Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-07
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HOME HAPPENINGS.

mas DppH " ne L1lC luCdIuG-
ton of the diety.
Wisconsin cranberry growers are in
need of aid, their marshes having been
destroyed by forest fires.
The house labor committee agreed
to a favorable report on Attorney Cen
eral Olney's arbitration bill.
Evidence tending to establish overt
acts was adduced in the American
Railway union conspiracy trial.
Ex-Mayor J. Hull Davidson and Edi-
tor Charles G. Moore engaged in a
street fight at Lexington, Ky.
John w. Miley, of Galesburg, Ill, is
accused of forging the names of bust
ness men to notes for large sums.
A bill for the punishment of train
wreckers was agreed on by the house
committee on interstate commerce.
During an insanity trial at Quincy,
H.. officers arrested the wrong man,
found him insane and put him in jail.
In the Debs' conspiracy case Judge
Grosscup ruled against expert testi-
mony concerning the effects Of strikes.
Celebrated theatrical people took
part in the funeral of John W. Norton,
late manager of st. Louis opera
house.
Withdrawals of gold from the sub
treasury at New York aggregated 3d.
275, 1000, of which $3,25OOOO was for
export.
Rev. Benjamin T. Stutsman was ar
rested at Goshen, Ind, charged with
entering a schoolhouse and insulting
a teacher.
Major, a son of Don McGregor,
brought $4,000 at the trotting sale in
Chicago. Eighty head were dis
posed of.
Frank l.. Noble, the owner and
driver of Alcryon in his famous race
with Nelson, died at Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Gertrude Agee outwitted her parents,
who had placed her in a convent at
Quincy, H., and eloped with Thomas
W. BeyanS.
Bishop Ryan, of Alton has made a
general shift of the priests in his do
CeSe Ill al euuedNoI W dlldy TIE us
content.
Another issue of bonds is to be made
within a few days. They will prob
ably be 4-30s and aggregate 100000,
600 in amount.
At Jeffersonville, Ind, a family of
four persons ate diseased pork. 1t is
thought the father will die from con-
vulSiOns.
Steamer City of Ludington, of the
Goodrich line has started from Mil
waukee to seq rch for the wreck of the
Chicora.
Women's Christian Temperance Tn
ion, Of Rockford, has decided to estab-
lish a free institution for curing drunk
ards.
Mark II. Barnum has returned to
Wausau from Benson, Mimi, where he
had been called on account of the death
of his sister, Mrs. Carrie Sherwood.
In the Illinois legislature a bill has
>een introduced declaring the Ameri-
can Protective association a conspir-
icy.
J. b. Greenhut and E. F. Lawrence
we're appointed receivers of the Dis
tilling and Cattle Feeding company by
Judge Grosscup. in Chicago.
1t was discovered that the will of the
late ex-senator Fair had been stolen
from the county clerks office in San
Francisco.
G. NJ. Hughes, Jr., eX-cashier of the
First National bank, of Lima, Ohio,
was arrested, charged with mfsappro-
priating $4,000 of the banks funds.
Assemblyman Ainsworth will intro
duce a bill providing for the adoption
in New York state of the Michigan
system of choosing presidential cleo
tors.
1t is said Germany is determined to
force Il tariff war upon the United
States in order to satisfy the agricul-
tural party.
Solicitor General Maxwell has re-
signed owing to differences with At
tofney General Olney regarding the
income tax.
S. G. Hamrick, former divinity stu
dert, was arrested at Richmond, Ind,
charged with forgery and embezzle-
mem
Crawford Crosby, alias Cherokee
Bill, a noted outlaw, was captured at
NOwata, |. T.. by two men who had
secured his confidence.
Henry Whipperman, who had voted
for every democratic presidential can
didate since 1929 died at Logansport,
Ind
Priests of the South Dakota diocese
are moving to secure the appointment
of DR. De Paradis, of Coal City, Ill, as
Bishop Martyrs successor.
Students at the medical college at
Richmond, Va, forced an apology
from one of their number who had
written of jefferson Davis as a traitor.
Fred H. Adams, eldest son of Judge
Adams, died in a Chicago doctors Of
fee from the effects of an operation
for peritonitis
The Chicago postoffice bill will be
favorably reported to the senate. with
the provision for its completion in
three years omitted.
Judge e. lockwood Hoar, United
States attorney general under Grant
il 1870 died at his home in Concord.
Mass, aged 70.
DIR. A. S. Beckel, of Florida, H., was
fatally shot by the husband of
woman who had summoned him
against orders