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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Word was received this week from
John Parrish that he would take his
wife to Phoenix, Arizona, on the advice
of their family physician. Phoenix is
nearer the sea coast and preferable
climate this time Of the year for her
trOuhlp
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
RUsINESs MEMS ASSOCIATION,

CENTRALIA and GRAND RAPIDS
Will hold their regular monthly meet
ings on the second Monday evening of
each month, at the rooms of the Associ-
alton, in the DAILY Block, Centralia.
G.. j. JACKSON, Pres.
+. OBERBECK, Secv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Messrs. Chas. Z. Compton. of this
city, and G. H. Finley and G. e. Zero,
Of Pttsville, leave the last of the week
for Georgia to look the country over
with a view Of investing down there.
Georgia has advantages and disadvan-
tages like all other states but we don't
believe she offers the advantages to
make money that Wisconsin does.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

We have an established rule in this
Office that al subscriptions more than
two years Ill arrears are cut off until
payment is made. We are pleased to
note that we were obliged to cut off
very few subscribers on our list with
the commencement of 1896.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The Salter and Martin mammoth,
original, Big 3 car Uncle Toms Cabin
Co. at Opera House, Wednesday, Jan.
Sth, is the largest and most complete
company of its kind travelling. Press
and public with one accord pronounce
this grand production of Mrs. Stowe :
immortal novel. The grand parade You
cannot afford to miss.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The parade given by the Salter and
Martin mammoth, original, 3 car Uncle
Toms Cabin Co., is actually a novelty.
It's worth coming miles to see.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Chauncy Warren, who has been a
resident of Chicago for the past four
years arrived in the city Tuesday
morning for short visit with his
mother and brothers. He is employed
in the upholstering department. of a
furniture store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Will Wright has opened a lunch
stand in the triangular building next
door to A. Greenberg's place store on
the north, in which he Will also keep
for sale fresh fish, bakers bread, buns,
cookies, &c. He invites fair share of
the trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Modern WOODSMEN of AMERIC
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS.

Meet the I'd and 4th Thursdays OF
each month.
A. G. OTro, Y. {.
n. H. Robinson, Sec'y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Beggs' German Salye-"The Perfect
Ointment'-has cured thousands. One
bOXis sufficient to cure any ordinary
case of piles and only costs % cents. 1t
relieves at once. DAILY keeps it, as well
as all other reliable medicines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Beggs' Tropical Oil will cure Rheuma-
tism, Sprains, Bruises and all deep
seated diseases where a powerful hnl-
ment is required. Give it Il trial and
you will use no other. 1t acts like
magic. John E. DAILY has it for sale
and warrants every bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
odd FELLOWS.

Meet every Tuesday evening in
their hall, Pomainville's building.
HERMAN BoTCHER, n. G.
A. b. CRAWFORD. Sec'v.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Remember and date your letters 1896.
@. S. Biron spent the first Of the
week at Prentice on business.
Oscar Hathaway spent the Sabbath in
Madison.
Our public schools open again on
Monday after two weeks vacation.
The Grand Rapids post-ofice is now
connected with the telephone exchange.
The teachers all report pleasant
time at home during the holiday vaca-
ton.
Morris SLIDER spent the first day of
the new year among friends in Stevens
Point
If you are IN business in the twin
cities have your business represented
in the WOOD COUNTY REPORTER for 1895.
Geo. \. Wood attended the Elks'
annual ball in Wausau Tuesday night.
He reports social good time among his
friends
pg%O 7. Hougen NJ. D., Office ovel
Daly's Drug store. Telephone at Office
"a residence II.
Miss Carrie Briere attended X P.
dance party at Marshfield Tuesday
night
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
GRAND RAPIDS LODGE No. 12S.
ROYAL ARCANUM,
CENTRALIA, WIS.

Meets I'd and 4th Tuesdays of each
month.
A. l.. RIDGMAN, Regent.
CHAs. GIBSON, Sec'y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

As bell without a clapper,
Useless and forgotten lies,
So doth the business of the man
Who will never advertise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

James Welsch, the new blacksmith on
river street, is doing nice business
We had forgotten that he used TO
otficiate at the anvil before he gradual
ed as a veterinary SURGEON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The ladies aid society of Unity church
Centralia, will meet with Mrs. Frank
Garrison Wednesday afternoon January
Sth, at which time the election of
officers for the ensuing year will take
place. 4 large attendance is requested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Our public schools open again on
Monday after two weeks vacation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Attorney d. D. Conway and his
brother Will attended dance party in
Stevens Point Friday evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Oscar Hathaway spent the Sabbath in
Madison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

