Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-02
CONDENSED NEWS.

States circuit court, died at Baltimore.
Banker Oscar Bills, of Adrian, Mich,
has been acquitted of the charge OF
embezzlement.
Charles l. Fair and his bride are
said to have sai1ed for Europe.
An Illinois couple was married IN the
Ferris wheel at the fair.
Five hundrcd anti-hOme rule delegates
attended the Ulster parliament IN Bel
fast.
Nine bodies of those who lost their
lives at Battle Greek are still uncla1m-
ed.
Boston is contemplating the plans OF
a new 100000 city hall on Beacon
Hill
Bert Bepper was remanded to Jail
by a San Francisco judge to be re-
turned to New York for bigamy.
A mimic battle between British ma
rines and sailors at Halifax, n. s., was
witnessed by 10000 persons.
Two negroes, notorious hog thieves,
were lynclged at Knox Point, La, by
mob composed OF black and whites.
Judge Fields oyerruled motions to dis
miss the prisoner in the Hardin ketch-
UNI case ut Louisville.
Horace Hill, arrested for the murder
of Anna Wiese at Marsha1tOwn, Iowa.
was discharged from custody.
James Chrine who Shot Robert
Murphy at Waupaca, Wis, pleaded not
guilty and was granted a continuance.
Joseph Fulnwalt was sentenced at
Champaign, Ill, to seven years in the
penitentiary for horse stealing.
James Mccormick, a farmer, was kill
ed. together with his horse, at a cross
ing of the Wabash road near Jackson
vile, Ill.
Thieves are creating q reign of terror
at Oshkosh, Wis. Police protection is
inadequate and citizens are arming
themselves
Governor AItgeld has issued a re-
QUESTION on the governor OF Iowa for
Robert Stockton, wanted in Danyllle
for murder and robbery.
John L. Pickering will, on the list of
November, begin the publication of an
evening paper in Springfield, Ill, to be
called the telegram.
jacob Dankanian, a Turk, sent to
the Fort Wayne, Ind, college to be edu-
Gated, was found dead in bed. Heart
disease Was the cause.
Suit has been begun against the
United Press for the appointment of Il
receiver. Charges of fraud are made.
A negro woman has just died at Lit
tie Rock at the age of one hundred and
twenty whine years.
The old home of Stephen A. Douglas
at Washington has been purchased for
Mgr. Satolli, the papal ablegate.
Theodore w. Myers, of New York,
has declined the nomination for the
office of city comptroller.
The valuable timber on 1000 acres OF
land III the Dcs NIoines valley, south
Of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has been destroy
ed by fire.
Near Cayuga IL, at a depth Of lib
feet vein of petroleum was struck
by Well-diggerS on the farm of Pierce
CoomS.
At Kenoya, Ky, James Murray, il
aggage-master, shot and mOrtally
wounded Harry Smith. Murray escap-
ed
The twentieth annual convention of
the German Order OF Schwartz Ritter
Knights in Black was held in Wash
ington.
The executive committee of the Amer
Ican federation of labor held executive
session in Washington.
A new coal company was organized
by members of the st. Paul citizens
committee to secure cheaper fuel.
Rear Admiral Walter w. Queen,
United States navy, retired, died sud
denly of heart failure at his residence
In Washington.
Helen Dauyray Ward has brought
another suit of divorce against her hus-
band. John Montgomery Ward, the
ball player.
The famous Old Bears Head hotel at
Hampton Beach, n. H, has been de
stroyed by fire.
Henry Mitchell, ST., the pioneer
wagon manufacturer of the west, died
at Racine Wis, in his S4th year.
Thieves took $3.50 which Jacob
Wise has deposited in his bed at his
home seven miles from Akron, Ohio.
Michigan's supreme court declares
unconstitutional the act granting NUM-
cipal school suffrage to women
For supporting Mitchell for governor
Rev. ID. B. Tourney, of Rhodes Iowa,
has been forced to resign by his con-
gregation.
Fourteen business houses and res
licences of Benton, Mo-, including the
post-ottice and Jail, were destroyed by
fire
Great Britain is said to contemplate
superseding the South African company
Sn the government of MaShonaland.
Russian naval officers babe Paris
adieu after a series of unparalleled en-
tertainments, concluding with gala
performance at the opera house.
Judge Boyd, of Dublin has refused
to grant the petition of Michael Davitt,