Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-01

new trial by the United States Su-
preme court, has been taken to the
penitentiary to serve out his sentence
of eight years.
More than one-half Of the twenty
four toll gates III Anderson county,
Kentucky, were destroyed by organized
bands Of advocates of free turnpikes.
The keepers were warned that any at
tempt to collect any more toll would
be warrant for hanging.
The Venezuelan government has
issued a decree offering to allow to any
firm or individual who may undertake
to bring immigrants into the country
the costs of passage. For adults the
allowance is 100 bolivars from Europe
and 80 boliyars from the United
States.
Chairman Sam Cook Of the Montana
democratic state central committee TO-
day gave out statement that he had
complete returns OF the house to house
canvass being made by the committee
from 1873 school districts. He says
Missouri will go democratic by 100000
plurality.
John Boyd Thatcher, who was nom
mated for governor on a silver plat
form by the New York state demo-
cratic convention, said that he was for
a gold standard, but will vote for Bry
an and Sewall FOR the sake of party
regularity" A Tammany attempt to
have him resign tailed.
At populist headquarters it is an
nounced that William J. Bryan will
speak in Minnesota during the week of
Oct. 10 to 16. Senator w. V. Allen of
Nebraska will speak in Minneapolis
Ost. 2 and 3, and also in st. Paul.
Senator PETER and Jerry Simpson will
put in a week in Minnesota.
A double golden wedding celebration
was celebrated at Bridgeport, Conn,
by William R. Higb9e, past grand
commander knight Templars of Con-
necticut, and for thirty years grand
treasurer of the commandery, and
wife, and Mr. and Mrs. George R. Corn
wall of Port Chester, n. Y.
The South Sea Missionary schooner
of the Josephites, Evaniela, is report
| ed to have foundered at sea in Iongi-
/ tude 147 degrees west, latitude IA de-
| grees so minutes south, July 26. Cap
tain McGrath, the cook, and several
missionaries took to the small boats
none too soon to save themselves.
! Rudolph FrankensOn and Bessie, the
! daughter of lotto Bonner, of Ramsey,
/ N. J., were married at the country
! house of the brIue's father, at Darling
ton, the Rev. S. Morgan of New York,
officiating. The groom is an attache
of the German legation at st. Peters
/ burg and stands high in Russian
diplomatic circles.
Lieut.. Peary's mission in the north is
! to secure the big meteorite Il weighs
forty tons and is twenty-five tons
! heavier than the British museum prize
He will return about Oct. 1. The
meteOrite was mentioned by Sir John
Ross in 1918, but never seen by white
man until Peary and Lee located and
surveyed it in 1894 1t is 80 per cent.
pure iron.
Fire in a six-story building at Hud-
son and Beach streets. New York,
caused damage to the extent OF $50 600
/ Inc greater part III the loss was SuS-
tanned by the Elsas Paper company.
Others tenants of the building whose
stocks were damaged are the World
Paper company, the Empire Ornamen-
/ tai Glass company, G. H. O'Neill and
/ the Novelty Drum Packing company.
A curious battle is to be waged in a
! New Jersey town. Two men will fight
a duel with hydrants and hose at a
distance of thirty feet. The under
/ taker-cOntestant has gone into the
/ thing seriously. Every evening upon
/ his return from the cemetery he has
| gone into the back yard with his wife,
who devotes all her energies to the
task of plying the garden hose upon
her lord and master.
There was the annual blowing con-
| test at Naperyille, I'll. The rule com
PEELED each competitor with riding
! pillow to use three horses and ride, each
| plowman to pillow between five and
seven inches deep and not more than
| fourteen inches in width for sixteen
! inch plOWs and twelve inches for four
| teen-inch plOws. In a pavilion woman
| exhibited needle and hand work and
! pastry. Prizes are given for the best
kept farms.