Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
GLEANINGS.

NeANSoSNt ~
Mrs. Sabin. the wife of Senator Sab
in, of Minnesota, has adopted three or
phan children.
They have pink. white and blue water
lilies in Queensland. and what Is more
these flowers are as large rs dinner
plates.
At the last session of Congress appro-
pEiations were authorized to the amount
of 500. 900, 900 in excess of last year,
aggregating $3.50. 20i,087
Three clerks are kept busy signing
the Pension Commissioners name, and
it is all they can do to furnish the NAM
Der of signatures required.
The English fashion for pipe-sEnoll-
inc is again increasing in this country.
Some OF the finest and most popular
pipes are briarwood and Loghorn.
The CITY of Rome is the largest Of
the European steamers. She burns
,, go tons of coal between New York
and Queenstown, or an average of 304
tons daily.
One-thirtieth of the work on the
/ Panama Canal has been completed.
Yet De Lesseps promises u finished
canal in 1888. Eighteen ninety eight
more Likely.
4 Pittsburg doctor holds that corns
are inherited Nevertheless, says the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, the ILL.,
fitting boot or shoe is the parent. Of
| most of them.
The census of Mexico gives the pop
ulation ut 7,686,777. No State has
million, two States have less than 100,-
| 900 and several States have less than
200, coo inhabitants.
The total rcaI-estate valuation of
New York CITY is 81 119. 761, 597. Last
| year it was $1,079, $50, 600 The per-
| sonal valuation is $218, $50, TAG against
$187, 546, 465 last year.
Nine hundred and sixty-one of the
1900 inhabitants of 4 village of Sax
| 0ny were attacked with trichiniasis
after eating the flesh of diseased PIG.
Fifty-seven Ct them died.
The apple dealers of western New
York have agreed not to buy fruit in
barrels of less size than the common
flour barrel which is made Of slaves
49, inches long with 17-inch head and
a 62-inch bilge.
The 'World's Electric Rebellious
Ore Reduction Company" has been in
| corpOrated in San Francisco. 1t owns
nothing but its name and proposes to
do everything. 1t adyertises capital
stock of $40, 900, 000.9
The Confederate monument in Co
Iumbia, S. c., which was shattered by
| lightning some time age, has been re-
built ut distance from the State House,
rs its former proximity made it dan
gerous, the managers say.
The first American petroleum was OK
ported in 1862 from PittSburg to
Europe at II loss of $4,000 on 600, 900
gallons In 1888 400, 900, 900 gallons
were exported, for which $50, 900, 900
were returned TO this country.
The patent fish-pole, with self-regis-
ter attachment, showing the exact
number Of fish caught with it, displays
great inventive skill, but it dosen't sell
worth = cent. Anglers prefer to
| depend on their memory in such cases.
America exports popcorn by the
thousand barrels. Popcorn was first
made in this country in 1919 Some
medical men recommended it for dys-
pepsia, and patients at the summer re-
sorts can be seen munching it at all
| hours of the day.
A New York manufacturer of tri-
| cycles says that in England there are
! row over co. 900 of the three-Wheeied
machines in use. He believes that it
will in time supercede the bicycle, as
being better adapted to country roads
and more easily managed.
\ New York dealer in garden seeds
! has in store box Of cauIiflOwer seed
/ weighing only fiftv-four pounds. which
he SAYS will net him So, 700. He says
he could not replace the seed, and
therefore keeps it in safe deposit
company to guard against loss by fire.
A factory for the production of arti-
fetal teeth is to be established in Utica,
| n. Y, where masticators will be turn
ed out aU the rate of 5, 900 sets per day,
for the low price of $1.50 per set.
Crowns for molding teeth, formerly
| costing $3.50, will be made for Is
cents.
A Mr.. Vanner, living near Cornwall,
n. Y, having just completed q new
| $4,000 barn, it was christened by Nina,
|
the first animal to enter the building.
A Brussels carpet was laid. and she
''tripped over it with as much grace
and pride rs q bride entering 4 church"
The New Orleans "World's Fair" TO
be opened next December, was first in
tended to commemorate the centennial
of the shipment of six bags of cotton
| from Charleston, S. c.. to England, ia
1884; but its scope has been enlarged
SO as to embrace ali industries. The
buildings will be larger than those at
| the Philadelphia Centennial; the ma
t chinery hall alone will be 1, 300 feet by
! 900 feet and covers thirty-two acres.
1t is not generally known that the
| Amalgamated Association of Iron and
| Steel Workers claims to be one of the
| largest associations in the world. Ac-
cording to some of the reports the
membership is about 100, 900, which d.
| rectlV and indirectly controls and infiu-