Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
ELECTRIC SPARKS.


AT Altoona, Pa, Reitman's hotel
and brewery were destroyed, Thursday.
Two children have died with black
measles at Warsaw, ILL.,, and the schools
have been closed.
By the explosion of two gas reservoirs
in Brooklyn, n. Y, property to the
amount of 100000 was destroyed, but no
lives lost.
TEN buildings were destroyed by fire in
the business part of the city of Shreve-
port, La
The Palace MOTEL and three business
blocks a. Bradford, Pa, were consumed
by the flames, Thursday.
AN earthquake shock of sufficient vio-
Ience to make crockery rattle was felt at
ShelbyviIIe, ILL.,, Monday night.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Goodall Fite d
James made an assignment with DO pre-
ferences. Liabilities. $4,000; assets
$4,000.
THE Magenburg brick manufacturing
company, of Chicago, made voluntary
assignment. Liabilities, $4,000; Assets,
$4,000.
REPORTS from many towns in northern
OHIO say the wind storm did considerable
damage to property, but no lives are re-
ported lost.
The storm did great amount Of dam
| age IN Wheeling, W. Va, and the neigh
boring towns all thourgh the surround
ing country.
FIVE ships missing since the storm of
November 25 and 26, have been given up
| for lost. Loss fifty four lives and about
s., 100000.
The government training school for
Indians and a number of other build
ings at Carlisle, Pa, were unroofed by
the storm. The loss will exceed $780,
900.
The Richardson drug house of st.
Louis, situated on Fourth street and Clark
| avenue, was destroyed by fire on New
Years morning. The losses foot up to
about 100000, and the insurance is
placed at $650,O00.
BAYAU SARA, LATHE steamer Paris
G. Brown, from New Orleans for Cincin-
natl, struck snag at Hermitage Land
ing, Point Coupee Parish, at 9 O'clock
Sunday night and sank to the hurricane
deck. Five of the cabin crew, two fire
men, ano one passenger are missing.
MADISON, Neb.- A fire broke out to-
Gay in livery stable, and before it could
be controlled destroyed the building with
| its contents, consisting of Sc horses, lot
of buggies and several tons of hay and
grain. The flames spread to small
dwelling house and store both of which
were consumed. Loss, $15 900.
THERE we're seventy-five boys concern
| ed in the Pennsylvania railroad brass
robberies, and it is now int1mated that
several railroad men will be i'm plicated.
The loss viii! reach nearly 100000, there
| having been thirty-six locomotives com
pletely stripped by the thieves.
| A TERRIBLE storm swept over Reading,
Pa, Wednesday afternoon. Nearly hun
dred people were killed and many il jar
ed. The loss of property is great. By
the same storm huge building at Pitts
burg was wrecked and eight persons kill
| ed.
FOUR men were killed at New Hope,
| W. Va, on Saturday, by the explosion of
| the boiler in Touring mill, and three
men were killed in mine near Union
town, Pa, by the breaking of the rope Of
cage in which they were descending in
to shaft, precipitating them to the bot
| tom, distance of 600 feet.
New YoRK.-WillIam R. Foster, faith
er of William R. Foster, Jr., who
recently robbed the Produce Exchange
gratuity fund of $198,00O and then de-
oamped, sent today check for $4,000,
for the benefit of the gratuity fund. A
note enclosed stated that Foster had con-
cluded to give his sons share of his for
tune to crafty the fund as a partial
payment Of his boys stealings.