Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-04-30

ternal Revenue laws make the return on Form
IL before the 31st of May they will be liable
70 penalty of 80 per cent.
On the night of the 18th James Murphy,
aged seYenty-ive, his son John, aged FORTY
five, and grandson, aged six, in returning to
their home on Silver Greek, near Council
Bluffs, Iowa, were caught in the prevailing
snow-storm, and all persisted
a New Orleans dispatch of the Dist saws the
whole Amite Valley was under water. The
river generally has a bank of twelve to FORTY
five feet, but the water had reached four feet
deep over the banks, and had washed away
houses, implements, etc. The inhabitants had
fled to the high lands, where they were in
destitute condition.
Little Rock dispatches of the 21st say the
most intense excitement prevailed in that city.
While Col Ross, commander Of the Federal
forces, was ordering Baxter's men. under
command of H. K. White, to disDerse about
thirty shots in all were fired, and several citi.
zens were killed and wounded The limited
States troops then threw up a barricade across
street, and were under arms at last accounts
Fears were entertained that the city would be
burned before the affair was settled
According to Memphis dispatch Of the
21st the Mississippi was still rising and the
water was over the bank tops opposite, nearly
flooding the little town of Hopefield, the
eastern terminus of the Little Rock Rail-
road, and running through the track of
that road there Farther out the track was
three feet under water, which was pouring
over the banks from above, and had sub
merged nearly the entire country to Crawley's
Ridge, forty miles west of there, that being
the ACTUAL width of the river at that point
On the 22d Baxter telegraphed to the Presi-
dent that he could not move his forces to as
sert his claim to the Office of Governor of
Arkansas without coming in collision with the
United States, which he would not do, and
that he proposed to call together the LegisIa-
ture, have them settle the question, and abide
by that decision. He asked that the Lecisla-
ture might have the assurance of protection
from the Government. The President replied,
heartily approving of the peaceable adjust
ment of pending difficulties by means of the
4" Legislature, the courts, or otherwise" and
promised to give all the assistance and protec-
ton proper, under the Constitution and laws
of the United States, to such modes of adjust
ment. He advised the disbanding of the mil
itary on both sides. In the evening Baxter
issued a proclamation converting an extraor-
binary session of the Legislature, to
meet at Little Rock on Monday, the
18th of May next. The proclamation
has the following ending: "In testi-
mony whereof, have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my private seal, the seal of the
State not being at present accessible" A later
dispatch says the war is over. The Baxter
troops were being furnished with transporta-
ton and sent home as rapidly as possible.
An extensive riot has occurred at Falbrook,
in the Honesdale (Pa.) district About
5000 of the miners had formed a union
independent of the regular national
union. A number of Swedes applied
for work and were requested to join the new
society, but they refused, and, after several
weeks of disputing, a general fight occurred on
the Dist. The riot lasted for some time, the
Swedes defending themselves as best they
could without weapons. When the authori-
ties reached the scene the assailants were
driven off and the leaders arrested. About
twenty-five Swedes were seriously injured,
some of them fatally, and a number Of the
rioters were fearfully bruised.
The Louisiana State authorities had for
some time, up to the oath, been in the daily re-
ceipt of letters from persons in the OVERLOADED
sections asking for provisions, etc. The fol-
lowing extract from one of these letters is
given as fair specimen of their
contents :" Please send me some sup
plies, as have large family of nine children
to keep up and feed. The water is three feet
deep in my yard, and all over my place. 1t is
utterly impossible for me to get anything for
my family without calling on you for assist
ance Please, for pity sake, do not fail to
send me some supplies by return steamer"
Contributions were being raised at the East
and West for the sufferers by the flood in the
South.
Secretary of State johnson, of Arkansas,
made formal demand upon Brooks, on the
23d, for the possession of his office. While
acknowledging and recognizing him as Secre-
tary of State Brooks declined to give him
possession. Subsequently johnson signed,
with Baxter, the proclamation converting the
Legislature, and then Brooks informed John
son that he would not recognize him longer
as Secretary. The Secretary of War tele-
graphed the commander at Little Rock on
| the 23d, to retire TO the arsenal with his com
mand as soon as the danger of immediate con-
| t1ict had passed, and leave the question to be
settled by the courts.
New York Associated Press dispatch
| of the 23d says: "1he veto of the Senate cur
| rency bill was the absorbing topic of discus
| sion in financial and business circles to-day.
| The message created a profound sensation on
| the Stock Exchange, and caused a great de-
| preston in share speculations. In consequence
of this there was great pressure to sell, which
carried prices far below any previously made
on the present downward movement Outside
| of Wall street the feeling is that the defeat of
the Senate bill is a blessing" Gold in New
York on the 23d opened at 1875 and closed at
1928, these being the two extremes The
Comptroller of the Currency stated on the 23d
that 100000 of the 1854, 900, 900 National
Bank currency remained unissued.
Little Rock dispatches of the oath say that
negotiations had been going on between the
hostile parties, to the effect that both sides
should retire all their forces except a body
guard until a competent tribunal had settled
the question as to the Governorship. Brooks
held that Baxter had no power to
call the Legislature together. He
was erecting barbados and powerful
magazines in the rear of the State House.
Some of his troops had gone home. Baxter
had stopped sending his men home Both
forces, as to numbers, were pretty equally
divided. Bakers were nearly all white men