Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-22
GLEANINGS.

James O. Godfrey, Il wholesale mer-
chant of Brooklyn, has died from smOk-
ing cigarettes.
Mrs. Samuels, the mother of the
James boys, calls reporters ''theologi-
cal students of the newspaper press.
A dog in Washington county, Ohio,
cured himself of a rattlesnake bite by
burying himself up to the ears in mud.
A New York man tried to smuggle
fifteen monkeys through the Custom
House, but they caught him at it.
A Jersey City man who works for 81
week and his board has been sued by
his divorced wife for alimony.
Mrs. Ogle of, Humboldt. Neb., shot
wolf, and country editor rewarded
her with a years subscription to his
paper.
Young Dick Tweed, son of the dead
boss, after several years OF penury and
dissipation, is now in an insane asylum
in Paris
A printer fell out of fourth-story
window at Waco, Tex, and whipped
two men who laughed when they found
he was unhurt.
The latest Italian statistics show that
there are living in Italy 80, $50 foreign
ers, of whom /, 286 belong to the United
States.
The number of Italians who emigrat-
ed to other countries during the twelve
months of last year was 161, 562, as
compared with 135, 1872 in 1881.
In the Isle of Man it is believed that
it insures good luck to carry salt in the
pocket when going to be married. The
man who does is usually fresh.
In Berlin forty-eight people in every
1000 are Hebrews, and of every 1000
Hebrews 452 are established of business
on their own account.
An Arkansas man has discovered that
water viii cure insanity. They have
found no other use for it in that quarter
as yet.
The King of Siam heard somebody
say that the pen is mightier than the
sword, and he has had blade fifteen
feet long manufactured in order to dis
prove the assertion.
TaImage insists that Phil Sheridan
shall be sent to Salt Lake at the head
OF the United States army to extermin-
ate the Mormons. Sheridan had much
rather 90 fishing.
An Indian recently died at Tweedy's
ranch in California, leaving nine horses
The dead braves relatives killed the
horses, jerked the meat, and will eat it
during the coming winter
Why does Mrs. Langtry bring over
her mother to play propriety instead of
her husband? 1t is tyrannical not to
give that despiSed man an occasional
outing Buffalo Express.
Burt G. Wilder, Professor of Phvsi-
ology at Cornell University, says that
student should not study more than
eight hours day, and never directly
after eating
1t is not very good news that the cot
ton crop is 30 per cent below the aver
age Cotton is considerable of king
still, and millions of subjects suffer
when he suffers.
A Mormon missionary excites some
Indignation at Washington, where he is
staying, by his impudent boast that he
has recently perverted seventy-six
young girls.
A Trinidad, Colo, boy was biting
cartridge, when it exploded, burning
and decorating his mouth, but not other
wise injuring him. He swallowed the
bullet and spat out the shell.
The national turnpike over the ALLIE
ghany Mountains from Cumberland to
Wheeling, the nearest approach to a
perfect road ever seen in the United
States, cost $l,700,000 or $4,000 a
mile
4 scheme is reported to be on foot in
the Cailj1n "rnv, having for its object
the conquest of the Sandwich Islands.
Several hundred American and Europe
an Adventures are said to be organic
ing for that purpose.
Twenty-three counties in Texas neg
lected to make any returns at all to the
Secretary of State of the votes cast
upon the constitutional amendments
which were submitted to the people and
ratified in August last
Professor Paul Passy. of Paris, thinks
that America is the dulleSt country he
ever visited. He thinks that our high
schools are not practical Too much
Latin, he says, lis the bane of modern
educational Institutions
A party of Eastern men have lately
bought $4,000 acres in Eastern Oregon,
not far from Walla Walla, Washington
Territory, the price being $4,000, of
which $4,000 was paid down and the
remainder is to be paid in three and six
months.
Ten warriors, five squaws and four
papooses of the Omaha tribe have sail
ed from New York to France. They
are under contract to give exhibitions
in riding, shooting, dancing, etc, re-
ceiving $50 per month and expenses.
Yellow Smoke, one of the braves, is 20
years old.
The San Francisco AHa says that
shad, which were planted in the waters
of California few years ago, are natur-
alizing themselves along the whole Pa
citic coast. They are now caught in
Puget Sound, and, the Alta believes,
will soon frequent every river and har-
Dor between San Francisco and Alaska.
Oscar Wilde is going around in Eng