Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-06-28
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delphia friend says that she does not
contemplate returning to America.
Isaiah V. Williamson. the rich old
bachelor of Philadelphia has given
100000 to the House of Refuge in that
city.
Baron de Helm, one of the Chief
Justices of the Austrian Empire has
seventeen children, nine of whom are
girls.
Anton Rubinstein, the pianist, has
accepted an offer of $50. 000for fifty per-
formahces in the United States during
the coming season.
There are in England 347 female
blacksmiths who actually swing heavy
hammers, and 9,138 women employed
IN nail making.
Senator Salisbury of Delaware still
proudly boasts of the fact thathe is the
only bachelorin that unhappy assem-
blage, the United States Senate.
4 Brooklyn man has opened hotel
which he calls the GrecnhOrn House.
It is, as the name indicates, for the ac-
commodation OF those making their
first visit to Brooklyn.
An oyerseer in one of the mills at
Biddeford, Me-, who is exposed to a
strong electrical current. generated by
the rapid motion of the belts near by,
has had his hair changed to beauti-
ful bay color.
Coy. Beaver Of Pennsylvania is a
hard worker. He spends nine hours
daily in his office and does not even 90
out to lunch, but has pitcher of
lemonade and some soda biscuits
brought to him at his desk.
Joseph Davis of Wayne County,
West Virginia, has Il daughter aged 6
years who weighs $50 pounds. This is
believed to be the largest child of its
age in the world. The father weighs
but 100 and the mother 30 pounds.
American enterprise is felt at Herno-
sand, Sweden, which has just been pro-
yided with the most northern electric
light station in the world. The lamps
there are lighted at 2:3O o'clock in the
afternoon and put out at 1915 o'clock
at night.
Norman Mcdonald of Big Bras dor,
Cape Breton, is dead. His age was
10 years. He was the last known sur
vivor of Waterloo, having fought in
that battle under Wellington when 81
years of age. He was born in the Isle
of Harris, Scotland, in 1873.
Sir Morcll Mackenzie, though not
musical himself is warmly interested
in vocalization and eyerythingpertain-
ing to the human voice. He never ac-
cepts q fee from a professional singer,
but doctors free of charge the threats
Of all public Vocalsts who apply to
him.
Charles Thompson, an Atlanta
printer, recently "set" $500 ems solid
nonpareil type in three hours, the only
errors being three turned letters, and
offers Z challenge to the world. This
is an average of 2, 266 ems, which every
printer will consider it next to i'm
possible to maintain for so long a
time.
IN a japanese play some character
istic figures of speech are: His at
tempts ut lovemaking are as awkward
rs a puppy on 4 liant roof said by
one rival to another; and, 1.-THE sparrow
cannot comprehend the mind Of the
eagle" when one character asks
another to explain remark he has
made.
The Fairfield (Me.) Journal tells Of
woman of that town who is equal to
emergencies. She called on her liege
lord the other day for money to buy u
pair of shoes, but he sullenly refused.
She then applied to the Overseer of
the Poor. There was 4 scene, but she
cot her shoes and her husband WaS
sadly humbled.
Eva VENT, a 1O-year-old girl of
Baltimore. whose birthday falls the
same day Of the year As that OF Bis
marrk, wrote him letter of congratu-
lation this year. She has received the
following autograph reply: For
your friendly congratulation on the oc-
casion of my birthday return my SIN
cere thanks. Won Bismarck"
The first Wisconsin man to be killed
in the war for the Union was MyrOn
Gardner, who was struck by 4 twelve
pound shot from I riied cannon. The
missile came into possession of his
sister. Mrs. T. A. Simpson of Arcadia,
who kept the grim relic for twenty-five
years, and recently gave it to the Wis
consin State Historical Society.
4 Western mining superintendent
says that in 1882 he put up the first tail
aume in California at French Corral,
and after taking out few hundred
dollars worth OF ore .'salted" the mine
and sold it for $1,000. The tenderfeet.
of whose innocence he had taken adj
vantage, were able, however to clean
up 100000 out OF it within few
months.
A German professor has discovered
new opiate, which he calls ':sulfonal."
1t belongs to the group of tie so-called
di-sulphates. 1t has the property of
inducing sleep in invalids, particularly
in nervous people and those affected
with heart disease, but not in healthy
subjects. 1t is declared to be harm
less and certain means of causing
Slumber.
Scranton hens thrive on strychnine.
A druggist of that city placed a
quantity of poison in meat. which he
scattered, near the chicken house as
bait for rats. with which the place was
infested. The hens immediately ate
the meat, strychnine and all, and the
next day were as lively as crickets, al
though they had partaken poison
enough to kill hundred rats.
A lot of Indian bones were unearthed
in field in Baldwin County, Georgia.
few days ago, that has been in cult
walton over fifty years. They had been
placed in a pot, which was broken to
pieces. The bones were much wasted,
owing to the long time they had been
buried. Among them was jaw bone,
with several teeth in it. There was