Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14
NEWS OF THE WORLD
AT HOME.

Claus A. BliXt dramatically told in
court of the murder of Catharine A.
Cling in Minneapolis.
Eighty-six trotters sold for $4,000
at the Lexington sale. Bermuda Girl,
2:21 II, sold for $4,000.
An electric car full of people fell
into the river i'm Milwaukee and three
persons were drowned.
The United States supreme court
settled the Lyon county iowa bond
case against the lbondholders.
Secretary Carlisle figures on a sur
plus of over $4,000, 900 at the end of
this year, instead of a deficit.
Two trolley cars collided on an ele-
waited structure in Kansas City, Kan,
and four persons were seriously hurt.
Warehouse of the Bodman Tobacco
company, at. Cincinnati, was totally
destroyed, emtailing a loss of 100000.
Weber Brothers, of Milwaukee, are
alleged to- have conspired with certain
favored creditors Ito defraud the others.
Daniel Shelby, the theatrical manag-
-er, died at Wilkesbarre, Pa, from
heart disease. He was 81 years old.
Captain John futile, the oldest lake
captain in the country, died at Salem,
Wis, in his SD year.
A boiler III an icehouse at Elwood,
r. l., exploded, killing three men and
injuring ten others.
AIT Peoria, H., Frank Atkinson shot
and killed Lena Upper, his sister-in
Etaw, and then fatally wounded himself.
Five burglars blew open the safe in
the Milan (Ohio) Banking cOmpany's
office, securing from $4,000 to $4,000.
Isaac M. Turner, a prominent at
torney and politician, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, died in Washington, aged 40.
An omnibus bill for the payment of
southern war claims ito the amount of
s71S,663 was defeated i'm the house.
Brazilian Officials, alarmed at the
many plots against the government,
may cause the arrest Of ex-President
PeiX0to.
In the hurdle race ait San Francisco
well-backed horses finished on THE
wrong track and We're disqualified by
the judges.
Wild scenes of disorder were caused
In the milwaukee chamber of COM
merce during debate over a building
project.
COroner's jury Investigating the
bridge disaster i'm Milwaukee found
that it was caused by the c~arelessness
of a motOrman.
Intensely cold weather prevails i'm
New England and much suffering is
reported, especially among s~eafaring
people.
Bradstreet's report ON the visible
supply of grain shows a decrease of
1855 O bushels of wheat, 354, 000
of corn 717.OOO of oats.
Southwestern states We're visited by
a blizzard which has blocked traffic.
Hundreds of families are reported
without fuel.
John s. Stevens, of Peoria, attorney
for the whisky trust, says the mem
bers, with one exception, are brokers
and gamblers.
Isaac Small, the father-inIaw of AID
miral Beardslee, of the United States
navy, died on Tuesday at Little Falls,
n. Y.
Robbers held up a train on the
Santa Fe road near Hutchinson, Kan.
and compelled the passengers to give
up their yaluaIbleS.
Charles e. HELLER was appointed aid.
ministrator Of the Davis estate i'm Mas
sachUSetts and 1T will be divided with
out regard TO the will.
Judge Otis, of st. Paul, decided that
under the Minnesota law husbands
We're liable for slanderous remarks 10y
their wives.
The daughter of a Chicago Great
Western railway official marrieS Oscar
A. Edgerly, the noted spiritualist, in
Indiana.
Judge Jenkins, at Chicago, presented
his decision in the matter of the com
penSation of the three receivers of the
Chicago and Northern Pacific railroad
George NJ. Pullman, who is wanted
to testify in the Debs conspiracy trial
to testify in the Debs conspiracy trial
is accused of lodging legal service.
Annual report of the Diamond Match
company shows the earnings for 1894
60 have been equivalent TO 15.2 per
cent on the stock.
Friends Of Franklin MacVeagh are
urging him as the democratic candi-
date for mayor of Chicago. He will
accept the nomination.
Two persons lost their lives in a
fire at Pittsburg, while a fireman fell
from the building and was fatally
hurt.
A party of merrymakers was upset
at Hon"Tworth, Ohio, by the breaking
OF a kingboIt. Three were probably
fatally hurt.
At Indianapolis the Condo implement
warehouse and several smaller stores
We're consumed. The loss will reach
$780, OO.
The village of Leipzig, Putnam u
ty, Ohio, was visited by a fire which
swept away THE business district. Loss
aggregates 100000
An early morning fire DESTROYED the
business portion of jamaica. q town
in Iowa. The postoffice was among the
buildings burned.
About 8 O'Clock Wednesday evening
u Wisconsin Central passenger train
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