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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18

in Probate
Notice is hereby given that at a special term
of the County Court to be held in and tor said
county, at the probate office in the courthouse
on the fourth Tuesday Q6eing the 29rd day. Of
May, A. D. 1899, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the follow
ing matter will be heard and considered.
The application of Caroline Never, admins
tratrix of the estate Of said JOnn Lubbock,
deceased, for the adjustment and allowance of
her administrators account and assignment of
residue Of said estate to such other persons as
are by law entitled to the same.
Dated this 18th day of April, \. D. 1899.
By the Court,
JOHN A. GAYNOR,
County Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
You Choose
A Wife

For life and you select the best,
the one who, according to your
ideas, embodies all virtues and
womanliness, who is everything
that a wife should be.
Why don't you use the same
careful judgment when you buy a
stove?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
PORT EDWARDS.

Is located on the west bank of the Wisconsin
river four miles south of the twin cities of
Grand Rapids and Centralia. 1t has popula-
ton of about 500 people and favored with two
railroads. the c. NJ. & ST. P. and Marshfield and
Southeastern. The John Edwards Mfg. Co.
Pulp i Paper Mills are located here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
NEKOOSA.

Is village of over five hundred people situated
on the west bank of the Wisconsin river about
eight miles south of the twin cities of Grand
Rapids and Centralia III Wood county. 1t is on
the C. NJ. & St. P. Ry running north from New
Lisbon to Tomahawk The NekoOsa Paper COM
pany, have their Pulp, Paper and Sulphite
plant located mere and its thriving institu-
ton and promising village.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER
A. [. FONTAINE, Editor and Proprietor
Thursday, May IS, 1899.

Entered at the Post Office at Grand Rapids
Wisconsin, as second class mail matter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18

STATE OF WISCONSIN-CoUnty Court for
Wood County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the special term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
county at the probate office i'll the courthouse,
in the city of Grand Rapids, in said county, on
the third Tuesday (being the Goth day. of June,
A. D. 1899, at 10 o'clock q. M, the following
matter viii be heard and considered
The application of Ernestine PrOtz for the
appointment Of an administrator of the estate
of Andreas Protz, late of the town of Wood, in
said county, deceased.
Dated this 10th day of May, a. D. $780,
By The Court,
JOHN A. GAYNOR,
County Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
RUDOLPH.

Emory RayOme of Merrill is down
visiting his parents.
Mrs. Peter Keyzars returned from
De Pere Saturday noon.
Rev. y. Van Sever was in Nek0osa
on Sunday, where he celebrated high
mass.
A fishing party was at BirOn'S dam
Sunday and report good time.
Lunch was served.
Martin Nerniett died, Sunday, in
the town Of Sherry and was buried in
Rudolph cemetery.
Don't forget the grand ball at La
VaQue'S hail, May 19. Music fur
niShed by LiyernaSh's orchestra.
s. G. Janson was in Merrill visiting
his daughters, Mrs. 3. Juneau and
Mrs. Z. j. Baldwin, and other rela-
tiyeS.
Peter 1TorreIl died Tuesday at 1
O'Clock p. M, after an illness Of few
months. Peter was an old resident of
| this town.
J.J started for TomahaWk Oh Tues
day where he will be employed in the
construction Of a residence for his
| brother, Leo Provost.
\ girls ''cOmpleXiOn" may be
stamped on her lovers heart, but most
of the complexion" comes off unless
put there by Rocky Mountain Tea.
PROVIDERS a bad thing" John e.
DAILY.
l have been a sufferer from chronic
diarrhOea ever since the war and have
used all kinds Of medicines for it. At
last I found one remedy that has been
a success as a cure, and that is Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and DiaTrhOea
Remedy.-P. T. Grisham, Gaars Mills
La. For sale by E. L. Sueib s. Co.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21
Qbadfadqda.

The first quarterly meeting of
Pierian Circle for the term of
1899-19O0, was held in Chapel
Hall last Sunday. The papers
read were of a high order and
denoted painstaking preparation,
pellucid thought and a keen H.
sight of the various articles
brought before the Circle. Each
paper was rendered in a clear.
forcible manner, and while the
speakers eschewed the vapid aux
iliaries Of an ambitious populist
orator-such as facial contortions
and peacock antiquities their
reasoning lost none of it's convinc-
ing qualities, or was less intelli-
gently understood by their audi
ence.
The musical part Of the pro-
gram contained it's usual gist of
good singing that has character
lied former meetings. The piano
solo was performed in an easy,
graceful and highly dramatic style
that plainly demonstrated the fact
that the player was an apt master
with this instrument. His listen
ers, at its close, warmly applauded
him, and, like outside audiences
when prodigy appears unheralded,
they were unceasing in their
plaudits until another selection
was given them.
The two gentlemen who handled
the debate acquitted themselves
grandly, and handled their sub
ject with tact and in convincing
way that showed that they had
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

