Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-02-09
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Miss Jane Burrell died recently at
Seymour, Ind, aged 10 years. She
claimed to be the Oldest maiden lady
in the country.
Collins Fitch, of Meade county, KY,
is the oldest Mason in the order in
that State, having become a member
of tho order in 1920. He is past 90
years of age. sT 49,
| The oldest person-in the State of In
diana is Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll. who
| lives in Warren township. near In
dianapolis. Fer age is 113 years and
her health is good.
Anderson Burrell, planter living
near Montgomery, Ala, is the father
of 81 children and the grandfather of
60: He is II years old, and has been
married four times.
Mrs. Catharine Smiley, of Mus
kingum county, Ohio, celebrated the
Tooth anniversary of her birth recent
| ly. She is in good health and her
mental vigor is unimpaired.
During her 20 years of married life
Mrs. John Guest, of Wichita, Kas.,
has presented her husband with %
children. She has twice given birth
to twins and once to triplets.
Rev. John Gibson, of Philadelphia,
is III years old. His face is coal
black and his hair snow-white. He
good, but he has been blind for several
years.
The venerable John G.. Whittier, the
Quaker poet, has lingering fondness
for the trade he learned as boy,
that of shoemaking. He carefully ex-
amines every portion of the shoes he
wears.
Samuel Spencer, who has been made
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad at salary of $3.50 year,
was rodman earning a scant salary
only a few years ago. He is not yet
40 years old.
With his hand hanging in shreds
| William Erwin, of Morris Plains, n.
J., walked to hospital, where the
wounded member was amputated. He
had been hunting rabbits, and his gun
was prematurely discharged.
Many of the farmers and lumbermen
of dogs this winter to draw their sleds.
1t is said that the dogs become very
expert at the work after little train
ing, and in many ways equal the Es-
quimau dogs.
The hotel keepers of Branch county,
Mich, have adopted a novel method of
lighting prohibition. All the proprie-
| tors of public houses in the county
have signed an agreement to close
| their hotels in the event of the adop-
ton of the prohibitory law at the com
ing election.
There is still plenty of big game left
in the wilder portions of Tennessee.
A party of five sportsmen who recent
Iy spent few days hunting in Dyer
county bagged nineteen deer and one
bear. They say if they had given all
their time 70 hunting deer they could
have killed fifty.
Governor Joseph R. BodweI, of
Maine, who died recently, was one of
the wealthiest men in the State. He
was poor boy and worked at farm
ing and shoemaking a number OF
years. In 1852 he became Interested
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business made his fortune.
In many portions of Idaho, Nevada
and Wyoming the rabbits are so num-
erous that they are becoming almost
as great plague as in Australia. The
proprietors of large ranch are giving
boys cents piece for killing them,
and some of the boys earn as much as
S. each per day. The dead rabbits are
fed to hogs to fatten them.
An unknown animal. which for
months has harassed the farm
yards around Emporia, Kan, and Of
which weird tales were told, has been
identified as plain, everyday CHINA.
mon bear, which escaped from ranch
in the neighborhood. Men with guns
and dogs are now in pursuit of the
animal, with the hope of killing it.
Laborers digging a cut for rail-
road near Canterbury, England, I'M
covered circular well, built of fints
Local antiquaries say that it is the
opening to some subterranean passage
used by the ancient Romans when
they camped in the neighborhood.
The workmen had previously found
human remains near the same spot.
A witness against a Philadelphia
saloon-keeper who was on trial for
violating the Sunday law wore false
beard. A lawyer detected it and pulled
the beard off his face. When CUES
toned as to his reasons for appearing
in disguise he said he wanted to pre-
vent saloon-keepers who might be
present from recognizing him there
after.
An English bankrupt having pleaded
that his failure was due to the default
of the government of San Salvador in
paying its obligations, the Consul of
that country has published card an
nouncing that his government has
never suspended payment, and has no
obligations abroad except railroad
loan, the interest upon which is paid
promptly.
A Washington correspondent says
that the best real estate speculation in
that city during the past summer was
that of Gardiner Hubbard, the father
in-law of Bell, of telephone notoriety.
He paid 5000 for tract of hill and
hollow on the line of the Massachu-
sets avenue extension, put 800 men
at work with carts, and shovels and
barrows: thus spent 100000 in i'm
proving his property, and has already
sold 100000 worth of lots, and has
some of the original tract on hand.
A young gentleman of Millerstown,
Ohio, who believes that penny saved
is penny earned, wrote two postal
cards on entirely different subjects.
Instead of directing the cards before