Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-16
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Mrs. NJ. NJ. Webb, of WATERFOWL, died
suddenly at the age of 60 years.
1t is rumored that Sir John Abbott,
ax-premier of Canada, died in Italy.
The marriage is announced of Miss
Theresa Regner to III. p. Bohn, both
residents of West Bend.
Miss Julia OderbeilZ, Of Black River
Falls, was married to Lewis StocAey, OF
Iron Mountain, Michigan.
George Savage was arrested at Eau
Claire on a charge of jumping board
bill at Chippewa Falls.
Mrs. Kate Meyer has been granted a
divorce from her husband, Joseph
Meyer, ut Ashland.
Forty-four persons died in Marseilles
yesterday OF chOleralc disease. Nine
OF the cases were suspiciOusly like Ash
attic cholera.
Frank Fleussus, Of Buchanan, Outa-
gamie county, has commenced suit
against Alex Iyrion, also OF that place,
for $1,000 damages for alleged Islander.
The residence Of William White, stu
ated in the town of Hamilton, La Crosse
county, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$500; insurance, 500.
Miss Rosa Mahlberg, Of st. Matthias,
was married to Bruno Wenniger, of
St. Lawrence, Washington, county.
The annual meeting of the Washing
ton County Old Settlers club will be
held at West Bend, February 10.
Algernon Charles Sartoris, husband OF
General Grants daughter Nellie, is dead.
He had for some time lived separate
from his wife.
Henry Ward Beechers statue has
been ordered removed by the Brooklyn
common council from i'll front Of the
city hall to Prospect Park.
Hundreds Of persons are reported
drowned and thousands rendered desd-
tute as the result Of unprecedented
foods in Queensland, Australia.
james J. Hamilton, the oOlored eX
minister and wife-murderer, has been
resentenced to die by electricity al
Sing Sing in the week beginning March
Ii.
Five Of the crew Of the Norwegian
bark Alice, which last night went ashore
off Point Pleasant, N. Y, were drowned
the othes of the crew being rescued by
lifeline.
Master Workman James Hughes, con
victed Of extorting money from mem
Sers Of the Rochester clothing exchange
las given himself up at the Rochester
N. Y, penitentiary to begin serving his
sentence.
Steps are being taken looking to the
formation of a western association OF
wholesale grocers to include the dealers
at all the leading Missouri and Mississ
ippi river points.
Miss Gertrude l.. Merritt was married
to Edward Bellmer at the home of hel
parents in Oshkosho The groom was
formerly, resident - - ssadship, Fon(
du Lac county.
John Carhart, a former Appleton
man, has brought suit against the city
Of Chicago for $1,000 damages for in
juries alleged to have been received
from defective walk.
Only the upper story of the Salvato!
Spring Bottling works, at Green Bay
was destroyed by the recent fire Il
that place, and the loss will not be AZ
great as at first reported. The loss wa:
covered by insurance.
The case against w. G. Cody, of Wa
tertown, charged with the attempted
murder of his father, DR.. James Cody
by starvation, has been dismissed from
the circuit court at jefferson by order o.
the deputy coroner.
Sheriff G. f. Utter, of Phillip:
county, KaS., arrested J. A. kncsS Il
Green Bay on a charge of horse steal
ing. Requisition papers have been re
ceived and the man will be taken bacl
to Kansas.
At regular meeting of the city coUl.
Gil of Black River Falls an ordinanc,
was passed to adopt chapter 326 Of til.
general laws of 1889 in place of the eX
listing city charter of Black River Falls
Phil Billevou and Ole Signaless, ar
rested a few days ago at Superior, on ;
charge of raising a check, were dis
charged ON motion of the district attor
ney, who claimed that the men We're too
Intoxicated to understand what they
were doing. The defendants paid the
costs.
Miss Agnes Primo, the young woman
who was so badly injured in a runaway
accident at Marinette a few days ago
died at a hospital in that city. Mis-:
Primo was the youngest daughter D
Alexander Primo, one of the pioneer res
idents of Marietta.
The storms of many winters hav,
wrought great changes in the beach Il
Coney Island. Many time did tn,
people of Gravesend look along the
sands for the treasure of the Vineyard
but only a Mexican dollar here an(
there, cast up by the waves, rewarded
them.
Suit has been commenced agains
the Northern Pacific Railway company
by William Brown, farmer living il
the town Of Neenah, to recover the
value of twelve sheep, which, it is al
feged, were killed by a locomotive OIL
their line August % last.
Charles w. WalwOrth, LII. B., preSi
dent of the Walworth business college
died at his home, 126 East 123d street
New York, ON the Sth, from an acute at
tack of Brights disease, accompanied by
paralysis.
Twenty-seyen men Of Forllsyille cOun