It is by no means rare for a
barrister to be as much more en-
barrassed by the answer he gets
from witness as his victim is by
questions, but if rudeness or
cleverness disconcerts the man of
law he is much more put about by
extreme suavity. When, there
fore, at the Southwark county
court lady answered the learned
counsel's question by saying,
insinuatingly, ooh, no, my DEAR
it was felt that she distinctly chad
the grin of him. and he courage
ously sat down. 1t was evidently
the day for witnesses, as later on
in the case another man was told
to keep his voice up. Judge
Addison remarked that he spoke
as if he had a potato in his mouth
and told him to imagine that he
was on board his ship and was
speaking to one of his mates. The
witness looked queerly at the
judge, and then said grimly: Il
don't think [ had better your
honor -London Telegraph.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21
A BEAR STORY.
Written for The Prison Mirror.


Written for The Prison Mirror.
While down in Black Rock,
Arkansas, one winter, [ had rather
an interesting adventure. [ was
after bears, and the location of
Black Rock was noted for them.
So [ arrived there one morning
with my hunting outfit, and in the
evening went out about six miles
from the town with regular Old
Arkansaw Kit, who promised to
show me more bar than [ could
see in year any where else.
AS we rode through the woods
to his shack as he named it), he
called my attention to the noise of
breaking branches and other wood
noises that are strange to a city
mans ear, and said with a nod of
his head, ''B'ar out therr,'' until I
thought the woods full of them.
Arriving at the little one.story
Upholstered shack, we put the
horses up, and two or three kids
kept tab on me from behind the
wood-pile until a woman with
boots on, halloed: 'Hyar, you
Kit, Zeke, an Linee, bring pap
an the stranger an come ter sup
per-
After supper, pipes and tobacco
were passed and ali lit up with
coal from the fireplace except
Linee. She got her pap's fiddle
for him, and after a few screws he
struck into 'The Arkansaw Trav-
eler," and from that drifted into
other well-known Southern airs.
1t was treat to me and [ said
nothing but just let my pipe go
out and listened. AS Kit was
playing lively piece named the
"Wild Goose" in which is given a
fine imitation of the wild goose
call, L heard noise outside the
window, (there was only one) and
as [ was going to speak of it, Kit
nodded for me to keep quiet and
went on playing faster. Again [
heard the noise, and looking up to
the window, there [ saw framed in
the small opening the heads of
two monster bears.
To say that I was excited, is
tame. My gun was unloaded and
still in the case, so [ couldn't do
anything but glance at the old
lady and the young ones, and as
they appeared cool and easy I
concluded to take it easy myself.
Old Kit passed from the "Wild
Goose" to the "Cack king Hen,"
and gave nod to Zeke and Linee
to hop light Loo to the music.
So they joined hands and hoed it
down, but I kept my eye on the
bears all the time, and soon the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

spirit than critical. He also
offered word Of advice and en-
enlargement. Quite number of
visitors were present, including
Warden Reeve and wife.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21
TO INMATES.

For the Information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register AMI cell number
and send to this offit Q with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out a copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21


heads were gone from the window.
l next heard the latch on the
door rattle and as it swung open,
in walked two big black bears on
their hind feet, shaking their
heads and fore paws to the time
of the music. Zeke and Linee
kept right on dancing and Old
Kit made the fiddle hum and the
old lady patted Juba like forty
coons.
The bears bobbed and swaved
around for a minute and then the
he bear jigged over to the old lady
and reached out his paw. Up she
jumped and took him around the
shoulders, and off they went in a
wEirl Of boots and fur. The other,
a she bear, bounced up to me and
well [ felt narvis reckon, but
lsteppedup and made my bow and
off we went in a fond embrace. I
wish to say right here that no girl
can possibly beat that hug. It
was the real Hobsonized gurgle.
Well we tiptoed and sashayed
through "Old Dan Tucker and
Turkey in the Straw and many
others that [ could name until [
observed that Old Kit could not
stand the strain much longer: and
[ felt rather weak from the fond
embrace of Mrs. Bear. But Mr..
Bear noticed the tired feeling in
Old Kit, and after a whirl in
which the old lady lost a heel off
one boot, he stopped in front of
Kit and took the fiddle from him
and squatted on the bench that
served as a seat and struck up "A
Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night" We took to the floor
again. Yes [ was surprised-but
that bear struck sharps and flats
until | thought Ole Bull had got
into a bear skin and settled in
Arkansas.
After playing a Hot Time"
with variations, Ole Bear struck
into ''My Suzanne with variations
from Sweet Marie 1t was too
much for mel tainted. The
next thing | remembered was Old
Kit shaking me and saying:
"Hyar stranger, yer monty tired I
reckon. Ansted O sleepin' thar
by the fire ye'd better turn inter
bed. Yer been takin' on mityly
erbout bar in yer sleep an I cal
kerlate yer will see sum termor-
row, SO good night
Yes [ had been dreaming. I
had fallen asleep after smoke,
while list'ning to Old Kit and his
violin, and the long green tobacco
was rather strong I must admit.
JAN O'RURICK.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

