Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-12-15

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ated to hunt wolves with them this
winter FausAar argus.
ng@The trial of Theodore Rounds
and Frank Shay for the murder of
Clarity at Hudson in May last, was
concluded last Friday, at Menomonie.
The jury found verdict of murder in
the second degree, and Judge Bundy
sentenced Rounds to twenty years
imprisonment and Shay to fourteen
years Our citizens may remember
| Rounds as a dissolute and despicable
character, who loafed about this village
last winter, refusing to work and seem
ing to glory In vagabondism. He is
bat % years of age.-PhiZlips Times.
BI@A Ripon exchange mentions
that Rev. Nj Smith Of the NJ, T.
Church of that city, few days since
was on his way to preach a funeral
sermon a couple miles out Of town.
On foot and alone he was walking along
on the n. ". r. r. towards hartford
and while crossing bridge a train
suddenly made its appearance around a
bend in the road, he started to run to
get off the bridge when his foot was
caught fast in the track and he only
extricated himself when the engine
was within a few feet of him. He
quickley lowered himself down under
the bridge hanging by his hands to
the timbers until the train passed over
him. The distance to ground was %
feet. The engineer supposing he was
killed went back to find him. Fau
shara Argus.
gGy@Some of the light fngerd gen
try that ply their vocation hereabouts
visited McGillis' store last Sunday
night, broke into the money drawer
and got in to the safe and broke into
the inside drawers. The safe was not
locked, the door was closed and the
bolt was turned. The money had all
been taken out Of the money drawer,
and had also been taken away from
the safe, so that the burglars had pref
ty slim picking. They did some dam
age however, smashing drawer in the
safe and also breaking the money
drawer, No goods have been missed
from the store. Nc. says that if the
scanps had only let him know that
they wanted to explore the inside of
the drawers in the safe, he could have
accommodated them and saved the
damage He proposes to have some
one sleep in the store hereafter with
one eye open and shooting iron
handy-Marinette Eagle.
gg7g@ At the recent November term
of the Circuit Court for Barron county,
Judge Newman presiding, twelve di-
vorces were granted, and four full
citizenship papers issued. Not jury
case was called, and s'the term" was
finished up in little less than two
days. Hon. J. NJ. Bingham has been
retained by the Attorney General at
Washington, to assist U. S. District
Attorney Lewis, in the cases Of U. S.
vs.. Hugh Mills, W. T. Price ct al,
for trespass on government land. The
trial commenced on Wednesday, at
Madison. By vote of Is to 4 the
Methodist Judicial Conference at Terre
Haute, Ind, rejected the appeal Of
the Rev. Dr. H. w. Thomas, of Chi
cage, against the decree Of excommuni-
cation pronounced against him by the
Rock River CIll) Conference. The
chief objection against the heterodox
divine was his continuing to preach
after being least out "-Chippe,oa
Herald
Rgy@The biennial session amend
ment is finally adopted, and the way
for biennialism is regularly laid out as
follows; The state officers and sona-
tors just elected will hold over until
1st Monday of January 1885; a gen.
eral election will be held in 1882, for
county officers and members of con-
gross; the county officers and assem-
blymen chosen then will hold until
the first Monday in January 1885; the
fall of 1883 will be without any cleo