Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-04-13
Condensed NEWS

Five prisoners broke jail at CfeSloh'
Ia.
Mrs. Mary Quinn died at Davenport,
Ia, aged 80 years 9 months.
Gibson Peacock, editor Of the Pitts
burg Bulletin, is dead.
The Java village in forty-three cars
passed Ogden, Utah, Saturday.
Over 1000 home were destroyed by
fire at Manila, Philippine Islands.
The Monte Carlo gambling tables
netted $5,OOO,O00 last year.
An empty wliskey barrel exploded at
Austin, Tex, killing a small child.
To men are arrested in st. Paul on
the charge Of relieving railroad man
of his wealth.
Chang, the Chinese giant, is drying
up. He is now only eight feet in
height
Postmaster.G General BisSell has the
grip. Many fourth-class postmasters
have lost theirs.
Several emigrants narrowly escaped
being burned to death during a fire at
the union depot at st. Paul.
Senator White of California is in IA
yor of electing United States senators
by popular vote.
Henry Kinnis and his three sons were
killed by boiler explosion at La Soma,
La.
Joseph Hattermack and his son
Charles were drowned while crossing
T aI.l-
War between Brazil and Argentina
is threatened. Brazil is seeking an al
lance with Chill.
1t is said William e. Curtis, of New
York, will be assistant secretary of
the treasury.
Eight buildings burned at ClarIls-
vile, Va, and two colored men were
burned to death.
There were about 1900 accessions
to the churches of Wilmington, Del,
as a result of Mr.. Moody's meetings.
1t required eighty-two cars to trans
port to Chicago a single German entry
made III Baltimore for shipment to che
fair
Joseph Fisher, a bridge Waterman at
Dickinson, n. D., was knocked into the
river and drowned.
G. II. Hamilton, of Chicago, has made
an 1,SOOmile journey across Upper
Alaska on snow shoes.
California boasts of having shipped
no less than 25,326 carloads of fruit
outside the state during the past year.
Half a million Worlds Fair tickets
were shipped to Chicago from New
York at one consignment.
The United States minister at Con
stantinople has complained to the Porte
of the opening Of letters sent to him.
Allie, Elihu and Elidad Frank, three
brothers, who live at Castle Hill, Me,
are said to average feet in height.
-Four inches of snow fell at Tacoma,
Wash, on April l.
One Joe Kelley is arrested at Mime
apolis, charged with completely in the
murder of Il policeman at Helena,
Mont, in May, 1892.
Frederick Brown was thrown from
q train near Dillingham;, ILL.,, and killed
by tramps, who first picked his pocket.
Eighteen Bolivian Indians have ar
rived at New York for the worlds fair.
One is 10 feet tall and weighs AS
pounds.
California is agitated over the ap
pearance in the western skies of a ligh
described to be like an electric light
thnt f1ickered and changed colors con
tinualIy. 1t was observed all through
the state.
The big tobacco factory of w. Duke
& Son, in New York, burned Sunday,
involving aloss of $435, O00 which was
covered by insurance.
AT dance at Atlanta, Ga, Anna
Wooden shot and killed Matte Moon,
who had told stories derogatory to her
character.
Miss Mary L. Hammond, of Nashua.
n. H, completed the thirtieth year of
her continuous service as a teacher in
one building and room last week.
GAINESVILLE, Va, was almost entirely
destroyed by fire Saturday night. Some
""ShIy buSluSSS were u,
at loss of about 100000.
Henry Robinson of Michigan, the
newly appointed statistician of the de-
Dartment of agriculture, entered upon
the duties of his office Saturday.
Professor Lucy NJ. Salmon, of Vassar,
college, has Just completed an admil;,-
bic study of the domestic labor prob
lem, which is soon to be issued in book
form
An annexation leader in Canada
issues an appeal to Canadian residents
in the United States to assist in the
work of effecting a union of the two
countries.
At Rapid City, S. D., Allie Boutwell,,
Il 12-year-old boy, shot and instantly
killed Emory Sucker, a 7-year-old boy
The boys We're playing hunter.
Cuban revolutionists have almost per-
fected preparations to overturn their
government. Many clubs have been
formed in American cities to assist
them
.Of the 916 protestant church organi-
cations in SaXony and Wurtenburg, S76
have petitioned the German parliament
nCt - hermit the return of the JeSuitS.
Freiherr Won Meyer-Hohenberg, of
the German navy, killed himself in