AIANTED-SEVERAL BRIGHT AND HON.
Wv EST persons to represent as Managers
in this and close by counties. Salary $500 year
and expenses. Straight bOna-fide, no more, no
less salary. Position permanent. Our refer
ences, any bank in any town. 1t is mainly office
work conducted at home. Reference. Enclose
self-adressed stamped envelope. THE DOMIN-
ION COMPANY, Dep. 8, Chicago.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

given the matter their undivided
attention and were prepared for an
inexhaustive definition of the term
involved. When the affirmative
and negative had completed their
argument and replies were in
order, the gentleman that defend
ed the affirmative side arose. like
Daniel Webster arose when he
made his famous reply to Mr..
Haines, and culled a few remarks
from his crucible that took the
house by storm and was accorded
a unanimous decision. The fol-
lowing is the program:
chorus. Pierian Glee Club
'Old Kentucky HOme.''
Paper-The Man With the Hoe ............ 90.
Observation-Disclosures. Member of Glass
Paper-A Marvellous Escape. Observation-Disclosures.
............ Member of Glass G
Vocal Solo .........-.........M Member of Class E
"I'll Await My Love-
ESSay-The Specialist Member of Glass B
Piano Solo ....................Me Member of Glass G
Selected"
Paper-The Harvest of Intemperance. -
.......................M Member of Glass B
RecitatiOn-The Cowboy and the Wheel
.....................M Member of Glass ID
DEBATE.
Resolved that-Utlity is a safe moral guide.
Affirmative. Member of Glass
Negative Northumberland Member of Glass B
Vocal Duet. Members of Glass and G
''HOme to Our Mountain
After the close of the regular
exercises the Rev. S. j. Kennedy
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

unusual big crop of potatoes last
fall, there would have been an
editor OF two on their way here by
| this time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

That encore given to the men,
Der Of the Chautauqua Circle at
last Sundays meeting, shows that
the boys appreciate good piano
playing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Miles Reeves is the name of
one of the new arrivals at the
prison during the week. That
name ought to entitle him to a
shake at the Warden's persimmon
tree.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

One Of the boys in the A B G
class in the night school positively
believes that two and two makes
five, regardless of his teachers
protest. By the time he will be-
gin thinking about hitting the
ties for Chicago, he will be claim
ing that bread is pie.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21
MAIL BOX.

No. 4784:-The argest mark in
the world is Denmark. Git up.
No. 1885, Instead of Except
I am prevented" say "Unless I
am prevented"
No. 4172:-The regular service
Of the British army consists of
$3.50 men of all arms.
No. 4916:-The proportion of
men capable Of bearing arms is
estimated at twenty-five per cent
of the population.
No. 4930:-"Army worm is the
name given to the grubs Of
small black fly, very common in
European forests.
4959:-The first cotton raised
in the United States was in Vir-
ginia, in 1851; first exported in
l747; first important shipment in
ITO.
No. 4S33:-Thorite is of
secret manufacture. Its mysteries
are confined to a few military
officials, who are pledged to Sc
crecy.
No. 46e3:-Words ending in
drop that letter before the termi-
nation able, as in move, movable,
unless ending in &c or ge, when it
is retained, as in change, change
able, etc.
No. 4664:-Secularism is the
name given to the principales adj
vocated (about 1S46) by George
Jacob Hol yoake, a native of Ber-
mingham. The central idea of
Secularism is freedom of thought,
and freedom of action without
injury to others. It is the religion
of present life only, and it's stand
ard Of morals is unitarian.
No. 4749:-The Salvation Army
is a body Of men and women orga-
nized in the form of a military
force, it's object being the evan
gelization Of the unchurched
masses. It's officers are general,
chief of staff, commissioner, COM
mander, colonel, brigadier, major,
staff captain, adjutant, ensign,
captain, lieutenant. At the pres
ent time there are $1,000 officers.
No. 51OS:- Blackstone defines
law as the rules of human action,
but what is commonly understood
by the term is the civil or mum.
cipal regulations Of q nation as
applied to particular country.
The forms of law which govern
civil contracts and business inter-
course are distinguished as statute
and common. Statute law is the
written law of the land, as enacted
by State or national legislature
bodies. The common law is
grounded on general customs of
England, and includes the law of
nature. the law OF God, the prin-
ciples and maxims of the law and
the decision Of the higher courts.
1t overrides both the common and
the civil law where they go beyond
or are inconsistent with it.
No. 4055:-Socialism was pri-
marily system for the regulation
Of labor by cooperation without
competition. Louis Blanc was
the father of the system, and his
Reorganization Du Travail" was
published in 1s40. In this book
he denounces the plan of individ-
ualism, and advocates solidarity
in which each workman is to be
paid according to his need.
bachelor two francs day, a mar
ried man two and one-half
and man of family three
francs. In 1S4S national work
shops were tried in Paris on the
Louis Blanc principle. Govern
ment was the employer of labor
and private enterprise was abolished
as far as possible. It was soon
found that the national workshops
were overcrowded, work was i'll
done, idle hands multiplied, and
proftless work had to be invented
to keep the men out of mischief.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

