Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09
Persons and Things.

Winnie Ream is enjoying the hot
weather and working away ON her bust
of Custer.
Froude declined to be nominated for
rector of Glasgow University for fear of
injuring Mr. Gladstone's success.
Hong Lee is a Chinaman in the Clar-
ion Jail. He has learned that it is
against the law to shoot at a Mclean
man.
III. III. Honroe, Fred Grants father-in-
law, has gone into bankruptcy, owing
two millions and a half, of which almost
a million is unsecured.
With exceeding civiity the German
newspapers hesitate to speak of General
Grant and his wife. They say "Gen
Grant and his consort."
Admiral Rous left eS0,OOO, of which
f25, 900 goes to his five nieces, the
daughters of the Earl of Stradbroke,
who are also made residuary legatees. I
Nearly all the new plays announced
to be brought out in this country next
season are translations from the French.
Only a few original pieces will be pro-
duced
Mr.. SpurgeOn says he would rather be
hanged than write out sermon. 1t
wouldn't be safe for certain other clergy
men to make that statement. Some
congregations are impulsive.
Sheriff Fife, who, according to first
report, fell while valiantly leading his
deputies" at the Pittsburg riot, has
turned up again. He is testifying be-
fore the coroner's jury, but the inquest
isn't over has body.
William NJ. Evarts the other day be-
gan to tell man that his coat-tail was
on fire. Before he got through the first
half of the sentence three barns, twenty
tons of hay and nine billy goats were
burned up, not counting the coat-tail.
The Belgian Government has ordered
the construction of new geographical
map of Belgium. 1t will require seven
teen years, and an expenditure of $685.
100. The first installment of the map
will be exhibited next year at the Paris
Exposition.
Last year the Prince of Wales laid
the foundation of the new Glasgow Post
Office, and now the bill of costs has
been publishedZz$$444, 600. The expenses
seem to have been almost entirely for
decorations, stands, platforms and tri-
umphal arches. Eating and drinking
items do not amount to $100.
Ex-Governor A. c.. Noyes, of Ohio,
the newly appointed United States Min
lister to France, arrived in Philadelphia
from Cape May Monday, and left in the
steamship Illinois, of the American line,
yesterday for Liverpool General Fitz
John Porter and other prominent gen
tlemen were with him.
The quantity of coal raised from the
mines of Great Britain reached 100000
600 tons in year for the first time in
1866. In 1876 it amounted to 134, ,125, 166
tons-namely, 115, ,334 ,359 tons in Eng
land and Wales, 1S,665,612 tons in Scot
land. and 125, 1875 in Ireland. Durham,
the greatest coal-feld, keeps its lead, its
years product now approaching 26,000,-
600 tons. Wales produced above 49,
100000 tons. Nottinghampshire and
Cumberland also present substantial
increase. Lancashire, Yorkshire and
Staffordshire show a considerable fall
lily Oll, aS COIlp pdGeu Will tlc pIeceuluS
year and there is a noticeable decline
also in Derbyshire, Northumberland and
Leicestershire.
A new patent law for the German en-
pire has just come into operation. Hith-
erto about twenty-five different patents
were necessary to include the whole
empire, and, as regards the Kingdom
of Prussia, the difficulties in the way of
obtaining a patent were almost in
surmountabie. Under the new law,
patents will be granted for any new in
vention which has not been described
in publications or publicly worked in
Germany. No patents, however, will
be issued for articles Of nourishment or
medicine. Fifteen years is the period
allotted for the duration of patent.
There is an annual tax on patents. In
the event of inventions not being
worked in Germany to an adequate ex-
tent patents will be cancelled at the end
of three years.