Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-10-13
II A NUT SHE'LL.

Three hundred and tifty-eight per- |
sens have died of yellow fever at !
Bridgetown, Barbados, within a month.
The Emperor William is growing
deaf. As he gets older he does not be- |
come more stoical. When he met his |
nephew, the Car, the other day, he
| fervently embraced and kissed him,
and could scarcely restrain his tears.
Miss Annie Caroline Paulding, a
daughter of the late Admiral Paulding, |
and granddaughter of John Paulding, |
who aided in the capture of Major
Andre, the British spy, was married in |
New York yesterday to Mr.. Robert c. |
Ray, of the United States navy.
Chicago people who have visited |
New York lately declare, with great
emphasis, that the great Central Park |
of that city does not equal either our
Lincoln Park or our magnificent South |
Parks, for real beauty in landscape |
gardening and general good taste.
The Tennessee Jubilee Singers (col-
ored) of Fisk University were refused
accommodation at four Toronto hotels.
AS soon as this became known a num-
Der of wealthy families rendered hos
pitality.
The Nashville 4nlerican says that
President Gartield's assassination is the
first national event which has called
forth from the women of the South a
wide and profound sympathy. This, it
says, is sign of restoration worth all
the rest.
Mr.. Herbert Spencer. the author and
vi, H. l. l,
and it is rumored in London
that the visit to Egypt with which his
name has been associated will result in
his marriage to an American heiress,
whom he first met at Cairo.
Mr.. Longfellow, it is said, is not near
ly so venerable as his portraits repre-
sent him. His hair is not so white as
the picture makes out. 1t is streaked
with an occasional dark line, and the
mustache still retains the tawny amber
shade of the vanished chestnut of his
youth.
| Mr.. George h1ddIe has resigned MS
position as instructor Of elocutiOn at
Harvard University, in consequence of
attempting theatrical engagementw which
will commence late In the season. Mr..
Riddle, however, is to return to the
college again next year, if he desires to
do so.
The Board OF Regents of Michigan
University have elected Prof. Henry
Swall, of Johns Hopkins University,
Lecturer on Physiology in the Depart
ment OF Medicine and Surgery OF the
university. The board voted 81 800 to
establish a mechanical laboratory.
A letter is published from the rebel
General Joe Johnston, defending him
self from Jeff Davis charge that he
did not use due effort to arrest Sher-
mans advance into Georgia. He claims
that all he could do was to watch Sher-
man, and attack him if he exposed
himself, but that he never exposed
himself
The finest part of Lookout Mountain
IS private property. The owner of
these broad acres is a widow. Her son
runs livery down in Chattanooga. All
persons who would visit this mountain
and obtain a view from its towering
crest must hire conveyance at the
livery in the city.
Mr.. Callan, member of the British
L Oh CIIU, ID dUOuU W D1dhG d Six
months tour to the United States. He
Will deliver lectures in some of the chief
cities, San Francisco and Chicago
among the number. While in this
country he intends to collect facts on
the growth and manufacture of tobacco
In support of a bill he is preparing, to
allow the growth of tobacco in Ireland, |
which he intends to bring in at the next
session of Parliament.
For the sixth time in the history of |
| the nation, the President of the Uuited |
States is without a wife to adorn the |
White House. Jefferson was a widow
er. Mrs. Andrew Jackson died just |
before her husband was inaugurated |
Martin Van Buren, was widower. John |
Tyler was a widower for about two years
during his term Of office, and James |
Buchanan was a bachelor. Now comes |
! Chester A. Arthur, whose wife has been !
dead more than year.
Six aged brothers of seven living held |
reunion in Ballston Spa, New |
York, quite recently, it being the |
first time they had met in eleven years,
and their names are: The Rev. Will |
liam E. Water bury, of Ballston Spa; |
! lOo6IJ; III w IlIOuSuDy, W. OCuu IGI |
and Enos, of Nassau, Rensselaer, coun-
ty, and Sylvester, of Richmond, Mass.
There is no doubt that Miss Minnie
Hauk will sing in Mr.. Mapleson's COM
pany this winter, for a private letter re-
ceived from the lady herself a few days |
ago, states that sheis certainly coming.
She will create in this country the part
of Caterina, in Herman Goetz's Tam
ing of the Shrew," and she will also
sing the parts Of Elsa in 'Lohengrin," |
and of Selika in ''L'Africaine"
Amalai Materna, the distinguished |
German prima donna, and the original
impersonator Of the leading roles in
Wagner's ''Niebelung en- Ring" at Bey-
ruth, In 1876, has cabled her accept
ance of the offer made for her appear
ance in Thomas May Festivals in New
| York, Chicago and Cincinnati.
"Backfat," head-man of the Salteaux
Indians, in British Columbia, made an
elaborate speech the other day at the
marquis of Lorne, and presented that
nobleman with a complete and much
ornamented Indian dress. In return,
the marquis gave ''Backfat" Waltham
watch, which greatly delighted the red
man.