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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-05-06
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Room, May +, 1897.

council Room, May i, 1881.
Council met pursuant to adjournment,
Mayor Baker presiding.
Aldermen present: Wipperman, Row
land, Nilsson, Briere, Huban, Nash, and
Shredder.
Minutes Of last meeting of old council
and first meeting of present council
read and approved.
The following report of street COM
mittee was read and adopted:
To the Hon. Mayor and Common Toun-
Gil, city of Grand Rapids:
Gentlemen-Your street committee
finds q good many cross walks in poor
condition and would recommend that
the same be replaced with crushed rock
We also find some sidewalks need re-
pairs. One near T. J Woods for dis
lance Of 120 feet, and near Matt Farrell's
house the walk is tipping over. The
street committee would also recommend
that the hiring Of men be left with the
street com missioner, but to hire only
such mum Der, as the committee would
recomme nd.
J. /. NASH,
G. H. Nilsson.
Notion made and car ried to accept R.
Parrish q Bros bid of $175 per key
for nails and spikes to be used by the
city for coming year.
Motion made and carried to accept
John Farrlsh's bid on hemlock to be
used by the city for the coming year.
The petition Of John DAILY and others
for covered sewer along Wisconsin
street and Avon street from hill TO Court
House street, and thence down Court
House street, presented and referred to
street committee.
Motion made and carried that the
following bills be allowed, under sus-
pension of the rules:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-05-06

Mr., and Mrs Andrew Brewer have a
little girl that is very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Houston, who
have been residing in this village for
some time, went back to their farm.
Sunday.
The Progress., 1897-04-03
FIRE ALARM STATIONS.

The following shows the dlnerent s!A
tions of the Fire Alarm system OF the city
OF Shreveport.
No. 12-Corner Commerce and Travis
No. 13LCorner Market and Caddo Sts.
No 1LCorner Market and Texas SITS.
No. 15Corner Marshall and Fanln Sts.
No. 16-Corner Common and Fanln o's'
SECOND DISTRICT.
No. 21-Corner Common ana Cot1oh S.s'
No. 22-Corner Market and Cotton S's'
No. 23-Corner Spring and Milan oIs.
No. A-Corner Marshall and CrocAe''
No 25-Corner Marshall street and Line
No. o6-corner Mcneil and Texas SITS.
No 27-Corner Louisiana ana Co''oh
No. 2S-Corner Common and Milan S's.
THIRD DISTRICT.
No. 31-Corner Cotton and Cane SIS.
No. 32-Corner Christian ana WooG ots'
No. 3A-Corner Sprague street ana -" es'
No 3ICorner Peabody and Williams
streets.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
No. 4r-Corner Lawrence street anu
No. 4ACorner Murphy street and Texas
No. 43-Corner Greenwood and JORDAN
streets.
The Progress., 1897-04-03
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
COTTON BELT.

Passenger train No. arrives at lo:0o
am. daily.
Freight train No. II arrives at 4:4o pm
Passenp ger train No departs at A:SO
daily. 9 . m
daily. d.f,v
excant Sunday. between Shreveport and
Camden and will carry passengers.
TEXAS & PACIFIC.
The Progress., 1897-04-03
DRIFTING NEWShETS'


