Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-17


In a message submitting Hawaiin
correspondence to congress the presi-
dent urges the granting of permission
to lease one of the islands to Great
Britain for a cable station.
Joseph Denning, believed to be in
sane, was arrested at DeadwOod, S.
D. He was looking for Judge Fuller
of the supreme court with the ayoWed
intention of killing him.
There was little interest in the judi
| cial election held in the tenth Illinois
| district. Hiram Bigelow of Henry
county, republican, nominee, was the
| only candidate III the field.
| The New-Jersey legislature met Fl
| Trenton and organized Il test vote n
caucus showed that Frankie M1rrFy
| had greater strength for scna'"r han
I General Sewell.
The Huntsville (Ala.) female college
| was destroyed by fire. All OF the girls
were rescued and most OF their be-
longings saved James Gillespie was
struck on the back by piano thrown
| from the upper story and seriously IN
| jured.
The republicans of Wayne county,
Pa. nominated Homer Greene or
Honesdale to fill the vacancy in con
gress caused by the death of Myron
B, Wright. Mrs. Sarah Aldrich Kelly
was in the city, pressing her canvass
for the place, but failed to get before
the convention.
Mrs. Stella Flint at Utica, \. Y,
shot and killed her husband, William
A. Flint, and wounded his mother,
Mrs. John B. Flint, in the arm and
shoulder The shooting grew out of
domestic troubles.
The little town of Nebo, 20 miles
from Ardmore, l. T., was visited by
three men who robbed the stores OF
Tucker & Walker and Rogers Bros,
broke open THE safes and fired the
buildings. The town is in ashes
Fire did considerable damage in the
hardware store of Bartlett & DOrr on
Central street, Lowell, Mass. The ORR
gin of the fire is unknown, and the
loss cannot be ascertained. The IN
surance of $31 900 will cover it.
Fire and water caused a loss of S44
| 900 at 221 South Water street, Chicago,
owned by Mrs Cornelia Wordsworth
of New York, and occupied by produce
merchants. The insurance covers the
loss.
Mrs. Eliza Began, during a Oh unken
quarrel at 80 Mott street, New York,
tnrew a lighted lamp at Mrs. Bridget
German, setting the latter's clothing
on fire. Mrs. German was burned to
death. Mrs. Began was arrested.
! Ralph w. Bond, aged % years, of
Philadelphia, was sent to the Phila-
delphia hospital for THE insane, suffer
ing from an attack of insanity
brought about, it is stated, by exces-
Sive cigarette smoking
Secretary Herbert rs given his con-
sent to the departure Ct ne full
Marine band under the leadership of
Professor Fancuilli, On :, Il II Of the
principal cities of the south next
March.
Over fifty boats We're swept from
their mOorings in the Monongahcla
river around Pittsburg by the food.
Several barges, each loaded with S1O,-
600 worth of coal, sank. Bottom lands
around EtEa and Sharpsburg are en-
tirely submerged
The actors protective union of Bos-
! ton is considering a plan for securing
| for the $4,000 actors in the country an
| amendment to the national election
laws whereby they will be allowed to
vote in the place where their profes-
sion may call them election day.
E. L. Colburn, prominent in church
and business circles of Pine Bluff.
Ark, was publicly cowhided by May
Huggard, the 16-year-old-da of
Mrs. May Huggard, a widow Carroll
Godfrey held shotgun at COlburn's
head while the girl cowhided him.
The miners for the Massilon (O) dis
trict, numbering 5000, decided to re-
turn to work at the 6O-cent rate made
by an arbitration board The major
lty of the men in the district have been
out since the Inaugural ton of the ma
, tional coal strike in April of last year.
They wanted 20 cents
The stitcherS in the Reading shoe
factory of E. B. Richardson are out
on strike, pending a settlement of
wages. The firm posted new price
list at the beginning of the year. and
the stitchers suffered a decrease of
! wages thereby. All agreed not to re-
turn to work till the old prices Were
renewed. This step has not affected
the other departments as yet, but il
will in a very few days unless a settle
ment is reached.
The grounding of the Cincinnati off
Execution Rock, New York last Nov
ember, having made it eXpedient, sec
! rotary Herbert has issued a general
, order declaring that pilot is to be
considered merely as an adviser to the
| commanding officer and his presence
on board a naval vessel shall not re-
lieve the commanding officer of re-
sponsibility.
FOREIGN.