Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-03

railway station to his ranch last Thurs
day and froze to death in the storm.
The steamer Rio de Janeiro, from
japanese and Chinese ports, brings the
news that the Yellow river has again
burst its banks. As far as is known
twelve villages We're swept away, but
as the waters rose slowly not many
lives We're lost.
Owing to the lack of a sewerage
system the late rains in Zacatecas,
/. Texas, have been followed by a vista
ton Of typhoid fever. One hundred
and thirty people have died there from
the fever within week, and it shows
10 signs Of abatement.
Tie brunswick Landes Zeitung be-
ieyes that the German government has
resolved finally to put an end to the
! provisional government OF tae duchy
/ OF Brunswick. This, il is understood,
foreshadoWs a declaration against the
| succession OF the Hanoyerian dynasty.
Squire O'Donnell, prominent poll
tician and justice OF the peace of
| Hazleton, Pa, was Shot and killed
Friday by his constable, Isaac Phillips.
! The men engaged III a political discus
! sion, when The constable drew his
| weapon and fired three times, each
! ball taking effect.
| Obituary-Joseph Horne, aged 81,
merchant and philantnropist OF Pitts
! burg; General Benjamin Partridge of
| Bay City, Mich; Ardin Manly, aged 81,
of Winnebago county, H.; j. Windsor,
! aged 16, OF ROcton, Wis; William
/ Decker, aged 80, of Virginia, ILL.,; E.
| Lockwood OF Rockford, LII.
AT the closing session of the Presby
terrain synod Saturday at Albany, n.
! y, substitute report Tor the minority
| and majority reports OF the judiciary
committee was adopted which remands
! the case OF DR.. Briggs to the New
/ York presbytery for tIi,l November 8,
and the synod takes no stand on the
+ question Ill dispute.
Three conraband Cinnamon passed
through Bay City, Mich, Saturday
morning, having entered Michigan in
| the upper peninsula. IDey were over
hauled at jackson on Il message from
a deputy United States marshal, who
left Saturday night with warrants for
their arrest. They Were headed for
Chicago. They viii be taken to Bay
City for examination.
Officials of the Missouri, Kansas and
! Texas railway intrusted with the dis
tribution of the $1,000 donated by the
directors as a reward for the killing
of the Daltons at Coffeyyille, Kan,
have decided to give each OF the fami-
lies of the four murdered citizens
$1,000 and divide the remainder, 81 900,
among tive oJher citizens. The relief
! fund, besides this contribution, amounts
now to $5,975.
The revolt in Santiago Del Estere,
capital of the Argentine province of
that name, is assuming formidable pro-
portions. The rebels are in full posses
sion of the capital, and have placed
the provincial ministers under arrest
The governor of the province has asked
the national government to intervene
and restore the statue quo. The pro-
yincial guards are arming to oppose
the rebels.
A stand crowded with people on the
corner of State and Phantom streets,
Chicago, broke down during the civic
parade. A man from Halsted st. sud
denly shouted: Il like lake Waterr'
and the excited gang, all rising to their
feet at once, put too quick a strain on
| the tlmDerS, and the supporting TIM
bers gave way. An old lady living on
the North side was badly crushed, but
courageously observed, as she was pull
ed out: I'D rather lose a leg than hear
any one shout for any other drinking
water than Hygeia, clear as a crystal,
=, sparkling us a diamond