Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-15
PERSONAL.

The funeral services over the remains of the
late Hon James Brooks took place in New
York City on the 4th. Several members of
Congress were among the large numbers in
attendance.
4 Lawrence tkan.) telegram of the 9th says
the dead body Of William York, brother Of
Senator York whose mysterious disappearance
some weeks ago caused SO much excitement,
had been found buried on the claim of man
named Bender, six miles north of Cherryvalc.
The remains bore marks of violence. Other
dead bodies were found under Bcnders house.
George Francis Train has been pronounced
sane by New York jury, after trial. lasting
several days, before Judge Daily. The verdict
was followed by a tremendous outburst Of APP
plausc from every part of the courtroom,
and Train seemed oyerjoyed at the result.
He was remandcd to prison to await his trial
for publishing and circulating obscene litera-
turc.
General Jose Antonio Pacz, ex-Prcsidcnt of
Venezuela, died in New York City on the 9th,
aged eghty-four.
James Lindsey Pension Agent at st. Louis,
has been suspended for irregularities, and y.
T. Stone, Of st. Louis, appointed to succeed
him.
The great musical festival at Cincinnati, un-
der the management of Theodore Thomas,
opened on the 9th, and promised to be grand
success
Chicf-Justice Salmon z. Chase died in New
York City on the morning of the 18th. The tel
cgraph gives the following account of his
DEATH
The Chief-Justcc came here on Saturday
evening to visit Mrs. W. ). Hoyt, his daugh-
ter He was in unusually good health and
spirits. This favorable state of things contin-
ued until yesterday morning, when al ten
O'Clock servant sent to call him to break
fast, on entering his room, found Mr.
Chase lying in a state Of unconscious
stupor. His daughter was summoned,
and servants were dispatched for medical aid.
When the physicians arrived, the unconscious
ness was found to have resulted from the re-
currcncc of paralysis, of which he has had
several strokes. All efforts to relieve him
proved unavaiing, and it was evident that his
vitality was cbbing away. Gov Sprague and
his wife, daughter of Judge Chase, were sum
moncd, and arrived in the city last evening
His two daughters remained by his bedside
until, at 1890 this morning, he breathcd his
last. He remained totally unconscious from
the time his condition was discovered until the
end.
Edward 5. Stokes, sentenced to death for the
murder Of James Fisk, Jr., has been denied a
new trial by the Supreme Court Of New York.
Governor Ingersoll, Of Connecticut, was in
auguratcd at Hartford, on the 18th, with inn
posing ceremonies.
Hon. Cakes Amcs, VI. c., died at Easton,
Mass, on the Sth, aged siXty-nine years.
There was a general adjournment of the
courts throughout the country, on the Sth,
out of respect to the memory Of the late
Chief-Justice Chase.
President Grant left Chicago on the morning
of the Sth, for Washington.
President Grant reached Washington on the
9Th.
Hons, John B. Hawley, of Illinois, and J.
NJ Rusk, of Wisconsin, have returned their
back pay into the United States Treasury.
The following dispatch was received in New
York on the 9th from President Grant: "Your
dispatch announcing the death of Hon. Chief
Justice Chase is received. His family and the
Nation have my coincidence in mourning the
loss Of a distinguished and faithful public
officer"
The final funeral services over the remains of
the late Bishop McIlvaine were held in Cncin
matt on the 9th, the body having arrived in that
CITY the day before