Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-09

Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful money, principal outstand-
ing. .....:... ................. s64, 623, 512
Interest accrued and not yet paid GAG 235
Interest paid by the United States. q. 2G2 S07
Interest repaid by the transpOrta-
ton of mails, etc .................. 6,3O4.O47
Balance OF interest paid by United
states OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Zl,o94, lOU
THE Secretary of the Treasury has
called in for redemption $13,OOO,O00 of
$50 bonds of 1864, $S,0O0OOO of which
are on account of the sinking fund, inter
est on which will cease Dec. 1, 1875.
GEN. GERsHoM MOTT has been appoint
ed State Treasurer of New Jersey, in place
of Sooy, charged with being defaulter.
THE fourth annual session of the Louis
vile (Ky,) Exposition commenced on the
evening of the LIST.
Four children of Mr.. Mier, of Ascen-
sion Parish, La, were poisoned by French
worm lozenges On the 1st, and died in a
few hours
A BELGRADE telegram of the I'd says a
party of Turks had invaded Servia and
assassinated several villagers.
A LONDON telegram of The Cd says the
news from Herzegovina was conflicting,
but that its general tenor was unfavor-
able to the insurgents, who had been re-
Gently unsuccessful in several engage
mentS.
THE British iron-clad Vanguard collided
with the Iron Duke in the British Channel
on the Cd and sunk
AN attempt was made on the I'd to inter
in the Catholic cemetery at Montreal the
remains Of Guibord, member of the
Canadian Institute, whose burial in conse-
Grated ground had been forbidden by &C.
clesiastical, but after considerable litiga-
ton directed by the civil, authorities. A
mob of 3 1000 persons drove off the hearse
and its attendants.
TIE defaulting State Treasurer of New
Jersey was examined on the I'd and COM
mitted to jail in default of $4,000 bail.
THE New York Herald of the Cd pub
fishes an interview with Mrs Mosher, in
which she declares her conviction that
Charlie Ross was living. The trial of
Westervelt was in progress at P'liladel-
phia, where there was great excitement
over the statement of Mrs Mosher
MARTHA WILLIAMS, a colored servant
girl at Pleasant Hill, Mo, endeavored to
hasten dinner on the I'd by pouring kero-
sene on the kitchen fire. She was fatally
burned.
THE Planters National Bank of Louis
vile, KY, was robbed on the night of the
list of $4,000 The teller, Louis Rhem,
stated that three men had taken him from
his house during the night, compelled
him to go to the bank and produce the
keys to the safe, which they robbed. The
bank officers discredited his story, and
said they believed he was the thief After
repeated declarations Of his innocence he
at last confessed that he had committed
the robbery before midnight and buried
the proceeds under his house The stolen
property was recovered and Rhem was
imprisoned.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch of the 1st states
that the investigation Of the charges
against Indian-Agent Gibson, at Usage
Agency, Kan, had been concluded, and
that the Commissioners had adjourned to
Lawrence to examine certain documents
and make up their report. 1t is said the
evidence against him was very damaging.
SAN FRANCISCO dispatches of the Cd in
dictated that the Democrats had carried the
State by large plurality, and had prob
ably secured all of the four Congressman
They would also have plurality, if not a
majority, in both houses OF the Legislature.
In San Francisco the Independents
claimed most of the city officers
THE Merchants Exchange Bank of San
Francisco resumed business on the ID
The statement was made that funds would
be subscribed to place the Bank of Cali
fornia in condition to pay all demands
and put it on a sound basis.
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