Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-16

the expedition, as the person who committed
the deed. In order to arrive at the facts in
the case, the Secretary of the Navy, according
| to dispatch of the 9th, had instituted another
examination Of the survivors.
New York dispatch of the 9th announces
that the "Graphic' balloon, being the old
affair revamped and reiuvenated, with Prof.
Donaldson and his associates, had started for
Europe on the morning of that day. The as
censon was an excellent one. Mr.. Donald
son was accompanied by Messrs. Lunt and
| Ford. The balloon rose rapidly from the
starting point, and tloated majcstically toward
the ocean, and when last seen was
| moving toward Europe. Later, a dispatch
had been received from New Haven stating
that the balloon had reached Canaan, in the
| northeast corner of the State of Connecticut,
at 125 p. M, when it had been caught in
Storm Donaldson allowed enough Of the gas
| to escape to enable him to bring the gas-bag
| near the earth, when they all leaped out, and
| the balloon escaped.
| According to Memphis telegram of the
| It'll, on that day more cases of yellow fever
| had been developed than ever before. Over
| 600 persons were under treatment. The
| deaths numbered forty Among the latter
| was Rev. Father Carey, of the Dominican
priesthood. At Shreveport the interments
| were less numerous, probably because the
material with which to operate was less
abundant. The town had become almost de-
populated.
New York dispatches of the It'll announce
| the suspension of Wylie, Kneyals & Co., SUI
| gar-dealers.
.lx-,on >f tInN oil
work on the Canada Southern Railroad, in
| Northern Indiana, had been stopped by the
Sheriffs of the several counties through which
it runs, taking possession of all the company's
property.
According to the Chicago Journal of the sth,
the Third National Bank Of that city had open
ed its doors again.
A st. Lsuis dispatch of the Sth says that
finances in that city had not worked as salts
factorily as was anticipated. The Union Bank
suspended on that day and had decided to go
into liquidation.
Washington telegram of the 9th says that
Treasurer Spinner had just completed his re-
port of the National finances and the transac-
lions of the National Treasury, for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1878. The net receipts
by warrants, exclusive Of repayments and
counterwarrants, were S54S, 669, 221; and the
net expenditures, exclusive of same items,
1924 044, 597. The net receipts were distrib-
uted as follows: Loans, S214, 931 OF; customs,
SIS, OS9, 522; internal revenue, $1l3, 129 314;
lands, s., SS2,3l2; miscellaneous, 5000, 055.
Receipts from customs have decreased, since
the report of last year, about S2S, 600, and
those of internal revenue, Sl69O0,O00. The
increase from miscellaneous sources was about
81 500 900, and that from lands, $500, 900. The
net expenditures on account of the War De-
partment were $4,000, 600, and the Navy,
so, 600, 900, against $36000,0 600 for the War
Department last year, and S2l 100000 for the
Navy Department. Expenditures for diplo-
| matte service have decreased about 100000,
| and those for the Judiciary have increased
about the same amount. Expenditures on &C
count of the public debt were 1913, 800, 945,
| against $500, 1924 4l4 last year, decrease of
| SlS5, ,G1 400. The balance in the Treasury
June so, 1873, was S131, IFS, 1871, which differs
| from the figures of the Secretary and Register
year, independent Of the Congressional back
pay, was s225 sol, making the total receipts
from December 1868, S154, G95. In addition to
|
of back pay was $1,000 During the year
| there was received from the United States of
Colombia, S114,30S. The Treasury holds from
| National Banks, to secure circulation, $500
410, $50, and to secure the Government depos-
its of SIS, $50, 000-an increase in the first item
of $40, 200, 600 over last year, and decrease in
the latter of 100000. The business of the
Treasury transacted through National Banks
was Sill, 100000.
A special dispatch from Shreveport, La, of
the 9th, says the backbone of the pestilencc
| had been broken. Rev. Father Leasont, Sec
rotary of the Bishop of Natchitoches, had died,
making the fifth priest Of the diocese who had
| been stricken down by the scourge. The
number of deaths from the fever Oh the 9th
had been ten. The pestilence in Memphis had
shown very little signs of abatement on the
9th. Fifty-six nurses had been sent from New
| Orleans. Several of the first citizens of that
| city had died during the day.
| New York dispatches of the 9th say that
currency had become more plenty, and that
currency payments would soon be resumed by
the various banking associations. The Ma
| tional Trust Company had decided to resume
| in full On the 18th. Gold sold as low as 1OSM
for greenbacks. The firm of Gibson, Cazen-
ova & Co., had failed. John T. Irving, who
| acknowledged to a San Francisco detective
| that he could indicate the murderers of Ma
| than, had reached New York.
dispatch from Reading, Pa, of the 9th,
| announces that Bushing Il Bro, of that city,
| had suspended, with liabilities amounting to
| over s2,000,000.
A Washington telegram of the 9th to the
| Associated Press says that the Treasury re-
serves had been drawn upon to the extent O
| s., 100000 to meet the current expenses of the
Government.
The only notable event in connection with
New York finances, on the 10TH had been the
decrease in the price of gold, which was sold
as low as 1918 for greenbacks, the lowest
price since the war.
announces that the yellow fever had appeared
in that city. The deaths in Shreveport, La.
had only reached nine on the 10TH
A dispatch from Northwestern Iowa, of the
10th, says that great devastation had been
caused on the preceding day by the accidental
starting of prairie fire near Kossuth. At last
accounts the destroyer was still sweeping over
kOssuth, Hancock and Winnebago counties,
with little prospect Of its ravages being stayed
| immediately Vast quantities of hay, stock,
farm machinery, and, in some cases, houses
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