Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-09
GLEANINGS.

softly keroseneS his crank.
Charles Robinson, carpenter of
Dubuque, Iowa, was instantly killed
by the dirt caving in on him.
The poor house of Pike ceunty,
Ind, was set afre by John Tisdale, an
insane inmate. Tisdale persisted in the
flames. The money loss is s., 00o;. in
sured for 81, 600.
The Indiana senate, recently passed
the oil prohibiting ball playing on
Sundays, and postponed censidera
ton of the measure for instruction IN
the public schools on the effects Of
alcohol.
Wells are being opened rapidly in
the new Macksburg Ohio oil district,
and the production is about 4, 600 bar
rels daily. People are arriving in such
numbers that it is impossible to pro-
vide houses for them.
Ferris Mason, yardmaster of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad at Charlton Iowa, committed
suicide at Ottumwa by taking strych-
nine. Domestic difficulties were the
cause. He was % years of age.
San Francisco has a feminine
Wilhelm Tell, who has outshot every
thing on the coast, and having chal-
lenged Carver, Bogardus and others
and received no response, now signs
for male shooters to conquer.
Cologne has done away with her
time. honored annual fairs for the
reason of their being not only no
longer needed, but an obstacle to free
circulation in the streets, and the
cause of damage to the open squares
where they were held.
At Key West fish market recently
colored man bought conch and
upon cracking the shell was surprised
to find hidden treasure in the shape
of a handsome pearl the size of an or
binary bean, which he subsequently
sold for 800.
Richard Critchell, of Darlington,
n. H.. who is now in his ninety-siXth
year, walks perfectly straight, and has
never experienced days sickness.
"White shelled" eggs are becoming
the rage in New York. Some produc-
ers scour them with sapolia before
bringing to fastidious customers.
The mother of the first child born
in Eagle City, Arizona, received
present of $4,000 in gold dust from the
enthusiastic miners of that region the
other day.
A long courtship has just ended in
marriage near Trenton, n. THAT of
q couple who had been keeping com
pany continuously for twenty~eig
years"
The latest puzzle now vexing some
persons is how to place eight checkers
on q board SO that no two will be
either on a straight or diagonal line
IN either direction.
The highest chimney in the world
is said to be the circular one built of
brick and stone at Fort Dundas, near
Glasgow. Scotland. 1t towers to a
height of 456 feet above ground.
"Main street, about half way up, on
the left side, IN tall building" was
the address on a letter received recent
ly in the Buffalo Postofice and des>
tined for delivery in that city.
Although Augusta, Ga, is not as
large city as either Atlanta or Sa-
vannah, yet its Mayor gets a salary of
$4,000, which is a larger sum than the
Mayors of both the others combined
receive.
President Seelye, of Amherst Col
lege, is recovering from his recent at
tack of facial erysipelas, but is not
considered entirely out Of danger.
A rich citizen Of Lenaberg, n Ger
many, noted for his gallantry, died
recently, and left by his will 1,500
forms to the handsomest woman IL
the town.
Professor Loomis, cf Yale College,
says that with two exceptions last
February was the coolest February
known in that section in 100 years.
Tree~plantingi is Systematically fos-
tered in China, and during the last
year $50, 900 were planted in Hong
Kong alone.
Santa Clara County, Colorado, has
been cleared Of skating Kinks by its
enormously high" license tax of 800
per quarter.
No Connecticut regiment ever lost
a flag during the civil wan, according
to the statement recently made by
a public speaker.
A San Francisco dentist is said to
have lost one of his instruments down
the throat OF a young lady upon
whose teeth he was operating.
During a heavy snowstorm which
prevailed at Midland Park, n. j.. last
Saturday morning, the sun came out
and a perfectrainbow was formed that
lasted for several minutes. In half
an hour, however. the snow disap~
peared and the air became as warm
and balny as on May day.
In one Indiana town there are over
1000 aen engaged In the manufac-
tWre Of roller skates, and IN another,
of only 1900 inhabitants, six inven-
tons have been patented. An attempt
is making to substitute buck wood for
lockwood, and if successful the
e clio Ill IL ,,oI,-ooI $50.