Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05
NElGHBORING NOTES.
Taken From Our Exchanges and Con-
densed For Local Readers.

densed For Local Readers.
Stevens Point Journal: The Stevens
Point Normal opened Tuesday morning
with very large attendance which,
with small additions every day since,
now number 165. This is more than
double the number which was register
ed the first day last year and nearly
four times the number which registered
at Oshkosh % years or more ago. The
students come from almost every CITY
and hamlet in the north central part of
the state except Wausau Of the
students enrolled 81 enter for the first
time. A large number of the old
students have signified their intentions
to return sometime within a month.
The contract for the Brown county
tramp reformatory, the first of its kind
in the state, has been let, and when it
is completed all vagrants will be set to
breaking stone for county roads.
Stevens Point Journal: The business
men of Portage county have organized
for mutual protection, and for the
collection of outstanding accounts.
Such organization will be known as the
Portage County Collection agency.
Any person, firm or corporation in
Portage County extending credit to
customers may become a subscriber of
this association by signing the member
ship contract and paying the sum of
three dollars upon the delivery of the
first monthly report and one dollar
upon the delivery of each monthly
report thereafter, for the period of one
year. The membership fees cover the
entire cost of service, collections and
attorneys fees. Each member will be
furnished with monthly report con-
tanning the names of all persons who
have contracted debts to merchants in
the county which they neglect or refuse
to pay.
Marshfield Times: Prof. Paulus and
wife arrived in the city on Tuesday and
have taken rooms at Mr. VIM. Noll, Sr's
place and have had them fitted up for
house keeping.-Co. Supt. Hayenor is a
real friend of education. He takes
delight in anything tending to It's
we'll liked by teachers and school
boards. He has been in this city the
most of the week attending the three
days teachers institute but was almost
too busy to talk as every spare moment
he could find was devoted to making
out teachers certificates from the
examinations recently held.
Manitowoc Pilot-Since it has become
known that John Nagle will pass
through Utah on his trip through the
West, reports are persistently circulated
that he intends to make special efforts
to induce one of the numerous widows
released by the Edmunds Law to enter
again into the blessed state of matri-
mony. Knowing that John cannot rely
entirely upon his beauty in this
undertaking we hereby give notice that
the Pilot office will cheerfully give an
unqualified recommendation to any of
the gentler sex of that far off state who
may wlite to us for further information.
In regards to the above we would
suggest that John be allowed the oppor-
tunity to work out his own salvation
with the widows of Utah. Good looks
are not always necessary adjuncts in
captivating the fairer ones. John is not
particularly a handsome man, but he
possesses the winning ways that all
widows greatly admire. John is all
right and we can vouch for it from
personal kUOWleUSG.
DRANK CARBOLIC ACID.
Marshfeld Times: The two wear old
child of Julius Mas, while playing
around the house last Saturday climbed
upon a table on which was setting two
ounce bottle of carbolic acid and re-
moving the cork, drank some of the
poisonous drug. It's screams brought
its mother who found the little one
writhing in terrible agony. Its throat
and mouth were badly burned as was
also its breast and legs where portion
of the liquid spilled upon it when the
bottle was dropped. 1t could not have
drank but small amount. It no doubt
raised the bottle to its lips and when
first touched, it burned, and the bottle
was dropped. At last accounts the little
one was on the way to recovery.
Manawa Advocate: Miss Jennie
Huben of Grand Rapids spent Monday
night with Jennie Lindsay. Tuesday
the two young ladies went to Appleton
to visit friends.
Wausau Wis. Sept. 2-The dance hall
at Warren park burned to the ground
at o'clock this morning, together with
furniture, piano and stock of liquors.
The balloon and parapbernalia of the
Adams Balloon company burned. The
origin of the fire is unknown. 1t was
erected in 1889 at cost of S, 200 J. P.
Worle, proprietor of the hall, places
his loss at So 800 insured for $1,000. The
hall will probably be rebuilt.
FIELD OF LAND BURNS.
Hancock, Wis, Sept. 2.-W. n. Kelly,
a farmer living four miles north of this
place, recently plowed a piece of marsh
land for the first time The dry season
has rendered it tillable Yesterday,
noticing fire near his marsh he repaired
to the smoky scene to find his newly
broken land mass of flame. The sod
upon the marshes Of this vicinity is
largely composed of peat, and after
being turned up for time becomes
highly combustible.