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


Wallace, of Stevens Point, lumber in
spector for the First District.
The schooner Lilly Amort is on the
DoNes at Manitowoc being recalked.
Inc schooner Belle Hanscomb is being
yard. 80 sun
Aug. Sth was the first dav of the state
funniest at Appleton. Delegates and
societies from different parts of the state
came IN ana the gathering at Appleton
was very successful.
In the United States District Court a+
Madison, August 9Th, an INJUNCTION wa
granted restraining Woodward & Stone
OF Watertown, from using the trade
mark OF Dwight < Stoughton. Fast ts,ro
confectioners. ''ein
A gentleman from Monroe states that
the published reports concerning the
discovery OF pearl field at Albany
Green county, have been greatly ex;sr-
gerated, and that the fortunes that hSd
been picked up by searchers after these
gems existed only in their imagination.
Frances Otter, a good looking souaw
OF so years, from the Indian reservation
OF Shawnee county, was lodged in Jail
at Milwaukee by a deputy United States
marshal on charge of receiving a
fraudulent pension. She is alleged TO
have swindled the government out of
s.. 900
Davis Bros. mill, Charles Davis resi-
dence, clearinghouse, warehouse
about $4,000 worth of shingles, and a
large amount of logs were DESTROYED bv
tlre at Bryant few DAYS AGO. Charles
Davis barrel y escaped with his life. Loss
between $50, 900 and $50, 00O: insurance
$500
Ben . Hara, of Marinette, owns a doc,
which has made himself famous as ,
banking Institution. He feeds ON ali
sorts of coins, without regard to de-
nomination, and is always in readiness
to receive deposits. The jingle of coins
will cause him to run toward their nos
SCISSOR as most dogs start in the direction
OF piece of meat.
Ex-Sheritf Daniels, the labor partv's
candidate who retired from office last
spring, has brought a sensational suit
against Theodore S. Chatfield. who was
bookkeeper of the sheriff's office during,
Daniels reign. Mr.. Daniel sues to re-
cover S1,6S6, which, he alleges. Chat
field was short in his accounts. together
with $3.50 for an experts investigation.
John Metcalf, IN Jail at GAINESVILLE
charged with the murder of. old Mrs.
Reyason, at Edgerton, on July %. has
confessed. He says the: old lady came
to his house Sunday evening to get
some coffee. He was drunk, and cot
into dispute and struck her. He went
into his house for few minutes. and
on returning found her living dead
where she had fallen. He picked her
up and carried her to her own house
and threw her on her bed. He then
broke open a chest, secured S72, and
went home.
Postmaster Paul in an interview init
mated that the taking of the package of
registered letters from the postoffice at
Milwaukee two weeks ago was not for
plumber but to implicate him or his sub
ordinates. He says that it is strange
thing that POstoffice Inspector Fleming
should be in the city the day before it
was known that the letters were gone
and not make his presence known till the
papers announced the loss of the pack
age. tits strange, also, he asserts, that
a stronger effort was not made to dis
cover the letters or the party who stole
them.
Rev. Frederick Mayer, pastor of the
Evangelical Church, at Lansing, is said
to be a liberal-mnded gentleman, but
his congregation was shocked to hear
that he had been investing in lottery
tickets and dumb-founded when they
learned further that he had bagged
So, 900 in a recent drawing. Rev. MAYER
bo11t yaapc old oY1 ,xyol1 nJ,,oo foJ
He says he bought the ticket Just as
he would get married or take any other
hazardous step, and that he was over
whelmed when he discovered that he
had won a big prize. He declares that
he can see nothing sinful in acquiring
money in this way, and he has put the
money in bank until he can find a suit
able investment. On the other hand,
the. church society sees considerable
harm in the transaction, and there is
likely to be an early vacancy in the
pulpit.
The final collapse of the oat deal by
which many Milwaukee spectators in
combination attempted to corner the
oat market in Chicago came finally, and
the Milwaukee crowd are losers to the
amount of half a million dollars. The
deal was engineered by Doc" Biglow
of Milwaukee, who through his large
earnings in wheat last fall had obtained
the reputation Of being a wise specula-
tor. Milwaukee capitalists backed him
heavily in his attempt to corner the
Chicago oat market, but when the final
collapse came yesterday oats which had
been bought last winter at from % to
80 cents sold out at 204. Biglow is
ii l. Ill l..
wheat, while among other heavy losers
were John Black. E. Fl. Brodhead. F. G.
Bigelow, Hamilton Townsend, c.. T.
Bradley, and Ell. H. Camp, besides a
number of others whose individual losses
range from so, 200 to $4,000
At the waterways convention at West
Superior J. III. Keith of Chicago gave
some interesting statistics on the COM
merce of the great lakes. w. II. Birly
of Grand Forks, Oak, was present ex-
pressly in the interests of the Red river
and ship canal from the Missouri to
Superior, but he failed to enlist the
interest of the convention. w. II. Sey-
mour of Sault Ste. Marie said: ''It is too
much of risk for the people of this
country to run chances of damage to
the locks, thus stopping the wheels of
commerce. We need larger appropria-
tions that this canal may be completed
at the earliest possible moment" As
for the delays that vessels are subjected
to, he said the time computed to be lost
is an average of one hour to each yes
sci and another hour by darkness, which
makes navigation hazardous on account
of the lack of range lights.
The special committee of Milwaukee
businessmen which met Chairman Alb