Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-11

Hills, were on exhibition in Sioux City,
and thousands of people had examined
them. According to the statement made
by Gordon and Witcher 10000 miners in
the Hills can make ten to twenty-five
dollars day as soon as spring weather
sets in.
The Minnesota State Senate has indefi-
nitely postponed bill providing for an
amendment to the Constitution allowing
women to vote.
The President has signed the Civil
Rights BILL
John Mitchell, the newly-elected Irish
Member of Parliament, is said to be
alarmingly i'll.
All European troops have been with
drawn from Yokohama
A railway accident near Litchfeld,
England, on the Cd, resulted in the injury
Of thirty persons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. j. Ovington and Ru-
fus E. Holmes were the witnesses for the
defense in the Beecher trial on the Cd
Their evidence was intended to reflect
upon Mr.. Tilton's character.
The steamer Gothenburg was recently
wrecked on one Of the Forneaux Islands,
between Van Dieman's Land and Aus
tralia. She had on board eighty-five
passengers and crew Of as many more
Of these only four are known to be
saved.
Fhe date of the return match between
the American and Irish rifemen has been
fixed for June 49,
4 Madrid dispatch of the I'd announces
the defeat of the Carlists under Mirel
The bill for the admission of Colorado
as State, which passed Congress on the
3D., provides that the election for dele
gates to frame State Constitution shall
be held under proclamation of the Terri
tOrial Governor, to be issued within
ninety days from the 1st of September,
1875, and that the Constitution thus
framed shall be submitted to the people
IN July, 1876.
Adjt.-Gen. Lorenzo Thomas died in
second year of his age.
A Little Rock (Ark) telegram of the
Sd says there was great rejoicing through
out the State over the action Of the
House of Representatives on the resolu-
ton relative to affairs in that State.
Joint resolutions had been passed by
both houses of the State Legislature,
thanking the members of Congress who
voted for the Poland resolution and
pledging the State Government to see
that equal and exact justice is done to all
men.
On the night of the Sd, at Memphis,
Tenn, two colored men who had pur-
chased tickets to the dress-circle of the
theater were refused admission. The
manager, it is said, will contest the con-
stitutiOnality of the Civil-Rights Law
in case suit is brought by the rejected
parties.
st. Petersburg dispatches of the 4th
say there was great excitement in Gov
eminent circles over certain statements
L IL,
contained in the late report made by Mr..
Schuyler, the United States CHARGE
d4taires, and it was said that Prince
Gortschakoff had demanded his recall.
John Mitchell has been renominated
for Parliament.
A Washington dispatch of the 4th says
no IoI
bill for the equalization of soldiers
bounties The Force bill was read a first
and second time in the Senate Beyond
this the Senate took no further action
and it failed It was said that the Pres
ident would take nc action in
Arkansas affairs, being influenced by the
expression of the House against Govern
mental interference.
Representative Kellogg has been re-
nominated for Congress by the Republi-
cans of the Second Connecticut District.
The Democrats Of the First District have
nominated Geo. NJ. Sanders
Mr.. Ovington was recalled on the Sd
and testified in the Beecher case as to
the money placed in his hands for the
benefit of Mrs. Tilton. He had found
on looking over his books that he had
made mistake, the amount being
81, 245 in all. Mrs. Ovington con-
tinued her evidence, but nothing of
Importance was elected. Mrs. Putnam
was called to the stand, and soon after
the beginning of her testimony one of
the jurors was taken suddenly sick, and
the court adjourned for the day. She
continued her evidence next day, and
testified to the love she had seen Mrs.
Tilton eTince Tor her husband, and said
she did not have the power to live out
her own life in opposition to his wishes.
Mrs. Tilton had often made statements to
witness which the latter did not believe,
when endeavoring to hide ner husbands
faults. While the witness was giving her
testimony the juror who had been taken
sick the day before sent word to the
.lD6Tn th9 no IIroC Al