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

earnest in New York.
An explosion occurs on a boat at Du-
luth, killing two persons.
A most daring bank robbery is COM
mitted at Allentown, \. j.
Engiands proposals have been sub
mitted to the monetary conference.
a drunken street car conductor in
Minneapolis shoots two men,one fatally.
Having been defeated in the chamber
of deputies, the French ministers resign.
The heresy charges against Drs Briggs
and Smith have been 0nclul.y approved.
President Caruot, OF France, has
called upon NJ. ReyssOn to form cab
met.
Representatives OF western roads are
making efforts to organize tonnage
pool.
The Western Passenger association
adopted decisive measures to stop rate
cutting.
Mr.. German, it is announced, will be
President CIeYeIands spokesman in the
senate.
The extensive disulIery of Consul
Smith, ut Helbeck, Denmark, burned TO
the ground.
one hundred and eighteen cases Of
typhoid fever were reported in st. Louis
on the 18th.
An epidemic OF typhoid fever prevails
4T nj
College, Cincinnati
4 safe in the post office at AIarengo,
Ill, was blown open, aud all the stamps
and cash on hand taken.
Each of the six convicted Toledo,
Ohio, boodlers has been sentenced TO
pay fine OF 500 and costs.
Carl Gustav landmark, commander OF
the Swedish naval reserve, died at
Stockholm, aged 90 years.
This winter Jay Gould will pass in
Texas, where he will supervise the con
.sruction Of the White Oaks railway.
Friedrich Saatz, an original character
of Halle, known among students as
Pteiten Saatz, died, aged 70 years.
David Good, a resident of Nevada,
Ohio, took an overdose Of morphine for
some ailment and died from the effects.
st. Louis as well us st. Paul, has
dream caSe," u barber being arrested
for murder on the strength OF It dream.
j. o. Kinds, an employee of the Chi
cag0 Natural Gas company, was Shot by
Lewis Haynes, Il neIgnbor, ut LlWOou,
Ind.
A passenger train was held up at Nal
Ia, Mont, on the 18th, by three men,
who secured the local sale nom the
express car.
Mrs. Joseph FIey, aged 81, was burn
ed in Il coil oil explosion at her home in
Virginia, ILL.,, SO badly that she died Il
few hours later.
The HanllinsOn packing plant of Sioux
City has been purchased by the Cud-
ahys OF Chicago. 1t is the largest pack
ing plant in Iowa.
The Nicaragua Canal convention as
sembled in New Orleans on the 3Oth.
There is a large attendance and good
results are anticipated.
A seminary social settlement" is to
be founded III connection with the Chi
cago Theological seminary to furnish
object lessons 10 students.
John L. Connolly, additional law judge
OF LacklWanna county, died at Scran-
ton, Pa. lie was 80 years old and was
elected to the bench five years ago.
The democrats Of Nebraska, accord
ing to an Omaha dispatch, hope to gain
another United States senator as a re-
suit of contests III legislative districts.
The Farmers National Bank at Allen
town, \. j., was on the 18th robbed by
two men, who ut the point OF revOlvers
forced the cashier to hand over $2,7OO.
Gustav Handt, who murdered an old
widow, named Van du Heide, at Oeder-
quart, near Stade, July 5, 1892, was
Stade.
Congressman Lewis Steward, of Hi
nois eighth congressional district, will
contest the seat in congress of Robert
a. Childs, who had a plurality of j
votes.
President Graves of the defunct Com
mercial bank of Dubuque, has returned
from Arizona to stand trial for making
false reports to the comptroller of the
currency.
Dick Berlin and Charley Hayes, two
notorious burglars Of South Omaha,
have been arrested, charged with the
murder Of Charles Miller, late mayor of
the city.
Miss SOphonisba breckenridge, daugh-
ter of Col. w. G. 2. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, has taken the proper exam
nation for admission to the bar and
she is now Il full-fedged lawyer.
The acting director of the mint is in
formed that the coiners at the Phila-
delphia mint made their first delivery of
the Worlds fair souvenir coins to SUI
perintendent Bosbyshen yesterday.
The pool established by the presi-
dents of the Trunk Line association
Nov. is for dividing all the competitive
west-bound freight traffic between New
York and Chicago, went into effect on
the LIST.
George NJ. Harris, of Richmond, Ind,
whose conduct has offended his neigh
! bOrS, was captured by a crowd of men,
tied, gagged, and a moose placed around
his neck. He saved his life by promis-
inc t0 lp9un town