Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
CONDENSED NEWS.

Clothing company.
A block of dwellings and barns and
City horses burned at Lima O., causing
a, loss of $4,000
County Clerk Holt, of PendletOn
county, Ky, is short in his accounts
more than $4,000.
Mrs. Jennie Boon was acquitted at
Richmond Ind, of the murder of
Matthias Rears, in July last.
Harry Williams escaped from the
county jail at Columbus, Ind. He was
convicted of grand larceny.
Joe and John Miller, horse thieves,
were sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary at Monmouth, III.
In a speech at Edinburgh Gladstone
criticized the action of the house of
lords in rejecting the home rule bill.
On battle at Santa Fe the Argentine
insurgents were routed after sharp
engagement and their leaders captured.
Two burglars, escaping from Delphi,
Ind, were Overtaken by a posse and in
the battle one of them was captured.
Two burglars, escaping from Delphi,
In the battle one of them was captured.
August statements issued by the Bur
lingtn and the St Paul roads show
large decreases in traffic earnings.
Mrs. J. III. Raisley, of Paoi, Fla,
killed her husband and herself after
a quarrel.
George West, of Utah, refuses to
send delegates to the Pan American
Bimeta.lic convention.
1t is reported from Pewanee that
five men have been murdered on the
Cherokee strip in Arkansas valley.
The ST. James Gazette, Tory organ,
says Gladstone dare not appeal to the
country to abolish the British house
of lords.
In collision between a passenger
and work train near Crescent City,
Ia, two men were killed and two in
jured
The Eagle Knitting works at Elk
hart, Ind, are in the hands of a re-
ceiVer. The assets are 100000 and
the liabilities $4,000.
DR.. L. M Steed, physician of Sand
Flat Tex, was killed by James Mat
theWS, a farmer, who claims Steed in
suited his wife.
A. @. Lawson committed suicide at
Kansas City, Mo-, by shooting. He
was Respondent over the loss of $15,-
900 in a bank failure.
Philade- phia manufacturers contem-
plate combining with the silver men.
They will aid silver legislation provid-
ing the tariff is protected.
Missing portions of Addie Gilmour's
body have been discovered at Oakland,
making the case against DR.. West, of
San Francisco, complete.
Seven incendiary fires have recently
occurred at Emporia, Kas., causing a
total Loss of 100000. The last fire de-
stroyed the Santa Fe hotel.
Fire which swept the western pOr-
ton of the Cherokee strip caused the
loss of many lives and destroyed set
ters' property.
Massachusetts democrats, in cOnYen-
rtion at Boston, renominated John e.
Russell for governor and affirmed the
Chicago platform.
Democratic committeeman are work
ing on new tariff bill, which they
hope to be able to present for consid-
era ton soon.
t'rce MethodiStS in convention at Au-
rOra, ILL.,, have decided that the world S
fai- is ungodly, and one commits sin
in visiting it.
Warren B. English, OF California, is
on his way to Washington to contest
the seat in congress held by Samue.
G. Hilborn.
Cigar-makers at Milwaukee have in
dorsed Governor Altgeld for releasing
the anarchists. They style the act as
fearless"
Diphtheria has again appeared in
Terre Haute, Ind, and citizens fear a
recurrence of last years deadly cpl |
demic
Jenkins Evans, Of Ottumwa, Iowa,
has received a life sentence for kill |
ing Thomas Lloyd, who had estranged |
his wife from him.
Pitcher Germans WildneSS caused !.
the New Works to lose their final con-
sest of the season with the Chicago
team.
Western lines have agreed to rates |
TO the worlds fair on Chicago day
which are much lower than were
asked, being practically a cent a mile.
t. w. Smith pleaded guilty to at
tempting to bride jurors in the Cronin /
case, and was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary.
Investigation shows that more than
three quarters Of million of people !
are brought into the city of Chicago |
by the railroads every week.
Sterling exchange is strong and there
are renewed reports that a consid- |
erab-e amount of gold will be exported !
soon.
La Liberty has confessed the Mineral
Range express robbery, duplicating
King, Butler and Ed and Dominick !
Hogan
Silver men are divided on the atti-
Gude of President Cleveland toward |
their cause, but are inclined to be
hopeful
Lord Aberdeen, governor general Of