Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-02-12
! LOOKING BACKWARD
Some Very Interesting Excerpts
from the Wood County Reporter
Published in the Year 1858.
Editor-JoHN \. BRUSDAGE.
Cor. EditOr-E, NJ, HAINEs.

The Stevens Point Pinerv is Of the
opinion that the Republicans will
finally succeed to power in this
government.
The river is rapidly falling, and
frozen open in the eddles. A c0ntlnu-
alton of the present weather will
suffice to ice it over completely.
The Wisconsin Stage Co. runs a
daily line from Grand Rapids to
Lisbon fare 50; tri-weekly line to
Kilbourn-fare 81, and also to Stevens
Point.
Z. P. Kipp says he wants copy of
the REPORTER and desires to pay five
dollars a year for it. Many others are
doubling the patronage they gave US
last year.
At the late session of the circuit
court at this place Messrs. J. H. Lang
and Jerry Witter were admitted as
attorneys at law. We wish the new
climbs" a prosperous career.
Bills have been introduced into the
Georgia and Mississippi legislatures to
remove all free colOred persons from
those states by certain date, or else
then sell them into slavery.
The 'Grand Rapids Home Lecture
Society" has organized by elecJing o.
Garrison, Esq, president. and D.. ID.
Hall, Esq. vice president We believe
it is the design to have lecture and
a debate On alternate meetings.
Orrin Maybe announces himself as a
candidate for sheriff of Portage county.
Should Orrin Maybe be as busy as a
May bee. between this and election.
may be Orrin Maybe may be elected
sheriff. Who knows what may be:
VIM. Robinson, Esq. the gentle
manly clerk at ClintOn'S mill, gives
us the following figures as the work of
one saw last Saturday: 1t turned out
1880 feet of lumber in one hour, and
6,461 in five hours. Who beats this.
About one hundred teams are now
hauling lumber from the woods to
this town, which, of itself, makes it a
lively business appearance. Sieisning
is good which enables each team to
haul from two to four thousand feet
at load.
Owing to the absence Of the editor,
and being destitute of wood, this cold
weather so effecting our fingers. and
the "deyii" being obliged to lathe a
portion of his time, we have been
unable to issue this number on our
regular publication day.
"There are no women nowadays.
edificeS of silk, lace and flowers. y
Punch. All well, Mr.. Punch, if you
ranSack one Of these edlticeS
thoroughly. we guess you will find a
woman, somewhere about.
Editor Strayed-If any duly elected
sheriff or LccOmpton postmaster SNAIL
capture the absconded quill-driver
Jack Brundage, and lodge him in a
we'll regulated brewery or Still-hOuSe,
he shall be rewarded. He was seen to
cross the river last Friday morning,
since which time he has pot been
heard from.
Because the REPORTER of last week
was silent in regard to our being a
candidate for Register, some may
have concluded that we had with
drawn from the contest. Such is not
the case. AS the convention made no
choice. we shall continue to ask the
voters of Wood county to sustain the
paper by sustaining us.
Utah state-Utah correspondents
says that the leading men sanguinely
expect the admission Of that territory
into the union as state during the
next session of congress for 1888.
They claim a population OF one
hundred thousand, and that the
United States has no right to with
hold state government.
We acknowledge a call from Jas. S.
Young, Esq, of Stevens Point. who
was last week nominated by the
Democrats for mem Der of the
Assembly. Mr.. Young is rich spends
his money freely-pays his debts
promptly will make a good run.
In fact we are satisfied that he will
be elected-tO stay at home,
A couple of IriShmen were going
through the woods in the town OF
Rudolph the other day, when suddenly
they came up to a bear feeding on
nuts. Happening to have one gun
with them. brun received the charge,
whereupon it attacked the torturer.
Hearing tie din of battle six other
bears arrived upon the scene and after
an hours fighting the whole herd was
killed.
The following delegates were
selected to nominate candidate fol
representative in the state legislature
r. G. Lyon, J. n. Brundage. 0. CARR
son, Fl, A. Temple, j. Y. Brands,
John Butterfield, II. Fl. Hecox, S. W.
Hall, S. J. Carpenter. IT, W. Jackson.
The delegates for the senatorial
convention are: Jas. E. Armstrong
H. W. Jackson, w. D. MclndOe
James S. Alban, ThoS. Fl. McDill.
Slavery is the natural and normal
condition of the labOring man. The
great evil of the northern free society
is. that it is burdened with Serylle
| class of mechanics and labOrerS unfit
! for Self-gOvernment. Master anC
slave is Il relation in society as
necessary rs parent and child. and the
northern states will have to introduce
it. The theory Of free government is
Il delusion. Gov. Hammond.
ga husband wanted-By a yung
laideye of inkonSiderable purSona
distractions and good edikashun. She
is under so years of aig. and Of tau
delicate flyer. She has l very fine l.
having lost the 'tother buy an orfu
fit of smaul pocks, her accomplish
ments is whistling with great power
and sweetness. and plantin tators
| She has been takin lessons in bockSin
and she is willing to Civ ampul proofs
to hoosoever marries Der. Appli at
marep street tiladelfa Sally GrubbinS .