Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-10-31

| ordered all thu State Departments closed,
and the flags on the State buildings to be
| placed at half-msst,
| The Saratoga County Bank, at Waterford,
! n. Y, was robbed on the morning of the
14th of over 100000, by a gang Of nine
masked desperadoes. The robbers secreted
themselves in the house OF the cashier sun
day night, and bound and gagged the entire
family, except the cashier whom they com
PEELED to open the vault OF the bank. The
loss TO the bank Is about s., 800. Special de-
positors will lose about $4,000 in United
States bonds and stocks.
Snow fell two or three inches deep near
Blnghamton, New York, on the night Of the
18th.
Spencer r. Downey, engineer on the New
York Central Railroad, has been indicted for
manslaughter, In having caused recent
fatal accident by collision at Pittsford.
James W. Covert has been nominated for
Congress by the Democrats Of the First
District of New York.
The funeral services Of the late Hon, VIM.
II. Seward, at Auburn on the l4th, were
largely attended, and were very impressive.
Mrs. Chapman and Mrs. Chasselette wild
ows of the engineer and fireman who were
killed on the Erie Railroad, at Buffalo, re-
Gently, by the negligence OF the train dis
patcher In tecgraphing, have recovered
damages Of 81, 900 each from the Erie Com
pany
1t was reported in New York on the 18th
that Tom Fields had gone TO Havana to
avoid the consequences OF his pending trial
ton, Of
sylvania viii consist Of tn Republicans and
65 Liberals.
The rolling mill buildings Of the Cambria
Iron Works, at Johnstown, Pa, were burned
on the right of the 18th. A large portion of
the machinery was destroyed. Loss csti-
mated at nearly 100000; insurance, 100000.
At Boston, Mass, on the l4th, Mary Ella
Lunie, three years Of age, was killed by her
idiotic brother, Patrick, five years old. He
struck her on the head with his fist, crush
ing her skull.
The Vermont Legislature on the 18th
elected Hon. ]. s. Morrill, to the United
States Senate for six years from the lth of
March next by vote Of III TO II, The
Democrats voted for Waldo Bingham.
few days ago, as Jas W. Woods, clerk
In tho Old Colony Railroad Office in Boston,
was passing from the Paymaster's room to
the Treasurer's Office on the same floor aud
but few yards distant, he was Knocked
down and robbed of 100. The robber es-
capped.
The Democrats and Liberals OF the Seventh
Massachusetts, District have nominated John
K. Tarbox, of Lawrence, for Congress, and
Geo Stevens, of Lowell, for the short Con
gressional term.
The Democratic and Liberal Committee Of
Hartford, Conn, have nominated w. W.
Eaton for Congress, TO I'LL the uneSpired
term of s. l.. Strong, deceased.
General Butler has been renominated for
Congress by the Republicans Of the Sixth
Massachusetts, District The Democrats and
Liberals in the same District have nominated
Charles 7, Thompson.
During the recent absence from her home
in Brooklyn, n. e., of Mary Mccormick, her
child, three years old, obtained matches and
set fire to crib, and an infant sleeping in it
was burned to death.
BY his last will Mr. Seward bequeaths his
late home at Auburn, with all its contents
and surroundings, to his three sons. His
other property, consisting in part Of secur-
tiles, but mainly Of real estnte in Auburn and
vicinity, he divides into four equal shares
amongst his sons Augustus, Frederick, and
William, and his adopted daughter, Olive
Rlsley Seward, the two last named being de-
puted to execute this provision Of the in
strument. No other legacies or requests are
tNt al vol of lie
estimated at about $500, 900,
The Republicans of Brooklyn, n, Y, have
nominated A. J. Perry for Congress from the
Second District General Stewart l.. Wood
ford in the Third, and General Phillips
Crooke in the Fourth
General j. r. Hawcy has been unanimous.
ly nominated for Congress by the Republi-
cans of the First Connecticut District.
Henry l.. Dawes has been unanimously re.
nominated for Congress 10y the Republicans
of the Eleventh Massachusetts, District.
Harrisburg dispatch says the Straight
Democrats of Pennsylvania met on the 10th,
and adjourned on the recommendation Of
! the State Executive Committee that there
was no necessity for the nomination of an
| Electoral ticket.
! Four inches of snow fell in Eastern Maine,
/ on the Eth.
The Democrats aud Liberals of Massachu.
setts have substituted f w Bird in place
! of Charles Summer as candidate for GOV
cnor; William h. Smith for Lieutenant
| Governor, in place of NJ. Sterns, and ,Ioseph
&, Abbott, Eleetor, in place of Mr. Bird.