Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-01-12

2. Farrell on the LIST, has been held f)r
further examination in the YOrkville
police court Four witnesses to the
murder were also held.
The chamber of commerce of Boston
has adopted resolutions urging Massa-
chussetts senators and representatives
to use every effort to secure the immedi-
ate repeal of the silver purchase act of
1890.
The Fort Wayne, Ind, Electric COM
pany's big plant has been destroyed by
fire. The fire department was unable
to fight the flames LL account OF the
freezing of the water pipes. The loss Is
estimated at 100000, fully insured.
The United States supreme court de-
cides the Iowa-I Illinois boundary dispute
in favor of Illinois. holding that
the proper boundary is the middle of
the steamboat channel of the NIiSsis-
sippi.
The Afro-Ame1ican citizens Of Charles
ton, S. c.. took possession of the city
on the Ind and celebrated emancipation
day with becoming honors. Thousands
of colored people from the surround
ing country fiocked to town.
Ernest Hart and H. Mitchell have
confessed the murder Of n. J. Sanchez,
July 20 last, at Albuquerque, n. NJ, for
which they are now under arrest. Rob
berry was their object.
The total value of the New York
City real estate which has changed
hands during the last year through the
members of the two exchanges aggre-
gates probably $45,OOO,O00. Sales by
auction probably amount to little less
than half of that.
Two human skeletons were unearthed
| by graders on the extension of the st.
! Louis, Chicago and st. Paul railroad.
near Alton, Ill. The skull Of one, a man
of large stature, had been crushed by
| a blow, and the authorities are at work
upon this positive evidence of crime.
The dynamite cruiser, Vesuvius
Lieut.. Schroeder, has left the Brooklyn
maynard for Port Royal. The vessel
will go direct to Port Royal sound
where the final tests Of her great
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will be made early in the week.
All work on the eleventh census viii
be completed and the matter turned
over to the secretary of the interior by
the 31st of December, 1898. This vii
be required by the appropriation bill
now being framed by a house sub-cOm
mittee, of which Mr.. Sayres, of Texas
is chairman.
At New York five new cases Of ty
plus fever were reported on the End
making 4S cases since December Il
All were from 81 Bard street, eXcep
one at Ward Island. There are still 5:
persons quarantined in the house. They
will be kept there three weeks.
There is a revolt among the large
storekeepers and manufacturers in st
Joseph, Mo, against the local board D
underwriters and 100000 Of insur
ance will be placed with eastern com
panies after January 1. This action il
taken because Of an increase on risks,
The taxpayers of Nuremberg county
Kentucky, are up in arms over an at
of the county voted about 20 years ag'
for the building of the Elizabethtown s
Paducah railroad. Many of the citizen
swear they will fight before paying tn,
tax.
The pope has decided that the feas
of the virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico
patron saint, shall be observed as
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has also appointed Mgrs. Diaz, MOI;
and GOzaZambruS to three new bishop
RIGS il Mexico.
It is announced that the stakeholder
of the Consolidated road will meet il
New Haven the 31st, when there vii
be submitted for approval a lease o
the railroad and property Of the proyi
dence and Worcester railroad to tn
New York and New Haven for - year
from July 1, 1892.
A bill has been introduced in the NeY
York state senate, providing that il
New York City the wages Of day labor
ers employed by the city shall not b.
less than 81 a day, and Of other EN-
plOyes not less than % cents per hour
Preference shall be given to citizens o
this state on this work.
A railway car manufacturing com
pany, with capacity for turning GU
fifteen cars a day, is to be built in LIE
noir City. twenty miles west Of Knox
vile, Tenn. at a cost of $250,0OO. Lead
ing stockholders are United States Sen
ator BGice, General Samuel Thomas ant
John w. Bass, of Fort Wayne.
/ Queen Regent Christina Of Spain ha
signed the commission of the duke y
Almodovar del Valley as minister t.
Washington. This seems to settle tn
question of appointment to this post
for which Senior Muruaga had, accord
ing to previous cablegram, been named
The German Wagner society has pur
chased in Vienna the collection Of Wag
ner relics known as the Vienna Wagne1
museum. The price was $25, ZOO. ThC
conditions of the purchase were that the
owner of the collection should continu,
to add to it until 1895, when it will bt
transferred to Germany.
Charles E. Hardin, the Adams express
messenger who was taken in custody ny
Wells-Fargo express detectives, under
suspicion of having stolen the package
containing $4,000, has filed suit agains
the Adams and Wells-Fargo Express
companies jointly for $4,000 damages
for false inr Jrisonment.
a Solar Contlsgra ton
NJ. Tacchini, the Italian astronomer