Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-09-20


wealthy New York merchant. was ar
rested and locked up in the Hudson
county jail on charge of adultery.
Mr.. Debs goes to the convention of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men TO work for the defeat of Grand
Master Sargent
Because of 4 letter criticising his
bathing suit Philip Reeves, of New
York city, committed suicide at Sea
Bright.
Several thousand garment workers
threatened to strike in Newark; 800
Of the men returned TO work II New
York city.
Several Of the prominent citizens of
Portland, Oregon, have formed a cor
poratiOn with capital of $1,OO0,O0O
for the purpose of building one or
more beet sugar factories in Oregon.
Lew Steward was nominated for
congress by the democrats of the
eighth Illinois district His name had
not been mentioned until the conyen-
ton met
partment of agriculture shows 4 large
decline in the condition of corn; more
than 100000 acres have been aban-
dOned or cut up for fodder.
Mayo and Henderson, republican can
didates for congress in the eleventh
Illinois district, have been induced to
withdraw. Another convention will be
held
Henry Meyer and Thomas Collins
! were nominated for congressmen-at-
large by Pennsylvania democrats to
fill vacancies caused by death and
deciination.
Democrats of the eighth Wisconsin
district renominated Congressman
Barnes and in the sixth district Con-
gresham Wells was again named. DR..
Black won in the fifth district
W. d. Pinkston, secretary treasurer
of the Western Iron Works company
Of Butte, Mont, is $4,000 short, and
was arrested while trying to leave the
country.
Hugh Porter, p, son of Dr. Porter
Of Bridgeport Conn, committed sui
eide at Leadyille, Col He shot him
self through the heart. He was suffer
ing from brain trouble.
Portland, Ind, has contracted with
! F. Binel for a complete system of
Waterworks. The price is $4,000 and
the work is to be completed by Jan.
! 1, 1895.
The st. Paul Railway company di-
rectOrs have declared their regular
semLannual dividends at II per cent
on the preferred, and per cent. on
! common stock.
Over $1,000 in cash and negotiable
notes and several watches and some
! jewelry were carried off by burglars
! from the dwelling of Simon Elliott,
! at Princeton, Ill
! D. H. Hawley, of Elgin, Ill, in the
course of a disagreement with his
! brother Fred, struck the latter blow
on the head with a Ratchet, infiicting
probably fatal injury.
Governor Rich, of Michigan, has
appointed John II. Grant, of Manistee,
: judge of probate of Manistee county,
! to fill the vacancy caused by the,
death Of n. w. Nelson.
! The barn at the st. Joe terminal
of the ST. Joseph and Benton Harbor
electric street railway, also large
livery stable, was destroyed by fire
The loss was heavy.
Mrs. Charles Carrot, aged 26, was
murdered at Lebanon, Pa, by her hus-
band, who cut her throat Garret had
just been released from the peniten-
tiary. He escaped and is still at large.
MILFORD r. Ives has begun suit at
! Ottumwa, Iowa, to compel his mother.
Mary Ives, of Springfield, Mo-, to
turn over a $4,000 legacy from an
uncle, who died a few days ago in
Hartford, Conn.
The body of James Mccarthy, of Co
| lumbus, Ohio, was found in the dock
at Ashland, Wis, and was buried in
the potter's field after an inquest. 1t
is supposed to be a case of suicide.
Not guilty" was the verdict of the
jury at Chattanooga, Tenn, in the
case of G. II. Henson for the killing
Of J. B. Vert. 1t took the jury tif-
teen minutes to decide.
Rev. Father Hurth, formerly Of
Notre Dame University, but for the
past ten years president of st. Ed
wards College at Austin, Texas, was
consecrated a bishop at South Bend
He will be sent to Bengal, India, and
will be the first from the Order of
the Holy Cross to go to that mission.
The large deep, draft steel steam
ship recently completed at the works
of the Globe Iron works company at
Cleveland was launched. This is the
fifty third boat built in the company's
! yard, and is said to be one Of the best
general purpose freight boats ever put
On the lakes.
Black anthrax, better known as
quantrell, has made its appearance
among cattle near F'rapkton, Ind,
and several If the more severe cases
have been quarantined. The farmers
are nervous, as the disease is con-
tagious and deadly and there is no
remedy known.
The association of cemetery superin-
tendents closed its three days conyen-
ton at Philadelphia by electing the
following officers: O. G. Simmonds,
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