Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-05-10
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.

WnnOlS attorney general proceeds
against the tobacco trust.
III. B. Brayton, for fifteen years a
justice of the peace of Chicago, is dead.
He Was So years old.
The Chicago stock exchange has
taken possession of it's new hall in the
Stock Exchange building.
The Buffalo police have no clew to
the mysterious murder Of young Law
yer Montgomery Gibbs.
The April treasury statement showed
q smaller loss than was expected, the
general balance standing at 1925, 097,-
7S5.
Julian o. Davidson, who had
achieved fame as a marine painter,
died at South Nyack, n. Y, aged 40
years.
Miss Coxey, the generals young
daughter, headed the parade of the
Washington.
Astronomer Hill, of the national
naval observatory, has sighted the
comet recently discovered by Professor
Gale at Sydney, N. S. W.
Paul J. Sorg, democrat, was elected
to congress from the third Ohio dis
trict. His majority over the republican
candidate will reach 1000.
The burning of the ST. Charles hotel
in New Orleans resulted in the loss
of one life. -Four persons are missing.
ALI the guests escaped
Mrs. Dixon, Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
horsewhipped one Of her husbands
parishiOnerS who had said she was
common scOld.
A "crank" attempted to force him
self into the home of John D. Rookie
Teller, insisting upon a division of that
gentleman's wealth.
Freddy" Wilson, lynched by a mob
at Missouri Valley, Iowa, for killing
Marshal Adna, had spent seventeen
years of his life in prison.
The Cinnamon in San Francisco are
registering rapidly. Up to date 1854
have put themselves beyond the reach
of the Geary law.
Five hundred Mexican troops are
said to have been ambushed by Yaqui
Indians in the LIE Bacetet mountains
and 200 either killed or wounded.
Democratic senators are waiting until
they have agreed upon changes to be
made in the tariff bill before trying
to force the measure to a vote.
Through the efforts of the business
men of st. Paul and Minneapolis the
Great Northern strike has been settled,
the men securing most of their de-
mands.
William Samuel, furrier, of Philadel-
phia. has assigned with liabilities of
about $4,000. The assets are not ex-
pected to produce more than 10 cents
on 4 dollar.
A closer examination of the body of
Antonio Frisco. which was found
mangled on the railroad tracks near
New Brunswick n J.. shows that
the wrists had been bound
The Scandinavian and Finlanders
Emigrant company, of New York, as
signed with assets of $4,000 and
liabilities 100000. Gustav A. GrOn-
lund, its president has left the city.
Mrs Cornelius Boyle. who became a
wife only two months after the first
Mrs. Boyle died, says she has been
driven from her home in PennSyl-
vania mining village by the spirit of
her predecessor.
A bat slipped from the hands of
Angus Graham during a ball game at
Portland. CT. and struck John Cant
we'll 10. of Middletown, crushing his
frontal bone. Cantwell was probably
fatally injured.
A fire in the pine woods in Mtchfield,
n H.. burned over about 100 acres;
loss heavy. A gang of men from
Nashua went to the scene of the fire
and after three-hours' work got it
under control.
In the North Dakota railroad land
tax case the United States supreme
court decided AGAINST the Northern Pa
cific. This enables several counties to
collect large amounts of 1889 taxes.
One of the most important business
blocks in Winchester Va, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss was 100000,
with only partial insurance. The fire
is believed to have been Of incendiary
origin.
Dr. Joseph E. Stubs. who has since
1886 been the president of Baldwin
university. at Berea. Ohio, has resigned
his position with that institution, to
accept the presidency of the State uni
versity Of Nevada.
SiXtO Cereda. the leader of a band of
brigandS that has been terrOrizing the
people of the district around the town
of Capala, in the state of Sinalo, Mex,
has been captured. -Four of Cereda's
band were killed by the captors. Ger
eda will be shot.
Vice President Jarvis. of the New
York coffee exchange, has received
message from the state department at
Washington. saying that the United
State minister at Rio de Janeiro has
announced that the restriction placed on
cipher Geographic messages has been
removed.
Ferdinand Schlesinger's interest in
the Chaplin iron mine-40 O0T shares
was sold at auction in Milwaukee for
81 a share. The purchasers are sup
posed to be the former owners of the