Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-12-03

VIM. Sharon, San Francisco banker,
recently presented his daughter with a
check for 81 100000 or the occasion of
her marriage.
1t was reported in Little Rock on the
21st that the Republican State Central
Committee of Arkansas had received
several letters from the northwestern
part of the State offering five companies
Of old Union soldiers to Gov. Smith. The
late sensational dispatches reciting that
the people of Arkansas were being
troubled by the White League and that
arrests of the friends of Smith were
being daily made are authoritatively de-
MED.
The usual London fog prevailed on the
23d. Travel on land and water was very
dangerous, and numerous accidents were
reported.
Lady Franklin has renewed her offer
of so, 900 reward for the recovery of the
records of Sir John Franklin's Polar ex-
petition.
Victor Emmanuel opened the Italian
Parliament on the 23d by speech from
the throne, devoted mainly to the fnan-
cial system of Italy and measures of
public safety.
The Secretary of the Interior has re-
quested the War Department to remove
the miners operating in the Black Hills
in violence of treaty stipulations.
A. B. Mullett. Supervising Architect
of the Treasury Department, rendered
his resignation on the 23d. Secretary
Bristow promptly accepted it.
Mr.. Beecher's attorneys have appealed
from the order of the court denying the
motion for bill of particulars in the
suit brought by Mr.. Tilton.
Hon. W. B. Wickham was sworn into
office as Mayor of New York on the 23d.
The Minnesota State canvassers have
awarded the certificate in the Second
District to H. B. Strait. the Republican
candidate.
The following is the official vote for
Secretary Of State cast at the recent
election in Indiana: J. E. Neff, 1872, 154;
W. W. Curry, 1874, 9O2; J. c. Stout,
6,233.
Gov. Garland has offered a reward of
81 600 for the apprehension of Smith
and $500 for Wheeler. Smith, accord
ing to Washington dispatch of the 23d
was in the Government Arsenal at Little
Rock.
Gen. Emory has ordered Lieut. Hodgson
to be tried by court-martial upon charges
preferred by Gen. Morrow, based upon
Hodgson's recent conduct in Northern
| Louisiana.
A tornado destroyed large portions of
Tuscumbia and Montevallo, Ala, on the
22d. In the former. place twelve persons
were killed and many injured. In the
latter two persons were killed and
twenty injured
According to a Madrid special of the
Gath the Spanish Government had ex-
pressed Willingness to pay to the United
States indemnity in the Virginius case,
! calculated upon the same basis as that
according to which the settlement with
Great Britain was effected
An engine on the dummy rail
road between Hyde Park and Chicago
jumped the track on the Gath, turned
over and crushed the engineer to death.
A newsboy was fatally scalded by escap-
ing steam.
At a meeting of the Indiana State
| Grange, held in indianapolis on the oath,
the following officers were elected:
| Henley James, Worthy Master, Marion;
| G. W. Davis, Lecturer, Kentland; Russell
Johnson, Steward; F. G. Phillips, Assist
ant Steward; B. F. Ham, Chaplain; G. H.
Brown, Treasurer, Rensselaer,; M. NJ.
Moody, Secretary, Muncie; Alpheus Ty-
ner, State Purchasing Agent, Indian
apolis. The Oranges in the State num-
Der 1899.
An appeal for aid for the sufferers by
the recent tornado at Tuscumbia, Ala,
has been made.
On the Gath the General Grand Chap
ter of Masons of the United States met
at Nashville, Tenn.
The majorities in the First and Second
Louisiana Districts are officially an
nounced as follows: First-Randall
Gibson, Dem, 6,718; Second-E. J. Ellis,
Dem, ,759.
An injunction was served on the Chi
cago Board of Trade on the gath, Just as
they were voting on the expulsion of
Capt. Jack" Sturges for monumental
conduct in connection with a recent corn
corner, forbidding them to take any
further steps in the matter until the
court gave them permission.
The following appear to be the facts
in relation to the lately-reported defalca-
ton of the Treasurer of the Missouri
State Grange: At the recent meeting at
Kansas City Mr.. glastonbury was called
upon Cor the whole sum in the treasury
$50, 000-it being wanted to invest in
a mandatory. 1t then came out that
glastonbury had invested the funds of
| the Grange in various WAYS and that