Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-04-17
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in Atlanta.
Geronimo, the renegade Apache. is
now teaching a Sunday-school class.
Serve him right.
Prof. Robert Koch is preparing an
elaborate treatise on the life, works,
and death of the bacillus.
The expenditures of the London
Times in the Parnell case are said to
have exceeded a million dollars.
There is a genuine German turn
verein in Constantinople which recently
celebrated its twentieth birthday.
Alexander Graham Bell, the tele-
phone inventor, is devoting himself ex-
clusively to scientific research in deaf
and dumb phenomena.
There is man in New York who
makes comfortable living by going
with whisB broom and bag gathering
up oats that horses scatter about their
noon eating places in the streets.
James G. and Ann Tomlinson, who
live in Plainfield, Ind, recently cele-
brated their seventy-first wedding ami
versary. Mr.. Tomlinson will be 100
years old July IA, and his wife is 80.
H. A. P. Carter Hawaiian Minister
at Washington denies that house has
been fitted up for Kalakaua at Wash
ington, and says the Sandwich Island
King will not visit Washington this
year.
William Pryor negro aged ia
years, lives at Whiteside. Mo. He is
the father of twenty children-fve by
his first wife and fifteen by his second.
The old man is in excellent health and
has used tobacco all his life.
Congressman Joe Wheeler weighs
ninety-fve pounds, while Congressman
Barnes carries the palm for adipose
tissue by tipping the beam at 400
pounds, and says he wouldn't take ST.
600 for single pound of flesh.
George Matthews ofYoungstown, O.,
is certainly remarkable man. After
having his right arm amputated as the
result of an accident, he placed the
severed arm in a valise, and, unattend-
ed went ten miles to his home.
Edward Gorgonza, Treasurer of the
Spanish-American Commercial Union
of New York, says: Twenty Spaniards
speak English where one American
speaks Spanish. This is one of the
reasons why America has not succeeded
in getting foothold in South America. -
Samuel Cable, Stark CO., farmer,
worth $50 600, thought he was dying,
and decided his property to five child
rem. He recovered and asked them to
restore it, but they refused, and now he
appeals to the court on the plea that he
was not of sound mind when the deeds
were made.
In one city at least John Smith has
to take back seat. The directory of
Minneapolis reveals the fact that there
is in that city 1000 Ole blossoms, 1910
Erick Ericksons, 1,215 Nels Nelson's
and 1,011 John Johnsons. Evidently
Minneapolis is somewhat of a Scandi-
navian city.
Nine. Castanet, lion-tamer, entered
the cage at Brussels recently to separate
a lion and hyena who were fighting,
and although the lion had formerly
been much attached to her, he then
threw himself upon her and mangled
her terribly and probably fatally be-
1OIC UIiC SouINl ICoSuC llCI.
1t has been discovered that there was
a Count Bismarck fifty years ago in
Wurtemberg. who became a lieutenant
general, was life member Of the local
house of lords, received great honors
and decorations, and finally died highly
respected in his Goth year. There was
also Won Moltke in Wurtemberg at
the same time, who became a major
general.
Miss Dinah Mulock Mrs. Craik),
the novelist gave her literary pension
of 81 900 per annum for a number of
years to DR.. Westland Marston, the
father of the recently deceased blind
poet, Philip Bourke Marston. On her
death the pension lapsed, and it is said
that Henry Irving then volunteered to
continue the allowance and did so until
the death of the recipient a few weeks
ago.
A young Englishman who went to
clerk it in the Argentine Republic was
SO unfortunate as to indulge in public
intOXication soon after his arrival in
the country. and was astonished when,
after being arrested and arraigned in
court, he was sentenced to eight days
labor on the streets instead of to fine.
He couldn't face his acquaintance
after his term had expired, and left the
country.
John Ruskin's insanity takes a
troublesome form at times When he
becomes frantic at night he jumps out
of bed and smashes all the windows in
his room. One day when he was very
quiet Kate Greenaway came to sketch
in his garden. Ruskin suddenly APP.
peared. took the brush from her hand,
and began to daub her dress with paint,
designing a costume far more grotesque
than any she had ever depicted in her
popular sketches.
And instance of Browning's kindness
| of heart is told in the Atheneatm. A
young girl has to write an explanation
| of ''Prospice." Not satisfied with her
essay, she ventured to send it to Mr..
| Browning, to whom she was an entire
stranger and he took the trouble tc
make sundry corrections and additions,
winding up with: There, my dear
| young lady, l have done the little that
was necessary, and hope it may suffice,
Afectionately yours, Robert Browning
What is known as getting on to
your curves is bit of slang which is
now very much in vogue in the circles
of New York where slang is tolerated
This means practically throughout the
entire town. A year or two ago the
| phrase was common with baseball
cranks and players, but it had not
much of a vogue elsewhere. Now
however, one hears it at every corner