Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-07-07
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NEWS SUMMARY.

- VIZ N>SAi''A bSh NOLCu.
Travis, the pistol-shooter. is teach
ing the young ladies of Lexington, Nv,
how to use revolvcrs.
Forty delegates from nine coun-
tles nave organized Republican par
ty IN Nebraska Territory.
John w. Forney is said to be If.
ter the Philadelphia Sheriffaltv, an Of.
ice worth $4,000 year.
The Legislature of Louisiana ba,
abolished capital punishment, substitu.
ting therefor hard labor for life.
-Bnsiness in Canada is very mac
tive. In the larger cities. the com
plant of hard times is almost univcr.
SAL .ar f.s-s -=-l-~.-, ~l>''.
1.-Two women were found stripped
to the waist and fighting, near Liver.
pool, with their fancy men" acting as
seconds
The Kentucky Ne,cs saws that the
effort made to establish a pro-slayerv
press at Newport, opposite Cincinnati,
Is a failure.
-Myriads of Locusts have made
their appearance in the southern part
OF Mississippi and the northern portion
Of Louisiana.
The Hartford Couront saws a die
uonary Is soon to be published. which
VIII contain ten thousand words more
than Its predecessors.
Five gallons of New York swill
milk were recently placed in patent
churn, and the product of the churning
was two gallons Of good whisky.
Indiana papers caution the public
against the bills of the Orleans Bank.
at Camelton, Ind. They state that it is
a 'Wild Cat of the tiercest kind.
The average dog tax in each town
In Massachusetts is probably in the
nelghborhood Of $3.50, making total
taxation under this head of $4,000.
The Wool trade at w ooster. Ohio.
has opened up brisk. The range of
prices is from twenty five to thirty-five
cents per pound, according to quality.
Owen Lovejoy has been unani-
mously re-nominated for reelection to
Congress, from the district in Illinois
he is now serving so faithfully and
ably.
Every vote in the United States
Senate to increase the rates of postage
came from pro-slavery members. Ev-
cry Republican present voted in the :
negative. -
"A COW belonging to Judge Church
of Wheatland, Mich, gave birth to a
calf few days ago, which had a head
perfectly like that of horse and
weighed 100 pounds.
The colored people of Warren,
Ohio, have given one of their number =
fifty lashes on tho -barv bach, Tor act
ing as stool pigeon to the slave hun tiers
and disclosing the direction which q
fugitive had taken.
Senator Stuart, of Michigan, it is
said, will canvass that State this sum
mer, taking anti-Lecompton grounds,
and asking reelection to the Senate
upon the fact that he is opposed to the
Lecompton swindle.
"A jury in Warren county have CIV
en- colored man verdict of $500,
against the inspectors Of election Of Il
ward in Cincinnati for refusing his vote.
The ground of refusal was that he was
not citizen of the United States.
The Santa Fee Gazette says that
there are not more than four hundrc,,
bona tide residents within the whols
territory out Of which it is proposed to
form Arizona. There is no doubt, n
good deal of humbug about this Arizo-
ma matter.
The report that Mr.. George Pea
body loses 100000 by the late flood
at the city of Cairo, dwindles down to
a loss of only $4,000, or perhaps less
He became possessed OF the property
by owning large claims against the
United States Bank.
-Grath Royce was killed at Has
tings, on Friday the sth inst, by his
son George Royce. = The father was
drunk, and the son in attempting to
restrain him got into fight with him
which terminated fatally for the old
man. The son is under arrest.
The testimony for the defence in
the case Of Lane, arrested for shooting
jenkins, gives much more favorable
view Of the case than has generally
been entertained by the public. 1t is
more than probable that Lane will not
be found guilty of any legal offence.
The spring election in Hancock
county, Virginia, was closely contested
between the Lecompton and anti-Le-
compton forces. The County Clerk
elected is a Republican, and his major
ity is $50. Mr.. Buchanan carried the
the county in 1856 by $50 majority.
The correspondent of the N. Y.
Tribune says it is a fact that Republi-
cans during the past session of Con-
gress have been generally excluded
from the hospitalities of the Whit
House. Mr.. Collamcr, Mr. Hale, anL