Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-30

Smiths at Nauvoo. There were four
killed, his church scattered. Two of
the wives are now dead.
Secretary of the Intcrior Bliss has
Instructed the commi5si )ner of edu
cation to have the ;emdeer now ut
Teller station, ALASKA, which nave
been broken to work, forwarded to
ST. Michaels, to be held there for use
in forwarding supplies to the Klon-
dixie country in case of emergency.
There are about eighty of the deer
which it is believed can be utilized
in this way The opinion prevails
that they would be more useful than
dogs, because they travel more rap
idly, draw more, and can live on the
little forage The country provides.
Lieut.. Peary and party have re-
turned from North Greenland, bring
ing the huge Cape York meteorite, the
largest in the world. Lieut.. Peary
also brought six Cape York Esqui-
n-eaux have their tents, dogs, sledges
returns next year in an attempt to
reach the north pole. The Esqui-
meaux have hteir tents, dogs, sledges
and canoes, and are eager for the
undertaking. The expedition visited
| Cape Sabine, and relics of the Inflated
expedition led by Greeley have beer
found. The summer in Baffin bay
was marked by almost continuously
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scarcity of ice.
! United States Judge Kilgore, eX
congressman from Texas, is dead. He
served in the confederate army, first
as private and by successive pro
| motions reached the grade of adult
| ant-general, serving as such in Ector'
brigade, army Of the Tennessee. HI
was wounded at Chickamauga, and il
1864 was confined as a prisoner il
Fort Delaware. He was admitted tC
! the bar after the war and in 1875 wa
| a member of the Texas constitutional
convention He was a presidential
elector in 1880 in the Hancock anC
English ticket, and in 1854 wa
electOr in 1880 on the Hancock anC
| years, and in the following year wa
chosen president of that body for tWt
years. He was elected to the fftieth
fifty-first and fifty-second congresse
as a democrat.
At it's annual melting the Wisconsin
State Agricultural society decided Il
prepare to hold state fair next year
The following officers were elected
President, S. D. Hubbard of Mondovl
secretary, T. J, Fleming of NORTH
Greenfield; treasurer, L. G. Kellogg o
R'pon; presidents, first district
Andrew Simonson of Racine; SECOND
district, R. C. Vernon of Madison
third district, place left vacant
fourth district, John F. Burnham o
Milwaukee; fifth district, I. IL. Pill
grim of Wauwatosa; sixth district
Lyman Thayer of Ripon; seventh dis
trict, A. J. Philips Of West Salem;
eighth district, G. G. Wilcox OF d.
Pere; ninth district, Isaac Stephen
son of Marinete; tenth district, George
Martin of Hudson. With the eXcep
ton of Mr.. Kellogg, who succeeds M
r Doyon of Madison, the principa
officers are the same as were elected
year ago. The following additional
members of the executive board were
appointed: G. It. Hodge Of Monroe
George Wylie of Leeds, w. A. Jones
of Mineral Point, P J. Somers of Mil
waukee, A. L. Vannaman of Milwau
kee, E. w. Anderson of Hartford
Senator Youmans of Neillsvile
T. B. Reid of Appleton, J J Mcclellan
Of Ashland, E. B. Heimstret of James
vile.