Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-04

Total. $50, 419,316
| Rebecca Prentiss, eighty years old, was
| burned to death in the recent fire at Belfast,
Maine. A dispatch of the 18th places the pc
| cuniary loss by the fire at about S400,000 in
| surance 1926 900. Relief was being received
| for the sufferers. The Mayor telegraphed in
| response to inquiries, that the city would ac-
| cept with gratitude whatever pecuniary aid
might be offered
The State authorities of California have
asked that the MOdocs who are charged with
grave offenses committed prior to their cap
| ture, other than those sentenced to be hanged
be delivered to them.
| Mrs. James Cook, wife of coal miner at
| Hewlett, H., was recently fatally burned by
endeayoring to kindle 4 fire by pouring coal
| oil on it.
! An engine on the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Railway exploded near Atlantic, Iowa,
| on the 25th. J. Dyson, head brakeman, was
instantly killed. and the engineer, George
Crane, and the fireman, Henry Morgan, were
severely scalded, Some pieces of the boiler
were thrown fourth of mile.
Announcement has been recently made of
another general reduction in railroad freghts
!
as follows: From New York to Toledo, re-
duced from IS cents to 81 cents Detroit, from
| 53 to IS; Cleveland, from As to 26; Columbus,
| from 60 to 80; Cincinnati, from 20 to 81; IN
dianapolis, from 81 to IS; Louisville, from
Sc to 40; Nashville, from 81. 10 to 70; Mem
phis, from Sl.35 to IS; St Louis, from 81 to
So; Fort Wayne, from 95 to 30; Chicago and
Milwaukee, from 50 to IS; Atchson and
Leavenworth, from s1.39 to 81; Kansas City
and st. Joseph, from $l.39 to 81. To Lake
Erie ports, which include Cleveland, Toledo
and Detroit, steam rates have been reduced
to twenty four cents, and to Lake Michigan
ports, which include Chicago, Milwaukee and
Green Bay, with steam around the lakes, the
tariff for frst-class goods is twenty-seven
cents. A reduction has also been made is pas
senger rates by several of the outside ticket
offices in New York City. Fare to Cleveland
was thus reduced from Sl425 to S12 80; tC
Chicago, from 500 to $3.50; to Cincinnati
from $40 to SIS.
Several German beer-sellers of Worcester
who were on trial for violating the Massachu-
sets Liquor law, have escaped by the disa
greement of the jury.
| Niagara special to the Chicago Tribune OF
| inc ~'l III, SUITES IildL 1TO1cSSOr bdilcne, IRON
France, crossed the Niagara River the day be
fore, on tight rope, l 500 feet long, opposite
the Clifton house, in sixteen minutes. Return
ing to the center, he cast his cloak and bal
ance pole into the river, and then jumped of
into the water beneath, a distance of 40 feet
disappearing for few seconds, after which
he rose to the surface, and was picked up BY
men in waiting, and went ashore in a small
boat.
The Treasury Department in Washington
has recently received from the Syndicate il
London $1,000, 900 in tive-twenty bonds anC
Cancelled coupons.
The extensive lager-beer brewery of Y
Blatz, at Milwaukee-one of the largest estab
! lishments of the kind in the country-was al
most entirely destroyed by fire a few night
ago. Loss, about $4,000 insurance, $3.50,
600.
Ida Barrick, sixteen years old, of Indianola
Iowa, used kerosene to start fire, when tn
oil in the can exploded, and she was so badl7
burned that death ensued in a short time I
. little daughter of Mr.. Better, of Dalton, Ill.
also recently tried the same experiment, witt
like result.
At the recent session at Watertown Of tn
officers and members of the Wisconsin Stat
e Grange and representatives of subordiLat
lodges, an address by the Executive Committe.
Y to the subordinate Oranges was agreed upou
e and resolutions were adopted-in favor of tn
Improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin River
J, and Mississippi River, and other water course
d that will tend to cheaper transportation; pro
S viding for the preparation and distribution K
: the several subordinate Oranges suitable
petitions to Congress for better and cheape