Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-16
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greSS at Ogden, Utah. has been changed
from May to April a.
Dr. Johannes Won Widenmayer, Chief
Burgomaster of Munich, Germany, died
on the Sth.
John Farrell, in jail at Louisville,
Tenn, charged with the murder of
tom Woods, has made a complete
confession.
The Western Union executive COM
nittee has recommended the declara-
ton of the regular quarterly dividend
of j IA per cent.
An earthquake visited Portland, Ore,
on the evening of the Sth and shook
down few lettering walls. No great
damage was done.
A dividend of So per share has been
declared by the Bell Telephone Com
pany, payable April -.
Anxiety is felt at Victoria, B. c.,
for the missing H. NJ S. Garnet, TWEEN
ty-four days out from Frisco to Homo
lulu.
Scarlet fever prevails to an alarming
extent around Church Hill, Del. The
public schools have been closed six
weeks.
w. f. Simonds, the Commissioner of
Patentsl, and Assistant Commissioner
rockingham sent their designations to
the President.
Orville OvherhOlt, a grain dealer at
Assumption, ILL.,, assigned on the Sth
for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities
S27, 900; assets, $4,000.
An elevated road from the business
portion of Cleveland, O., to Euclid
Heights, a SUBURB, is assured.
The defenders of the city of Santa
Anna still hold out, awaiting relief
from Porto Allegro, which has reached
there from Rio de Janeiro.
Charles Knoch of st. Louis fired one
shot at his wife, who is suing for di-
yorce failing to wound her, then killed
himself.
The case of Hedgepeth, the Frisco
train robber, has been continued until
the September term of the st. Charles
(Io) Circuit Court.
Comes, the amateur Dutch Sculler
Of Amsterdam, will jerome a profes,
sional and enter the contests at the
Worlds Fair
Secretary Gre slam has appointed III.
c. Bryan private secretary, position
he filed under the administration Of
Secretary Bayard.
James w. Hyatt, who was United
States Treasurer during Mr.. Cleveland's
former administration, is suffering Sc
yerely from govt at Norwalk, Conn.
The Navy department has received
no information in regard to the forma-
ton of an alleged tilibustering eXpedi-
ton at Key West( Fla, for Cuba.
Julius II. Stitch, prominent hatmak-
er of New York City, shot and killed
himself on the Sth on account of debts.
On the evening of the 9th the en-
ployes of the Agricultural Department
presented Ex-Secretary Rusk with a
handsome silver service and lamp.
James Durham, father of the New
York young lady said to be engaged
10 Ignace Paderewsli, denies the story
in toto, she being only an admirer of
his art.
Catillo Coumo, Savannah's only repre-
sentative Of the Malta, carried his bull
doing methods SO far that he was
killed on the 9th by a compatrlot in
self-defense.
Conrad Ley, u years old, an en-
ploye of Wood-turner Otto Bernz, was
instantly killed by the bursting of an
emery wheel in the factory at Newark,
n j., on the Sth.
Mrs. John 9 Jones and her 9-year-old
son were bu to death at Mt Julia,
Tenn, on tno 9th, by their clothes
catching fire from a burning brush
heap.
James r. Iorgan, of Elizabeth, n.
J., has been appointed secretary of the
state Labor Bureau, to fill the vacancy
caused by the promotion of Charles III.
Simmerman to the office of chief of
the bureau.
Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts, was
made Assistant Secretary of State on
the 9th by Secretary Gresham. Quincy
is graduate of Harvard and a lawyer
by profession.
The steamship Aller, sailing for Eur
ope on the 9th, took out $1,000, 900
gold shipped by Heidelbach, Ickelheim-
er & Co., and S1,OOO,OOO by Lazard
Freres, making total of 100000.
Fred Jennings, prominent farmer
xesiding near WaScOutah, I'LL, was
found dead in bed on the night Of the
Sth. He was rs years old. Heart dis
ease is supposed to have caused death.
The Penitentiary Investigating Com
mittee of Nebraska has discovered that
ceyeral deaths in the ''pen" at Lincoln
are attributable to the severe punish,
ment meted out to recalcitrant prison
ers.
The Indiana Senate, by vote of 40
to 4, passed bill providing for an as
sessment on sleeping, dining and draw
ing room car companies.
JvT.e King and Queen of Portugal and
Archduke Charles Louis, of Austria
have arrived in Rome to attend the
silver wedding of the King and Queen
of Italy.
Harry Ruckstool, a 7-year-old boy
in crossing the Reading Railroad track
near the Franklin Street Station IL
Reading at noon on the 9TH was ru1
down by coal train and had both legs
cut off above the ankle.
Archbishop SatOlh arrived at the
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