ready.
The Columbia Club building is
about complete, and soon this
splendid organization will be In us
handsome quarters, suited to such
a body of men.
Good Judges say that the society
department of The Progress is the
best in the city, and doubtless this
will be generally conceded.
Tuesday morning, negro SAID
that the train had just killed zoo
pound hog; but as our rambler
saw neither hair, bone, hoot nor
hide, he will not vouch Tor the COR
RICHNESS of the statement
Those live-oak trees in the court
house square seem Ito be dead
again.
Keep off of the grass. This Or
dinance should be passed by the
police jury, to prevent pedestrians
from cutting across and killing the
grass near one of the Texas street
front corners OF the court house; IL
is shame.
Folks in their shirt-sleevs were
promiscuous on our sTeets ti'is
week.
The Progress enjoyed hand
shake from Capt. George l.. WHITE
If the steamer Haliette, Tuesday
He is one of the most careful mas
tiers on the river.
Captain w. A. Nelson has taker
the fever. and will soon build two
white tenements on Grand avenue
You are on the right road, Chief
sBy all means let Texas avenu'
he paved first!" This is the gen
eral comment of those citizens IN
terested in Shreveport, as whole
The Progress hopes that Council
man Youree, usually right, Wi
exert his influence to that end
Our subscribers will confer a ia
yor on us by notifying the office
once. when they fail to get the
paper.
Now is a good time to whoop u
the cotton mill again. Shreve
port will get large one yet, Sc
If she don't
He appeared unsteady as !
walked down the street Tuesda
afternoon, but it was the vertig
not
They tell US that Mooringspo
is being built mp right along. ~
can't hold such men as Messl
n. 6. Noel, w. H. b. Groom and
G. Christian back.
"Wednesday we enjoyed a
from Mr.. James Crooks, editor
-------- & title River .p
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
Bill's In Trouble.

I've got letter, parson, from my son away
out west,
An my ole heart is heavy as an anvil in my
breast
To think the boy whose futur' had once SO
proudly planned
Should wander from the path O. right an come
to sich I'm end.
told him when he left us, only three short
years ago,
He'd find himself a-plowin in mighty crooked
row,
He'd miss his fathers counsels all his moth
er's prayers, too,
But he said the farm was hateful, an he guess
ed he'd have to go.
know thars big temptation for youngster
in the west,
But believed our Billy had the courage to re-
sist,
An when he left warned him O. the ever wait
in snares
That lie like hidden sarpents in lifes pathway
everywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be keerful an
allowed
He'd build reputation thatH make us mighty
proud,
But it seems as how my counsel sort O. faded
from his mind,
An now the boys in trouble O. the very wust-
est kind.
His letters came so seldom that somehow sort
90 knowed
That Billy was a-trampin on mighty rocky
road,
But never once imagined he would bow my
head in shame
An in the dust d waller his oledaddy's s honored
name.
He writes from out in Denver, an the story 3
mighty short.
just can't tell his mother-it'n II crush her poor
ole heart.
An so reckoned, parson, you might break the
news to her
Bills in the legislatur', but he doesn't say
what fur.
Denver Post,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28

woman that he had to dig out, while as
fur the rest Of the gang they never cum
a-nigh my cabin ag'in. One day, while
the ole woman was out arter roots she run
ag'in seven of em in the woods, and at
the sight of her the hull crowd took wings
SO fast that they left u mewl behind and
never cum back fur him. We had the use
of him fur eight yars befo' he died. Meb-
be yo' took motifs of the boy who was yere
last night arter meal?"
eyes, l did y
"Waal his father was one of the gang.
Just after the wah closed, but befo had
got home, my ole woman met him in the
road one day and hollered at him. He
made run to the side of the mount'in to
get away, and started an avalanche and
was buried under it, She wanted to AK the
time O. day, but he thought she was arter
him fur row, and he met his death while
fyin fur his life. Kinder queer, eh? The
ole woman sez the Lawd put me up to
what did, but 1 dunno. Didn't seem to
be no Lawd in Tennessee in them days
no Lawd tall, jest Confeds and guerrillas
and Yanks." M. QUAD.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
Complexional indications.

The omplexion of persons whose diges-
tion is out of order, who are bilious, or
who lack vigor, always exhibits an uu-
healthy tint. It is by regulating the
bodily organs and promoting digestion
and assimilation, that the parchment hue
indicative of i'll health, is banished from
the cheeks. To rectify the fault of sal
low complexion, use Hostetter's Stomach
Bltters, an invigorant and Alternative which
removes those obstacles to renewed
strength, physical comfort and personal
attractiveness-an imperfect digestion
and secretion, and disordered condition
of tie bowels. Persistence in the use of
this inestmable corrective and tonic will
assuredly result in renewed physical regu-
larity ana vigor, will tend to the bodily
substance, and cause the glow and clear
color of health to return to the sallow,
wasted cheek.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
JONES COUNTY JUSTICE.