G. S. Biron spent the first Of the
week at Prentice on business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Remember and date your letters 1896.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Mrs. G. j. jackson returned Tuesday
evening from Wauwatosa where she
left her husband no better than he was
when they left here several weeks ago.
His many friends in the twin cities are
Npained to know that his condition is no
better.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The Grand Rapids post-ofice is now
connected with the telephone exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Subscribe for the WOOD COUNTY RE-
PORTER and get all the local news which
transpires during the year 1896.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
pa Geo. n. Wood,
Real Estate.
insurance

Miss Ida Carman was the guest of
friends in Amherst the first of the
week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

John +. DAILY takes the lead in every
thing. They have secured the exclusive
sale of Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood
Maker, the most perfect medicine
made. Try it for blood disorders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ. 4. Church will meet
with Mrs. DR.. Ridgman Friday after
noon Jan. 3, 1896.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The pupils in the first ward who are
members of the 3 classes in Miss
Caldwell and Miss Barker's departments
of the high school will probably be
transferred into the new department
provided for in the Cong'l church
basement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Miss Edna NJ. Dawley, of Smithfield,
Minnesota, graduate of the Winona
Normal school, has been engaged to
teach the new primary department to
be held in the basement of the Cong'I
church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
WISCONSIN, CENTRAL LINE

Tickets sold and baggage checked through u
all points in the United States and Canada
Close connections made in Chicago with all
trains going East and South For full intOrma-
ton apply to your nearest ucktt agent or Jas.
c. Pond, General Passenger Agent milwaukee,.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Mr.. J. L. Lavigne, of Minneapolis, a
nephew of Mr. Euzebe Lavigne, was
visiting relatives in the city several
days the past week. He was enter
tanned most Of his time here at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. JOS Lavigne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02
LOCALS.
4 Happy New Year.

The sheriff and his family are nicely
situated in the new Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Mrs. s. A. Spafford's many friends
are panied to learn that her recovery is
very slow. She is confined to the house
all the time now and most of the time to
her bed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Paulus, of
Marshfeld, have spent most Of the
holiday vacation in Centralia guests at
the @. J. Jackson home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Herman Boetcher, as executor of :
the Last VIII and Testament of
John SChn&bli. ST., deceased,
Plaintiff.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

Miss Carrie Briere attended a X. P.
dance party at Marshfield Tuesday
night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

i. MACKINNON
B. RAMSAY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-02

The teachers all report pleasant
time at home during the holiday vaca-
ton.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
The Rarity of Human Charity

A tale of most pathetic portent
comes to us from one of the smaller
cities of a neighboring state, which
carries with it lesson on the ever
present need of human charity, espe-
cially toward the young whose steps
may be tending downward. Two young
girls, one fifteen and the other sixteen
years of age, both belonging to good
families, deliberately drowned them
selves the other day, under unusual
circumstances. They were not vicious
girls, they could not have been at that
age, but they were hayward and had
already been held up as frightful ex-
ampies in the community in which
they lived. Their elders chided and
threatened them, their associates had
begun to shun them, and the self-right-
eous censors of the community con-
demned them as hopelessly bad. There
was no kind word of warning given
them, no friendly hand extended to
lead them away from their dangerous
paths, and their sensitive natures
grew hard and harder until they openly
defied proprieties. This is what we
gather from the circumstances as made
public, and when the burden Of shame
became too great these two young
girls took their fate in their own hands
and deliberately committed suicide.
Who can tell where the direct respon-
sibility lies for the tragedy? But
wherever it does belong the cruel truth
cannot be escaped that had there been
more charity in that community it
would not have occurred. These young
lives, too young to have been hopeless
ly depraved, might not have been sac
rificed had those who were the first to
point the finger of scorn at them been
actuated by the spirit of Him who once
said: LET him who is without sin cast
the first stone" -Minneapolis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
@dQK|FI;q!:|n!!8 2X'eM''16lSEsS

