Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-09-16

tate in New York county SS,988, 103;
that of Wes-chester was advanced
$28,202, 923 and that of Kings re-
duced $14,390.815.
acknowledgements in a portion of
Spice Valley township, Lawrence coun-
ty, Ind, and Judge Martin of the cir
cult court has called upon the grand
jury for rigid and an unsparing en-
forcement of the law.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has
returned from a me nth's tour Of the
west. He says he found the famers in
especially good spirits, and believes
there is not man west OF the Missis
sippi who Cannot get work.
/ Richard Croker has returned to New
York. In an interview he eulogized
| Tammany and declared his belief that
it will be restored to power. 1t is be-
! lieved by some that Mr.. Croker will be
| the Tammany candidate for mayor.
| Postmaster Shull at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, and Postmaster Hamilton at
| Warren, Ind, who declined to surren-
der their offices when removed, on the
ground that the recent civil service or
der covered the cases have both given
up the fight.
Mrs. Richard Milliken, widow Of the
Wealthy sugar planter now t Sarato-
ga, has presented the New Orleans
charity hospital with $4,000 to found
a children's building, which will in
clude a kindergarten and other i'm
provements.
The agricultural department finds
difficulty in supplying the demand
from the live stock centers for in
spectors to examine dressed meats for
foreign shipment There is an in
creased demand for American meats in
European markets.
H. A Beckett of Almond, Neb., was
imprisoned two hours under a wrecked
car on the c., B. and Q. road at La
Grange, near Chicago, but escaped I'M
hurt. Five thousand chickens, ducks
and turkeys he was taking to the city
ere released.
Charles Ambus, a Chicago dwarf,
was found dead in his bed from heart
| disease. He and his mother were in
destitute circumstances, but though
smaller than many persons on exhibit
bition he was not known outside his
own neighborhood.
Although four years have elapsed
since the freight steamer Naronic of
the White Star line left New York for
Liverpool, and was never afterwards
heard from, the Wreckage from the i'll
fated vessel has just been found off the
coast of Cape Hatteras
Walter Wellman, the newspaper
man, was one of the passengers on the
New York. He had been to Norway
and Russia to consult with DR.. Nansen
and to arrange for steamer and for a
large number of dogs for an tffort to
reach the north pole.
w. P. Atwell, the United States
commercial agent at RobaiX, France,
writes the State Department that Can
ada and the United States will be
called upon to send to Europe 120 ,000,-
600 more bushels of wheat than they
exported last year.
The formal acceptance by the Japan
csc government of Hawaii's propos-
ition to arbitrate between the two
governments limits the scope of the
arbitration to questions of law and the
essential facts. Japan suggests the
king of Belgium as arbitrator.
The striking miners in the Pittsburg
district Will probably vote to return to
work at the 65-cent rate. Leaders in
the strike in West Virginia are en-
deavOring to keep the men from re-
turning to work. A number of New
England Ellis have started on full
time.
Bob Jackson, the cook, didn't pre-
pare supper at a cowboy camp in the
Big Horn (Wyo.) region fast enough
to suit Henry Morz, so he shot and
killed Jackson. A cowboy named
West demonstrated, Whereupon Morz
opened fire upon him, but West was
too quick and killed Morz.
Twenty-six German families from
the east, who will form the nucleus of
a German colony which is to be estab-
Iished in Monterey, Cal, will
arrive about the end of the month.
They will settle on 900 acres of land
near the Claus Sprecllles sugar factory,
and will cultivate sugar beets.
The sailing yacht, Hattie. V, with
John Weber, her owner, and John c.
Comfort, both of Alpena, Mich, on
beard, collided with the steamer City
of Alpena. Both men were thrown in
to the water, but chung to wreckage un-
til they were picked up. The boat,
worth 81 900, went to the bottom.
Lston Ketchum and Laura Rich
ardson were married cladenstinely neal
Brattleboro, Vt, on Christmas day
1884. Shortly afterwards the bride
sailed for Europe with her parents
and the husband has been unable tc
discover a trace Of her whereabouts
since writing of the marriage to hel
parents.
Mrs. Breese, recently arrived in Hot
Springs, Ark, from Texas, committed
suicide with rat poison. The only
cause assigned is frequent disturbances
between herself and husband. Before
taking the rat poison, the suicide de-
stroyed a large number of beautiful
and costly dresses by setting fire to