Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-15
MISSING LINKS.

The. fuel supply of the Sierras il ex-
hausted along the line of the Central
Pacific Railroad.
A wooden doll, with jointed arms
and legs, was found in sarcophagus
containing the skeleton ola young girl
lately unearthed in Rome.
Isaac H. Wright, of Dorchester
county, Maryland, has an orchard of
So, 900 peach trees. This year he ex-
poets to raise only moderate crop.
AT Lexington, KY, a lawsuit that
was begun in 1911 has just been set
tied. 1t related to land claim, and
the sum in dispute was originally
about 5000.
The people of Bonn have purchased
the house in which Beethoven was
born, with the intention of converting
it into museum of objects illustrating
his life and works.
There is said to be schoolbov at
Kingston, n. Y, who studies hard
and commits his lessons to memory
well. but if he goes to sleep forgets
all that he has learned.
The watchmakers of Prescott, En-
/ gland, who have long been famous,
finding that their trade is declining,
have decided to build factory and
work on the American plan.
The English Nitrate King" Colonel
North, says the New York reporters
have greatly exaggerated his private
fortune in placing it at 910. 000,0 900.
1T is vastly smaller than that" he
says.
A French coin of the time of Louis
XVI. was found in cornheld at Mar
engO, Ind, few days ago. 1t is sup
posed to have been there since the
days when the French traded with the
Indians.
A tower similar in design to the
Eitfel tower at Paris is to be built at
Eagle Rock, n. j. 1t will be but 400
feet high, but will be on a lofty sum-
nit. The electric light on its top will
be visible far out at sea.
A farmer near Parkersburg, w. Va,
claims that one of MS mules was scar
ed to death by lightning. The light
ming knocked down shed under
which the mule was standing, and the
animal started to rush and kept it up
until it dropped down dead.
Mrs. Ole Olsen, of Detroit, a Swed-
ish woman, is the proud mother of
bouncing boy only one year old, who
weighs 80 pounds. A dime museum
manager offered 800 per week for the
privilege of exhibiting the child, but
the mother refused to listen to him.
Bolivia has one of the most interest
ing exhibits at Paris. 1t is a practi-
cal and natural size model of a lead
mine-a famous one-one of which
many large fortunes have been made
The entrance to it is through a special
pavilion erected by the Bolivian gov
eminent.
1t is told of prominent business
man of the city that he bought through
a broker bonds TO the amount of $780,
600, and on receiving them put them
into the outside pocket of his overcoat,
walked to the head of Milk street,
where he became entangled in crowd
and had the bonds stolen. says the
Boston Courier. All this was only a
somewhat exaggerated case of care
lessness, but what followed showed
that the man was philosopher.
The usual steps were taken to dis
cover the missing securities, but when
some days had passed without any
clew the owner began to conclude that
he should never hear of them.
"Well." he remarked to his broker
one day, when he had dropped in to in
quire whether anything had been heard
of the stolen securities. and his ques-
ton had been answered in the mega
tive, there's one thing about it; all ]
lose is the interest of the money"
1.-The interest of the money!" re-
peated the broker, ''why, you have lost
the principal, too, haven't your"
''Oh, not ALL" was the reply; "my
heirs lose that"