Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-07
GENERAL NEWS.

A large decrease of Chinese immipra
ton into British Columbia is reported.
Private detectives are now employed to
in Philadelphia.
Savannah people are highly indignant
because an o1tside paper said their new
mayor was baker, right on top of Boul-
anger's triumph, too.
A monster blast recently took place in
Niagara Canyon, Utah. Seven and q half
toRs of giant powder were exploded and
10000 yards CT rock we're removed.
Professor Riley, TIE entomologist, has
discovered an insect which preys upon
boots and shoes. 1t can be destroyed by
vapor of bisulphide of carbon.
OMAHA, Feb. 2.-The high wind at 2
O'Clock this afternoon blew down a large
section of the east wall of Max Mey yer 5
brick building, corner of Farnam aud
Eleventh streets, recently gutted by FIRE,
| completely wrecking two buildings TO the
east of 1t. Que crushed bdilding was a
brick, occupied by Boyer il Co., safe
dealers, and Dunbar d Co, engravers, and
the other frame building, occupied by
E. Olson, clothing. and Mrs. Hincher, who
lived in the second story. The killed are
as follows: Edward Olson. Mrs. Hiucner,
Mike Martin, Thomas Houston, an em-
| pioye of Dunbar j Co.; Peter Boyer. sen
ior member of the firm of Boyer d Co.,
and Rudolph Mitchell, an insurance
| agent. Injured: c. II. Silver, engraver,
shoulder crushed; E. A. Piles, engraver,
bruised; John jackson and Emma Oil
yer, slightly injured; Charles Bake,
draughtsman, injured about the face and
will lose left eye; Chas. Caesar, foreman
OF Dunbar's art department, was badly
bruised. Geo. Searles and E. L. Philleo
escaped with slight injuries. 1t is be
iieved there are no more bodies in the
ruins and the search has been discon-
| tinued.
LATER-The list of the dead is increased
to seven this evening by finding in the
ruins the body of Thomas Lombard, a
bOok-keeper for Boyer & Co.
A heavy gale pervaded all through
Nebraska, considerable damage being
done IN the western part of the state.
At Hastings the central school house was
wrecked, three persons being so severely
I'M Ured that recovery is impossibly. The
storm vas electrical, and stopped many
clocks in Lincoln.
ST. PAUL, Feb. Another cold wave
is prevailing tonight in the northwest
and the signal service expects the mer-
curry to drop to zero by morning. This
morning at Winnipeg, Minnedosa, and
Manitoba, the thermometer recorded
fourteen below zero. Light to moder-
ately heavy snow has been general
throughout Dakota aud Minnesota last
night and today.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Feb. A howl
ing blizzard is raging here, and nearly
all the railroads are becoming heavily
blockaded by snow. Trains will be de
layed from one to six hours.
ASHLAND, Wis, Feb. 4.-Deep snow
drifts are being driven up on the main
streets, on railroad tracks and every
where by terrible storm, which RACES
with all the force of a torado. Railway
traffic is seriously imposed. The biz
zard is far the worst of the season.
WIENEPFG, Feb 4.-The mercury at 7
O'Clock was 80 degrees below zero, with a
strong wind, ranging from light breezes
to so miles an hour. The wind is some
what subsiding and the cold is growing
| more intense.
BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 4.-Advices from
various points in New England show that
the weather is extremely cold, the tLer
mometer ranging from thirty to forty
degrees below zero this morning.
PLATTEsBURG, N. Y, Feb. 4.-The Their
mometer tonight registers SO degrees
below zero.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 4.-Reports from
the surrounding district show that the
thermometer this morning registered
from twenty-four to thirty seven degrees
below zero.
BERLIN, Feb. 4.-There was a heavy
fall of snow in Berlin on Saturday, ac
com panied by a thunderstorm. In the
mountain districts heavy and continu-
Gus rains have fallen. There has been
severe storm in the North Sea and
three Religoland pilots have been
drowned.
LONDON, Feb. 4.-The gale which pre-
vailed yesterday was generally through
out England and Ireland. Much dam
age was done to buildings and telegraph
lines.