Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-14
There were but six cholera cases reported in

There were but six cholera cases reported il
Columbus, Ohio, on the 18th. Three new case:
| and two deaths were reported at Carmi, Ill.
on that date.
Three cases of cholera were reported at Hop
kinsville, KY, on the 9th, and one on the 18th
| The disease reappeared at Chattanooga, Tenn.
| on the 9TH, and was confined to the coloret
| population, being caused from the eating o.
unripe fruit and melons.
| Information has recently been received from
| San Antonio, Texas, that the little town OF
Fro had been attacked by large band of In
| dams, forty in number, who captured stock
and attacked the inhabitants, wounding one
| and numbering DIR. Massey, seventy-seven years
of age. The Indians were being pursued by
both soldiers and citizens when the messenger
left.
President Grant has officially announced his
| approval of the new rules prepared by the
Civil-Service Board last June, and states thai
they shall be put into operation as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be made.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch OF
the Sth says full report of the Special Com
mission on the abuses of the United States
branch of the Vienna Exposition had been re
ceved there, and that the conclusions are the
reve, sc of complimentary to General Van Blu
rem and his confidential assistant, General
Mayer and some of their subordinates.
Up to the Sth no official communication had
been received at Washington from Great Brit.
ain relative to the Manitoba difficulty, and
therefore, contrary to report, the Government
had taken no action whatever in the premises.
A recent Washington telegram says that, in
view of the disorganized condition of affairs in
Spain, vessels comprising the European squad
ron under command of Real Admiral Case had
been ordered to Spanish ports.
The Chicago Journal of the Sth says the IL
linois Board of Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners was IN daily conference with the
leading railroad men, shippers and producers
Of the State on the freight rates question, with
view of coming to fair and just basis of
transportation charges.
The wife of Cassus ClaXon, living in Henry
County, KY, was awakened a few nights since
by man named Payne attempting to get in
at q window. Mrs. ClaXon seized pistol and
shot Payne through the head, in1icting fatal
wound. Mrs Claxon has been tried and hon
orably acquitted.
The steamer Wawasset, Of Washington
City, was burned on the Potomac River, below
Acquia Creek, on the evening of the Sth, and
of large number of passengers aboard over
forty were drowned. The following account
of the disaster is given by Doc. Kenney, bar
keeper of the steamer:
Just before reaching Chatterton's Landing,
on the Virginia side Of the Potomac, about
q,
whistle of the boat had been blown as signal
of her approach to that landing, the steamer
at the time being about third of a mile from
the shore, fire was discovered in the hold, and
the hose was attached Immediately, but before
the men could reach it the coutagration be-
came general, as the fire had been burning for
some time. The fire had been smoldering, it
is supposed, for some hours, and upon the
opening of the matches, it burst forth with
great fury, driving the men from the hold,
and completely battling all attempts to sub
due it.
In an instant great confusion prevailed on
the vessel, the passengers becoming panic
stricken and frantic with fear, and very few
having presence of mind sufficient to takeGare
of themselves.
The steamer was, without a seconds delay,
headed for the shore on the Virginia side, and
in a few minutes ran aground about two hun
dred yards from the Virginia side.
At this time the flames had spread with fear
full rapidity and in the excitement many
jumped overheard Several of them jumped
into the water before the steamer struck bot
tom. She was provided with but two small
boats, and in the frenzy of the moment one of
these boats was thrown overheard and lost by
passengers who, uncontrolled, were endeavor-
ing to launch her.
Captain Wood was the last man to leave the
steamer, and the pilot, Mr.. Boswell was sur
Ial NV bof no of ha OF
which was not until after he had run the
steamer aground The flames spread with
such rapidity that the tiller ropes were on fire
before the vessel struck the ground.
Over forty passengers were drowned, of
whom only six bodies had been recovered at
the time Kenney left the scene of the wreck.
About ehalf the passengers on the
Wawasset were women and children, many Of
whom were EN- route to country places along
the Potomac to spend short time with their
friends. There was quite number of coored
people among the passengers.