Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09

Fifty men are thrown out OF employment.
1t was the work of an incendiary.
FREDDIE, an S-year-oId son of John NJ.
Gallsn, of Atlanta, ILL.,, was instantly kill
ed, while visiting in the country, by wag-
on loaded with wood passing over his
body
JUST before the democratic speaking
commenced Saturday evening, at Darling
ton, Ind, an anvil which was being fired.
exploded, seriously wounding six boys,
Two will probably die.
A FIRE in the business quarter of Mobile,
Ala. destroyed the buildings occupied by
D. r. Dunlap. T. P Miller & Co., Overill
& Bestor |. w. Porter q Co, and F.
Gomez. The loss is S360,000, and the in
surance $3.50, 900.
A HALF-DoZEN boot-blacks, ell route to
Columbus, Ohio, were put off the passen-
ger train, on the 1st inst, near Deleware.
One of them, Mike Allen, of Cleveland,
laid down upon the track and went to
sleep. He was soon after run over by a
passing train and killed.
CABL TALINsoN, a 17-year-old Swede
was killed at the Oliver Chilled-plow
works, al South Bend, Ind. He was grind
ing on an emery wheel, when 1t burst into
pieces. One of these pieces struck him in
the face, mashing it in and killing him al
most instantly.
The body of an unknown man was found
floating in the Milwaukee, Wis, river on
the 4th inst. The stranger must have
been about 60 years of age, full beard and
mustache and hair of brown streaked with
gray, well dressed. Nothing on the body
by which it could be identified. There was
a cut over the right eve.
DURING heavy storm at Grand Rapids,
Mich, on the 4th inst, the reservoir on
the hill broke, liberating 100000 gallons
of water which damaged adjacent prop
elty to the amount of $4,000. Fifteen or
twenty dwelling houses were wrecked and
many streets and gardens were either
scooped out or obstructed by gravel and
bOulders.
A GRAIN warehouse near San Francisco,
Cal, containing about 10000 sacks of
wheat and barley, was burned on the 9Th
inst. Loss probably $250000 The fire is
believed to have heen the work of an in
cendiary, as certain characters were NAKED
on the building few days ago which have
been found on previous occasions on ware
houses subsequently fired. The fire is sup
posed to be the work of tramps.
The Atlantic coast of Florida is strewn
for forty miles with articles of freight and
equipment wich are supposed to have be-
longed to the steamship Vera Cruz, of the
Havana and Mexican line. She sailed
from New York on the 25th ult., and is be-
lieved to have foundered during the hur-
ricane which recently prevailed in the
southern seas. She had a crew of the
usual number, and twenty-seven passen-
gers, all of whom are probably lost
AN Ontario dispatch says nine China
men were at work on the Canada Pacific
railway and standing on rock over a
blast, when premature explosion took
place, and they were hurled into the air.
Two had their skulls fractured. The
friends of the men seized picks and axes
and started to wreak vengeance on the
foreman of the gang, white man. They
chased him several miles, but he finally
escaped.
WILLIAM JACKSON, colored man of
Springfield, ILL.,, employed in digging Il
well at the watch factory, met with a very
severe, if not fatal, accident He was
standing on some boards covering the top
of the well when a powder blast was ex-
ploded at the bottom. The conclusion dis
placed the covering and precipitated him
to the bottom, a distance of about twenty
five feet. He was taken out, his face all
covered with blood, and removed to his
residence. His arm was broken and his
body bruised in a terrible manner.
A FIRE broke out in the business portion
of Salamanca village, Penn, and consumed
some twentyfour properties. The entire
loss is estimated at 100000. The fire
gained great headway on account of the
scarcity of water. Locomotives were kept
running to the tanks on the road to bring a
supply to the hand engine of the village
fire department. The heaviest losers are
W. 7. Fisher, dry goods $4,000; Berz &
Colvert. hardware, $4,000; Heivener
Bros, $4,000. 1t was rumored that three
persons perished in the flames. The fire is
supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary.
A TERRIBLE storm visited Richmond,
Va, on the 1st inst. Shockie Creek, in
the lower part of the city, was swollen to
a torrent which overfowed its banks and
flooded the whole vicinity Many cellars
were filled and buildings bordering on the
creek were inundated and the occupants,
mostly colored, were awakened by the
rush of water into their houses The
scene in the neighborhood of the swollen
river was terrible Women and children
were at the windows holding lamps and
screaming for help. The night was very
dark and often cries were heard from
points where no one could be seen. Men
waded about in the water saving lives of
members of their families while their
property was being washed away.