Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-08-05

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THE failure of the Union Bank, of Lon
DON thelargest joint banking firm in the
city, and one with which Duncan, Sher-
man & Co., of. New York, had transacted
large portion of their foreign business,
was announced on the 9th 't<'.@s
The British House Of Commons on the
9th agreed-173 to 19-to give the Gov
eminent bills precedence over Plimsoll's
Shipping bill.
THE particulars have been received in
New York of terrific storm of hail and
lightning at Geneva Switzerland, on the
18th of July. The storm only lasted about
ten minutes, but the hail-stones were so
large and fell in such a compact mass that
great damage. was done to roofs, windows
etc. Three persons were killed by the
falling of a house. -G aqetrE
On the oath Maj. Fulton, of the Amer
lean rifle team, received from the Princess
Louise theacupwhich. he won at Wimble-
don on the 21st. .4 i@ t&&F 4.
~ JAMES GILFILLAN, long an employe in
the Treasury Department at Washington,
has been appointed to thechief c1erkship
in place of Avery, resigned. = .a'# =
1.-THE old and prominent New York
banking house of Duncan, ( Sherman &
Co. suspended on the 9th. Much excite 4
ment was produced in commercial and
financial circles by this failure, which was
entirely unexpected The suspension was
caused by heavy lspeculations in cotton
Liabilities between $5,0OO,000 and $6,Oo0,-
600. ;1asoIa.h fin gs1
" IT is announced blythe Centennial Board
Of Finance that 81 900, 600 additional will
be required for building purposes alone in
the last four months of this year, and they
make a further appeal fol- aid to- the citi-
zens Of Philadelphia and the country at
large. i1#a.' aI,# 7s90 20 s"" E.
Mrs. CELIA BURLEIGH, the Well-known
suffrage agitator, died at Syracuse
I n. Y, on the 9th, aged forty-eight years.
TWENTY cars ON the Northern Pa.
cific Railroad went through bridge
across the Mississippi River at Brainard
ron the 9th. Five persons were killed and
several others woundetk 81 ~. If
F. THE report of the failure Of the Union
Bank of London proves to be unfounded.
London and Liverpool dispatches of the
28th say the failure of Duncan, Sherman
81 CO., of New York, had notcaused much
excitement in those cities The American
residents in Paris were considerably exer-
cised over the failure i31-1i t
| THIRTY cotton-mills in Dundee, Scot
land, had been closed up to the 2Sth.
+ A GLASGOW Scotland dispatch of the
28th announces the burning of Grants
Pcotton-mills, involving the loss of over
$500
| THE Secretary of the Treasury has issued
a call for the redemption of the remainder
of the $50 bonds of1s62. 4 q #4-
Ex-CHIEF CLERK, AVERY, of the Treas
ury Department, was arrested in Washing
ton on the 28th and admitted to bail in the
sum Of $4,000, ~ ........
THE New York Ereni1ag Post Of the
26th says the losses of Duncan, Sherman
& Co. on cotton alone exceeded 81 100000.
& A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt in
Connecticut on the morning of the 2Sth.
JOHN MASON. & Co, sugar-dealers of
Philadelphia,F and the Commercial Ware
house Company, of New York, and one or
two other smaller institutions failed onthe
29th. E .l.lsog -4. saF @
THE Tobacco Exchange Banking Com
pany5 of Louisville, KY, has closed its
dOors.r
I ACCORDING to dispatches of the 20th
from Fort Barancas, Fla, yellowfever.
was prevailing there to an alarmingextent.
THE Minnesota Republican State Con
vention met at st. Paul on the 2Sth, and
nominated John S. Pillsbury for Governor;
j. b. Wakefield for Lieutenant Governor;
us Irgens for Secretary of State; 0. p.
| Whitcomb for State Auditor; William
| Pfaender for State Treasurer; Geo. P.
| Wilson for Attorney General; S. I'll. Mich
OILS for Clerk Superior Court; Charles A.
| Gilman for Railroad Commissioner.
James Gilfillans was recommended for
Chief-Justice F The platform favors a
| financial policy which shall steadily keep.
i'll view return to specie payment; advo-
( Gates a tariff strictly for revenue, adjusted
SO as to be the least burdensome and most
| favorable to the. interests of home industry
and labor; demands that railway and other
| corporations shall be held, in subsection to
| the law-making power, and approves of
the third-term letter Of President Grant.
THE following is. a iistof the State cleo
tons to be held this. years Kentucky, Mon
day, Aug. ?; California, Wednesday, Sept,
1; Arkansas, Monday, Sept 6; Maine,
Monday, Sept, IS; Iowa, Tuesday, Oct.
-; Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. II; Virginia
Tuesday, Move; Kansas, Tuesday, Nov.
2; Maryland, Tuesday, Nov. 2; Massachu-
sets, Tuesday, Nov. 2; Mississippi, Tues
day, Nov. ?; Minnesota, Tuesday, Nov. 2;
Missouri, Tuesday, Nov, ?; New York,
Tuesday, Nov. 2; New Jersey, Tuesday,
Nov. 2; Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Nov. 2;
Wisconsin, Tuesday, Nov, q. Texas,
Tuesday, Dec. T. -