That big wheel that has been
standing in front of the engine
room, did not come from the
editors head. 1t is daisy just
the same.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Inmates who desire to send The
MIRROR away to their friends,
should not only send us their full
address, but also your full name
and register number.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Mr. Backland who has been the
prison florist for the past two
years, has resigned his position to
enter the employment Of the
Northwest Grass Irvine Co.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

When asked as to what he
worked at on the outside, the new
arrival promptly replied, that lit
was at laying corner stones" He
is now at the storeroom working
in the soft soap department.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Sinbad, the erstwhile sailor, has
made several very fetching re-
arrangements in the greenhouse.
1t now has a beautiful tropical
appearance that is in strange con-
trast with outside surroundings.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

We received an insurance agent
at the prison last week. This is
getting exceedingly close to news
paper men, and if it wasn't for the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Two buildings at the st. Cloud
Reformatory were destroyed by
fire last Thursday night, entailing
a loss of about $4,000.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

People dwelling in crystal pal
aces should refrain from the
throwing of refractory portions of a
gracile formation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Total population for the week
ending Dec. 10th, 500.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

The painters are now employed
in touching up the woodwork in
the cells.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

live, regardless OF his teachers
protest. By the time he will be-
gin thinking about hitting the
ties for Chicago, he will be claim
ing that bread is pie.
Our new Warden is taking
considerable interest in our prison
night school, as he is present al
most every evening and assists the
scholars in their mathematical
problems. Such encouragement
as this will show good results at
the end of the school term.
The article under the caption Of
SOCIALISM, which appears in
this weeks issue, is almost a
verbatim extract from Prof. Ely's
book on "The Strength and Weak
ness of Socialism, We make
this announcement as we had the
said article in type before the
writer's penchant for lifting things
was discovered.
Our librarian, in distributing
mail every Sunday morning, makes
it very convenient for the boys to
give an Immediate answer in case
a reply is urgent. Sunday is the
day writing material is allowed,
and as the mail is issued first,
those Of us receiving letters will
not be compelled to wait till the
following Sunday before replying.
Visitors were not quite as
numerous in chapel Sunday on
account of the inclemency Of
the weather. As far as we are
personally concerned we think
their object in coming is not a
devotional one. Their present
location prevents many from at
tending chapel, as they do not like
to be scrutinized out of counte-
nance by the curious.
Chaplain Kennedy acted as
critic at the Chautauqua meeting
on Sunday and paid the members
a very high compliment on the
conspicuous excellency Of the
various papers read. He also res
directed Jacob in Egypt's" epistle
of several weeks ago, but he still
remains in the dark. The pro-
gram couldn't have been surpassed
anywhere, as each acquitted him
self in a very creditable manner.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Robert M. Coles Jr., of Still
water, has been appointed as a
guard at this institution.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

PRISON OFFICIALS.
MANAGERS.
B. F. NELSON, President Minneapolis
EDWIN DUNN - Eyota
F. w. TEMPLE, Blue Earth City
A. C. WEISS, Duluth
DAVID BRONSON, Saltwater
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
C. Nice. REEVE, warden
T. w. ALEXANDER, Deputy Warden
GEO. BIXBY, Clerk
BIZ. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, MatrOn
s. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
F. A. WHITTIER, st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 o'clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. s. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. COrcOran
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

After the close of the regular
exercises the Rev. S. j. Kennedy
acted as critic, and reviewed the
program more in a commentator
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

The Board Of Pardons will hold
it's next regular quarterly meeting
on Jan. 8, 1900.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

In order to digest his pea soup,
one of the boys has been taking
capsuls of sand.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

Whitewash is being applied to
the walls of the dollhouse where
ever needed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-12-21

John began tells us that he
hates the English worse than we
hate bedbug.