Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-05

At Waverly, Tenn, three children of
Marcus White were locked up in the
house by their parents. The house was
burned down and the children persisted
in the flames.
The supreme court Of Wyoming de-
cided the Carbon county contest in
favor of the Democrats, giving them
control of the legislature.
DR.. E. J. Youngblood, a prominent
merchant of Greensborough, Ga, was
found dead in his store with the top
Of his head blow off.
The Congregational church in West
brOO1- Conn, was almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire on the Goth. The build
ing was a frame structure. Loss, about
$1,000.
Farmer E. S. McMakin, of Savoy,
ILL.,, was taken dead from the pilot of
an Illinois Central engine at Tuscola
on the 9th, twenty miles from his
home.
S. G. Hayes was arrested at st. Louis
on the 2Sth, charged with stealing nine
carloads of Texas cattle bearing the
''hash knife" brand. He had offered
them for sale at the yards.
The two-story stone building on
SHADES Wharf, Fab River, occupied by
A. G.. Thurston & Son, machinists, was
burned on the 9th. Loss $4,000, part
ly covered by insurance.
Gov. Fifer on the 2Sth pardoned Ell
mer Smith, who was convicted in Law
renee County, Ill, in 1891 Of larceny
and sentenced to the reform school at
Pontiac for two years.
The Masonic fraternity Of Oshkosh,
Wis, on the 9th dedicated a temple
that cost 100000. It is reputed to be
the finest in the State. Grand Master
Fred Ring of La Crosse presided.
Constantinus Papayani, Greek
Catholic priest, has arrived in New
York from Europe. He will take charge
of the congregation Of the Greek
Catholic Church in New York.
The Coroner's jury in the Chichester
murder case at Beatrice, Neb., con-
Guided their investigation at o'clock
A. M on the 18th. The verdict was
that the killing was done in sef-de-
Tense.
The Roman Catholic cathedral at
Mullingar, Ireland, was broken into by
robbers on the night of the 26th and
the Christmas offeratory, amounting to
over $500, was carried off by the
thieves
Rob Richardson, confined in the coun-
ty Jail at Fort Dodge, Ia, for larceny,
loosened the heavy pins that held the
only door between him and liberty on
the 9th and made his escape.
The Supreme Court has decided
against the republicans in the Wyom-
ing election contest, thus insrring a
democratic legislature to elect sue
cessor to United States Senator War
rem.
The 11-day-old child of Bohemian
immigrant named Carl Waldo died in
its mothers arms at Kansas City on
the 9th. The child was born at sea
| and could not be made to partake of
| nouriShment.
William Robinson, arrested in Will
Jamestown, VT, on the 26th, for the
attempted murder Of several citizens
while he was intoxicated, was taken
to the Orange county Jail in Chelsea,
vt. The prisoner is desperate charac-
ter, and has been a cowboy in Texas.
Rev. n. I. Robertson, p. II. D., gradu-
ate of the Princeton Theological semin-
airy, class IA, has received call to the
First Presbyterian church at Madison,
Wis.
r. A. Raddux and J. A. Scott have
been arrested at Stockton, Cal, for pass
ing counterfeit money. Maddux had in
his possession $42O in bogus So gold
pieces
Fire insurance rates in Brooklyn have
been advanced % per cent by the New
York Tariff association because Of the
alleged inefficiency Of the Brooklyn fire
department.
! Dr. McIIlynn, who was aXcOmmuni-
Gated in 1887 from the Catholic church
because Of his doctrines as to the own
ership of land, which were contrary to-
the teachings Of the Catholic church,
has been reinstated and restored as
priest.
The Evans dispensary bill has passed
the South Carolina house by a vote of
shall be 10 dispenSarieS in Charleston
county, three in Richland and one
in each other county. The governor
will sign the bill. The law will take eff
feet July 1, 1893.
The argument in the Briggs heresy
trial was finished on the oath. The next
thing is for the court to consider the
evidence and the arguments and vote
in detail on the charges. 1t will begin
this task on the 2Sth, and the sessions
will be in secret.
Miss Nellie Nichols was instantly kill
ed on the Oath at Los Angeles, Cal, by
a runaway horse with two buggy shafts
attached. She was crossing the street
when the horse struck her. The animal
was going at such a rapid speed that one
one shaft passed through her head.
A Chicago man named Samuel Ty-
rant lately sold 600 counterfeit Vera
Cruz lottery tickets to people in Wind
sor. Ont, and left suddenly the day the
drawing was to have taken place, &C
cording to the tickets.
Much suffering at st. Mary's, Ohio, is
caused by the stoppage of natural gas.
The weather is intensely cold. and