Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-11-26

knight of the Royal Order of Denne-
brog, Of Denmark.
l. P. Carpenter, one of the largest
lumber dealers Of Cincinnati and a
resident of Covington, Ky, and D. H
Lyons, prominent architect of Gin
cinnati, were killed. They were
walking along the double tracks Of
the Cincinnati, Lebanon and North
ern railway talking about business
when they were caught by trains go
ing in opposite directions.
Judge Holmes of the superior court
in Boston rendered a decision yester-
day in favor of Charles H. Pattee. ex-
ecutor of the will of the late John
Stetson, Jr., upon MIR. Pattee's pec-
ton for an order directing Mrs. Adah
(Richmond) Stetson, contestant Of the
will Of Mr.. Stetson, to file in court a
specification Of the time and place Of
her alleged marriage to the testator.
Attorneys for the Indiana heirs of
the Lord Antrim estate in Ireland.
now held in chancery, have received
word from Attorney Antrim of Joliet,
H., who is there making an investi-
CATION, stating that he has found the
American heirs claim perfect and that
he has instituted proceedings in their
behalf. There are 125 heirs in the
United States. The estate is worth
about $S0,0OO,O00
Prof. l.. L. Dyche, the taXidermist
and naturalist of the state university,
who set up Kansas worlds fair ex-
hibit, has returned from the wilds OF
Alaksa, where he went for specimens
of the rare white Rocky mountain
sheep. This race Of sheep is rapidly
disappearing and Prof. Dyche OBJ
tanned seventeen specimens. He also
shot an immense moose and an 1900
pound grizzly bear.
| On board the American Line steamer
New York, which arrived in New
York from Southampton, were Captain
Norwood and eight distressed seamen
of the schooner Henry Souther, of
Portland, Me-, which was abandoned
at sea in a sinking condition On Oc-
tober Is, in latitude "a SO, longitude
1902. The crew were rescued by the
British steamer Beltor, from New Or
leans for Rotterdam.
Articles of incorporation have been
issued by the secretary of the state of
Illinois to the Farmers National
Chautauqua association. The object
OF the association is for the advance
ment Of the study of all matters relat-
ing to farm life and the establishment
and maintenance of necessary build
ings and grounds for the accommoda-
ton of the association. The head
quarters will be Springfield.
| The records of the treasury depart
ment show that from Feb. 1, 1896, to
Nov. l, there were coined at the mints
of the United States 1925, 1922 stand
ard silver dollars. The seigniorage
upon this amount was $5,O51, ADO The
balance of the silver bullion purchased
under the act of 1890 ON hand Nov. l,
1896, was 25,061, 1858 ounces, which
cost the government $112,S65, 625. The
coinage value of this amount is $751;
693, 900.
Obituary: At Charleston, Ill, Dan
iel DoWney, 106.-At ST. Joseph, Mo,
Walter Young At Noblesville, Ind
Mrs. Eleanor Northcote Pettijohn, 95.
AT Lena, Ill, Mrs. Thomas Francis,
79.-At Keysport, Ind, Mrs. Sarah
McLaren, 64.-At Volinia, Mich. j,
Jasper Washburn. At Warsaw, Ind .,
! John A. Funk, 72.-At Kokomo, Ind. j,
Mrs. Elizabeth Book, Sat Goshen,
Ind, Charles Henkel, 54.-At Lake
Charles, La, Joseph Freed, formerly
an Illinois journalist