Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

Bullock, were lynched in the Choctaw
nation Friday, for the murder of George
Taaffe. They were riddled with bullets,
each receiving not less than forty apiece.
EARLY Friday morning the whaling
bark Atlantic was driven ashore just be-
low the Cliff house, California, and went
to pieces in a few minutes, not a spar re-
naming standing. twenty-five men are
believed to have been lost. The captain,
mate and eight or ten men wers saved.
MRs. JANE WHEELER, the old lady who
was recently murdered in Cleveland, o.,
it is supposed by her aged husband, left
an estate valued at from $150,OOO to $780,,
900. Her will was offered for probate,
Friday, and the greater part of her estate
is left to her nephew, Thomas E. Shaw,
of Birmingham, England. The Western
Reserve School of Design, for the women
of Cleveland, gets property valued at
$4,000. The remainder of the estate is
divided among numerous relatives. The
tenants who lived in Mrs. Wheller's
houses for more than five years get $50
each.
Four eclipses will take place during
the year 1887, two of the sun and two of
the moon. One, Feb. 8, visible in the
United States. The others that occur
as follows are not visible in the United
States: The annular eclipse of the sun
Feb. %; Aug. 10. of the sun. According
to the almanac New Years day comes on
Saturday; Washington's birthday on
Tuesday; st. Valentines day on Monday;
Fourth of July on Monday; April Fools
day on Friday; Memorial day on, Monday;
Christmas on Sunday; Easter Sunday
will be on the 10th of April; Lent begins
March 2.
THERE are PA Indian schools of various
grades now being operated by the govern
ment, it seems with an average attend
ance of 1928 pupils, at a cost of $685.
881.42 per year. 1t is a good thing, I'M
doubtedly, to educate Indian children;
but the taxpayers of the country will be
likely to wonder if there isn't some way
in which that excellent object can be &C
complished at less expense than SOB
per child per annum, when the average
yearly expenditure of the country for
schooling of other children does not ex-
ceed $11 per head.
DURING the war William Knapp desert
ed from the first United States Cavalry
and was never captured. In due time he
settled with his family at Grove town,
Ind, where it recently occurred to him to
see if he couldn't get some back pay
somehow or other. He wrote to Washing
ton, giving the circumstances OF his de-
sertion, and was informed that he could
get no back pay until the faint Of deser-
ton was removed. He accordingly
wentto Chicago and surrender himself,
believing that he would be released with
time which he elapsed since his deser
ton. He is now in the county jail await
ing the action of the War Department.
THE news has just been received by
telegraph of the death of fortunate pug.
During life hs received the best of treat
ment, and had everything that was cal
culated to make one of his kind happy.
He wore napkins, on which was embroid-
cred his name, at his meals, and his lit
tie crib was furnished with elegant furs
and costly wool-wrappers. When ne took
an airing it was always from the seat Of
a carriage, and the coachman has driven
him out alone when by chance no
members of the family were ready to &C
company him. It is said, on the author
ity of the Record, that since his death his
former home has been in mourning
Visiting friends of the family have been
given to understand that the family
would prefer that all calls should be
omitted for the present. Any allUsion to
the dog in the presence of his mistress
occasions a flood of tears, and the attend
ing physician has rigidly prohibited any
mention of the name or fate of the pet.
A suitable memorial will soon be erected
to his memory.