Many men have irretrievably dam
aged themselves by assuming more
dignity than they had the capacity to
carry well.-Evansville wis., Review.
We believe in the equality of the
sexes. No one has ever complained
that woman cannot split kindling and
build fires as well as man can-Bloom-
ington Qll.) Eye.
The winter has gone, the summer is
here, and still we are paying five cents
for beer, except now and then we
sometimes cOntrive to get with the
"growler" two glasses for five.-Peck' s
Sun.
A Pendleton doctor has sued a Walla
Walla paper for libel. The editor
wrote: "The doctor took the patients
pulse, before prescribing for him. and
the printer set it up "purse. ''-Portland
(Ore.) Welcome.
A man who will spend dollar free
~ TO Duy POISONOUS drinks 10 treat
friends will complain loudly if his
wife asks him for twenty-five cents for
a household convenience.-Colorado
Springs (Colo.) Plaindealer.
"See the capitalists riding along in
their fine carriages" yelled socialist
speaker at meeting in Chicago.
"Where, ask, are our horses and car
riages?" "S'loonkeeper S drivin' mine
round" responded red-nosed reformer
of society with detection. And the
orator changed his subject-Poplar
Bluff (Mo.) Enterprise.
Don't worry yourself to death be-
cause people "talk'' about you. If
people want to "talk" about you they
will find cause, whether you are guilty
or innocent. A certain amount of
abuse is due you, and you should &C.
cept it as philosSphically as you &C.
cept year added to your age with
Christmas gifts.-Del Norte Enquir-
er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

WE WOULD advise Bro. Easton, of
the Saltwater Gazette, to eliminate the
word municipal from his vocabulary,
or stand over his compositor with a
club when he is setting up the word
and see that it is properly spelled, for
it does not look we'll to speak of the
"mucilage court" as it has thus ap-
peared several times of late in the COL
umns of the Gazette.-Prison Mirror.
That ''mucilage court" expression is
only little side joke and is not the
fault of our compositors. And it
wouldn't be very nice thing for us to
do to stand over our girls with club.
"Mucilage" is all right and is thorough
ly understood by our readers Still
water Gazette.
We made the mistake of supposing
that Bro. Easton was a little weak in
his spelling, and in spirit of disinter-
ested friendship sought to call his at
tention to the defect in a delicate
manner by inferring it to be the fault
of his compositors. We owe an apol-
ogy to the Gazette compositors and
also to the editor. If he sees fit to per-
vert words from their proper meaning
and use, we have no right to protest
against his "little side joke" Of course,
we did not mean it seriously when we
suggested a club as a potent instru-
ment in the teaching of photography,
and we fully agree with him that it
would not be nice thing to do for the
editor of the best daily paper pub
lished in the state, outside of the Twin
Cities, to stand over a girl with club.
Besides, it might prove dangerous in
case the girls big brother should drop
into the game with a straight flush of
clubs and call for a showdown.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

not a fact that almost all the benevo-
lent and charitable work nowadays is
in the hands of societies who recog-
nize no distinction in denomination in
regard to their work, organizations
whose only object is the succoring of
the needy and sick irrespective of
creed, and where the presence of the
cIergymen is seldom noted? Yet the
reiterated complaint of the clergy is
that young men do not attend church,
but when their mothers and sisters
hold such opinions it ceases to be a
matter to be wondered at. If such
sentiments of harshness are enter
tanned by ministers it should cause no
surprise that this is an age of severity,
for the minister is looked up to by the
majority of his congregation and two
such Pharisees as these will do more
harm by tainting the community with
hypocrisy than twenty true Chris
tian ministers can counteract.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

A CORRESPONDENT of daily paper
utters diatribe against ministers who
give up one parish to accept call
from another. The wholesale assump-
ton of this ill-tempered writer seems
to be that, whenever such changes are
made, they are made from selfish rea-
sons, and generally because the minis
ter is tempted by greater fame and a
higher salary. 1t is apparent that, if
ministers are such worldly, selfish, and
unprincipled creatures as they appear
to be in this article, it is of very little
Importance whether they be in one
parish or another, and that the most
important thing to do would be to
restrict their influence as much as pos
sible. Such outbursts are made against
the members of all professions. There
are people who call the great majority
of doctors quacks, and who think the
great majority of lawyers are knaves,
and the majority of editors liars.
Against such people it is hardly worth
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

