Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-24


ed. Twenty bodies have been remoy-
ed.
Mrs. Jane llalloway, 4 colored wo-
man, los years old, called on the work
house board in Cincinnati the other
day and secured the release of her 10
year-old son Samuel, who was doing
TIM for Wife-beating.
Postmaster s. VI. Teats. at Hope,
MAS. committed suicide by shooting
himself i'll che had. Fear OF losing his
place und the democratic adminiStra-
ton and hmaucial embarrassment caus-
ed him to become Respondent
Allison. Shafer x Co contractors. Of
New York. doing a larg2 amount of
work on the worlds fair. We're sried
Friday morning by the Western Ma
tiOllal bank. of New York; for 100000
for money loan d.
Herman Hibby. an insane man. while
being taken TO the DiXmount asylum.
near Pittsburg. Pa, leapcd through tn
car window while the train was run
ming thirty-6ve miles an hour. receiv-
ing serious but not fatal injuri $.
The business portion Ct Camden, Me,
has been destroyed by fire. LOSS is
, estimated $750,00U, Insurance S500.0O0.
Many people had narrow escapes from
death and others are rendered destitute
by the fire.
The powder magazine in which the
merchants of lola, Kan, stored their
powder, was blown up Saturday.
Lewis Bliss. who was in the magazine
at the time and who was attempting
to open a con Of powder, received
terrible injuries from which he died.
A Russian woman. during the alb
sence of the mother. killed the latter's
child and gnaws its body. She also
killed u second one in the presence of
the mother who becomes a maniac.
Attempts to lynch the perpetrator of
the crime fail
The harvest in southern BeSSara bia,
Russia. has proved a complete failure.
The Inhabitants are without grain and
the cattle without fodder. Much suffer
ing is certain to result. and it is likely
that the government will be called up
on to extend assistance.
In a fight over a boundary apple
tree between Charles Knorr and
Thomas Hussoy, living near Bessemer
station, Pa. Knorr was soon knocked
to the ground, Hussey. it is said, US
ing the ak with which he was cutting
Down the tree as Il weapon. HlSSey
has been arrested and KnorT is dying.
DR.. II. A. Slade. the spirituaIiStic
slate writer and medium, was arrested
in a cheap lodging house in Sioux City.
Iowa, Saturday morning and brought
before the insanity commission, adjudg
ed insane and ordered to the hospital.
His case is considered hopeless.
AT Pittsburg, Pa, Mrs. Beak left her
children at home while she went to a
nearby grocery. During her absence
John, aged 4 years, and Joseph, aged
3, secured can of oil and poured it
on the stove, causing an explosion
which fatally burned both. The for
mer died in a few minutes, and the
latter lived but few hours.
Dense fogs have been prevalent in
London for a week. At noon Saturday
the atmosphere became thicker than
ever, and the blackness Of midnight
set in. Everywhere gas and electric
lights were in use, but in the streets
their rays were unable to p9netrlte
the dense mass of vapor, which even
penetrated houses everywhere, causing
great discomfort.
Henry Z. LunSe, manager of d E'rede
rickburg. Cal, jewelry house. was
found hanging from a tree Friday
morning His hands We're tied behind
his back, his feet tied and handker
chief tied over his mouth. The ground
near the tree showed evidences of a
severe struggle. The affair is surround
ed in mystery. The body was pot
robbed
TelemaQue TimayenlS, at one time
professor of Greek in Harvard univer-
sity, and who wrote the History of !
Greece from the Time of Homer" and
other books, through the publication
of which he attracted general attention,
is in Jail in New York. He was ar
rested Friday. A man named Ramsey
is said to be the complainant and to
have brought suit for $4,000. AS Tim
ayenis failed to furnish the required
$1,000 bail he was locked up.
1t is probable that before the next
democratic congress adjourns three new
states will be admitted, all of which |
will cast their electoral votes for free !
coinage and democratic senators and !
Representatives New Mexico, Arizona !
and Utah will no doubt become states !
under democratic rule, and if so it is |
liable to be many long years before !
the republicans again have control of /
the senate.