Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-19
NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

TRAINS were delayed up the Hudson
river valley on Saturday by a heavy snow
storm.
RUFUS THOMPSON, of West Swanzey, n.
H., thefather ofthe actor, Denman Thomp-
son. was married a few days ago to Mrs.
Sarah A Walker, of Westminster, West
Vt. Mr.. Thcmpsonis 50 years Of age, and
the bride is eight years his junior.
ASHLAND. visa. J.. Dockery, at
torney for the United States Express Com
pany. has refused to accept the bond for
S25, 900 offered by Perrin, the Hurley bank
robbery suspect. Hei is still IN custody of
the officers, but is hardly probable that ne
will be committed to jail.
LMrLwAUKEE.-"Coney the fox has
been found again. A dispatch from
D~odgeville says: A prisoner who has been
confined in jail here for several months and
who had been acting very mysterlOusly, Is
believed beyond doubt to be the long
sought for Cronin suspect.
MARYsvILLE, Cal.-Friday night and
Saturday morning the food water in the
Tules made a rise of nearly two feet and
flowed out over land that had never been
touched before by river water. The loss to
grain crops is estimated at about $3.50, 600.
It is believed that the word experience is
passed.
REPRESENTATIVE CANNON said the
other day that In his fourteen years of
service in Congress he had seen more than
a thousand men come and go. Three OF
four of these have gone over to the Senate,
a few have died; the large majority would
answer to the roll of ex-Congressmen,
every n of them representing a disap-
pointed ambition.
Topeka, Kas.-Reports have been re-
ceived to the effect that hog cholera Ii
prevalent In several districts of this state
In Greenwood county alone within the
last week thousands of hogs have dice
from the scourge. The prevalence of the
disease, which has had a disastrous effect
upon the stock interests Of the state dur
ing the last year, will occupy the attention
of the state board of agriculture at its next
meeting, and steps will be taken tx
stamp out the disease, if such a thing il
possible.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.-Reports from the
north of this city that much damage has
been done by water rising IN the Sacra-
mento river and its tributaries, caused py
recent rains. The river has risen ovel
twenty-four feet above low-water mark a
Colusa. The levee broke below that town
this morning, flooding thousands of acres
Hundreds of men are patrolllng the levee'
watching for danger. Several washouti
have occurred and a number of small
bridges have been swept away IN thu
vicinity of Marysville, Oroville and Rec
Bluff, and Oregon trains are detained a
Marysvllle.
JoHNsTowN, Pa. - During a perfor
nance of Uncle Toms Cabin at the oper;
house here Tuesday night a cry of fire wa
raised resulting in a terrible rush for lfC
down the narrow stairs. Twelve persons
were Instantly crushed to death and prob.
ably seventy-fve seriously injured. Among
! the killed are Mrs. hester and G. Fischorn
the latter being a resident of Baltimore
It was found necessary to turn a stream o
water on the crowd from a fire engine be
fore the dead and wounded could be takel
out. People rushed from the outside VI
the narrow stairs and were crushed by th
crowd forcing its way to the street.
When the crowd was driven away tn
following were found dead upon tn,
stairs: Miss ClaraBurns, Mrs. Nnster, Geo
Horner. Chas. Fiant. Jno. Carr, Mrs. Lister
John Miller, A. Weiss, John Wyman
Richard Nottingham, Isaac Tolar and
an unknown oman Among the seriously
injured werei
Charles Vaughn, Albert Ownse and
man named Weimer.
There are about thirty others injured
but their names cannot be ascertalned to
night. The alarm was false, and there ar
many threats against an unknown mai
who started it.