Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-02-20

aged about 20 had their Threats cut by
William Riggin at disreputable resort
in Danville, Ill. Luts will die, but
Way will recover.
The will Of W. H. English was prob
ated, at Indianapolis. The estate was
worth 100000. With the exception
of a few minor requests, it is divided
between his son and daughter
j. w. Davidson, the young Minnesota
newspaper correspondent, is decorated
with the Order of the Rising Sun by
the emperor of Japan for services rem
Cered to the mikado's army in Fcrmosa.
Mrs Mary B. Smith, widow of Col.
Jesse Smith, and resident of WiscOn-
sin since 1916, died in GAINESVILLE, aged
SO. She was the mother of the presi-
dent of the First National Bank of that
city.
United States Consul Grimke, at San
to Domingo, reports to the state de
partment that American bags for sugar
are being driven out of Santo Domingo
by Calcutta bags, which are superior in
quality.
Frederick w. hammers, one of the
early settlers of Minnesota, who came
to the st. Croix valley in 1845, is dead
at Marine, of heart failure, aged 70
years.
The Council murder case was called
in Judge Harker's court, at Marion, ILL.,,
but on account Of the absence of Bar
ney Carter, in front of whose saloon the
killing was done, the trial was post
poned..
/ At Grantsburg, Wis, potatoes are be-
ing marketed in large quantities daily,
the prices being and cents per
bushel.
/ At Pierre, S. D., fire in the furniture
store of John R. Nye & Co., ruined the
stock 1t was valued at $4,000, with in
surance for $4,000. The building was
damaged to the extent of several hun
dred dollars.
, Thomas A Gait & Son, bankers, of
Sterling, ILL.,, have placed their bank in
liquidation. This step was decided up
on owing to the advanced age of IA
Gait and his desire to concentrate his
large interests.
/ Fourteen-year-old Maggie Callard
and Mabel Winters, aged thirteen, ven
tured on the thin ice over pond at
tons OF their parents. The ice broke
and both were drowned.
! Theodore Hunt, of Riverside, Cal.
has accepted a call from the Eau Claire
First Congregational church, in which
4 he succeeds as permanent pastor. Rev.
DR.. Dudley, now of Fargo.
/ Congressman Kiefer presented in the
house petition signed by number of
citizens of st. Paul for the passage of
the Stone bill, providing for consular
inspection of immigrants.
STRENGTHENING Commissioner War
ing of New York, has prepared state
ment on the garbage question in which
/ by each householder may prove the best
solution of the problem.
/ At Duluth the pumphouse Of the
/ Lakeside water plant caught fire and
/ the department had to fight the flames
for quite while. Meanwhile the water
I
the system is direct pressure.
/ Judge ODonnel proposed to continue
/ the cases against the mayor and alder
men, indicted for salary grabbing, at
Dubuque, provided actions to test their
civil liability were entered at the March
term. Their attorney declined and
wants the cases pushed.
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has instituted suit for $4,000 damages
against the Pabst Brewing company
and Saloon-Keeper A. J. Taylor, al
leging that her husband spent all his
money in their saloon and failed to
provide for his family.
Mrs. Fisher was brought to Eau
Claire by the police authorities from
Rice Lake, on the charge of enticing
away the young wife of John Corrier
for immoral purposes. His wife was
Annie Powers, who is but II years old,
and married him two months ago.
Matte Cavanaugh, keeper of a dis
reputable resort, her husband, William
Cavanaugh, and her nephew, John
Schrull, were arrested at Danville, H.,
charged with the murder of August
Klaege, who was found dead in the
street near the Cavanaugh house.
At Reedsburg, Wis, Susie Haley was
injured in Wadleigh's saw mill. She
was passing through the mill when the
wind blew her clothing against a saw,
pulling her on the sharp teeth, which
pierced her left side from the shoulder
down. She will probably die.
Railway employees discovered that
Joseph Love, q Shawnee, Kan, county
farmer, had to save passenger fare and
packed his three children, aged 7, 9 and
II, in a box fer shipment to Guthrie,
Okla. Love pleaded poverty and a
stranger advanced him money to buy
tickets.
Representative Gamble, of South Da-
kota. thinks the free home bill will pass
in spite of the great opposition. 1t
would affect lands on the Sissiton,
Yankton and Sioux reservations in
South Dakota.
Priceless tapestries and beautiful
vases selected from the collection of
lis imperial japanese majesty the mi
kado, constitute the offering of friend
ship and esteem which the Oriental
sovereign has sent through his minister
to Mrs. Walter Q. Gresham, widow of
the late secretary of state.
Mr.. Picker has introduced a bill ap-