Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12


tiers miles long.
WIRE rope manufacturers say that the
dread of insects and infection in ordinary
rope has banished the latter almost en-
tirely from the household in favor of their
own production.
The Chicago airship has raised the
wind very successfully, il it be true that its
Inventor has induced capital to the
amount of $50, OOO,OO0 to back him. Hith-
erto, however, tie wind has rot raised tn
airship to any remarkable extent.
THE element furine is of great interest
to chemists, as it is the most powerful
solvent known. Hitherto it has been
found in nature only in state of combi-
nation, and has been isolated with the
greatest difficulty, but two French investi-
gators have lately obtained evidence of
its existence in free state in fiuorspar.
ONE BULL, nephew of Sitting Bull, re-
lated an incident that happened the day
before the Bull was killed. He said that
on that day Sitting Bull climbed to the top
of one of the highest adjacent buttes
where he fell asleep and dreamed of the
startling event to occur next day, and
came down and told his people that their
great medicine man would be killed on the
morrow. And so he was killed.
PEACE is the great desideratum of ever
European nation bat they watch each
other closely and go on getting ready for
war just the same. Italy, aided morally
and financially by Germany, is fortifying
and improving her arms All this friend
illness mas attracted attention from Aus
tria, whose monarch has accordingly mott
fed King Humbert that he is coming to
make visit real soon.
The wanton baroarity of the present
Russian government receives an illustra-
ton in the placing of troops on the border
of the empire to drive lack the unfor-
tunate victims who attempt to escape to
a band of Cossacks intercepted a
party of Jews endeavor.ng to escape into
Germany, and killed and wounded many of
them while driving them back into Rus
sian slavery.
The director of the mint places the gold
production of the United States for 1890
c. Of fhn of
$32, Sac, 900, an increase Of only $45, 900
over the production of 1880. The produc-
ton If silver increased from 1000, 900 in
1889 to 81, 900 600 ounces in 1890. 1t APP
pears further from this report Of Director
Leech that the use of gold in the arts is in
creasing quite as rapidly as silver, and for
the last year aggregated Sl8, los, 800,
while silver to the amount of So, 23l 900
was SO employed
The recent rule of the United States SUI
preme court, ordering all appeals to be
docketed with its clerk within 80 days
from the time they are taken, Was made
necessary by an abuse that had grown to
large proportions. Appeals had been
often taken for the purpose of delay, and
allowed to wait until the last minute,
sometimes for months, before being enter
ed upon the docket Waiting until the
last entry day usually meant postpone
ment over at least one term of court and
often more The court intends to have all
the business sent up to 1t upon It's dockets
promptly hereafter, whether IN vacation
time or not, so that it can sift the calenda
if desirable. This rule is likely to pre-
vent such appeals as the second now pend
ing in the Jugiro case, and 1t will clear
the calendar Of considerable dead weight
AN English chemical journal reports Il
series of experiments by Mr.. Banschinger
to determine the resistance to frost of nat
ural and artificial building stones. From
three to six pieces of each kind were Sc
Iected, and their tensile strength, wet and
dry. their capacity for absorbing water,
alteration in volume, tensile strength and
behavior toward water after freezing and
thawing Is times, and their specific gray
iiy were determined. Of samples of q
kinds of natural stone, only 6-one of do
lorite, one of diorite, ard four sandstones
were found to resist repeated freezing,
though others resisted fairly but not ab-
solutely. OF. Al samples of artificial
stone similarly tested, only were thor
on ghly unaffected, while 8 were fairly re
sistant.