How Squire BalkcOm Protected His Judi
cial Ermine From a Son of Ham.
When his honor Squire Balkcom called
the court to order this morning in the spa
cious umbrage of the trees that shadow his
yard, he noticed dusky son of Ham and
his wife standing among the spectators
with an anxious look upon their faces.
"What can I do for your" asked his
honor
"I'ze come to get you to 'yorce us,
jedge"
"You havep" said his honor.
eyes, sah.''
"Don't you know that such an act is be-
yond the pale of this courtP"
"Yes, sab, shore. She 'tacted me wild dc
pail, an hit wuz full er watah, and busted
hit over nah head, and amt gwine lit
wild her no moh. She did shore, jedge."
II say, you woolly headed imp of Eth
opia, don't you know that the constitution
Of the United States embodied in its laws
denies to justice court the power of an
nulling the marital VOWS; that it belongs
to higher tribunalp Is that any plainer?'
eyes, sab, boss, she shore did null my
constitution. Why
"Oh, 60 to Gehenna! l say can't and
won't separate you. Do you understand
now?"
'Say, jedge, I'ze got de money to pay
you, boss. For Gods sake''-
"How much you got?" asked his honor
"Six dollars and half, boss"
"Then 1 fine you $1.50 for taking uI
the time of the court and $5 for attempt
ing to sully its judicial ermine by a bribe. y
Jones County (Ga.) News.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28

Consumption is no
respecter of persons. The germs of this
most dreadful of diseases float in the air
we breathe, in the water we drink, in the
money we handle. Perfectly harmless
in a healthy body, they are absolutely
deadly wherever weakness exists The
lungs are the most sensitive Of all the
vital organs. The delicate lining of the
lung cells and passages is easily irritated.
If the blood is impure and germful the
lung lining soon becomes inaamed. I'M
pure matter accumulates. If consurnp-
ton germ is in the body it lodges there
and propagates. Soon the entire body
is full of bacilli and consumption has
firm hold.
Many doctors say that consumption is
incurable and necessarily fatal. 1hep
are mistaken. DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery will cure eS per cent. of
all cases of consumption, if taken prompt
ly according to directions. 1t has cured
thousands. 1t is quickly absorbed by the
blood and searches out every disease
germ in the body. 1t assists nature to
throw off germs and all effete matter and
restores the body to perfect health and
strength.
When the bowels are clogged they unload their
impurities into the blood which i'll turn deposits
them throughout the entire system. The victim
of this condition suffers from headaches blurred
vision, heartburn, sour stomach, foul taste in
Pierces Pleasant Pellets promptly cure consti-
patton and these attendant ills. One is gentl,e
laxative They never gripe Druggists sell
them. Substitutes are dangerous.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
WestboIlnd,
No. 1.
Arrive Santa Fe
DAILY
Eastbound,
No. 2.
Arrive Santa Fe
nATT,V
1:40 a m
CHICAGO l. CALIFORNIA LIMIT ED
I:40 Q m


