Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-26

| In Boston, and all the public schools were
closed, on the 10th, on the occasion of the OBJ
sequies of the late Senator Sumner. The
funeral ceremonies were very imposing. The
remains were buried in Mount Auburn Gene
| terry.
Gov. Ingerson has appointed Friday, Apri
8, as day of fasting, humiliation and PRAYER
| in the State of Connecticut.
| The colored people in various parts of the
country held memorial meetings on the 16ti
in testimony of their love and veneration fol-
| the life and character of the late Charles Sum
ner.
In Chicago, on the afternoon of the 18th
| the promised mass meeting of the ladies oc
CURED. About 1000 ladies were present, anC
after religious exercises a committee of fifty
was appointed to visit the Common Council
and present a petition for the closing OF
| saloons on the Sabbath, containing the names
| of Il, 175 women. After the organization OF
the Council the petition was presented by the
| Chairwoman of the ladies' committee in q
neat speech, and ordered filed. The pending
ordinance, allowing the sale of liquor on the
Sabbath, was then passed-yeas %, nays
IA. The ladies then retired, and were met at
the exit-door of the City Hall by crowd OF
disorderly men and boys, who rudely cheered
and jostled them, and prevented them from
leaving the building. At last posse of po-
lice came to their assistance and safely piloted
| the ladies through the kissing, screeching,
cat-calling, whistling, obscene rabble. The
committee of ladies reported to those who
| had STAYED behind to pray while they went on
| their perilous mission as follows In spite
of your remonstrance, the Liquor law is
| passed by the Common Council. We have
| nothing now TO do but to renew our pledges
| to persevere in the cause. Let us all pray to
| that end"
st. Patrick's Day was celebrated throughout
the country with great enthusiasm by the
Irish Americans. No disorders are reported
anywhere.
A Raleigh IN. c. dispatch of the 18th says
that rumbling noises were heard on the sur
face of Bald Mountain, in the western part of
the State, and that a volcanic eruption was
feared. The people living on and near the
mountain were seeking safety in flight.
The largest steamer ever built in the United
States, "The City of Pekin," was launched
at Chester, Pa, on the 18th. The launch was
witnessed by an immense concourse of spec
tators, among whom were many Senators and
Representatives in Congress. The steamer
belongs to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, and will ply between San Francisco and
Pekin.
Cairo, H., was visited by a heavy wind and
rain storm On the 18th. Stores were unroofed,
small buildings blown down, and in one in
stance house was blown into the water, but
mo lives were lost. Wharf-boat proprietors
and those in charge of the steamers in port
acted on hint from the United States Signal
Office in that city that the local observations
indicated a storm, and took the precaution to
make everything extra secure. 1t is probably
owing to this fact that no damage was done to
shipping.
A counterfeit of the new ffty-cent note has
been received at the Treasury Department in
Washington. 1t is poor imitation.
George Russ, a boy about seventeen years OF
age, has been arrested at Davenport, Iowa, on
occurred there of late. The evidence against
| him is said to be conclusive.
The praying women visited the saloons
of Springfield, ILL.,, on the 10Th. The
only result was to furnish an exciting
episode in the experience of the corner loafers
The ladies were notdiscouraged, and proposed
to repeat the dose until every saloon in the
capital surrendered. In Cleveland, Ohio, sixty
women marched through the city and visited
several saloons, but were so rudely treated
that they were compelled to suspend opera
tons. Two of the ladies were seriously
injured by the accompanying mob.
l Of 4ha Stafa M
| Illinois, calls upon the farmers of the State
to send seed to their suffering brethren il
Northwestern Iowa. Seed wheat and oats
are particularly called for, and, if sent to the
Spencer Relief Committee, Storm Lake, Iowa.
their proper distribution is Youched for by
Mr.. Colder.
Joseph w. Whicher, one of Pinkerton's de-
tectives, was recently killed in Saline County
Mo-, by one of the James brothers, whom
he was striving to arrest for being concerned
in the Gad's Hill outrage.
The crusaders renewed their efforts for the
conversion of the saloon-keepers of Cleve-
land, Ohio, ON the Goth. One band visited
several saloons. Everything passed off quiet,
| ly and the ladies were respectfully treated.
Another baAd assembled at the Lorraine
Church, where they encountered large
crowd, and as the ladies were leaving fol-
their homes they were hooted at and jeered
by the excited mob. The police, assisted by
a number of gentlemen present, escorted the
ladies to place of safety. A policeman at
tempted to arrest one of the crowd of roughs,
and fight was started in which the police
were obliged to use their clubs, which they
did with good effect, making several arrests
| The streets were crowded with excited Ger
mans, and a riot was at one time imminent
but the arrival of reinforcement from the
police headquarters put matters in better
shape. During the excitement the German
| brewers organized procession, composed OF
| lager-beer wagons loaded with beer kegs, Oh
which sat a large number of men drinking
beer as they moved through the streets. The
Mayor has issued proclamat ton forbidding
unlawful assemblages. The Springfield en-
saloons were besieged on the Goth, but no con.
yerts were made.
PERSONAL.
The jury in the Challis libel suit against
Victoria G. Woodruff and Tennessee Claflir
have returned verdict of "Not guilty.
Judge Sutherland characterized the verdict al