Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

OOuuGJ. Oa., SeVenCy-1Our years Old,
who IS the father of forty-seven child
ren.
A man named Herold opened
saloon In Canton, Kan, in defiance
OF the Law. The women of the place
ralded his saloon aGd poured his
liquors in the street.
In base ball game with his pupils
at LaWrenceville, Ohio, the teacher,
larry kiger, struck a tremendous
oloW at the ball and knocked out the
Drains OF Il year old-boy.
a Charlotte, n. c., gunsmith, has
made a gun to fit a man blind in his
right eye and unable to shoot from
his left shoulder. The butt is decid-
eddy crooked. It rests on the right
shoulder and brings the barrel to his
| left eye.
1t will take three weeks to open the
snow blockade on the railroad be-
tween Needleton and SiIverton, Colo.
The people of the latter place have
had no fuel for thirty days, snow from
eight to twenty feet deep preventing
their getting any
The German town of Furstenield
thinks it has the oldest tree in the
world. 1t is a linden standing in the
| churchyard among the tombs of CEN
turles, has trunk fully Is feet in diam
eter and twisted branches which seem
to stretch out all over the inclosure,
and is supposed to be 1000 years old.
Joseph Newman, of San Francisco,
claims that in 1870 he presented to the
United States Senate an American
flag 20x36 feet, made by himself out of
| California silk, the first flag ever
manufactured of American grown
silk, and he has sent letter to Sena
tor Miller asking what has become of
it.
The great drainage system for the
recovery of the Florida swamps now
covers a tract 200 miles long and 80
miles broad. Nearly 1000, 900 acres,
hall OF which goes to the syndicate
and half to the state, are wholly re
claimed. Land that one year ago
was two feet under water is now four
feet above, and is being planted with
sugar cane.
Don} Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, has
reigned f1fty-three years, longer than
any other living monarch. He sue
eeeded the throne in 1881, when he
was only six-years old, but he was
not crowned until 1841.
Il love to tell lie, I love to tell
lie," sang little Dick, with all the
strength of his three-year-old lungs.
'sWhy, Richard" said his mother re
provingly, ''you must lot sing that
I'VE singed that in Sunday school"
stoutly asserted the little fellow; 1--WE
singed I love to tell a story and
a story is lie" Mamma had to ex-
plain.
Greclan women delight to deck
themselves in the dresses worn by
their grandmothers, wearing bands of
gold and silver coin about the fore
head and neck. It is still the custom
in s@me parts Of Greece for a girl to
wear, generally on her head, all the
money she possesses, SO that any
young man desiring to marry her
may know how much her dowry is.
Charlotte, n. O., was visited by
plague of muskrats last week. Near
ly 200 of the creatures, all of them as
large as cats, made their appearance
and created considerable excitement.
They attacked the farmers while at
work, and they were compelled to take
refuge in flight after being severely
wounded Where they came from is
a mystery, but they took possession of
the streets of the town.
In California they are beginning to
plant mulberry trees around the pub
lie school houses, SO that the teachers
may be able to supplement their
vacation. The Silk Culture Society
of Philadelphia suggested a similar
policy IN Philadelphia, as this seems
to DC the only chance of raising
the starvation wages of our school
teachers.
George Smith, of Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, put SIS, 900 in bills 10
a wooden chest ia his cellar. He
would not trust his money to the
banks. When he brought the chest
TO light few days ago to count over
his treasure he found that the rats
had burrowed through and through
the chest until only small fraction
OF the original package Of bills was in
a negotiable condition.
A company of shad fishers in Glou
cester, near Philadelphia, has shad
seine thatis one mile In length. It is
now being repaired and tarred pre-
paratory to opening the season April
10. 1t requires the united efforts of
ninety men to handle it and two hours
is the average time necessary to pull
1t IN. A single haul in it often ex-
ceeds the entire catch of all the other
seines and nets combined.
The official number of the victims
Of the recent Java volcanic eruption
is put at Is, 900 The detonations of
the explosions were heard 746 miles
away. One of the peculiarities, re
Gently reported. which owe their ORR