Westbound, train No. will leave Chi
cago and st. Louis on successive We'd
nesdays and Saturdays, Kansas City and
Denver, Thursdays and Sundays arriving
at Santa Fe Mondays and Fridays. East
bound, train No. 4 will leave Los Angeles
and San Diego on successive Tues days
and Fridays arriving at Santa Fe on
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
These trains will be composed OF mag
nificent Pullman sleeper and Dining cars
between Chicago and Los Angeles, Buffet
and Smoking car between Kansas City
and Los Angeles, and connecting Parlor
car between Los Angeles and San Diego,
also through Pullman sleeper between
st. Louis (Via Wabash Ry.) and Los An
oeles, in both directions without change.
Through Pullman sleeper between
Lamy and Denver, Colorado Springs and
Pueblo.
No EXTRA FARE will be charged on
these trains, but only first-class transpor-
tation will be honored.
No DAY COACHES OR CHAIR CARS,
and passengers will be required to pay
seat or berth fare.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO EXPRESS
Trains No. l and 2 carry Pullman pal
ace and tourist sleepers between Chicago
and San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ell Paso
and the City of Mexico, dining cars be-
tween Chicago and Kansas City, free re-
clininp chair cars between Chicago and
Ell Paso, west of Kansas City meals are
served at the famous Harvey eating
houses.
CONNECTIONS.
Close connections are made in Union
Depots at Chioago, Kansas City, Denver.
Colorado Springs and other principal
stations on the "Santa Fe Route" with all
lines diverging. For further particulars
call on any agent of the "Santa Fe Route
Q, the undersigned.
II. 3. LUTz, Agent, Santa Fe.
W. J. BLACK, q. P. A., Topeka.
City Ticket Oflce, First National Bank
Building.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28

the benefit of others and never tires of
his zeal. There are plenty Of men weak
and worn out, struggling with remorse
and fear, the natural outcome of habits
that brought incapacity; sense OF lone
someness and la feeling as if the best side
of life had been banished forever. Such
men should write to Thomas Slater, Box
508, Kalamazoo, Mich. He will send free
10y mail, in plain sealed envelope full
particulars about the method he used,
and this will enable any man to get q
complete cure at home. 1t is the method
that Mr.. Slater used to cure himself of
the troubles that sap the strength and
vigor and also enlarged his organs to
natural size. The cure was 80 complete,
so satisfying and such awonderful change
from his former condition that he will
gladly tell others all about it, sending all
particulars. He figures that he doesn't
know of better way to show his appre-
citation of his own cure and the sufferings
of others. There must be generous men
in this world to off set the tide of avarice.
Write to Mr.. Slater-it will cost nothing
for his description and method.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
The Sea.


am the sea. hold the land
AS one holds an apple in his hand,
Hold it fast, with sleepless eye,
Watching the continent sink and rise.
Out Of my bosom the mountains grow.
Back to my depths they crumble low.
The earth is helpless child to me.
am the sea.
am the sea. When draw back,
Blossoms and verdure follow my track,
And the land leave grows proud and fair,
For the wonderful race of man Is there.
And the winds Of heaven wall and cry
While the nations rise and reign and die,
Living and dying in folly and pain
While the laws OF the universe thunder in
vain.
What is the folly of man to mep
I am the sea.
am the sea. The earth I sway.
Granite to me is potter's clay.
Under the touch of my careless waves
It rises in turrets and sinks in caves.
The iron cliffs that edge the land
grind to pebbles and sift to sand,
And beach grass bloweth and children play
In what were the rocks of yesterday.
1t is but a moment Of sport to me.
am the sea.
am the sea. In my bosom deep
Wealth and wonder and beauty sleep.
Wealth and wonder and beauty rise,
In changing splendor of sunset skies,
And comfort the earth with rains and SHOWS
Till waves the harvest and laughs the rose.
Flower and forest and child Of breath
With me have life; without me, death.
What If the ships go down in mep
am the sea.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
EAST BOUND

Connections with main line and
branches as follows:
AT Antonito for Durango, Silverton
and all points in the San Juan country.
At Alamoss for Jimtown, Creede, Del
Norte, Monte Vista and all points in the
San Luis valley.
At Salida with main line for all points
east and west, including Leadville.
AZ Florence with r. d O. O. B. B. for
the gold camps Of Cripple Greek and
Victor.
AZ Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Dem
YER with all Missouri river lines for all
points east. -.
Through passengers from Santa Fe will
have reserved berths in sleeper from
Alamoss If desired.
For further information address the
aadersigned.
\. T. ]. HELIX, General Agent,
Santa Re, N. N.
AK. Hoorna, q. r. 4.
Denver, Colc.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
Talks with Travellers.

