Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01

THE Indian Bureau in Washington, ON
the 23d, received a dispatch from Prof.
Jenney, of the Black Hills expedition,
dated near Harney's Peak, June II. He
says: q have discovered gold in small
quantities on the north bend of Castle
Creek in terraces or bars of quartz gravel.
Gold is found from Castle Creek south
wardly to French Creek, at this point, and
the deposits are almost wholly in Dakota.
The region has not been fully explored,
but the yield of gold thus far has been
quite small, and reports of the richness Of
the gravel bars are greatly exaggerated.
The prospect at present is not such as to
warrant extended explorations in mining'
THE New York State Prohibitionists
met at Syracuse on the 23d and nominated:
For Secretary of State, G. ID. Dusenbery;
Comptroller, Arson A. Hopkins; Treas
urer, Stephen B. Ayers; State Engineer
and Surveyor, George A. Dudley; Canal
Commissioner, Ira d. Bell; State Prison
Inspector, John B. Glib; Attorney Gen
eral, Ed. t. Marsh. Strong prohibition
resolutions were adopted.
Mr. BEACH finished his argument for
the plaintiff in the Tilton- Beecher trial on
the 23d, after which he presented to the
court affidavits concerning additional ev-
idence which he desired admitted and
asked for reopening of the case to that
end. The Judge took the matter under
adyisement.
IN accordance with a decision rendered
by Judge Blodgett that alleged illicit dis
tillers must surrender their books to the
Government officials, the United States
Marshal on the 23d took possession of all
books belonging to the establishments re-
Gently seized in Chicago.
THE California Independent State Con
vention, held at Sacramento on the 23d,
adopted platform mainly devoted to the
transportation question. & full State
ticket was nominated, headed by Gen.
Bidwell for Governor and the acting Gov
ernor (Pacheco) for Lieutenant Governor.
A DANGEROUS counterfeit fvedollar
note on the First National Bank of Canton.
ILL.,, is reported from Washington. 1t is
similar to the counterfeit fives on the
Traders National Bank of Chicago.
. IT was reported in London on the oath
that the Marquis of Lorne and the Prin-
cess Louise intend making a tour of the
United States.
COUNT Won ARNIM has finally been
found guilty of abstracting public docu-
ments from the archives of the Paris Lera
ton and sentenced to nine months impris-
Onment
THE river Garonne, in France, over
flowed its banks on the 24th, and several
persons were drowned.
THE report of the commission to exam
inc into the condition of the Chicago Gus
tom-HOuse was published on the oath, and
is substantially that the foundations are
unsafe and the stone of poor quality.
Secretary Bristow has decided to stop work
on the building until the meeting of Con-
gross.
AT the opening of his court on the
morning of the Oath Judge Nelson an
nOunced that he should deny the applica-
ton for reOpening the Tilton- Beecher case,
and the papers were filed with the Clerk
of the court. The Judge then delivered
his charge to the jury, and at one o'clock
they retired for deliberation. No agree
ment had been reached up to ten D. n.
THE Iowa Opposition State Convention
assembled at Des Moines on the Oath and
nominated Hon. Sheppard LETTER for
Governor; Capt. E. B. Woodward for
Lieutenant-G Governor; w. J. Knight for
Judge Of the Supreme Court; A R.
Wright for Superintendent of Public
Instruction. The platform declares
against third term and favors a
reduction of the Presidents salary
and the resumption of specie payment
as soon as the same can be done without
injury to the business interests of the
country, and in the meantime favOrs a suf-
ticient supply of national currency for
business purposes, and opposes the present
National Banking law A motion that the
party organization be known as Demo
cratic was tabled. "
A SEVERE wind and rain storm on the
night Of the 23d destroyed fifty houses and
three miles Of sidewalk and fences in De
corah, Iowa