Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-12
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF,
HOME MATTERS.

III NEW 1OEh JuuSe beehLIdn ucC1uSu
that a verbal disposition by person
of his body after death IS sufficient.
Thomas Murphy, Brooklyn boy,
was killed by brick thrown by
waffle-yender, whom he was teasing.
Bert Comins,' an employe on ex-Con-
gresham Yaple's farm, near Lagrange,
Ind, committed suicide while Insane.
William f. ClemmonS, dealer in
woofens in New York, has assigned.
Assets, $4,000; liabilities, 5000.
John Butler aged 40 years, i drain
age employee was run over by an cleo
trio street car at Joliet, ILL.,, and killed.
August Schroeder, who calls himself
the divine healer" ministered to sew
raj afflicted persons at Bayonne, N. j.
Funds belonging TO Masonic organ
cations in New York are involved in
the failure of WayIand, Trask & Co.,
bankers.
The vice chairman of the national
silver party issues an address blaming
the Chicago convention for the pOpo-
cratic defeat.
Chief Justice Fuller gave notice that
the United States supreme court would
take a recess from November 16 until
December /.
William GERHARD became SO excited
in New York over the election that he
Rugged women AMI paid So fine in d
police court for his conduct.
John Jacob Aston, the New York mil
lionaire, took the engineers place on
an Illinois Central railroad locomotive
and ran the train for 175 miles.
The women of the Rainy-Day Club of
New York intend hol44ng a festival
soon on a rainy day at which ali the
members will wear short kirtS.
William Jackson, cOlOred man who
cut Clara Rambo, also cOlored, in LOCK
port, H.. Monday, was arrested for
murder, the woman having died
Late Sunday night Dennis Scatlin
was drowned in the Winona canal.
He was native of ireland, and
claimed TO be 119 years of age.
Joseph Rosentnal of Peru, Ind, a
well-known capitalist and manufac
turer, was striker with paralysis at
Kokomo, Ind, and is in critical con-
dltiOn.
William Thompson of Brooklyn, was
held for further examination in New
York on the charge Of the larceny Of
diamonds belonging to the wife Of DR..
Senior Morello.
Annie VanderWall, aged years, was
instantly killed and Ella Birkman,
aged 8, fatally injured at the Joseph
street crossing of the Chicago and AL
ton railroad, Chicago.
Frederick j. Farr, president of the
FAR Ward company, manufacturing
chemists, which recently closed out on
assignment, was arrested at Saratoga,
n. Y, charged with forgery.
Frank p. Nelson, aged 75 died at
Greencastle, Ind, of nervous prostra-
lion. He was one of the largest land
owners in Putnam county and liberal
col tributor to De Paw university.
The president pardoned Emil c..
Kndppe, convicted of embezZling the
funds of the Chicopee National bank
of rirgfeld, Mass, and sentenced in
1884 to five years Imprisonment.
While inmates of a hve-story tene-
ment on Division street, New York,
were in bed fire broke out in the build
ing, ana though much excitement pre-
vailed among them, all were rescued.
An election bet in Washington, Iowa,
was paid by Fred Howard, a workman
in the Washington carriage factory,
who carried Joe Daniels, a colored
coachman, around the square on a
wheelbarrow.
To do for nv,
living about ten miles northwest of
Marshall, Ill.,. was found dead in his
barn, with his throat cut from ear to
ear. 1t is not known whether it is
suicide or murder.
Miss Minnie Harvey, daughter of
Fred Harvey. proprietor of the hotel
system of the Atehison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad was married at St.
Paul's Episcopal church, Leavenworth,
Kan, to j. Frederick Huckel of New
York
Edward Spangler, a farmer, while
tearing Off the roof of his house at
Spry, York County, Pa. found bag of
gold and silver notes. Before he could
count it William Sullivan, his hired
man, seized the treasure and ram off
with it,
James French, indicted for the muir
der of his wife at Rockford, ILL.,, July
10 last, who. it was expected would be
tried at the present term of court, was
granted q continuance by Judge Crab
tree until the January term Insanity
will be the defense.
1t was announced that a settlement
has been made by the Emerson Piano
company with its creditors, on the
basis of payment in full, with interest
at six per cent. from October l, and
that the trustees have turned over the
business to the company
Frank Klear, a farmer near Ma
poleon, Ohio. accidentally shot and
killed himself while examining his
gun. He was blowing in the muzzle,
with his foot on the hammer, when it
slipped and a bullet went through his
head, killing him Instantly
f. p. Sargent, grand master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
telegraphs from San Francisco that he
has met with complete success in ne
gotiating with the Southern Pacific
railroad to put members on the same
footing they were before the great
strike of 1894
The only Russian-Greek church on