Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-18
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

a man in Indiana killed seven wild
turkeys at single shot.
The town of Sweden, Me, has Meth
er a doctor ROr q lawyer.
East Tennessee capitalists are pre-
pairing te develop some of the marble
beds Of that region.
It is singular fact that nearly all
the London newspapers buy their
print paper in Germany.
With New Workers Long Beach is
the favorite near summer resort ;
Long Branch next, Manhattan Beach
third.
Ex-Gov. Curtin says he spent while
United States Minister at st. Peters
burg $4,000 year more than his
salary.
A recent invention for the use of
electricians is square wire, which is
claimed to be not only mechanical
but electrically better than round
wire.
The cataracts of the Nile are due to
granite veins, which the river. while
working q way through the sand
stone, had been unable to destroy or
remove.
Newfoundland has population of
1913, 900. la 1874, when the present
census was taken, it had a population
of 161, 674.
Five hundred policemen ia citizens
clothes are still employed in guarding
the public Offices of London against
dynamiters.
The government of Mexico has APP
pointed a commission for the scien-
tltic investigation of the natural
products of the country.
Recent experiments have demon
strated that the heating value of coal
is diminished from Is to 25 per cent
if it is used while wet.
President Cleveland has caused it
to be made known that he will accept
no Invita- ons to college com pence-
ments.
Ceylon spiders weave webs so
strong that a walking stick. when
thrown into them, is entangled among
the meshes.
The bridal gift of a California man
to his daughter was spirited horse,
in the first riding of which she was
thrown and killed
The old soldiers of the Third Ala
bama Regiment are getting a wedding
present ready for "Stonewall" Jack
sons daughter.
A New York lady had her dress
maker arrested for false pretenses be-
cause her wedding dress did not fit
her.
Mr.. William Il. Vanderbilt and
family have released the Pavilion
cottage at Sharon Springs this
season.
Roscoe .Conkling is becoming very
stout. greatly to his disgust, and all
his efforts to reduce his bulk by exer-
else have been unavailing.
The ladies to a man are in favor of
protection. Let any bashful youth Of
good habits ask some bright girl and
see if she does not blushingly say,
yes.
''The man who rules himself" says
an old proverb. lis a king" And it
might have added--and the man who
tries to rule woman will also find him
self aching.
There is a baby llama with Bar
NUNS circus at Hartford-the first
ever seen III this country.
It is said that only 90 per cent. of
the young lawyers who start out IN
their profession in New York City
succeed. There are said to be II, ZOO
lawy ers in the State of New York and
70, geo in the United States.
i've the hardest name in this
town. said a workingnau 10 a citizen
the other-day, 'I'll bet dollar YOU
haven't" replied the other. MY
name is Stone" Pass over the coin, :"
said tie citizen. My name is
Harder"
"Hear the news? The bridge jump
ing craze has struck Chicago. A man
Jumped from Madison street bridge,
IN presence of a thousand people and
nobody tried 10 stop him."
shameful. Was ne killed.
''No, the bridge was just turning
and he was trying to catch a train"
Judge Laporte, of Huntington, Pa,
is of the same stuff the ancients found
in their heroes. His sen, accused OF
numbering a friend, fled to his father
for refuge, and there confessed to the
killing. The old Judge told the boy
he had sworn to obey the constitution
and enforce the law. and taking him
in mis- buggy to The county seat de-
livered him over to justice.
Consul Mackey, who raised a DIS
turbaa &C at Rio Grande do Sui, Brazil
by shooting an editor who slandered
him, is now on trial. His mother sent
him Bible with her pray ers, and his