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


was hanged at Anderson, S c., Fri
day.
In Il wrestling match in st. Paul,
Charles Moth defeats Joe Higgins, the
Irish champion.
Jack Thorne, an Arkansas desperate,
was killed by officers near Blacklist
lake, Arkansas.
James A Rice, a prominent real
estate man of New Orleans, went sud
denly insane Saturday.
Tennyson's grave will be Lext TO
that Of Browning in the poets corner
Of Westminster Abbey.
A Chicago business man advises his
drunken cashier to drown himself and
the latter does as advised.
Anna TfbbIe, a coIored woman. was
hanged at NewberTy, S. c., Friday,
for the murder Of her child.
David 3. Ayers, a prominent cotton
buyer. committed suicide at Raleigh,
\. c., Saturday, while intoxicated.
Montana democrats oppose fusion
VIII Tic DODUllSiS, WHICH, Tic NICi4IO-
cratic leaders strive to bring about.
Several persons were injured, two
Crainmen) fatally, by an accident on
the Canadian Pacific near Winnipeg.
E. S. Stark, a carpet salesman of st.
Louis, has been arrested ut st. Joseph
on charge of adultery brought by
his wife.
In the bicycle tournament at Evans
vile, Ind, Lumsdeu broke the world S
competitive record five-mile handicap.
Time 1886 So.
The war in Venezuela ends in the
overthrow of the government by Cres-
pc. A United States consul is shot at,
but not injured.
At Carbonate, IL, Friday, Constable
William Terrell was sentenced to
prison for fourteen years for killing
William Sanders.
AIyriads of grasshoppcrs have appear
ed in Buchanan and adjoining counties
in Kansas, and are rapidly destroying
the winter wheat.
The 2O9th anniversary Of the first
settlement Of Germans in America
under Pastorius was celebrated Thurs
day at Philadelphia.
The Deerhorn mine in the Cripple
Creek district of Colorado has been
sold for 100000 to T. f. Walsh and
associates of Denver.
High social circles in London are
shocked by an exposure of the prevail
ence of drunkenness among aristocratic
ladies'
Charlie Mitchell, the pugilist, is SEN
fenced in London to three months at
hard labor for WantOnly asSauldng an
Old man.
Roscoe Maraple was hanged at La
Fayette, Ga, Friday, for the murder
Of Nehemiah Fvitte. He protested his
innocence Oh the scaffOld.
In the Illinois college oratoricaI con-
test at Champaign Friday, the highest
bonOrS were won by IL. II. Hopkins,
Of Lake Forest university.
Miss Anna Steritt, Of Bowden, H.,
has been awarded $500 damages in
her breach of promise suit against
Philip Judy, of Carthage.
d. G. Church, Il travelling fakir from
Chicago, was arrested at st. Joseph,
Mich, Saturday by the federal authori-
ties for passing counterfeit coin.
Henry Judge, who was in the pack
ing business in Buffalo, died suddenly
while visiting at the home of his
nephew in that city Friday evening.
Burglars entered the notion and
jeWelry store of r. II. Jerusalem at
indianapolis Friday night and carried
away plumber aggregating $1,000 in
value.
Two children belonging to Henry
Watts, OF Ripley, Ohio, were abducted
Saturday while on their way to school
by Watts divorced wife, who is re-
married.
The Columbus celebration in New
York began Saturday with services in
the Jewish synagogues. An elaborate
programme covering six days was ar
ranged.
Simon Johnson, colored, was found
guilty of murder at Quincy. Ill, Satur-
day and sentenced to life Imprisonment
Johnson went home drunk and shot
his wife.
Henry A. Schultz, Of Cincinnati, was
drowned in two feet of water at Ross
lake Saturday. He was attacked with
heart disease while standing in the
water fishing.
Sanitary inspectors in the cholera
infected district Of Buda-Pesth were
treated to a liberal dose of boiling
water by Infatuated women and beat
an ingloTiOuS retreat.
NIilbry Brown, aged 10, and John
Williams, both colored, were hanged at
Spartansburg, S. c., Friday. The girl
killed an infant and the man murdered
the mayor of the town.
a collision occurred on the Pan
handle, eight miles east of Dayton,
Ohio, between a passenger and a freight
train. Joseph Nichols, engineer of the
passenger train, was killed.
The funeral of Renan, the French
BAAlACNNoE'LACAs ONSlAL1SNI III I'll LIS Il lltlttN
The remains were taken to the Gene
terry of Montmarre, but will ultimate
ly be placed in the Pantheon.
The weekly statement of the New
York banks shows 4 reserve decrease
of $2,455,S25. The banks hold ST.
936,5I5 in excess of the amount re-
puired by the % per cent rule.
John r. Reding, the only contem-