Yes sirl The most enjoyable trip
ever took to New York was over
the Wabash. Only one change OF
cars in st. Louis; the finest passenger
station in the world. Fine restaur-
ant and cafe. Got an elegant supper
for SO cents.
We arrived in st. Louis at 600 p.
M, and left on the Wabash New York
Limited at TOO p. M, in the elegant
through sleeper, reaching Detroit at
9:l5 the following morning. Niagara
Falls at 4:87 that afternoon, and ar
rived at New York, Grand Central
Depot at 7:8O q. M, Just the right
time TO get breakfast and attend to
business.
Obi the Wabash is the route for
New York.
By the way just write 70 @. NJ.
Hampson, Commercial Agent, Dem
yer, for particulars. may have for
gottsn something.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
GE MS IN VERSE.
A Subject,


Would were Shylocked of a pound of flesh,
The pound where dyspepsia reigns supreme,
The pound which hath so many pennies weight
That it doth often seem to weigh ton
When have dared offend its impious king
BY nibbling but the edge of some small bit
OF toothsome pastry or some sweet Indeed
Did but whistle to a rabbit (Welsh)
King 'Spepsia growled so fierce growl and
scowled
So ominous and Zeuslike scowl
And hurled such thunderbolts of blazing blue
That rabbits welsh or otherwise) would flee
In trepidation, ears turned back and legs
Crouched for t. spring of so great magnitude
That would pause i'll terror 'twixt the two
King Spepsia hastes to come and 1t to 20.
Wherefore I say, good Shylock, whet they
knife!
Surround King 'Spepsia's country! Run him
through!
Lillian W. Rountree in "What to Eat"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
A strong Mans weakness,

Fer Gods sake, don't say nuthin now, boysl
kahn bear nuthin more, not jes' now.
I've been hit, N hit hard, but I'm somehow
Er standin ct, though allow
I'm jes' dazed, not all here ain't kickin,
Not er bit. Pm er gittin resigned.
But, fer Gods sake, don't speak, don't say
nuthin!
Leastways don't say nuthin thet's kindl
know what ye'd say eff I'd let ye.
But, boys, KANT stand et thets all.
Eff what s keepin yer strong men s lips twitchiu
Wuz told, should break down N bawl
Like er baby. Don't put what's er moistnin
Yer eyes inter wordsl don't mind
Eff ye talk common talk; but fer Gods sake,
Now, boys don't say nuthin thet's kind!
With the sun n the nl3on n the stars all
Blotted out on suddent, all black
Whar twas blue sky N glory, cts dazin.
She's gone, N she amt comm back!
Bimeby I'll be gittin my bearin's,
But les now I'm or goin ct blind,
IN I'll break down n go all ter pieces
At er touch or er word thet ez kind
Mary Norton Bradford
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
LOst-My Boy.

AObU-My DOys
Lostl I have lost himl When did he gop
Lightly clasped him. How could know
Out of my dwelling he would depart,
Even as held him close to my hearth
Lostl I have lost himl Somewhere between
Schoolhouse and college last he was seen,
Lips full of whistling, curl tangled hair
Lost! I have lost him! Would knew wherel
Losti have lost him, Chester. my boyl
Picture book, story book, marble and toy,
Stored in the attic, useless they lie.
Why should care SO muchP Mothers, tell why.
Yes, he has gone from me, leaving no sign.
But there's another calls himself mine.
Handsome and strong Of limb, brilliant Is het
Knows things that know not Who can 1t bet
Face like the fathers face, eyes black as mine,.
Step full of manly grace voice masculine.
Yes, but the gold Of life has one alloy.
Why does the mother heart long for her boy
Long for the mischievous, queer little chap,
Ignorant questioning, held in my lapP
Freshman 30 tall and wise, answer me this:
Where u the little boy used to kisss
Good Housekeeping.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
GIVES STRENGTH TO MEN,
Free to All Who Are Weak and Worn
A METHOD TO CURE AND IN
CREASE THE POWER

It is reasonable fact that man never
appreciates the sufferings of others until
he himself, has passed through the fire OF
pain or remorse. Then it is that he looks
around for those who are suffering; he
wants them to profit by his experience;
he gives his time and money gladly for
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
The Fact Remains.

