Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-11-20

The time for holding the annual session of
the Iowa State Grange of Patrons of Hus-
bandry has been changed to December 9. The
meetings will be held in the State House at
Des Moines.
Colonel II. D. Cook, President of the Iii
nois Board of Railway and Warehouse Com
missioners, died at his home in Normal on
the morning Of the 9th. His death was most
sudden and unexpected. lie was tifty-six old
The obsequics of Mrs. Mary GUSTS Lee,
widow of the late General Robert E. Lee, took
place in Lexington, Virginia. on the Sth. Her
three sons, W. S. f. Lee, Gusts Lee, and Rob
ert E. Lee, were present, besides large con-
course of friends. Her remains were deposited
by the side of her husband, in the memorial
, room. Mrs. Lee was siXty-seven years of age.
The First National Bank of Washington, on
the 10th, commenced paying thirty cents on
the dollar to depositOrs who have proved their
accounts. 1t was thought depositols would
receive in all about fifty per cent.
The first anniversary Of the great Boston fire
occurred on the 10th. A review of the work
of rebuilding shows that 800 buildings had
been commenced within the burnt district, ll5
Of which were completed
The streets of Memphis were crowded on
the 10th, and presented the same appearance
they did before the fever broke out. Nearly
all the absentees had returned. In the twenty
four hours ending at ten p. m, there were but
two deaths and five new cases
Joseph Arch left this country a few days
ago for England; also, Mark Twain, who only
arrived from there two days before.
The Interstate Industrial Exposition held
in Chicago, and which was recently brought to
a close, was success in every respect. The
net receipts over expenses, exclusive of the
building, were $4,000. The structure cost
$2G7, 900.
The Duquesne and the Mechanics Savings
Banks, and the banking house of Millar d
Sons, of Pittsburgh, and the Savings Denosit
Bank, of East Liberty, Pa, have suspended.
The assets are said to be ample to secure
creditors.
Hon, S. s. Mallory, formerly United States
Senator from Florida, and Secretary of the
Navy in the Cabinet of the Confederacy, died
at Pensacola on the 9th.
There were no new yellow fever cases nor
deaths in Memphis on the 18th. Ex-Actng
Mayor Ccalla, charged with appropriating to
his own use supplies that he drew ostensbly
for widow and her children, was expelled
from the Board of Alderman by unanimous
vote.
Oranges of the Patrons of HuSbandrv have
been recently formed at Harvard and Danyers
Mass, and State Grange is to be formed on
the 1st of December On the 18th there were
thirteen Oranges in Massachusetts, including
the Boston Grange, whose charter is in dis
pute, and the Order is rapidly extending
throughout the State.
The annual meeting of the Illinois State
Grange of the Patrons Of Husbandry is to be
held at Bloomington on Tuesday, December 9,
commencing at ten O'Clock a. IN.
The mother and sister of General Ryan. one
of the victims of the recent butchery in Cuba,
are residents of Chicago.
At an Anti Chinese Convention recently in
session in San Francisco resolutions were
adopted in favor of the abrogation Of the Chi
nese treaty and against Chinese immigration
and labor