Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-12-08

HeNafl0n, 952; Tor present condition, oO4 :;
for imperial federation, %.
The total collections of internal rev.
enue for the first four months of the
present fiscal year were SGT. 253. O20. an
increase of $4,332,752 compared with
tie collections during the corresponding
period Of the last fiscal year.
For the second time this year. a rob-
berry on the Illinois, Iowa & Indiana
railroad occurred on the 18th between
Dwight and Buda station, Ill Each
time the amount secured was $1,000
and the United States EXPRESS company
is the loser.
A dispatch from Davenport, Ia, says
that eX-MesSenger @. l. BagIey will
plead guilty when his case is called In
the district court for the embezzlement
Of 100000 from the United States Ex-
press company. His plea viii be tenn
p0rary insanity.
The St. Paul. Minneapolis and Man
itoba railroad COmpany,by its attorneys,
has filed with the secretary of the in
terror its deed Of recOnveyance to thu
government for $4,000 acres of land
within the place limits OF its grant in
North Dakota.
Arrangements have been completed
for consolidation Of the Werner Print
ing and LithOgraphins company Of Ak
ron, o., and the r. S. Peale company of
Chicago. The new company will be
capitalized at $3,500,000, and all work
will be done in Akron.
Henry S. Ives, the young Napoleon of
finance, was married in LOckpOrt, \. Y,
to Miss Helen Gertrude Sears, Nov. p.
The wedding was such a quiet affair
that none but the immediate relatives
and most intimate friends of the con-
tracing parties knew Of it.
Patrick Hurst, of Chicago, was placed
on trial on the 10Th, in Judge Bakers
court. Hurst killed his wife Feb. 5 by
stabbing her forty times with Il huge
seaman's knife. After his arrest he
confessed the crime. The defense will
try to prove Hurst insane.
Virginia Penny, the pioneer in the
movement to extend the possibilities of
employment for Women,iS living in New
stances. She has suffered much from
sickness and poverty, for she has never
realized much from her books.
At a wedding in the village of Gross
BrueskoW, Qear StOlzs, the 300 guests
consumed eight calves, one steer, four
hogs, $50 chickens, 300 pounds of fish,
1,6O0 pounds Of flour, 200 pounds OF
butter, 700 eggs, ten barrels of beer,
seventy-tive gallons of liquor, etc, the
the market value being $500.
The body of a man supposed to be
Weed Knapp was found on the track of
the Hudson river road near the rolling
mill, Poughkeepsie, on the 10Th. The
top Of his head above his ears was
nearly cut off. The remains We're
brought to Coroner FrOStS rooms.
Secretary Noble has approved the
role of the Cheyenne River and the
Standing Rock bands of Indians in the
Dakotas to whom the 100000 appro-
priated by the act Of Jan. 10, 1891, is to
be paid. 1t is expected that the money
will be in the hands OF the agents for
payment within the next two weeks.
Acting Secretary Spaulding made a
further modification of the regulations
governing the admission of immigrants
on the Both. Under it all vessels from
foreign ports regardless Of whether they
carry immigrants will be allowed to
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stations at Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The favorable economical conditions
OF the people of Denmark is well dem
OnStrated by the report Of the deposits
in the ga savings banks within the
kingdom. The deposits amounted to
sos, 662,641 crowns or dollars. The in
crease during last year was $S,663, O29
The lumber firm of Bills & Koch, of
Toledo, O., has failed. The firms as
sets are about $SS,O0O, but the liabilities
will exceed that amount. AT Tecumseh,
Mich, the TecumSeh bank closed on
hearing Of the failure Of the Toledo
firm. It's liabilities are $150,OO0 and as
sets $SS,0OO.
The Census Bureau on the 30th gave
statistics for 1890 of the manufacturing
of Lincoln, Neb. Number of
establishments reported, III; number
of Industries reported, So; capital in
vested, $1,914,SS9; hands employed,
1,51S; wages paid, $93G,675; cost of
materials used, $1,27S,S63; value of
products, $3,O1S,S37.