Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-02
PERSONAL.

| James G. Blaine, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, has been renOminated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Third
District of Maine.
| Vim. VI. Tweed made his appearance in the
| County Court House in New York on the 10Th,
in the capacity of a witness. A dispatch says
! he is much thinner than of yOre, and his face
| bears evident traces of mental anxiety. He
is aged, too perceptibly, but appears to be in
good health and in toIerabIe spirits. He was
attended, as ever, by his son, W. NJ. Tweed, Jr.
President Grant on the 23d sent to the Sen
| ate the names of Alexander r. Shepherd, late
Governor of the District of Columbia; VIM
A. DenisOn, of Ohio, x-Postmaster- General;
and Henry T. Blow, Of Missouri formerly
member Of Congress from that State, and
afterward Minister to Brazasil, Commission
| to govern the District until the new form of
government shall have been prepared and
adopted The Senate was in session
about two hours and a half on these
nominations, the debate being alto
gether confined to that of Shepherd, Senators
freely and strongly expressing themselves
against it, while there were but few defend
ers. Finally the nomination was laid upon
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two nominations were confirmed without a
| division. The President subsequently sent
the name of A. G. CatteIl, ex-United StaJes
Senator from New Jersey, who was con-
| tirmed.
According to the official records of the Ma
tional Grange there were in the United States
on the LIST of June Is, 1872 subordinate Oranges
The Secretary of the State Grange Of Wis
consin reported on the 21st that the number
| of Oranges in the State was 4S1, with an
aggregate membership of %, 800.
| Postmaster-Gen. Creswen on the oath
rendered his resignation to the President, and
says he was constrained to this course by a
proper regard for his private interest. The
President in accepting the resignation eX-
presses his regret that such a course should
be deemed necessary by Mr.. Creswell, and
adds: your record has been satisfactory to
me, and 1 know will so prove to the country
| at large" The President Immediately ten
dered the position made vacant by the resig-
nation of Mr.. CresweH to Hon. Eugene Hale,
of Maine, who would probably accept.
President Grant on the 23d nominated to
| the Senate the following named gentlemen to
| be Judges of the Court of Commissioners of
Alabama Claims: Hezekiah Wells, Michigan;
Martin Ryerson, New Jersey; Kenneth Ray
nor, Mississippi; George w. Woodward, Penn
! sylvania; Caleb Baldwin, Iowa, and John
Davis, Massachusetts,, to be clerk of the Com
missioners.
Theodore Tilton has recently published in
the Golden Age = long article relating to the
Beecher scandal He says that, having suf-
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sensations adroitly put before the public by
Plymouth Church, neither patience nor duty
will permit him longer to conceal the actual
facts from the public. He then goes on to
say that he has never slandered Henry Ward
! Beccher, but on the contrary has sacrificed
his own reputation to suppress the truth
| about him, and that he never has refused to
appear before the church and answer all
questions regarding the scandal that might
be put to him. Tilton gives his reason for
severing his connection with the church as
| follows: AFTER l had been for fifteen years a
member of Plymouth Church, and had become
meanwhile an intimate friend Of the pastor,
the knowledge came to me in 1870 that he
had committed against me an offense which
| orbear to name or characterize. Prompted
by my self-respect, Immediately and forever
ceased my attendance on his ministry"
Lyman K. Bass, member of Congress from
the Thirty-tirst New York District, who was
appointed and confirmed as Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has declined to accept
that position.
Hon. Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts,,
has written letter declining a denomination
for Congress.