Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-30

sceond-story window in the house of
her son, W. C. Ross.
Vessels for the Australian trade are
almost unobtainable at San Francisco.
There are now three cargoes awaiting
shipment from that port to Sydney,
Melbourne and Adelaide, and ships to
take them over cannot be procured.
Vessel owners prefer to wait for the
spring trade to the Klondike.
The mammoth tramp steamer Algoa
sailed from Tacoma with the largest
cargo of grain ever loaded in d single
vessel carrying 377 500 bushels of
wheat, valued at $4,000, for the
northwest coast of Africa, and is ex-
pected to be about seventy days max
ing the voyage.
Henry Kanaska, professional cyclist,
las issued a challenge to the world to
race any distance from l to 3 miles on
an indoor track for a purse Of from So
900 to 100000 Each rider is to fur
nish his own pacemakers. Kanaska
prefers to go against Michael, the
, Welshman wonder Kanaska holds
the worlds indoor paced record for a
mile at 1853 2-5.
The school board of Iron Mountain,
Michigan has decided that many Of its
| teachers are giving too much attention
| to affairs of society. It has called a
halt in the form Of a resolution that
was adopted requesting teachers to
refrain from attending dances, parties
and other social entertainments held
upon evenings preceding days upon
| " hich school is to be in session.
The monument which the members
| OF the iron brigade" are to erect to
! the memory Of General John Gibbon
in the Arlington cemetery, across the
Potomac from the national capital, is
relief Of General Gibbon appears on
the front of the granite, and the whole
will be one of the handsomest monu-
ments in the cemetery.
The political control of Sioux City's
sixth ward was the stake for which
John Holdenried and Joe Patten re-
Gently played a match game of seven
up. Both men aspired to represent
their ward in the city council. Both
are democrats and whichever one Sc
cures the nomination is practically
sure Of election. It was agreed to set
tie the dispute at cards. Holdenried
Won by a score Of 10 to 5. Patten says
he will stand by his agreement and
throw his strength to Holdenried
Reuben Lane Of cambridge, Pa.
made the acquaintance of Mrs. Eliza
Ann Parker Of Topeka, Kan, through
the medium Of a matrimonial adver-
tisement and they agreed to marry
Lane, who has only one leg, walked
all the way to Kansas, a distance OF
5O7 miles, and when Mrs. Parker saw
him she refused to marry him. Mrs
Parker is said to have some property
and Lane will institute a suit for
breach Of promise. Lane is a widower
30 years old, and his only defect is
his loss of one leg.
William R. Kent, the well-knowr
lawyer of Brooklyn, and organizer O.
the Penny Savings bank, connected
Will heInel u1SoloH, WIS arTcSLGq o.
a warrant charging him with forgery
Kent is accused by Mrs. Mary H. Nc.
Cord of Brooklyn, CT falsely certifyin,
and acknowledging satisfaction Of g
mortgage. 1t is alleged by Mrs. Nc
Cord that Kent betrayed the trust re
posed in him by herself and not only
appropriated S1,190 charged in the
warrant, but allowed taxes on propert,
to accumulate. Assistant Distr It At
torney Caldwell stated that Kent had
taken no less than s40,405 from mis-
clients.