Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-12

ion OIL the dcC1QeQC Will De IQdQe.
Robbers in the guise Of sheep buyers
entered the home of Daniel Jackson, a
pioneer of Nashville, Mich, beat him
into Inconsistencies and stole $500.
James W. Pittenger, of Muncie,
Ind, tried to kill himself by putting
one bullet in his heart and another
through his brain, but he still lives.
Joshua S. Helmer, formerly presi-
dent of the broken Merchants bank,
of Lockport, n Y, was found guilty I
of deceiving Bank Examiner Clark.
Engineer Forelines, Conductor |
Straley and a colored brakeman were
killed in a wreck on the Norfolk and
Western railway at Ennis, W. Va.
The First National Bank, of Pratt, /.
Kan, the oldest institution in the
place, has gone into voluntary liquida-
ton. All claims will be paid in full.
Henry Watterson, who was to de-
liver his lecture on Abraham Lincoln
al Webster City, Iowa, failed to arrive
and thousands we're disappointed.
Charles Disston, brother and bust
ness partner of the late Henry Disston,
at his home in Philadelphia, aged "
years.
Two tramps were arrested at Ram
sey, ILL.,, on a charge of robbing the
store of Sloan & Smart at Herrick.
! They were wearing the stolen cloth
ing.
Bill Vosburg, the old-time criminal,
confessed that he assisted the postof-
/ flee thieves, Russell, Killoran and AL
len, to escape from Ludlow street jail,
| New York.
/ James Mccain, suspected of murder
! ing w. A. Hadden has been released
from Jail at South Bend, Ind, as suf-
| ficient evidence could not be found
against him.
John Adams Baller, the oldest editor
in Pennsylvania in continuous service
on one paper, is dead. He founded the
Perry Freeman and was it's editor for
fifty-fiVe years.
Louis Gordon, who killed John Flag
ger on the drainage channel several
months ago, was sentenced to the pen
itentiary at Joliet, ILL.,, on an indeG
mite sentence.
Miss Lucy Petree, of Jennings
county, Indiana, has sued William
Nealis, of Lebanon, Ind, for breach of
marriage contract, placing her dam
ages at $4,000.
The De Pauw. Ind, glass works at
Alexandria, Ind, closed during the
settlement of the De PAW estate, will
resume operations with 480 men in the
first of the year.
The New York police have arrested
four young men, the leader of whom
confesses that his gang has stolen bi
cycles by the wholesale and also com
mitted several burglaries.
Six men were injured by the explo-
sion of a boiler in the engine-house oil
the New Athens Coal company, al
Belleville, Ill. Jacob Emig and Henry
Sands arc not expected to recover.
The people of Reynoldsburg, Ohio
are excited over the discovery of gold
nuggets in the Grams of ducks, sup
posed to have been scooped up from
the bottom of small stream.
Lewis George Clark, the 84-year-old
mulatto, who is the original of Mrs
8 Stoves Uncle Tom, has been sent te
| an inirmary. He is failing rapid.
and is not likely to live long.
, The directors Of the American Sugar
Refining company have declared The
regular quarterly dividends of 1 81
} per cent. on the preferred stock ant
f per cent. on the common stock.
Melancholia, brought on by trouble
t in love affairs, caused Miss May Wills
t young society woman of Akron, Ohio
to hang herself from rafter in th'
e garnet. She was IS years old.
John M. Kinkade, a real estat,
dealer of Denver, committed suicide
!, by shooting On train returning from
Cripple Creek, where he had been in
: vestigating some mining property.
; John Crisman, an oil man of Geneva
; Ind, while intoxicated, went into
livery stable and began mutilating til,
horses. A negro attendant struck hin
: a fatal blow and has not been ar
2 rested.
The establishment of the James
Hogan printing company at st. Louis
/ Mo, was burned. Loss $4,000, partly
5 insured. Firemen Smith and Traubel
: were seriously injured by falling
!. bricks.
Tacoma shipping men will ask III,
government to send a cruiser to searcl
: for the missing Pacific ocean steam
\ ships Strathnevis, Gorzed, Evandal'
S and bark Lord Brassey. All are Ions
overdue.
Henry Fisher left Dubuque for Cali
, fornia some days ago. A dispatch
from Rock Springs, Wyo., states thai
he was found dead on the train. He
had considerable money on his per.
son.
A fire destroyed the large planning
| and woodworking mills of the D. G
Burton lumber company on Prospect
, avenue, Mount Vernon, n. Y. The loss
is from $35, 900 to $4,000, with an in
surance of $4,000
Mrs. William Chisholm, of Roches
ter, n. Y, declares that the wearing Of
boomers is sinful, and will attempt
to have the young women who weal
, them arrested on a charge of disor-
: derby conduct.
Miss Jessie Seymour, of Elizabeth
, n. j., who fell into a deep coma after