one evening this
week he found that the spirits from
another and worser world had been
playing pranks with his belongings.
Into the stove had entered the shade
of departed dude, and that stove had
arrayed itself in the most gorgeous
wardrobe owned by the dentist.
Evidently each article had been
possessed" for a time by a spirit,
probably the ghost Of some deceased
politician, for all the furniture in the
dentists rooms had gathered, as if for
convention, into one room. 1t took
time to straighten things out.
At first it was DIR. Lyons opinion
that Fred Heath and party of musi-
clans who had held meeting in the
evening in question. were responsible
for the state of affairs, but when he
came to consider the peculiar solemnity
of Heath's character, Il mind given up
wholly to the contemplation of the
serious side of life, he fully eXonerated
Fred and his companions from all
blame, and placed the responsibility on
the parties who should rightfully sus-
tain the load-ghosts.
Stevens Point Journal: Some Of our
contemporaries are assuming that all
of the dissatisfaction with Gov. Upham's
administration comes from those who
have been disappointed in receiving
appointments-sor they call
them. AS a believer in the Republican
party, and one who would like to see it
triumphant in every state in the Union
at the next election, we wish the
assumption were true, that the only
dissatisfaction in this state was to be
found among those who wanted an
Office and did not get it. If that was
SO, there would be no cause for appre-
hension so far as Wisconsin is concerned
at the next election. Unfortunately,
however, it is not true, and no one
knows it better than those who are
trying to raise dust by crying ''sore-
| head"
The dynamite house of c. S. SPAIN
Just outside the city limits of MarshfelG, ,
was broken into Sunday night and 500
pounds of the explosive stuff stolen
Another train hold up must be in con-
temptation.
Those Wisconsin Central train rob-
! bers, who operated near Waupaca,
must feel more chagrined than ever to
have secured no plunder, since they
have succeeded so we'll in covering up
their tracks. Officials and Pinkerton
agents are still in search and continue
an active hunt.
Immediately preceding the discharge
of the Grand jury in Washington Sept
80, a written recommendation was
submitted to the court favoring the
establishment of the whipping post in
the District of Columbia for the punish
ment of wife beaters and other petty
criminals. 1t was signed by the fore
man and fifteen jurymen. Judge
Bradley commented briefly on the
recommendation, and said that he
thought such method of punishment
would be productive of good results.
Baraboo Democrat: J.B. Arpin, OF
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, was here the
first of the week for the purpose of
! CLOSING q real estate deal with attorney