Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-08-17


striking. Toledo cigar-makers are abou
striking against the employment of non
union men.
A RIOT at negro camp-meeting nea
Eastman, Ga, caused the death of three
white and two colored men. One negro
cut his wife's throat on train near the
grounds.
HENRY WoLFsoHN, who was manager
of the opera company at Baum's pavilion
Chicago, disappeared the other day, leav
ing unpaid $1,000 in salaries and a con
siderable sum Tor printing and costumes
NEAR Dodge Centre, Mimi, gang O
tramps in freight-car. while the train
was going at full speed, robbed a young
Swede, and threw him out on the track
DETECTIVES in New York, acting under
orders of the district attorney, raided the
policy and lottery shops, capturing ter
men and all the paraphernalia.
MEXICAN section hands on the Southern
P acifc road attacked Chinese laborers al
Yesta and drove them to FL Paso, infict'
ing serious wounds upon some of them.
ARTHUR A. NoYKs, the engineer of q
building on Chauncy street, Boston, has
been arrested, charged with robbing
LSH 10 SOlCIIdu " w.. u1f kOOuS 0Cd1Cl D
of stock valued at 5000. A full con.
fession was made by the prisoner.
Two Philadelphia brokers got deeply
interested in matching pennies, from
which they changed to nickels, and then
to dollars. When one had lost 81 500 his
opponent gave him three chances to
double or quit. The result was loss of
$12, 1000 in three matches.
DANIEL B. HIBBARD. formerly mayor
of Jackson, Mich, fired four ST OTIS at his
son-in-law, Edwin r. Smith, his partner
in foundry company, but inf icted no
wounds.
AT the camp-meeting al Lancaster, O.,
on Sunday, there was preaching at eight
different points, and the conversions were
numerous. During the services Rev. J
g. Beatty lost 1886 at the hands of pick
pockets, and there was general raid on
robes and harnesses.
THE widow OF the man who was muir
dered with his own wooden leg in the
bridewell at Chicago has taken out letters
OF administration, giving a bond for
IS. 900 and will sue the city for damages
PAUL ToLLINER. a machinist living al
No. 815 East Division street, Chicago
shot and killed his wife Aug. Is. ard then
killed himself in the same manner. Do
mestic troubles and poverty were the in
citing causet.
J. II. HUNTER has embe zzled from the
estate of Charles Hunter at Montrea
from 100000 to $4,000 and oonfesse
| his guilt. Other estates of which he wa
the manager are also thought to have suf
| fernd. He was highly esteemed citizen
J nd q of tho r1rinoi mol obut to
rian church.
Mr.. INGRAM, of Montreal, on the da,
preceding his retirement from the lost O
assistant manager Of the Merchants bank
induced the chief teller to pay him 81, 200
on the false statement that the direc or
were about TO make such an appropriation
in his favor.
The music-teacher, Pepperkorn, VIII
eloped from Omaha with girl Is year
of age, has been captured at Mond City
Kan, in company with the maiden. /
reward of $500 will be paid for their ap
prehension.
A SPECIAL from Gorham, Me-, says tha
Rev, Joseph Bartlett, retired Congre
gational minister, committed suicide, b
drowning in Little river. He was z
years of age He showed signs of insani
ty the day previous, and physician
warned the family of danger of suic de
He was brother of Samuel T. Bartlett
president of Dartmouth college.
GEo. Won HoLLEN, who died in Chi
csgo recently will be remembered as de
faulter for 1926 900 while city collectn
in 1876. For some years he was a refuge
at Hamilton, 0 nt., but returned to Chi
cago as witness, on promise of immuni
ty. Failing to keep faith with the cit.
authorities, he was kept in jail for severa
months. H. was a native OF Holland, an
was about 4S years of age.