1t is estimated that there are in
America million tramps, and fallen
woman to every tramp. What an
awful commentary on the humanity of
this glorious Buffalo Journal.
AS an inducement for emigrants and
home seekers to locate at Hutchinson.
Kans., a selected committee publishes
the statement that the whisky sold
there lis so good that drop of it will
make jack-rabbit brace up and whip
bulldog" -Bloomington Ill.) Eve.
Police Commissioner Roosevelt, of
New York, declares that zone hard
boiled egg and ten beers do not con-
stitute meal" Without the addition
of pepper and salt the layout would
not come under the head of dinner.
six o'clock tea nor a banquet
Bloomington Qll.) Eye
The scraps of paper used as ballots
by an 'intelligent" jury in the Chicago
criminal court were picked up in the
jury-room after the jury had left.
They had returned verdict of guilty
in some case, and this is the way four
of the jurors spelled guilty: "Gilte,"
"Gillite," "Gille," and "Giltz." The
other eight good and true men man.
aged to find the unlucky defendant
guilty in the proper form.-Mazeppa
Independent.
In fit of reform, and at the in
stance Oft the mouthy Parkhurst, New
York elected Golf as one of it's judges
with tenure of fourteen years and
salary of $4,000. Now they are all
tired of their bargain, Parkhurst
among the rest. He has been reversed
so often, in important criminal cases,
that it is very questionable whether
he knows even the simplest rudiments
of the law. Oh. Reform, what blum
ders are committed in thy name!-
st. Paul Dispatch.
The New York court of appeals has
ordered new trial in the famous case
of Maria Barberi, who had been SEN
fenced to electrocution for the murder
of her betrayer. Many prominent New
Y orkers have interceded in behalf of
the young woman, who knew not a
word of English at the time of her
trial, had not friend, and was penni-
less. 1t is a good thing that the En-
pire state is not to stain it's judicial
machinery with the blood of an abused
woman, SO long as graver criminals es-
cape punishment by paying market
price" -Mankato Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

THE Carthage (Mo.) Democrat says
that the preacher who remarked "there
are none of us angels" was not address.
ing an audience composed of editors
OF course not; everyone knows that the
meek, long suffering editor has all the
angelic virtues and only lacks the harp
and halo to complete the equipment
that will entitle him to membership in
the heavenly choir.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

SOME of the newspapers of St. Louis
have been scoring Judge David Muir
ply, Of that city, and here is his opin-
ion Of their veracity. Newspaper men
are the greatest liars on earth, and
would not believe one of them on OATH
AS he is one of the judges of the po-
lice court, the reporters had better be
careful, and avoid coming in conflict
with any of the municipal ordinances.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
N 0 TIC E..

THOSE receiving copies of The MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that THE MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage send one
dollar to this Office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
MINISTERIAL CHARITY.

The Rev. DR.. Hills, in a sermon at
Chicago, used this language: "The
crying fault of our generation is it's
lack of gentleness. Our age is harsh
when it judges, brutal when it blames,
and savage in it's severity No truer
words were ever uttered, and it is a
peculiar fact that some of the most
jealous advocates of harsh measures.
in dealing with the fallen portion OF
humanity, are found among the mem
bers of the cloth. This may be deemed
paradoXical statement, but, regretta-
BILE as it is, it is only too true. A great
deal is heard about the tramp nuisance
and the anti-tramp movement, and
many remedies have been proposed,
but it remained for minister of the
gospel to advance the most drastic and
inhuman measure to deal with this
class; viz: Five or ten lashes on the
back of each offender, followed by an
application of salt and water to pre-
vent the prisoner from catching cold,
will effectually rid each county of its
tramp population" 1t is almost in
credible that such a sentiment could
be entertained towards a fellow man
in the closing decade of the nineteenth
century, yet this same person would
be highly indignant if anyone should
doubt that he was a true follower of
the Master who said, ''the Son of man
hath not where to lay his head" Leav-
ing aside for moment the divinity of
Christ, would He not be classed as a
tramp in the ordinary acceptation of
the term today? According to his
own words He was without a home or
roof to shelter his head. This disci-
pie would, then, in order to be con-
sistent, deliver him to be scourged.
That this minister is not the only one
who lacks the first essential principle
of his calling, charity, is proven by the
statement made at the annual meeting
of the Ramsey county w. G. T. U. by
a lady known throughout the state as
one conservative of speech but a most
active worker, one who is loved and
reverenced by the unfortunate of her
own sex, and who was elected president
for the ensuing year. In the discus
sion of paper read this woman said
that ut was too true that the church
was no longer honest, that it was filled
with pride and fashion rather than
charity and benevolence," and she told
of Minneapolis clergyman who, being
recently asked to receive a reformed
woman, exclaimed, "What. Let such
| a woman attend my church," Is it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

A NAN rose up in church last Sun
day to signify willingness to be one
to contribute ten dollars to the church
debt, and his wife pulled him down
by the coat-tails before the minister
saw him-Arkansaw Thomas Cat.
A prudent wife often saves her
husband from reckless extravaganza
that he would afterwards bitterly re-
gret.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

THE NezC Bohemian for the current
month comes to our table greatly i'm
proved in appearance by a new and
highly artistic cover. The contents of
this excellent magazine are of high
literary order, which, in our humble
opinion, cannot be improved