Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-04
PERSONAL.

Ex-President Johnson has been granted a
patent for a combination plane.
John I. Irving, the San Francisco burglar,
has implicated Cole Cunning, a well-known
New York burglar, and Daniel Kelly, in the
Nathan murder, by stating that the former
killed Nathan while he and Kelly were wait
ing in the House.
William NJ. Tweed was brought before the
New York Cour of Oyer and Terminer on the
22d, when a motion for arrest of Judgment
was argued and denied. Judge Davis then
| sentenced the prisoner to twelve years i'm
pIisonment in the county jail and a fine of
S12, 80. After unavailing efforts on the part
of his counsel to obtain a stay Of proceedings,
at ten minutes past one on the morning Of the
23d Sunday, Tweed was taken to the Tombs
and the gates were closed behind him.
The following are the names of the newly
elected officers of the Indiana Grand Lodge /.
o. o. F.: Grand Master, Richard Owen;
Deputy, d. B. Chandler; Warden, j. B. kim
ball; Secretary, B. +. Foster; Treasurer, I. 2.
Haughey; Representative, Platt j. Wise; Al
ternate, W R. Myers.
The attorneys for Tweed in the late trial were
before Judge Davis on the oath, to explain their
h0o III HtNoOittbS1 ~ tiAI I"tf N1V cD
tanned, a certain paper, which the Judge at
the time characterized as extraordinary. 1t
was a declaration proclaiming the Judge to be
partial in having expressed opinions on the
facts against the defendant; that he had ruled
against defendant in law points, contrary to
the decision of other judges, and that because
of ill-will and prejudices he was not a proper
officer to set in the case. The matter was
postponed until the 29th.
Tweed's counsel have presented a bill com
prising nine objections on which to base their
arguments for a stay Of proceedings.
The Indiana State Grange of the Patrons
of Husbandry met at Valparaiso on the 18th.
There were present at the opening three hun
dred and fifty four members, representing two-
thirds Of the counties of the State, and others
were still arriving.
A mass meeting of farmers and Patrons of
Husbandry was held at Atlanta, Ga, on the
25th. They resolved to plant only one-third of
their crop next year in cotton, to favor cash
payments, and declared their right to control
the price of cotton.
The United States Court, sitting at Philadel-
phia, has adjudged Jay Cooke q Co. to be
hankrupts, and made an order for the appoint
ment of a Receiver, etc.
lngersoll and Harrington, connected with
the Ring" swindles in New York, have been
convicted of forgery in forging certain in
dorsements on bills against the Treasury of
New York City.
Chris. Rafferty,, who some time ago shot
and killed a Chicago policeman, has had his
third trial for the offense, and has been for
the third time convicted of murder in the first
degree.
Charles T, Sherman, United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, has
resigned. Martin Walker, formerly a member
of Congress, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy.
Elk United States Senator Richard Yates, of
Illinois, died suddenly at Barnum's Hotel in
st. Louis, on the night of the 9th.
A recent dispatch from Eureka, Nevada,
states that the volcano had broken out in the
Pinto Mountains, ten miles from that place,
and dense volumes of smoke were issuing
from the crater.
The following officers were elected by the
Indiana State Grange Of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, at their recent session in Valparaiso,
Ind: Master, James Hanley, Marion; Over
seer, James COmstock, Greenfield; Lecturer.
I. w. Davis, kcntland; Steward, Russell
johnson, Valparaiso; Steward, F. G.. Phillips;
Chaplain, B. f. Ham, Markeleville; Treasurer,
George II. Brown, Rensselaer,; Secretary, NJ.
NJ. Moody, Schema; ~Gate-keeper, S. r. Gipe,
Dayton; Ceres, Mrs. Sarah E. James; Pomona,
Mrs. Catharine Comstock; Flora, Mrs. Hanna
Davis; Lady Assistant-Steward, Mrs. Miranda
Phillips; Executive Committee, J. @. A.
Newsom, j. f. Hall, Mindell Smith. Among
the resolutions adopted by the State Grange
were the following:
ReSoIced, That we call upon Congress and the
tarl1s on the different classes of freight and passen-
ger roads: and,
RfSofCed, That railroads cannot exact more than
a TAR rate OF interest on the C2rital actually invest
ed IN them; and that, when in addition to this thew
claim dividends on watered stock and fraudulent
bonds. the State may r~ightfully interfere for the
protection OF the people; that unjust discrimina-
lions between different localities are in violation
of law, and should be prohibited.
Res0tUed. That subsidies or bounties of money
lanu or public credit TO railway. steamship or other
corporations, are fragrant abuses of the powers of
| government. fraught with the gravest danger to
the people, and lending to promote corruption.
extravaganza, speculation and financial disaster.
The Patrons Of Husbandrv of Alabama re-
Gently held a convention at Montgomery, and
organized a State Grange. The convention
was very large and every part of the State was
| represented.