Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-02
THE NEWS.

fishes an appeal to Congress, signed by
over 5000 voters of that city, demanding
the repeal of the Resumption act; the re-
tiremeDt of ali National Bank notes and
the substitution therefor of Government
legaltenders, and the refunding of the
national bonded debt into bonds bearing,
say, 1866 per cent. per annum, intercon-
vertible with national egal-tender paper
money at the pleasure of the holders. A
mass-meeting was also called to be held
in indianapolis on the 1st of Decem1cr 70
emphasize these demands.
ACCORDING to a London dispatch of the
Goth a terrible storm prevailed along the
British coast on the preceding day. The
shore between Yarmouth and Lowestoft
was covered with wrecks. twas thought
that thirteen vessels had ~foundered and
hat between forty and fifty lives had been
lost.
THE annual report of the Director of
the Mint shows the coinage of gold during
the past year to have been S33, 553, 965;
silver, $40, 070,368; minor pieces, $780,
375-making a total of $43, 854, 70S.
PRESIDENT GRANT on the 10Th issued
an order consolidating the internal rev.
emu collection districts throughout the
country.
IN his annual report the Postmaster
General will recommend the repeal of the
law increasing the postage on transient
newspapers.
GEN. Il. B. HARLAN, a well-known
newspaper correspondent at Springfield,
H., and formerly Secretary to Gov.
Palmer, died on the 21st.
UNITED STATES SENATOR FERRY, of
Connecticut, died at his residence in Nor
walk, Conn, on the afternoon of the 21st
from softening of the spinal marrow. He
had been suffering from the disease for
seven years.
ACCORDING to statistics furnished in a
recent issue of the Cincinnati Commercial
there are in the United States a total of
torty-tWo State and Territorial Oranges.
and over $4,000 subordinate Oranges,
comprising a membership of about 1,450,-
000-an increase of 1000 Oranges and
about 100000 members over 1874. The
receipts of the National Grange for 1874
were 1925, 533, and the expenditures $780,
995.
THE committee appointed to examine
the books and papers, the wheels and
tickets belonging to the so-called " Mont
pelier Humane Association" lottery, at
Alexandria, Va, report that a most glar-
ing fraud was practiced on the ticket
holders.
In the Mcdonald case at St. Louis on
the goth several witnesses for the
defense were examined. VIM. Nc
Kee, of the Globe Democrat, and
Constantine Mcguire Cboth under
indictment) swore to their own Innocence
and to having no knowledge Of the guilt
OF Mcdonald. Gen. Boynton, correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gazette, testified that
he would not believe Con. Megrue Zone of
the principal witnesses for the prosecution,
who had confessed to his own completely
in the frauds) under oath if he we're per
sonally interested.
A SUNDAYS walkingmatch between
A 80 LIZ S111IdSO pCOCSO1l du, ullIl
Weston was concluded at the Exposition
building in Chicago on the night of the
Goth. In the six days O'Leary walked
SOB miles and Weston 451. At the end OF
the match O'Leary was presented with a
gold medal as the champion walker of
the world. He walked 500 miles in five
days, twenty-five hours and thirteen min
utes, the fastest time ON record.
7 SIR j. HOOKER and III. S. Clifford, to be
Attorney General and Solicitor General
of Great Britain, respectively, were con-
frmed on the 22d.
GEN. SHERMAN, IN his annual report,
gives the aggregate strength of the army,
according to the last reports received, as
1910 officers and 24,031 enlisted men.
made up as follows: Five regiments artil-
.lery, 780 officers and 1904 men; 10 regi-
ments cavalry, 422 officers and 1906 men;
% regiments infantry, 84S officers and
1000 men; recruits, hospital stewards,
ordnance sergeants, etc, 1891.
i VIcE-PREsIDENT WILSON died at his
room in the Capitol building in Washing
ton IN the morning Of the 22d. He had
just been washed and had taken a glass of
"bitter water" when he laid back on his
pillow, breathed heavily and expired, no
one being with him but the watchman,
WIG did not realize he change until he
had ceased to breathe. A p0st-mortem ex-
animation showed that death was caused
by apoplexy. An Executive order was
issued announcing the death and direct
ing the usual ceremonial observances by
the different departments of the Govern
ment.
MORE than 10, 1000 persons attended each
OF the two revival services held in Phila-
delphia by Messrs. Moody and Sankey on
the 21st. Thousands were turned away
from the evening meeting, being unable
to gain admission.
AT Utica, n. Y, on the 21st, Lodicea
and Albert Fredenberg-mother and son
were sentenced to be hanged on the 31st
OF December for the murder of Or,o
Davis last June.
A KERosENE-oIL lamp exploded in a
~shoemaker's shop at Trenton, n. J.. on