Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-10-11

SengerS were injured
Charles l. Martin. OF Menominee,
who was supposed to have been
drowned, is said 20 be Oh an island in
Lake Superior.
Emnla Jacobs. Of Lamont, Iowa,
aged 1 years. saved Chicago Great
Western train from being wrecked on
a burned bridge.
L. K. Hazard, president of the Sedg-
wick City bank. Of SedgWick, nan.
has been arrested at Plymouth, \. H.,
ON a charge of forgery.
The r. G. Stone Touring mills at
Republic, Ohio, were destroyed by fire.
The loss IS estimated at $4,000; insur-
ance is small.
Francico capitalist, eloped with
street car conductor, taking $1,000 IN
cash and deeds for property worth
100000
The Cotton fishing schooner Mime
sofa, ashore near Liverpool, n. S.,
went to pieces during the storm and is
"a total loss. She was insured in the
Gloucester mutual for S5,775.
President Havemeyer and treasurer
Searles, of the sugar trust, were in
dicted in Washington, d. c., for refus
ing to answer question asked by the
senate sugar scandal committee.
Harry H. Placide was arrested in
Baltimore charged with contracting
with Mrs. Lottie Jubb, widow, to
push a pension claim through for her
for $3.50.
Thomas B. Hopper, eX-county treas
urer, of Cecil county, Md, and a
prominent republican, died in Chesa
speake, after a lingering illness, Of
consumption, aged 81.
William Frazier, of Mingo Junction,
Ohio was bound over to court ON the
charge OF setting fire to the residence
Of his wife from whom he was di-
YOrced.
Another attempt was made to as
sassinate John f. Norris, the Pan
Handle railroad detective, a bullet
grazing his nose while he was dozing
ON a train.
Sells Brothers, the circus men, have
sued Barnum and Bailey for 100000
damages and $4,000 loss Of business.
alleging injury because of slanderous
publication.
n. A. Crawford, of Fairville, n. B.,
was found in bed with his head cut
off. The murder was committed by
young Englishman named Brinton,
who is insane.
Miss Cara Treloar. daughter of the
republican candidate for congress, has
been voted the most popular young
woman III Mexico, Mo-, winning a dia
mond ring. She received $40 votes.
Webster Dixon, of Vernon, Ind,
| twice secretary of the Indiana state
senate, and twice prosecuting attorney
of the ninth judicial circuit was taken
to the asylum for insane at Indianap
oils.
The bureau Of immigration has re-
ceived personal descriptions of sixty
six anarchists recently expelled from
France. Officer at all ports will be
furnished with duplicates of this list
Little baby Haigth of New York
whose millionaire father tried to save
it's life by keeping it in an incubator
for four months, died and was buried
beside the mother, who died when it
was born.
The bodies of the crew Of the sunken
schooner Home were all washed ashore
near Manistique, Mich. Those Of Capt
G. 2. Henderson and Alex BerkeuOski
seaman, have been identified, but the
others cannot be recognized.
The English Lutheran church OF
Rockford has extended a call to Rev.
A. NJ. Heilman, OF Dallastown, Pa,
and the Presbyterian church of Argyle,
H., has called Rev. r. l.. Clark, Of
NeWpark, Pa.
The branS, granary, tobacco sheds,
and outbuildings ON the farm of Jesse
Putnam, near Emerald Grove, Wis.
burned. Six horses were burned, be
sides all the seasons crops. Loss. 81
900; insurance, $1,000.
In the district court at Keokuk
Iowa, Mrs. Angelina Decker was
granted divorce from e. H. Decker,
formerly baseball player of pronli-
hence, but now confined in the Ches-
ter 1ll) pe1itentiary.
George Lewis is being tried for muir
der at Mexico, Mo-, for the fourth
time. He killed his father-in-law in
Pike county. At the first trial he was
convicted and in the second and third
| the jurors disagreed.
! Jersey City police raided a print
! ing establishment run by joseph w.
and Samuel Hamilton, and confscated
/ Il quantity of literature prepared for
the Spanish American Lottery and the
! National Banking company.
! Charles Cotton for the last twenty
years engaged in the agricultural I'M
| PIGMENT business in Danville, Ill,
made an assignment. Mr.. Cotons liza
! bilities are $4,000 He is another vic
tim of the hard times.
! William Brown, of Charleston, Ind,
has disappeared under circumstances
that cause suspicious of foul play 1t
! is said that he quarreled with another
man, and his hat has since been found
in a corn field. Search is being made
for his body.
! Governor Matthews has received the
resignation of l.. ]. Minks, of Ran