Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-12

Ottumwa QOwa) Courier. has annOunc
ed his withdrawal from the republican,
party and his intention to vote the
prohibition ticket.
The Illinois Central and YaZoo and
Mississippi yardmen at Memphis will
not be required to handle Chesapeake.
Ohio, and Southwestern cars and have
declared their strike Off
Ex-Judge Eben Hutchinson, of the
district court of Chelsea, Mass, who
was indicted for the embeZZlement OF
trust funds of over $4,000 last year, is
in the Argentine Republic.
Louis James, the actor, has caused a
sensation by declaring that Marie
Wainwright, the actress, was never his
wife She is suing for a divorce. Mr..
james was married some months ago
to Miss Hendricks.
William Palmer, an old soldier,
stabbed and killed Baby Spurlock, a
noted rl1ffian, at Frankfort. Ind. He
was first knocked down by Spurlock
without prOyoca ton. Palmer gave
himself UP.
The Nebraska democratic state con
vention nominated Frank J. Irvine, of
Omaha, for associate justice of the
supreme court and Milton Doolittle and
A NJ. Gooding for regents of the state
university.
Secretary Carlisle has sent letter
to congress explaining that his failure
during July and August to purchase
the full amount of silver prescribed by
law was due to his inability to secure
it at what he considered the market
price.
A petition is being circulated at Des
MoineS asking for the withdrawal Of
the republican candidate for governor
Frank D. Jackson. 1t is circulated by
liberal republicans-old sOldiers-and
the republican party.
A Boston jury has decreed that Asa
P. Morse, president Of the Cambridge
port National bank, shall pay Mrs
Anna Van Houten $4,000 for breach
of promise Mr.. Morse is seventy five
years old and Mrs. Van Houten has
seen thirty-seven summers.
Judge Long, of the Michigan supreme
court, whose pension was suspended by
Secretary Hoke Smith, has begun
mandamus proceedings in the supreme
court of the district Of Columbia to
compel the secretary to restore him to
the pension rolls.
An extra on the Chicago Milwaukee
& st. Paul collided with the second sec
ton of a freight train at Ferguson, Ia.
Both engines and number of box cars
were wrecked. The accident was caus-
ed by William Truesdale, the engineer,
falling asleep.
Justice Bradley, Of the district of
Columbia supreme court, has decided
against the commissioner of patents in
the case brought by Governor Tillman,
of South Carolina, who was refused
permission to use the palmetto 1T Il
trademark for liquor sold by the state 5
saloons.
Obituary: At Berbice, British Gui-
ana, Archdeacon Farrar.-At BirminS-
ham, Ala, E. II. Taylor, ST., nephew
of eX-President TaylCr.-At Murphys-
bOro, H., Colonel James Johnson,
travelling passenger agent of the Calra
Short Line.-At Baltimore, eX-United
States Senator James Black Groom
At Benton, H., Joon S. Webb, aged
siXty-fve.
DR.. Mary Walker has caused a sensa-
! ton by declaring that an innocent man
was hanged for the murder of christie
Warden at Haverhill, n. III. She has
caused the arrest of Arthur ID. Snoad,
at Syracuse, n. Y, for the crime. She
also charges that SnOad is NOrcroSS,
who threw the bomb at Russell Sage.
The following officers have been elect
ed by the Illinois LiQuor-DealerS' as
ISOLATION: President, Thomas Nolan,
Chicago; treasurer, Leon Ballenburg,
Peoria secretary, Robert ]. Halle,
Chicago; presidents, William Burke,
Thomas Grief, +. Stepunka, Chicago;
John c. Muenich, Sandwich; +. "
Werling, Peru; James Costello, Bloom
ington; Jacob Bollin, Lincoln, and j.
+. Tellebuescher, Quincy.
The New York Clearing house associa
ton has elected these officers: Presi-
dent, George @. Williams, president
Chemical National bank; secretary
Alexander Gilbert; clearinghouse com
mittee, Frederick D. Tappan, William
A. Nash. George +. Baker, William w
Sherman and Richard Hamilton. Will
lam Sherer was reappointed manager
The exchanges for the year ending Oct
L aggregated $34, 421, $50, 1863.
The BODY of an unknown man has
been found in Sand Point Lake, Mimi.
near the Canadian boundary, above
Tower He had been shot through the
head and the body apparently and
anchored to the bottom Of the lake by
4 stone fastened to one wrist. The
mans pockets had been rit1ed, but
about his chest was money belt con
tanning nearly $1,000, which the muir
derers failed to find.
Commissioner LamoreauX, of the gen
eral land office, reports that during the
fiscal year ended June SO the aggregate
of public lands disposed of was IL,
S91, 143 acres, of which 1.404,95S acres
were sold for cash; 10,396,T21 acres
miscellaneous entries and S9,457 were
Indian lands. The cash receipts OF
the office during the year aggregated
$4,419, 1874 Agricultural patents were