Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-02-20
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braska says he is a descendant of that
Thorstein, son of Eric the Red, Of
! Scandinavia, who is said to have made
| an expedition to Vineland (New Eng
land in 1905. At a later period the
family settled in England. and one Of
it's members was Thurston, twenty
eighth archbishop of New York.
Antonio Maceo, lieutenant general CT
the patriot army in Cuba, is one OF
the tallest men ever seen in the tropics,
standing 6 feet inches in height. He
is fairly worshiped by his followers,
who have again and again demon
strated their willingness to undergo the
his intimate comrades describes him as
a big, good-natured child, deep in his
heart, but on the surface he is all
soldier and patriot. His skin is of deep
brown in color, his eyes are dark, soft
and kindly in expression, and he is
famous for his good nature to all but
the enemies of Cuba's liberty.
Prince Henry was not Princess Bea-
trice's first passion. In 1877 she was
reported to have fallen in love" with
young man who has since attained
distinction as preacher. Among the
| eligible men who are said to have
aspired to the hand of Beatrice are
Prince Oscar of Sweden, AmadeO, late
king of Spain, and Louis of Battenb berg,
an elder brother of Prince Henry.
Professor Mark w. Harrington, late
chief of the United States weather
bureau, and now president of the Uni
versity of Washington, proposes to es-
tablish in the university department
of terrestrial physics and geography,
and he would be glad if authors and
publishers would send to the university
publications relating to these subjects.
E. F. Tibbitts, General Harrison's
private secretary, has a double. He is
a theatrical man, and while staying at
the same hotel in New York with the
Mr.. Tibbitts as to find the matter rather
Mr. Tibbitts as to find thematter rather
annoying, as all disclaimers that he did
not know anything about General Har-
rison's movements were received with
/ incredulity.
When President Kruger of the Trans
wall paid his visit to England he re-
fused to go to a theater, deeming it i'm
moral. He was accustomed from force
of habit to rise at o'clock in the
morning, and it put his entertainers to
vast inconvenience to have his break
fast served to him at that unseemly
hour. Mrs Kruger appeared to be
typical Dutch housewife, disdaining
dress and amusement of any kind
A workman had a perilous experience
when repairing the sage in the Schuyl
kill shaft at Ashland, Pa, the other
night. Lewis Huntsinger was at work
in the cage when the bottom dropped
out of it. Huntsinger threw out his
arms and grasped prop, clinging to it
until he was rescued by other work.
men. He was thus suspended in the
shaft, which is 500 feet deep.
| Tracy TurnereIIi, who died Saturday
in London, was badly snubbed by Dis
raeli just after the treaty of eBrlin was
/ signed. Turnerelli hurried around and
/ collected a fund for a gold wreath to
! De presented 10 beaconsnelu' Alter
the collection had been made, the lat
! ter, who had not been consulted, per-
! emptorily declined to receive the
wreath or acknowledge the promoter of
{ the enterprise.
/ 1t is claimed in behalf of Dr.. Samuel
G. Dixon, who has just been elected
! president of the Philadelphia academy
( OF natural sciences, that he really an
/ tic;pa. CD DR.. Koch in the theory of pre-
venting tuberculosis by the fact that in
1869 he published results of his in
/ vestigations, which it was subsequently
/ shown were on the same lines as those
on which DR.. Koch's lymph was after
ward produced.