Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-01-23

The latter caught him coming from a
disreputable house and ordered him
to report at headquarters.
In the United States court, at
Springfield, H., William O'Connor
piea-ed guilty to a charge of passing
counterfeit coin, and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
Thomas Parkinson, who cut his
wife's throat in Chicago on Nov. 1,
gave himself up to the police at De-
troit. He has become convert and
joined the Salvation army.
Singer & Wheeler, wholesale drug
gists at Peoria, ILL.,, for whom an APP
pIication for receiver was recently
made, assigned with liabilities OF $416.-
900, and assets of $4,000
Townsend Burden, the New Yorker
who was robbed of $4,000 worth of
diamonds, advertised $4,000 for their
reward and no questions asked" He
is in negotiations with the rogues.
Four hostlers who maltreated two
little girls il Chicago, had narrow
escape from lynching Thursday night.
Ropes were thrown off an electric
light pole when the police arrived.
The liabilities of De Neufvill & Co.,
brokers, who recently failed at New
York, are placed at $737 ,OO6. The face
value of the assets is $1,329, 995, but
market quotations reduce them to
$685.
Miss Helen HulD Culver's $1,000,000
for the university of Chicago will be
devoted to four new buildings. The
new plans call for geological, bot
anical, an anatomical and a physiology
cal building.
A democratic member of the Ken
lucky legislature died, giving the re-
pubIicans majority with the possible
aid of the pOpuLsts. The republicans
nominated Congressman Godfrey Hun
ter for senator.
George H. Smith, recently released
from prison, murdered his former
father-in-law, Robert Clapsaddle, in
Ransomville, N. Y, and started to kill
his divorced wife, but was overtaken
by a posse and shot dead.
w. G. Nichols. who arrived at Den
yer, Col, from New York city, com
missioned to write up Cripple Greek
for Harper Bros, was found dead in
bed at the st. James hotel. The cause
assigned is heart disease.
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the telescope donated by Emerson Nc
MilIin, of New York. 1t has 12-inch
lens. 16-foot barrel, transit, and spec
troscope on the Lick observatory
model, though o., reduced lines.
While five men were working on 6
tower of the new Methodist church at
Kohomo, Ind, the scaffold broke, Civ
ing them a fall of forty feet. Joseph
MCGOWAN, William Sturgeon and Ear
Chase were badly crushed and may
die.
Governor Altgeld has issued a proc
lamation offering a reward OF $500 lo1
the arrest and conviction of Charles
II. Smith, and an unknown man called
AL" who are wanted at Milton, Du-
page county, for the murder of Ed
ward OFT.
Mayor Broatch of Omaha, Neb.
directed the assistant city attorney tC
prepare a complaint against Henry
Bolln, eX-city treasurer, charging him
with embezzlement. Bolln was ar,
rested. The total amount of the de,
falcation is $115,0OO
Five business hOu >es at Harmon
ton, n. j., were burned. Nothing was
saved from the stores and the people
who were sleeping in the burning
buildings barely escaped in their night
clothes. Loss on buildings Estimated
at $4,000, partly covered by insur-
ance.
The safe of the Farmers bank al
Verona, near Monette, Mo-, was blown
open by eight masked robbers anC
$4,000 in cash taken. The robbers en-
tered the city on horseback, bound the
night Waterman of the bank to a tree
across the street and then effected
their purpose.
A high officer of the government Is
authority &c the statement that unless
Turkey makes prompt reparation fol-
the burning of American mission
buildings at Harpoot the United States
will collect the $4,000 indemnity by
force, probably by Selling the Smyrna
custom-house.
Obituary: At Port SAID, Egypt
James B. Mofatt, ffty.-At Shoals
Ind, Mrs. Nancy Smith, one hundred
and four.-At Bloomington, ILL.,, Aaron
Bachrach, eighty-four.-At Metropolis
H., Mrs. F. A. Gregory.-At Eau
Claire, Wis, Madison w. Harris.-At
Kokomo, Ind, Rev. David Beckel-
hamer.
Senator Caffery of Louisiana, made
puDnc a letter which President Cleve-
land wrote him, in which the president
vigorously defends the sale of bonds
10 the syndicate last February and
denies in equally emphatic words the
statements that arrangements had
been made for a similar sale of more
bonds
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