Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-08-17
Graves, to be held at Denver in Oc-

Graves, to be held at Denver in Oc-
tober.
A masked man boarded a motor train
at Omaha and covered the motorman,
conductor and two passengers with a
big revolver. He secured several
quarts of nickels from the conductor
and escaped.
Fred A. Hoffman killed himself at
Pittsburg, Pa, by jumping from the
roof of a house. He was a victim of
religious melancholia and had been out
of an insane asylum but tveney-four
hours.
Tom Johnson, a negro, arrested at
LeayenwOrth, Kas.. August 1. on a
charge of vagrancy, has been identified
as the man who robbed the Adams
Express company's safe at Nebraska
City Of $500.
Gov Altgeld, of Illinois, has COM
muted to ten years the sentence of
John Robinson, who was convicted in
Henderson county in 1887 of murder
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
fourteen years.
Prof. Vanderberg was arrested at
LeavenWOrth, Kas., for using the mails
for fraudulent purposes. He was bound
over in $500 to await the action OF
the grand jury. He advertised a cure
alr' and had many victims.
Near Hildreth, H., during a rain
storm a stroke Of lightning struck q
| threshing machine killing one man, q
farmer named Benson, and two horses
The threshing machine caught fire
from the lightning and was destroyed
The First National bank Of Nashville
Tenn, has closed its doors. Its indi
vidual deposits amount to $1,000, 5O7
The City Savings bank, of the same
city, has decided to suspend payment
for sixty days. The assets are $151,
400 and deposits $4O,707.
Charges against Archbishop Katzer
of Milwaukee, have been made to Mgr
SatOlli by the English priests of the
Green Bay diocese. They claim tha1
the archbishop, while bishop of Greer
Bay, favored German priests at thu
expense Of the English clergy.
Jim Williams and Modem Jackson
negroes working in the hanger camp a
Romeo, I'LL, quarTeled over a game Of
craps. Jackson lies in his bunk will
two bullets in his right breast an(
Williams is in the Joliet Jail with =;
hole through both legs.
The congregation of the Zion church
near Five Points, Ill, has been bother
ed with honey bees. Farmers assem-
bled at the church and tore off the
siding on one side. They discovered
an immense deposit of honey-enougl
to fill over seven tubs.
Fire started by a cigarette at Sidell
Ill, destroyed the greater part of the
business portion of the town, involvin:
q loss of 100000; insurance, $4,000
Among the buildings burned were tn,
Sideu Opera-HOuse, Lyons, AleXande1
q Co.'S bank, the Chicago and EASTER
Illinois depot and a number of bust
ness houses.
A monster golden eagle attempted II
carry off Joseph Maynes near Toled,
yesterday. The bird had lifted
Maynes, who weighs Isl pounds, from
his feet three times, when a companion
came to his assistance and the eagl,
was captured.
The British government is said to b.
alarmed at the prospect of the repea
of the Sherman law by the American
congress and to be discussing the ad
visibility Of proposing that if thu
United States will continue purchasin:
silver free coinage will be resumed il
India at the ratio OF a to 1.
The assets and liabilities Of the Lud
low hoe company, which assigned a
Elgin three weeks ago, are given a:
100000 and $4,000 respectively. 4
proposition to the creditors is made OF
the basis of 10 per cent cash, Is PEI
cent in six months and Is per cent il
one year.
Obituary: At Bunker Hill, ILL.,, Rev
I. M. McI\eever.-At Milwaukee, Wis.
Alfred White, aged sixty seyen.-A
WestborO, Mass, General George B
Bingham, aged seventy-two.-At Lin
coin, Neb., Bennett Goldsmith, member
of the state legislature.-At Highwood
Mont, Colonel M. J. Leaning, aged
sixty-seven, who was private secre
tary to President Johnson and mem
Der OF a Chicago regiment during the
war.-At Washington, Rear Admira
Thornton A. Jenkins, aged eighty-one
AT Boston, William Bowers, a well
known newspaper man; William T
w. Ball, the dramatic critic, aged
sixty three.