Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-06

the wish of her brother, who swore
that the honeymoon would be short.
Rev. Dr.. Richard L. Ganter, rector
Of st. PauFs Protestant Episcopal
church, Akron, Ohio, did on the 29th
after an illness Of many months.
Charles Shipman, a farmer Twins
near Rockfort, Ont, shot and killed
John Fitzzimmons, a hotel-keeper in a
dispute over piece Of land.
Justice Van Sickle, of the supreme
court of New jersey Oh tn 18th heard
testimony as TO whether or not Barne-
gat Park shall become a borough. He
reserved his decision
The removal of duties on corn. which
order went into effect ON March 10, has
caused another great rush of grain into
Mexico from the United States There
has also been a great decrease in the
price of corn in Mexico.
Western roads have decided that, conf
mencing April /, meals served in dining
cars will be charged for at rate of 81
per meal on their cars, and so have
those west of the Missouri river. The
proposed action viii put all lines on the
same plane.
A resolution is introduced in the Unit
ed States senate calling for an investi
cation Of the charge of embezzlement
against Senator Roach of North DakO-
ia.
Clarence Sherman, accused of cOmpli
city in the murder of Banker Mead of
Waupaca, Wis, eight years ago, is az
rested in a mining camp near Balnum,
MINI.
Sculptor Rupert Schmid, Of San Fran
cisco, has been awarded the contract
to model a bronze group of figures rep
reSenting PocahOntaS saving the life
of John Smith. The expense will be
$4,000 to be paid for by the descend
ants of the Captain.
Mrs Matilda B. CarSe, whose energy
and devotion made the magnificent
WOman's Temperance Christian Union
temple at Chicago possible, has fur
nished the press Il reply to the attack
on the financial management Of the ell
telprise. She says that the charges are
entirely false.
Bishop Ryan Of Buffalo will be $50,
600 richer if the will of John Murphy
is allowed to be probated to the eXclll-
sion of distant relatives.
E. Kirby Smith, the noted confederate
general dies in Tennessee. He was the
last Of the full generals of the war.
The Burlington will reduce the St.
Paul. Chicago running time to twelve
hours, which bids fair to result in rate
trouble
The fractional war in the Chotaw
Nation, engendered by the Gubernator-
ial campaign of last summer, has
broken out afresh and collision be,
tween the factions seems unavoidable.
The Massachusetts State convention
of the Socialist Labor party on the
18th, nominated Patrick F. O'Neil,
of Boston, for Governor, and George
NJ. Grant for Lieutenant Governor.
An end has been put to the heav.'
car robberies suffered at Paris, Texas,
by the Santa Fe and Frisco lines. Last
night w. d. Wilson, a guard, saw two
thieves leaving car and, failing to halt
them, fired. killing Lee Stephenson, Il
negro.
A great sensation has been caused in
London sporting circles by the ineXpliCa
ble disappearance of the famous racer
and winner Of the Waterloo cup, Fuller
ton. The horse was taken from the
stable Of Colonel North at ETHAN on
the 25th.
The Bermuda House assembly has
voted a sum to defray the expenses of
an unofficial visit to Washington rela
tive to the tariff levied upon the pro
duce shipped from Bermuda into the
the democratic tariff board will find
the colonists at hand with Il petition
At Halifax, n s., the Dominion lin
Ell Labrador has arrived from Liverpool
Johnson line steamer Baumwell, from
Johnson line steamer Baunwel1, from
Hamburg, with $50 immigrants, bound
for the United States. The strict quar-
antine regulations existing at ports
in the United States have caused the
increased travel via Canada.
1t is said that eX-AIayOr Hugh J
Grant of New York, for several years
4 Tammany Sachem, will not be re-elec-
ted, and it is probably true. Mr. Crol
er no longer likes Mr.. Grant and intends
TO mako him fool his diSnlaa SIRE
Commander Whitney of the United
States man-of-war Alliance has am
nounced his engagement to Miss Eta
All Fong, daughter of All FOng, rich
Chinese merchant of Honolulu. Com
mander Whitney is about 80 years of
age, and his celestial bride-elect has
just turned II. She is one of thirteen
children.
A romance reached it's climax at
Kansas City, on the Doth, when vii
liam J. Thompson, who is the son Of
the Duke of Gloucester, owner of the
racing track at Glouceter, n. Y. and
Miss Joli, of Brooklyn, n. Y, were
married The newly married people
went to the Indian Territory which
they will make their home, where
young Thompson is the treasurer Of
the Pioneer Lead and Zinc Mining
Company.
A well-dressed man demanded an i'm
mediate interview with President Car
not at the Elysee on the 2Sth. The