Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-10-20

c0mpuShed the feat OF swimming
across the HellespOnt from the Euro
pean to the Asiatic shore, as Lord
Byron did.
Engineer Schaffer and Fireman Johns
ton OF Il switching engine at the mines
Of the New ork and Cleveland Gas
Coal company, near PIttsburg, Pa,
were smotLered by the foul air in a
tunnel Thursday.
Prof. Pickering, Of the Harvard Oh
seryatoyy ut Arequipa, Chile. says that
he has discovered fOrty small lakes III
Mars. He also confirms lrUf. Iiolden's
observations on the Limits AID meoSur-
ed altitude of the pEIn>t.
At Coatsyille, Ind. the insane wife
of William Sharp poured coAi oil on
his bed clothing while he WIS sleeping
and then applied match 10 il, burn
ing him to death. She WaS badly
burned while holding him ii led.
The matrimonial intentions of Prince
George Of England are still furnishing
unlimited food for gossip for the socie-
ty papers. The ladies in question are
IrinceSS Victoria, Mary Of Teck and
Princess Victoria Of SchlesNig HOlStein.
1t is reported that a decisive battle
has been fought in DahOmey, IN which
the rebelliOus natives We're defeated
aud 1000 of their warriors killed. i he
loss to the French troops is given as
sixteen killed and seventeen wounded.
While it is generally conceded that
SWinburne is the greatest OF living
English poets it is thought in London
that Lewis Morris is likely to succeed
TennyS0n as poet laureate. lie be-
longs in the eminenly respectable cate
CORY.
Col. Higgins Of the Twenty-eighth
Ohio Volunteers Friday presented to
the North Carolina Grays at Raleigh,
\. c., their flag captured III battle by
bis regiment. The tag was then pre-
sented to the state and accepted by the
governor.
Rev. DR.. John Joseph Nouri, who
claims to have discovered the remains
OF NOah's ark on Mount Ararat, has
been decorated by the emperor OF RUS
STA and the shah OF Persia, and bears
upon his breast the rare Order of the
Star OF Bethlehem.
An attempt was made at Homestead
by an unknown person 10 blow up Il
uOn-union Doarding-nOdSe with dyna-
niue. A cartridge was thrown through
a window and exploded with terrific
force, WreclIng the room III which il
fell, but 10 one was hurt.
The Southern Pacific railroad com
pany and ,he Wells-Fargo express COM
pany have sent $4,000 to CoffeyvilIe,
Kan, 10 be distributed among those
who took part i'll the determination Of
the Dalton gang and among the rela
uyeS OF those who were killed.
In Il desperate fight with moonshin-
ers in Lincoln county, Tenn, Friday
ID. Mailer, deputy internal revenue col
iector, was shot and instantly killed.
Joe SpuTier, special deputy collector
and q. S. CarWeIl, general deputy col
lector, were mOrtaIly wounded.
At Charlottesville, Ind, Saturday
CN S4ulASo 1CC DC1loO1I, ClSCu Ii y cCllS,
started to water team OF horses. He
rode one and very foOlishly tied the
halter Of the other around his wrist.
The horse being led jerked suddenly,
throwing the boy off. The animal then
deliberately beat the boys head TO
jelly with its fore feet, killing him
almost instantly.
WINS ialIDaJ Saturday f1.cY,, tho
prison officials that Martin Burke, the
Cronin convict at the penitentiaIy in
Joliet, Ill, was fast passing away.
Ills feet are swollen and a large cavity
is on his lungs. 1t Will only be a ques-
ton OF Il few months until he will pass
away Burke has grown very thin, as
he cares for but little to eat and suf-
ferS intense pain. He remains in the
prison hospital under the care of the
prison officials.
A bitter contest over part Of the
estate of the late duke of Switzerland
has begun between the present duke
and his stepmOther formerly Mrs.
Blair. The son resented from the first
his fathers union with the widow, and
he refused to recognize her. His
father elected him at her request from
Tittensor house. She took possession
at once, deposed all the old servants,
and maintained the reorganized estab-
lishment until the old dukes death.
The stepsOn then seized Tittensor house
III her absence, replaced her new Ser
wants with the old ones, and gave a
caretaker charge Of the estate.