Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-06-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
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gether three weeks. He boxed her ears
and she broke his nose, and the theory
OF the eastern current is still unsolved.
SOMEBODY is trying to precipitate
panic IN California by publishing the
statement that the savings banks of that
State owe their depositors $4,000, 900,
and have but $4,000, 900 of cash to pay
up with.
THE luxury of calling lawyer a
shyster in ST. Louis is so cheap that no
newspaper need practice self-denial or
economy in this regard. The Republican
has just been assessed one cent damages
as the result of a protracted libel suit.
AN advocate in Paris appeared at the
bar wearing his mustache, and the Pres
ident called his attention to the fact that
mustaches were forbidden. "Wen,"
said the advocate, az never knew be-
fore that the sword of justice was a
razor"
The London News thinks that all this
discourse about chords of color, sympho-
MES of white and blue, sonorous spaces
of ultramarine and bright-hued pas
sages of music may remind the irrever-
ent of Artemus Wards Do my eyes
deceive my earsight?"
They are telling some pretty huge sto-
ries about Tremor W. Park, of Benning-
ton, VT, these days, as that he has made
something like $17,O00,0O0 by some
lucky mining speculations in California,
has an income from his mines of S15. 900
day, and is the fourth richest man in
the country.
6 WANT it nice and strong and snug
like said the widow, exhuming fresh
pocket-handkerchief and controlling her
sobs with difficulty. ooh, that's all
right, ma'am, that's all right" returned
the undertaken, tapping, the coffin mer-
rily, he couldn't get out of it, ma'am, if
he had a mind to-"
The schooner Alfaretta, eighty-six
tons, Capt. George Warner, arrived at
Boston few days ago, from Port Gilbert,
Nova Scotia, with a cargo of wood and
piling and four passengers. Capt War
ner is lad of only eighteen years of age,
and this was his fifth trip as master. He
has crew of five, all told, and is in bust
ness for himself, buying his wood in
Nova Scotia and selling it in Boston.
JOHN CHINAMAN, when he wants to
hatch fish, after having collected the nee,
essary spawn from the waters edge,
places certain quantity in an empty
hens egg, which is sealed up with wax
and put under a sitting hen. After some
days they break the egg, empty the fry
into water we'll warmed by the sun, and
there nurse them until they are suffi
GENTLY strong to be turned into a lake OF
river.
IT is said that when a Spaniard eats
fruit he always plants the seed thereof
for the benefit of posterity. AS a result
no country is so beautifully blessed with
fruit as Spain. The Mayor of Topeka,
Kan, seems to be imbued with similar
unseltishness. One afternoon, lately, al
his request, all business was suspended
in the town and the whole population
went to work and planted in the town
about 1,OOC shade trees of several varie.
ties.
NEVER was there such falling off in
the price Of diamonds as there has been
in the case of those sent by the Khedive
to the Collector of the Port of New York
to keep for Minnie Sherman-Fitch
When they first came they were regarded
as dirt-cheap at 100000, and now the
Jea0elers' Circular says: "The estimates
OF the value of these jewels have been
exaggerated beyond all precedent, and
$4,000 really represents the most liberal
valuation that can be put upon them, the
number and size of the diamonds are SO
counterbalanced by their offcolor."
A SUIT has been instituted in the Cir
cult Court of Kenton County, KY, by
Alexander Brown, a colOred man, who
was last winter employed as roustabout
on the steamer BOdmann. On the cold
Saturday" Brown was ordered by the
mate to perform some duty on the boat
and was not allowed to approach the fire
to warm for the space Of three hours, in
consequence of which, as he alleges, his.
hands were so badly frozen thai the flesh
all dropped from his fingers, Gripping
him for life. He demands $4,000 dam
ages.
A MAN dressed in sailor costume was
up in a criminal court the other day up
on the charge of stealing pair of boots
As he had no counsel the Court appoint
ed young lawyer to take charge of the
defense. The lawyer opened the case
with speech in which he alluded to his
client Gas child of the sad sea waves,
a nursing of the storm, whom the pitless
pillows had cast forlorn and friendless
waif upon the shores of time, after life
spent in fierce and heroic contests with
the raging elements" Then the defend
ant was put in the dock and the fact was
revealed that he was the cook upon
canal boat, previous to which he had
hawked fish. The "nursling of the
storm" is now in Jail for six months.