Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-09-15
CONDENSED NEWS.

Daniel Doughterty, the celebrated
orator, died in Philadelphia.
A shortage is reported in the Office
of the st. Paul building inspector.
J. e. Richards is nominated for gov
ernor Of Montana by the republicans.
Rev. Sam Small, the evangelist, was
shot in the thigh by an Indiana tough.
John G. Whittier, the poet, died
Wednesday morning at Hampton Falls,
| n. II.
Great Britain removes the prohibit
| ton on the admission of American live
stock.
Fiere damaged the glass factory at
Muncie, Ind, to the extent of $4,000
Tuesday.
Senator Cublum began his campaign
work Wednesday with a speech at
| Joliet, Ill.
The First National bank Of AIiddles-
boro, KY, has been compelled to slose
| its doors.
Sales Of butter on the Elgin board of
trade Monday amounted to 1920 pounds
at % cents.
The Connecticut republicans have
nominated General Samuel Il. AIerWin
| for governor.
Some changes in grain grades are
made by the state railroad and ware
house commission.
Cotton warehouses in DiYon street,
| I at
| stroyed by fire Tuesday.
j. b. Shackleford, a lawyer of Bristol,
Tenn, was discovered stealing law
books and has disappeared.
A joint committe of the st. Paul
council adopts Il resolution cutting
down The salaries Of city officials.
Two new cases Of cholera appeared
| on Hoffman island Wednesday,, and
there was one death on the steamer
Rugia.
| General John GibbOn will be at the
reunion Of the Iron brigade, which is
to be held at Muncie, Ind, Sept. 16.
Republicans Of Indiana have begun
a suit III the state supreme court to
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rymander bill.
Three car loads Of immigrants from
Hamburg, Germany, were allowed to
come into the United States at Detroit
by way of Canada.
Frank Hank, u barkeeper of West
Duluth, shot and fatally wounded Jack
Murphy and Jack Haggarty Tuesday.
The murderer has fled.
Thomas Kirk residing near Farmers
vile, ILL.,, was found dead in his bed
! Tuesday morning. He is supposed to
have died Of appOpleXy.
Emperor William will remain in
Potsdam and will not assist at the in
auguatiOn OF his grandfather's, the old
Kaiser William, statue at Metz.
w. II. Clancy and Conrad Spearn-
agile blew out the gas OF the room at
Jackson, Michigan, in which they
slept. Clancy is dead. Spearnagle
will live.
Near Fowler, Ind, Tuesday, Albert
Morris and Charles st. John, While al
work in Il gravel pit, We're crushed to
death by a bank of gravel falling in
upon them.
1t is again rumored that Premier Alb
bOtt, Of Canada, will soon resign owing
to i'll health, and that he will be sue
ceeded by Sir John Thompson, min
lister of justice.
By an explosion in coal mine near
| | pyinUton Mo two mon n1nfn6 II pD1.xy
Asher and G. Anderson were killed,
and plan named Jack Delaney was
fatally injured.
b. NJ. RiX, one of the best known
breeders of tine cattle, was stamped to
! death by a bull on his farm near
Omaha Monday. Every bone III his
body was broken.
The north Dakota democratic congen-
ton has indorSed the nominees of the
independent party for state officers,
but nominated Straight-out democrats
for presidential electors.
A little child of Nh. and Mrs. Har-
fort, living west of Jacksonville, Ill,
attempted to climb up the side of a
lumber pile Tuesday when the boards
fell over and crushed the little one to
death.
At Madrid, Spain, in consequence of
the presence of cholera III the harbor
of New York, it has been ordered that
all persons arriving from New York
shall be placed under three days OBJ
serVation.
A dispatch to The London Times
form Shanghai says European min
SiOnary and Il number of native Christ
ians have been massacred in the prov
nce Of Shensy. The bodies of the
victims We're nlutilated by mObs.
g. W. Lewis, a drink-crazed house
painter of st. Louis, attempted to kill
his child, wife and sister-in-law, but
succeeded only in slightly Wounding
the latter. Then he turned his pistol
upon himself and blew out his brains
A murderOuS assault was made upon
Rev. David NJ. Cooper, pastor of the
Memorial Presbyterian church Of
Detroit, in his study Monday, by a man
who demanded Mr.. Cooper's money.
The man was arrested.
Fire broke out in the Mohn Brothers
wool hat factory at Reading, Pa,
Tuesday night and the entire building,
with all its valuable machinery and a
large amount of finished and unfnish-
ed goods, was destroyed. Loss, $G5,-