Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-03-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

space OF three hours.
Two thousand barrels Of whale oil
have been sold at Mystic, Conn, to a
New York house, for so cents per gal
lon, cash.
The Democratic ,Gazadard, at
GAINESVILLE, has been revived as a Lee
compton sheet. and will henceforth sus-
tain King James and his reign.
There are five hundred and fifty
six lighthouses on our Atlantic ana Lake
coasts. each of which consumes about
one thousand gallons Of oil per annum.
The Albany Knickerbocker says
that the Douglas Convention at Chi
cago twill knock 'Old Buck so high
that he will be able to see the dog star
wag his tall
Six hundred operatives are now
EMPLOYED in the Bay State Mills, Law
renee, and it is thou ht that the entire
establishment will shortly be put in OPP
Grafton.
The Cleveland Herald has COM
menced the publication of list of
births. 1t SAYS there is Just as much
propriety in it, as publishing deaths and
marriages.
Cole, who was arrested in this
State, charged with poisoning his wife,
has had his trial at Cleveland, Ohio
The Jury failed to agree. He will be
tried again in June.
The ladies' of Cuyahoga Falls, o.,
made descent upon the liquor selling
establishments of that village, "a few DAYS
since, and emptied quantities OF the
ssbluc RUM into the ditch.
The Indianapolis and Lafayette
papers are filled with the arrests of
counterfeiters. Among them is wo-
man. The whole State seems to be IN
tested with cOunterfeiters.
A rash challenge was recently of
fered by lady skater in Boston. She
offered kiss to any one who would
beat her in race. A young darkey
was the winner, and received his re-
ward.
The largest ship that ever sailed
from New Orleans, cleared from that
port few days ago. twas the Ocean
Monarch, and carried out 5000 bales
of cotton, drawing nineteen feet OF wa
ter.
"A young woman in Philadelphia
recently married, named Barnes, com
mittcd suicide by shooting herself
through the heart, on account ola whls-
pcred intrigue between her husband
and former love.
A family in Ohio has been poisoned,
and one of the members has died, from
using appl, butter that had been placed
last fall in earthen crooks, the glazing
on the inside of which is said to be
poisonous.
1t is proposed to amend the State
Constitution of Massachusetts, so that
the Governor and other Executive Off
GERS, and Senators, shall hold office for
two years. The proposition is now be-
fore the Legislature.
Mr.. John B. Cough, it appears has
commenced legal proceedings against
DIR Lees, of Leeds, England, for an al
legged defamation of character, and the
trial. it is expected, will shortly come
on in the Law Courts in London.
At one of the recent meetings OF
the n. Y. Historical Society, DR.. Bacon
read paper on the languages spoken
in New York city. Eighty languages,
he said, are used in business and social
intercourse among the inhabitants OF
that city.
Lola Montez has presented Mr..
Jobson, with whom she recently had
some words in n. Y. court, with a
scarlet petticoat. Jobson had previous
" announced that he was about pnb-
fishing 4 newspaper to be called the
|sRed Flag"
At a banquet recently given III
Paris by member of the imperial fam
ily, the extravaganza of the dishes is
said to have called down a reprimand
from the emperor. One single dish
called salade russo, is reported to have
cost over $1,000.
According to an ancient usage IN
Prussia, all the Princes of the Royal
family must learn trade. The Prince
Frederick William. just married to the
Princess Royal of England, learned the
trade of a compositor Ia the office OF
Mr. Hauel, at Berlin.
A trial of steam fire engines was
made at Chicago, on Thursday, the
18th inst The machines tested were
tho 'sAV eimar," of Cincinnati build, and
the "Long john" from Seneca Falls,
n. Y, built for Chicago The verdict
of the press is in favor Of the '.Long
John"
The sureties of Breslin, the default
ing State Treasurer of Ohio, have made
a proposition, that if the State will ac-
cept $25o,ooo in full for Breslin's de-
falcation as State Treasurer, and release
the sureties on his official bond and dis
continue all proceedings against Bres-
lin and Gibson, that amount shall be
paid over.