Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-18
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE late P. T. Barnum left an estste
valued at 81, 279, 532.
The clearings of the Chicago banks for
this week are S85, 485, SOB.
BERNARD WITTMER, a New York type
writer, has fallen heir to 100000 by
the death Of his father near Bremen.
The foreign diplomats viewed the site
of the Columbian Exposition Saturday, in
the company of the fair officials.
BISHOP KNIGHT, Of Milwaukee, died
Monday from the effects If an attack of the
grip.
VIM. ARNOLD. of the dry goods firm of
Arnold, Constable & Co., died suddenly at
New York on Monday.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER is
now said 20 have lost 100000 in the Key
stone bank collapse.
WITHIN the last six weeks over 1000
Jews have emigrated from Russia, princi-
pally to America.
HAYTIAN agents are reported to have
purchased a lot of ammunition in New
York for Hippolyte.
HARVARD COLLEGE will receive over
500 as the result of the settlement of
a protracted law suit over the will of John
Hancock.
JOHN ABBOTT of Montreal has been de-
cided upon to succeed Sir. John Mac
Donald as premier until the return of Sir.
Chas. Upper.
JUDGE PHILLIPS of the United States
circuit court, has decided that accident in
surance companies are not liable when a
DoIicy holder dies of S11OStrOka
The house joint resolution favoring the
election of United States senators by d.
rect vote of the people was adopted Tues
day by the Illinois senate.
A RECEIVER has been appointed in Chi
cago for the Northwestern Rubber COM
pany. Liabilities 100000; assets con,
siderabIy less.
A New YORK firm is said to be slaugh-
tering WORKOUT street car horses and ex-
porting the carcasess to France where they
are disposed of as prime beef.
THE CHILEAN government has applied for
one acre of space on which to erect a
building for that government at the
worlds fair
Ex-TREAsURER BARDsLEY's stealings
at Philadelphia now foot up over $1,000
900, it having been discovered that he
looted $500, 900 from the school fund.
The conference report on the world s
fair bill recommending an appropriation
of 100000 has been adopted by the
Illineis house and the bill passed.
1t now goes to the governor for his sig
nature.
IT has just been learned that ex-City
Treasurer Bardsley, of Philadelphia, who
is charged with embezzling 81, 100000 Of
city and state funds, never took the oath
of Office.
The Canadian privy council has passed
an order making the quarantine
against sheep and swine imported from
Europe fifteen days, the same as the
United States quarantine against these
animals.
ALL the Chicago justices of peace nomi-
mated Wednesday by Gov. Fifer were con
firmed Thursday by the senate, with the
exception of Charles G.. Dixon, who was
rejected Oh the recommendation of the
Chicago senators.
! Iowa S crop bulletin, issued Saturday,
shows that there has been a general RAIN
| fall throughout the state, and the pros
poets of an abundant harvest continue
good.
E. D. THAYER, the aged president Of
the Brandon national bank of Brandon
VT, after transacting some business IL
Omaha, left that place for Chicago on
Friday, and on the way lost a small hanC
satchel conta ming $4,000 in notes anC
mortgages.