Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-18
DOMESTIC.
Chicago August wheat, 7014c.
SkagUay. Alaska. is reported burn

Gov. Briggs Of North Dakota d ed
at Bismarck.
Ex-Mayor Adolph sutrc died il
| San Francisco.
/ Minnesota takes second place as ar
ore producing state.
The condition Of spring wheat i;
! shown 20 be unsurpassed.
The West Indian weather service
! is practically inauc u ated.
The republicans of NeE1ask named
NJ. L. Hayward for governor.
The New Y rk sta.e democratic
convent n will be held Oct 4
James Gray was nominated fol
mayer by the Minneapolis democrats.
Admiral kirkland undergoes sur
g:cal operation and may not recover.
United States Senator Vest Of Mis-
souri, is critically i'll at Asbury Park
n. J.
officers Of the steamer Britannia
are accused of con pira~y to steal
and smuggle.
H. S. Alger was nominated for
governor Of Wyoming by the dem
Ocrats at Casper.
Edward NJ. Dennis, farmer, citi-
zen and business ran Ct Waukegan,
H., died at St. Paul.
The republicans Of the tenth Mich
igan district nominated Rosseau o.
Crump for congress.
The charges of drunkenness against
Rev. Sabin Halsey, D. D., Of Milwau-
kee were dismissed.
Indiana republicans nominated a
state ticket, headed by U. B. Hunt for
secretary Of state.
Mayer Black Of Columbus Ohio, was
elected president of the League OF
Amer can Municipalit es.
John NJ. ThompE on was nominated
for congress by the democrats Of the
twelfth II mos district.
Alexander Stewart was nominated
for congress by the republicans of the
ninth Wisconsin district.
A fire IN New Orleans damaged
about 100000 worth of stock in
Canal street dry goods stores.
Gen. John S. Poland, commander OF
the I'd diyisCn, LIST amy corps, died
Of typhoid fever at Ashville, N. c.
Reports from Chicago state that
the present wheat crop is the largest
in the history of the Uni ed States.
Judge F. o. Philips of Medina, Ohio
was nominated for congress by the
republicans of the twentieth Ohio dis
trict.
President Dole of Hawai- is to re-
ma n in office until congress creates
new system Of government for the
islands.
A monument in honor of Francis
Scott Key, author of The Star Span
gled Banner, was dedi3atei at Fred
erick, Md.
E. B. Piekenbrock, the oldest boot
and shoe dealer in Dubuque, I1wa,
died Of heart failure. He was ca
years old
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Lucius of Chi
Admiral Cervera and several of the
Spanish officers.
A severe storm swept the Florida
coast. A number CT small craft were
sunk and shipping was seriously in
terfered with.
Russell Sage crossed off the eighty
second year in life's calendar. The
new milestone found him Vigorous
busy and cheerful.
Mayor Van Wyck of New York
has been awarded a medal for saving
three young women from drowning
at Freeport, L. l.
The steamer Rosalie arrived at
Seattle, Wash, with Yukon gold and
drafts estimated at 100000, and sixty
passengers.
Joseph w. Babcock was nominated
by the republicans of the third Wis
consin district, for the fourth time, to
represent them in congress.
I internal revenue receipts at Gu cage
during the fiscal year 1878 were
greater by $328 47O.61 than the re-
ceipts the previous year.
| Bonesteel, S. Oak, discovers that
! the evangelist it has idoIized for four
years is the mysterious outlaw who
has terrorized that section.
| Congressman Cooper was renomi-
mated by first district republicans OF
, Wisconsin, md J. J. Esch beat NJ
Griffin in the Eau Claire district.
The eleventh Illinois district demo-
cratic congressional convention nomi-
mated Maurice T. Moloney of Ottawa
! for congress by {. unanimous vote.
H. P. Flavin Of Chicago, son of the
president OF the Onyx Soda Fountain
company, was married at Terre Haute
! to Miss Jessie Smith Of that city.
One man was killed and several
persons badly hurt in an accident
on the Birmingham Mineral Railroad,
fifteen miles from Birmingham, Ala
| Colonel Dudley Wickersham, an
old citizen of Springfield, H., a
prominent business man and vet
eran Of two wars, died, aged rs years
| There is a persistent rumor among
! democratic politicians that May-r
! Van Wyck of New York will be slated
for the democratic nomination 7
governor.
Nine japanese naval officers wh1
are on the way to join the new
cruiser Kasagi, bui ding in Phila-
delpha for japan, have arrived in
Chicago.
Petit, the missing millionaire real
estate dealer of New York, is reported
to have been among the passen gers
who persisted on the steamer La
BourgOgne.
State Senator A. n. Seaber has been
selected by the republican congress
.nnal 1llitfaa for, h.