Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-22
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nounceS that he is about to publish
key to Browning's works.
The universities of Italy are conf
| planned of for the inferior grade of edu-
cation to which they allot diplomas.
A bill has been introduced to enable
English peers to abandon their places
in the house of lords if they wish and
be elected to the house of commons if
they can.
Bismarck will be IS years old April
1, should he survive till then, and he
is not unlikely to see another year of
| life, though he has some superstition
to the contrary himself.
| 1t is rumored that the first volume
of Bismarck's unpublished correspond
ence. extending from 1862 to 1880, is
about to be issued, and that the second
volume will appear soon after the first.
Miss Alice Parker of Lowell has been
| admitted to the Middlesex (Mass.) bar.
Miss Parker, who is about 35 years of
age, is the first lady admitted to prac-
tice at that bar and the third in the
State.
| There is new Eiffel Tower on the
banks of the Neva, near St. Petersburg,
constructed entirely of 10,000 blocks of
| ice, with restaurants, observation plat
forms and other attractions. 1t is $50
| feet high.
Miss Pauncefote, the eldest daughter
of the British Minister at Washington,
has done much, by her personal exam
pie, to make walking a fashionable
as well as Capital pastime among the
girls CT that city.
A large English railway company
has increased its pay roll between nine
and ten thousand pounds per year be-
cause it believed that the increased
traffic of the line justified the payment
of higher wages to the men.
John Jacob AStor owned 1900 high
class dwelling-houses, rented at an
average of $4,000 a year each. He
| owned, besides, tenement houses in
untold number, and no end of real es-
tate devoted to business uses.
Lord Mayor Isaacs, of London, Eng,
recently devoted the upper chamber of
his historic residence, the Mansion
House to the only Masonic ceremony
ever performed in that building. The
Lord Mayor has been a Freemason for
thirty years.
James Jackson, who died recently in
Boston, left a portion of his estate to
William |. Bowditch, Wendell Phillips,
and Mrs. Lucy Stone, to be used for
the promotion of woman's rights, tenn
perance, and the best interests of the
working girls of Boston.
1t is alleged that the Justification of
English coins by clipping and counter
feiting has gone to Il greater extent
during the last few years than for a
long time before, and that things have
got to such a pass that it isn't safe to
accept certain coins at all.
Frederick Dawson, who furnished
the ships for the navy of the Republic
of Texas, used to say to his guests.
Drink what you please. There is ex.
cellent water in the well, but it is 100
! feet deep. The wines are on the sur
face, and can be had without trouble"
Queen Victoria has a fancy for Wen
ma and French bread and rolls in all
sorts of odd shapes. Besides having
it made up in score of fancy twists
and curls she always has some baked
in the form of little dolls. These are
for her grandchildren when they eat at
her table.
The theater which the authorities of
the University of Pennsylvania have
decided to erect will be used for all
public lectures given under the auspices
Of the university, for concerts and for
the performances of classical music.
1t will cost $4,000 and the organ
which will be constructed about SO,
| 600.
The Southwestern Railroad of En-
gland has given up its battle against
the tipping system, and ordered down
from its stations the placards that al
nounced that employees were forbidden
to accept tips. In spite of the pla-
cards the porters are said to have made
an average of as much as their regular
pay from tips.
DR.. Knorr of Germany, the discover
er of antipyrine. the great grip emedy,
is reported to have acquired more than
$1,000, 900 by the winters epide mic.
The medicine sells at $1.4O per ounce
and he gets a royalty of 60 cents on
every ounce sold. The demand every
where was tremendous, and some
times as high as S. per ounce was paid
! for it.
Ronconi, the well-known singer, who
died recently, had but one fault-he
sang false, and he knew it. The first
time he appeared in opera in London
with the great basso, Carl Formes, he
took Formes aside after the perform
ance and said: Until this evening, /
have never been jealous of any one,
but l am jealous of any one. but am
| jealous of YOU" ''Whyp" Because you
sing still more out of tune than l do"
The directors of the De Beers Com
pany in the Kimberly, South Africa,
mines gave picnic to their 3, 200 en-
ployes, at which were eaten 1900
fowls, 400 turkeys, $50 geese, 100 hams,
1000 pounds spiced, roast and boiled
beef and 1,800 pigeon. veal and ham,
and chicken and ham pies, washed
down with 5000 bottles of English and
German beer. 100 cases of champagne.
200 cases of claret, and 100 cases of
Burgundy. besides brandy and whisky.
William Rockefeller, of the Standard
Oil Company, has kept a fine herd of
deer at his former home, near Green
! witch, Conn, for number of years.
His new home at Tarrytown is now
completed and one of his preparations
for removal was the sale of his herd of
deer. Two of the finest of the herd, a
pair of red deer, as large as American
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