Men may chide and sneer, averring
Rosy love is dead today.
Cupid sets their pulses stirring
In the good old fashioned way.
Maids may prate that love is madness.
Wait until lovers eyes
Wake the sleeping soul to gladness.
Only love, dear girls, is wise.
Change and growth will aye continue.
Modern times new marvels hold.
Love, alone unchanged, will win you,
Men and maidens, as of old.
i L. Heaton
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
The Rest.

Young Loehinvar came out of the west.
And in all the wide moorland his bike
was the best.
OF course you'll be careful to keep it in
view.
That of everyone's wheel quite the
same thing is true.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
Two Kinds of InsOm Tia,

When Nan was engaged to Jack she
didn't get enough sleep, because she had
to lie awake and think how much she
loved him.
Well?
And now their engagement is broken
and now she doesn't get enough sleep
because she has to lie awake to hate him.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
soliloquy of the Old Dray Horse

Soliloquy of the Old Dray Horse.
"What was l made for?" the old horse said,
Munching cut straw in wind rifted shed.
"My life is q curse from beginning to end.
In all the wide world haven't friend.
It's nothing but drudgery every day,
Toll without payment, work and no play,
And if sink under weariSome load
I'm made to get up with q merciless goad.
courses, cold quarters, hard usage, poor feed,
Too little at that for work horse's need,
And seldom good bite of oats or fresh grass
Hard lines for poor horses when slaves to ar
asst
Oh, if we poor creatures were gifted witt
speech,
What eloquent sermons to men would w
preach
Our merits and sufferings even now move
The hearts of the kindly to pity and love.
''The beast has his feelings, his needs, his de
sires,
Though few are the favors the poor horse re
quires.
Our aim is to serve men, to love and obey,
If justice and mercy in turn would repay.
A word gently spoken, a pat ON the neck.
But makes us delighted to follow your beck.
Then why, since the boon is SO small that WI
crave,
Should it not always brighten the life Of th'
slave2
''Too soon did the angels our champion claim
Gotham, where is the monument due to hi
fame?
Might we horses build it, how soon 'twoult
arise,
A cynosure grand for American eyes!
While crowning earths heroes neglect not t.
bring
An amaranth wreath for humanity's king.
He spake for the speechless, a achampion brave
No shaft is too grand to distinguish his grave
Who says that our sufferings here are in vain,
No hope in the future to tighten our pain?
Who knows what our Maker may hold in hi
plan2
I'd hate to swap chances with many man. !"
Mrs. Mary F. Van Dyck in New York Sun.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
The subtle POrCuDine.

The subtle POrcupine.
The porcupine has his good points, 'ad
mitted the possum, but he is an awful
1atterer, you know.
Flattererf echoed the coon, blankly
Yes. He is apt to send one away
feeling awfully stuck up.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-05-28
Holds the worlds record for
long distance fast running.
1925 miles,
l047 minutes

the worlds record for long distance fast run
ning-held by the Burlington Route.
February 18th, special train over it's lines
made the run from Chicago to Denver, dis
tance of 1,O25 miles, in the unprecedented
time of 1S honrs and So minutes. Allowing
for stops, the actual running time was II
hours and 27 minutes, and the average rate
of speed 5S4 miles an hour.
Write for booklet telling how run was
made.
Omaha -Chicsgo-Kansas City-St Louis
ALL points east and south,
Tickets and timetables at all d. q R. G.
and Col, Mid. ticket offices or by addressing
c, w VALLERY, General Agent,
1899 18th Street, Denver, Col.