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


John D. Rockefeller gives the Chica-
30 university over $1,OOO,OO0 more.
The Epworth leagues of South Dako-
In began a three days convention at
Huron on the 9th.
Populist leaders met in Indianapolis
20 organize "the Industrial Legion"
DynamiterS wrecked a detective office
In Dublin, on the oath, detective being
killed.
Three men were badly hurt by a gas
explosion in ST. Paul.
A recodifcatiOn of the insurance laws
of Minnesota is contemplated.
A1r. Deacon has won partial victory
over his wife in the French courts.
A call has been issued for Catholic
convention 10 be held in Chicago next
September.
Judge s. S. Burton, cashier Of the
First National bank of Lacrosse, Wis,
died of winter cholera, aged Y years.
Two members of an Ashton, South
Dakota family were killed by coal gas
on the 2Sth and another will probably
die.
The official count of CALIFORNIA; vote
shows the election Of eight Cleveland
and one Harrison elector.
PadereWsli, the celebrated pianist,
accompanied by his secretary and his
faVorite piano, has arrived in New York.
General Fred. T. Dent, brotherin-law
of the Late General Grant, died in Den
yer, Col, of dropsy, aged Y years.
President Harrison oontemplates put
ting the $4,000 fourth-claSS pastmasters
under the civil service rules.
One hundred and twenty-five music
teachers of Iowa are in a four days
convention at DeS Moines.
Miles Nooles, a Belgian tramp, was
found dead from cold and exhaustion
near Paris, ILL.,, yesterday.
Every distillery in and around Gin
cinnati is being run at it's full capacity
In anticipation of an increase OF tax.
Indians at the Bad River agency,
is being cut illegally.
The discrimination against American
roads by the Canadian Pacific will be
investigated by our government
Judge Rose, at Bismarck, rendered
a decision that gives all three OF the
North Dakota electors to the fusionists.
The McAuliffe-Burge fight is off, the
pig purse being Withdrawn because the
men could not agree upon terms.
A number of plate glass manufacture
ers from various points are in secret
session at the Hollenden Hotel, Cleye-
land, Ohio.
The resignation of George w. Ford
as captain of Company G, First nfan-
try, Illinois national guard, has been
accepted.
A gang of cOunterfeiters has been
located at Superior, Wis, and one OF the
members, Frank Mclean, metal-work-
O. has been arrested.
THEODORE Folsom, cousin to Mrs, Cleve-
hand, was killed at pathway, N. J., by
being struck by train while crossing
nle track.
The coroner's jury in the case Of MIS-.
Clayton, who died III st. Paul on the
18th, have rendered a verdict against
DR.. Pearce.
Associate Justice Z. l.. Larmar reach
cd Atlanta, Ga, on the oath en- route 10
his home. He became too sick to con-
tinue his journey.
Fresh turmoil have occurred in France.
,icfn Of 10 SaiI tn h..Nr
signed and arreSte for treason are ex-
pected.
Eleven workmen were more or less in
jured by the falling Of an iron supports
Of new poWer-houSe in Baltimore, Md.
Robere Kuehhert, a well known at
torney OF Cincinnati, has disappeared,
leaving several building associations III
bad financial condition.
The Continental block in Omaha,
Neb, has been almost completely de-
stroyed by tire. The loss reaches $780,
900.
A. Byrley was sutfocated at the La
clede hotel, Ottumwa, Iowa. While en-
deaVoring to turn on the electric light
he turned on the gas.
l.. 7. TruaX, principal of the South
Bethany, Ind, schools, died on the 9th
from the effects of a pistol shot fired
by Charles Seal, accidentally.
The S-year-old daughter Of George
Elliott, who lives near huntsville, Ind,
was burned to death on the eth. Her
dress in some way caught fire.
The American association for the
education of colored youths is in annual
session in Wilmington, n. G. The as
sociation will be in session four days.
The Italian government, after expert
nenting on the coal from the German
mines, has decided to continue using
English coal ON the Italian waIShips
Wesley Shots and William Pyle are
wealthy farmers of Montgomery Co.,
Ind. Shotts has sued Pyle for $1,000
for alternating his wife's affections.
The Adjutant General at Springfield,
H., on the 2Sth accepted the resignl-
ton of George w. Ford as Captain Of
Company G, First Infantry, Chicago.
The explosion in the detecd-es' quar-
tiers in Dublin is said to have been the
result of a conspiracy. A man is ar
rested on suspicion.
Thomas w. Hanson, aged 20 years, a
farmer from Fargo, n. D., has arrived