Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-02

, self by state contemporary, which
spoke of one of it's Editorials as
wonderfully fair" but it somewhat
plaintively adds: 1--WE have no desire
or ambition to be anything but fair
and would prefer to have our contem-
porary do its wondering when it
thinks this journal unfair"
| Peter Evans of Auburn, Ind, was
recently arrested on a charge of
drunkenness for the one hundred and
siXtyninth time. In all but forty
| cases he was sent to Jail ito sober up"
On the other occasions he was given
Jail sentences. He has cost the coun.
ty nearly 500 and altogether has
spent /, 429 days in prison. Evans at
one time was worth about $4,000, but
has lost it all through drink.
An Arkansas planter is making ar
engagements to start kangaroo ranch
| The hides are valuable and the ten
dons much more so. The latter can
be split extremely fine and are the
best thing known to surgeons for sew
ing up wounds, and especially for
! holding broken bones together, being
! much finer and tougher than catgut.
/ The great brood of the seventeen
years locust, according to Professor
P. R. Uhler, provost of the Peabody in
stitute, Baltimore, will reappear next
year in most parts of Maryland north
of the Patuxent river. Great swarms
of this species may be expected in
/ 1902 between the latter part of May
and the early part of July.
The historic plains of Abraham,
near Montreal, have been appraised
by an expert in the pay of the domin-
ion government. He declares the land
to be worth $4,000 as real estate.
The Ursuline nuns, who own the land,
offer to sell for $4,000 if the govern
ment will give them another piece of
property worth $4,000.
I The heaviest man in America, if not
in the world, is Lee Trickey of Glen
wood, Wis. who tips the beam at $50
pounds. A few years ago he weighed
TO, but has fallen away to the former
figure Trickery follows the occupa-
ton of teamster for a living, having a
125-pound wife to support. He is a
light eater.
The discovery of coal in the Klon-
dixie has brought forth an order from
Ottawa that royalty must be paid
on coal, just as on gold. This order
was recently received at Dawson and
caused a general protest, as consum-
! ers say the price of fuel is already
sufficiently high without the addition
of royalty.
A Montreal reporter described Rud-
yard Kipling as "red-haired, squint-
eyed little pomposity." An English
commentator says the description is
accurate in every respect, with the fol.
lowing reservations: First, Mr. Kip
ling is not red-haired; second, he does
not squirt; third, he is not pompous.
One of the special bicycles built for
the use of the British troops in south
Africa, which went through the cam
paign with General Ian Hamilton
column, was recently exhibited in Lon,
don, where it's excellent condition, con
sidering the knocking about it had re.
ceived, excited general comment.
1t is noted that at the celebration
of the Lords supper at one of the
Presbyterian churches in Washing
ton the elements were passed by two
admirals of the navy, general Of
the army, two justices Of the supreme
court and a former secretary of state
Pierre Lorillard is having built OF
the Hudson the most luXuriously
equipped houseboat Of its kind. Il
will not have to depend on tows fol
its movements, as it is equipped with
twin screws and can go where its
owner pleases.
There is great dearth Of farm labor
ers in England. The farmers are
: themselves to blame chiefly, as by re
: ducing the laborers' wages and cutting
off former privileges they have driver
, available workers into the towns.
| Fifteen bushels Of fax from Argen
tina, South America, were sown as al
, experiment in North Dakota last yea
, and the result was so satisfactor!
: that 5000 bushels will be sown thi:
year on about 10000 acres of land.
! The New York state grange ha:
t come out in opposition to any Erie ca
: ! nal improvement, holding that the